Which program is associated with windows image backup?

[icec0591]

I have a Dell L501X, Windows 7 64bit. I had to replace my hard drive. I got the hard drive from Dell and it is a little larger than the one that crashed. I made a windows image backup. I changed the program associated with the 2 backup files to media files. (Don't ask me why they are VHD files.) I cannot restore my image and I need the programs on this image. The system sees that there is a "windowsimagebackup" but does not see the files. I think it is because I changed the program. Which program file do I need to change them back to and how do I change them back. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am new at this and appreciate your patience with my ignorance. Thank you so much.

 

[Brink]

Hello Icec, and welcome to Seven Forums.

By default, .vhd files are not associated to open with a specific program. If you like, download and merge the .reg file I attached below, approve the merge, and restart the computer when finished. This will unassociate .vhd files.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[icec0591]

Hi Shawn,
I have disassociated the programs and tried to restore the image backup. I am stuck in the create a repair disc part and the system will not let me get past it without creating a new disc which I have already created. Any ideas? Should I go ahead and try to create another disc? I am not sure it will help.

 

[Brink]

If you do a System Image Recovery at boot to the new HDD, it wouldn't matter what associations you had set since they wouldn't apply at boot.

 

[icec0591]

Thak you very much for your help. I have successfully disassociated the .vhd files. I still cannot restore the image there is another problem with the boot file. Thanks again for your help.

 

[whs]

Starting with the vhd file you can restore the image with this procedure:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/210195-system-image-recover-broken-windows-7-system-image.html

 

[icec0591]

Thank you. I will try this but first I have to get the computer to boot. I have gotten an error code 0xc000006f.

 

[Brink]

Icec,

You might see if doing a startup repair may be able to help with this boot manager error.

See also: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html