Windows 7 image restore

[D1390]

hey guys

i have created an image of my PC and stored it on my external HDD a couple weeks ago and i want to restore using that image. The thing is when i get up to the restore stage after i click the "restore a different backup" on the wizard my HDD dosnt show up, and a window shows up saying somthing about installing drives when my external HD didnt come with one. Am i doing somthing wrong? is there a way to restore with an image on my external? thanks

 

[Tews]

if you can see the image file, try and copy it to your c drive, restore it, then delete it....

 

[D1390]

thanks for your reply tews. which file is this because i got a folder with all these different files and theres a VHD file but im not not sure if that would work byitself without the other files

 

[Tews]

post a screenshot of the directory so we can see.... what did you use to make the image file with...

 

[D1390]

hi heres a screen shot i used Windows backup and restore to create the image and saved it on my external HD

 

[gregrocker]

Did you boot from the Win7 DVD, select Repair My Computer then Recover Using a System Image?

It should auto-detect the image in your external, since you have kept it named the same and in the root.

Try making a primary formatted partition on your HD to copy the image into. The imaging app may not be detecting your external but will detect a primary partition as a drive. I keep an image in both places for all my computers.

 

[D1390]

yea i used the windows 7 DVD, so when i get to the recover stage, which file do i select to start the restore?