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| Started by | Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> |
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| First post | 2025-01-06 13:21 +1000 |
| Last post | 2025-01-07 15:10 +1100 |
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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
| From | Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> |
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| Date | 2025-01-06 13:21 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: hope someone can help with this weird problem |
| Message-ID | <lu10guFageqU1@mid.individual.net> |
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
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| From | not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) |
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| Date | 2025-01-07 07:35 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <677c4c99@news.ausics.net> |
| In reply to | #71707 |
[not seeing the first post on Ausics so responding to Keithr0]
Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> 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. ???
If you have the drive you saved the image to? What, as opposed to
loaning it to a friend?
>> all I can think is that somehow the boot information got
>> put onto the backup drive,
Well if you mean it boots when the backup drive is connected, that
might be the case. Circa Windows XP the bootloader could be
reinstalled by booting the the Recovery Console from the XP
installation CD, then running a command to reinstall it ("fixmbr"
or something). It could also need to be done after restoring a
backup to a new drive.
Later Windows might be completely different since I haven't used
much since XP, but you don't say which Windows is installed so for
all we know I could be correct.
> I would have expected that there would be a EFI system partition
Quite likely, in which case there might be something quite
different to the XP-era fix I know.
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| From | MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> |
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| Date | 2025-01-07 15:10 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <lu3np4FojfcU7@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #71707 |
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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