need help please to restore w7 image

[sunnystaines]

pc has been off a few days then would not boot into windows, system restore would not work nor repair startupwindows and could not find w7 own backup image,
had to reinstall w7 on c drive fresh from dvd, still have w7 image backup pre problem on secondary hdd & can access folders but do not know how to restore as windows image does not see it.
any advice please as now lost on where to go now

 

[theog]

sata2 c drive ide backups
Try putting the IDE drive in a external case:
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/137123-build-your-own-external-hard-drive.html

 

[sunnystaines]

theog that is not showing up in restore backup either, is there a way to click a file in the back up to set it off restoring itself to the c drive as the back up partion seems invisible to windows rstore options but can access it no problem via windows explorer/my computer options?

 

[sunnystaines]

back to square 1 with the same problem

by late last night had completed a fresh instal on w7 added all updates and a few programs, had various restarts all ok.
got up this morning back to square one "boot selection failed because a required device is inaccesable" error 0x000000e.
all repair options with w7 dvd fail, bios will boot into windows dvd options but not the hard drive unless i reinstal windows from scratch.
seems when the pc is off overnight the problem returns. I can only think it needs a new hdd i presently have a sata hdd and a secondry eide hdd, could a fault of a secondry hdd mess up the main hdd.
any other ideas please prior to bedtime last night had the pc running perfect and rebooting ok.

 

[theog]

I would Check the hard drives with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic

 

[sunnystaines]

theog i will try those tools later today.

another strange twist after leaving the pc on with the error screen for a while re tried via repair option and got a screen pop up saying windows needs to repair in order to start windows[ not seen this before in all the attemps] i hit enter and got into windows tried a few restarts to push my luck and restarted ok but slow between bios screen and windows.

now do not want to power off i feel if pc gets cold itmay cause the problems again.

the w7 image restore programe still cannot see the partition i use for backup on the secondary hdd, but windows explorer & my computer has no problems seems very odd.

does this give any indication to the cause of the problem.