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[chas53]

So is YUMI running as expected? Is Macrium booting?

I will try them later today.

 

[Golden]

Cool. let us know how you get on.

 

[chas53]

I downloaded Spyware Blaster, and followed all the instructions.

I deleted Macrium and YUMI.

then I reinstalled them.

everything went very well.

I followed all the instructions.

I changed the boot order to sandisk cruzer first (my computer bios lists the sandisk cruzer as a hard drive)

I could not boot from my USB flashdrive.

the problem was the same as before. I am in a loop. I select Macrium. and it takes me back to the previous page where I choose between a regular Hard Drive boot or
an ISO.
a mite frustrating indeed.

 

[F5ing]

Was the USB flashdrive written to correctly? Will it boot your other machine?

 

[chas53]

Was the USB flashdrive written to correctly? Will it boot your other machine?

great reply. thank you.

it does the same thing on other machine.

I just tried creating a system image again using the internal windows program.

it says that I can create an image of C drive. (and only C drive. thats what I want to do.)

I tried it. and I got this message:



create a system image

the backup failed.

a volume shadow copy service operation failed. please check "vss" and "spp" application event logs for more information. (0x8078090A1)

additional information:
the writer experienced a non-transient error. if the backup process is retried, the error is likely to reoccur. (0x800423F4)


could some one please tell me how to remedy this problem?

 

[SIW2]

Just recap for me.

You have a macrium .iso , which you know is fine.

You are unable to write it flash successfully.

Is that where you are up to?

Cbb reading thru 22 pages.

 

[F5ing]

I just tried the USB flashdrive on my other machine. it did the same thing.

ok, so the flashdrive is not getting written to correctly.

would you (or anyone) please have any thoughts about how I could remedy this, and move forward?

The screenshot you posted for Golden way back around 30 or so posts ago looks good (the Macrium iso on the flash drive), so I suspect the drive is not getting marked/coded as bootable like it should be.

I'd review the steps Golden posted and try again. YUMI is pretty failsafe in making flash drives bootable so it seems odd that it didn't work for you. This time post details of each step you take to do it so we can see where you might be going wrong.

 

[SIW2]

If it is a winpe .iso I would use poweriso free version. Always works.

 

[chas53]

thanks guys.

when I go into my BIOS, I do not see an option in the boot order for booting from a flash drive.
and my sandisk cruzer flash drive shows up in the list of Hard Drives.

so I change the order of the Hard Drives, so that my sandisk cruzer flash drive is first.

I save the changes and start up.

I get the YUMI screen. it gives me 2 choices:

boot from the first HD (default).

or boot from an iso. this selelction then offers the Macrium choice. that choice just leads back to the first screen though.
and choosing the first selection just leads to a normal start up. (NOT the Macrium create a system backup screen.)

should I save Macrium onto a cd or dvd? instead of using the flash drive? and try that?

 

[lehnerus2000]

It could be a "USB vs PC vs OS" incompatibility issue.

On my course, some people are having trouble with SanDisk USB sticks and W7 (only some versions).
My SanDisk USB stick seems works OK (it's ~4 years old).

I seen problems on XP with other brands (Kinston and Lexmark).

 

[Jacee]

Try saving it to Macrium DVD and see if that works. Make sure you don't use any higher speed than 4X's.

 

[chas53]

It could be a "USB vs PC vs OS" incompatibility issue.

On my course, some people are having trouble with SanDisk USB sticks and W7 (only some versions).
My SanDisk USB stick seems works OK (it's ~4 years old).

I seen problems on XP with other brands (Kinston and Lexmark).

roger that. thank you. do you know why I can't create a system disk using windows?

if you look back about 5 posts I posted the message I got when I tried.

 

[chas53]

Try saving it to Macrium DVD and see if that works. Make sure you don't use any higher speed than 4X's.

thanks alot Jacee. you rock.

 

[F5ing]

when I go into my BIOS, I do not see an option in the boot order for booting from a flash drive.
and my sandisk cruzer flash drive shows up in the list of Hard Drives.

so I change the order of the Hard Drives, so that my sandisk cruzer flash drive is first.

I save the changes and start up.

I get the YUMI screen. it gives me 2 choices:

boot from the first HD (default).

or boot from an iso. this selelction then offers the Macrium choice. that choice just leads back to the first screen though.
and choosing the first selection just leads to a normal start up. (NOT the Macrium create a system backup screen.)

should I save Macrium onto a cd or dvd? instead of using the flash drive? and try that?

So it does boot. YUMI apparently isn't able to launch Macrium though. I've not tried a YUMI/Macrium combination.

If it is a winpe .iso I would use poweriso free version. Always works.

This is worth a shot if you really want to get it loaded on a flash drive.

Try saving it to Macrium DVD and see if that works. Make sure you don't use any higher speed than 4X's.

As long as you can write a CD/DVD this should not fail (emphasize that max speed of 4x).

 

[chas53]

when I go into my BIOS, I do not see an option in the boot order for booting from a flash drive.
and my sandisk cruzer flash drive shows up in the list of Hard Drives.

so I change the order of the Hard Drives, so that my sandisk cruzer flash drive is first.

I save the changes and start up.

I get the YUMI screen. it gives me 2 choices:

boot from the first HD (default).

or boot from an iso. this selelction then offers the Macrium choice. that choice just leads back to the first screen though.
and choosing the first selection just leads to a normal start up. (NOT the Macrium create a system backup screen.)

should I save Macrium onto a cd or dvd? instead of using the flash drive? and try that?

So it does boot. YUMI apparently isn't able to launch Macrium though. I've not tried a YUMI/Macrium combination.

If it is a winpe .iso I would use poweriso free version. Always works.

This is worth a shot if you really want to get it loaded on a flash drive.

Try saving it to Macrium DVD and see if that works. Make sure you don't use any higher speed than 4X's.

As long as you can write a CD/DVD this should not fail (emphasize that max speed of 4x).

I tried Macrium DVD. no good. I got a message saying there was not enough room on the DVD.

F5ing, do you mean there is a better way than to put Macrium on a flash drive?

or should I use the flash drive and poweriso?

 

[F5ing]

There's no way that iso is too large for a DVD. If I remember correctly it should even fit on a CD.

You might need to download that iso again and start over (possibly corrupt?).

 

[chas53]

roger that. the entire Macrium folder is 317 MB. the image files say they are 175 MB (thats the part thats supposed to go on the flash drive I reckon.)


YUMI is expecting to see a flashdrive. don't know if that matters or not.


I have downloaded Macrium few times now. I will try it again though.

just tried downloading Macrium again. no good same old same old. no changes at all.

 

[F5ing]

roger that. the entire Macrium folder is 317 MB. the image files say they are 175 MB (thats the part thats supposed to go on the flash drive I reckon.)

Not too sure what you mean here, regarding the 317 MB. The packed iso is 147 MB, unpacked it's 171 MB. It's the unpacked iso that needs to be written to a flash drive (that's what was shown in your screenshot -- 175,030 KB = 171 MB).

YUMI is expecting to see a flashdrive. don't know if that matters or not.

Yes, don't use YUMI to burn the CD/DVD. Use either the built-in burning tool within w7 or something like The Official ImgBurn Website. Observe the 4x max limit. It's the iso you want to burn, not the unzipped 7z file.

I have downloaded Macrium few times now. I will try it again though.

just tried downloading Macrium again. no good same old same old. no changes at all.

Might have to ask Golden about this. I've not used it.

 

[Jacee]

I've used The Official ImgBurn many times. I feel that it is the best for my needs!

 

[marsmimar]

@chas53:
Maybe I missed it in another post but what size flash drive are you using and how is it formatted?