Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem

From	MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem
Date	2025-01-07 15:10 +1100
Message-ID	<lu3np4FojfcU7@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<ltv037Fugb0U1@mid.individual.net> <lu10guFageqU1@mid.individual.net>

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On 6/01/2025 2:21 pm, Keithr0 wrote:
> On 5/01/2025 7:01 pm, MightyMouse wrote:
>>
>> I had just setup a new PC (software files, etc, ), and it was running 
>> perfectly, so I thought I better do a backup in case something goes 
>> wrong. I used Acronis, and the backup completed successfully, but I 
>> validated it anyway, but when I put the original drive back in the 
>> PC, it wont boot into windows. the message I get is something like 
>> "insert bootable media and press a key".  after much stuffing around 
>> I discovered that the drive will boot if I have the drive I saved the 
>> image to. ??? all I can think is that somehow the boot information 
>> got put onto the backup drive, but I have no idea why. here's what 
>> the drives look like in Disk Management
>>
>> https://auslink.info/pics/diskman.jpg
>>
>> and here's the contents of the backup drive..
>>
>> https://auslink.info/pics/drive.png
>>
>> (there are no hidden files on it)
>>
>> If I can't get this fixed I will have to setup the PC all over 
>> again!  :(
>>
>> ........................................................................
>>
>> PC is Asus B550M-K, AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 16 Gb RAM
>>
>> -- 
>> Have a nice day!..
>> stay sane, be happy, and enjoy living.
>>
> I would have expected that there would be a EFI system partition
>
> https://imgur.com/a/Mrdj5LD


doesn't matter now. I bit the bullet and did a complete reinstall. I 
lost about a weeks email tho, because i didn't do the transfer the right 
way, and had to restore and old backup.

-- 
Have a nice day!..
stay sane, be happy, and enjoy living.

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Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2025-01-06 13:21 +1000
  Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-07 07:35 +1000
  Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:10 +1100

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