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Question

How do I restore the computer from a system image backup?

Mar 27, 2015 11:40PM PDT

Hi, Please help me.

I am running Windows 8.1 Pro on a HP Compac DX 7500
After a misfortune installation of VirtualBox I decided to make a system restore to the restore point I created just before the installation. That did not work at all.

Windows 8.1 does not boot any longer.
I have the following options for booting:
* Normal boot Result: Logging in Then welcome. Than black

Esc Boot menu I can select different drives for booting
When selecting primary HD Same result as normal boot.
I could boot from CD or DVD and maybe from an USB.

F9 Diagnostic boot When running it I get the error code. See 1) below

F10 Setup Entering BIOS

F11 Recovery Same result as normal boot.

F12 Boot from LAN

I have located the Windows Image backup folders. Should I put the image folder on a DVD or an USB drive and boot from that or how should I use the image backup file?

1) Boot path testing. Error code: BIOHD-4 Uninitialized / corrupt boot structure detected.

Regards

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Link documents restore from the Windows image backup.
Mar 27, 2015 11:55PM PDT
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How do I restore the computer from a system image backup?
Mar 29, 2015 1:52AM PDT

Hello

I have 3 copies of the latest system image backup.
One is on the system that is supposed to be backed up. So, if that one is invalid I have 2 other, but how can an image file become invalid? Why does the system store the image file on its own system, if it turns out invalid?

But that a bit off the topic.

I want to know how to perform the system restore when having a system image backup file.

I can not use any function internally in Windows as it is not booting at all, but I have many ways of booting as tried to show in my previous message.

Regards

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See section "Launching System Image Recovery"
Mar 29, 2015 1:59AM PDT

That's why I gave the sadly voluminous link with all the steps in it. Skip down to "Launching System Image Recovery" and it shows how to use this when the HDD has failed. That means you have your Windows on USB or such to restore with.

Maybe you'll reply you don't have your bootable USB or DVD media with Windows? If so there are many out there for download and it's noted in the article.

Where? Right at the top: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/create-a-recovery-drive-in-windows-8/ was the link given.

If you forgot to create this, you can get one off the web as noted at https://neosmart.net/blog/2012/windows-8-recovery-disk-download/

Frankly I feel this system is not for most of us. You may want to consider some disk clone/backup system in the future that doesn't have you reading pages of the web.
Bob

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Maybe wrong one
Mar 28, 2015 2:42AM PDT

I get the picture that you upgraded or simply installed the Win8.1 on the HD. the recovery partition or image is really that of the Win8.0, as in OEM default norm. You can't call on that as that is outside of the Win8.1 recovery path mode. if you didn't make a true image or backup/recovery discs or flash drive with Win8.1, then you're SOL. i say that because you're using the OEM version of recovery process via the boot-up menu. If in fact you did use a supplied OEM upgrade it should(guessing) redo as if it was shipped like Win8.0 only be now be Win8.1. However, your results show that's not the case or it was wasn't done that way. Understand each vendor or OEM does this slightly different. I suggest you contact via the support website what maybe provided in FAQ.

tada -----Willy Happy