Windows Image Backup Problems

Theking8063

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Dear All,

I've stumbled on this forum after doing some google searches for similar problems, but I cant find the answer.

I had an Intel based PC running 4 Sata II hard drives, once is a stand alone backup drive (G Drive) only which backes up the entire OS and respective files on C Drive. The OS System C Drive packed up last night reducing my PC to 3 hard drives.

I have now reinstalled Windows 7 (Home Premium) onto my 2 TB drive after failing multiple times to successfully restore the PC using the system image.

I dont know whether the system image is corrupt or whether there is nothing else occuring but it will fail to restore and say that the data disk is active in the bios.

I have tried changing the active to different disks but this does not do anything, and each failure means I need to reinstall Windows....

HELP!

Daniel
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit
CPU
E6600 Core Cuo
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-G41M Combo
Memory
4 GB DDR3 1033mhz
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Fegorce 9800 GTX
Monitor(s) Displays
22 Inch LCD Asus WS
Hard Drives
2 TB WD SATA II
1 TB WD SATA II
640GB Seagate SATA II1
PSU
Coolmaster 650W
Cooling
CPU + Case Fan
did you have raid on those 4 drives? if yes you may need to replace the 4th drive in order for the raid to rebuild the data. i dont think its possible to run a raid system without replacing the bad drive with a good one
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
built by me
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S @3.6 Ghz / 1.2 Ghz (low power mode)
Motherboard
Asus P5Q-EM Micro ATX
Memory
8 Gb DDR2 800 Corsair XMS2
Graphics Card(s)
XFX ATI HD5770
Sound Card
On board ALC1200 7.1 + SPDIF Optical Out
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SA300B 24inch
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Green 2TB 64mb cache
PSU
OCZ Stealtstream 500W
Case
Antec Mini P180
Cooling
Zalman CNPS 9900A LED
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Wave
Mouse
Logitech Cordless (came with Cordless Wave keyboard)
Internet Speed
Motorolla SB5120 DOCSIS 2.0 modem, 16MB down 3MB up
Other Info
I built this PC to be energy efficient and quiet while also having the ability to play most games comfortably. I'm able to downclock the cpu to 1.2 Ghz and the power usage is at 94 watts. Overclocked at 3.6 Ghz its at 156 Watts and 220 Watts at max load while playing games.
Hi Sonicmaster,

No I was not running these hard drives as a raid, each was run as individual drives.

Daniel
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit
CPU
E6600 Core Cuo
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-G41M Combo
Memory
4 GB DDR3 1033mhz
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Fegorce 9800 GTX
Monitor(s) Displays
22 Inch LCD Asus WS
Hard Drives
2 TB WD SATA II
1 TB WD SATA II
640GB Seagate SATA II1
PSU
Coolmaster 650W
Cooling
CPU + Case Fan
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