Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> Newsgroups: aus.computers Subject: Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 15:10:12 +1100 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Senm2X90W3BRXuXedaRiSgWzDqrupuauGU4z3vgDCcCXVQ55mE Cancel-Lock: sha1:49wnALr0Ml4Lf9n9y2fVxaznffM= sha256:dT2jOGuEfETF+zcrJpmiOLWLrki2eDhhKdSe0aMNUhU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com aus.computers:71716 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.