What recovery are you using? I mean what was the backup created with?
Are you using a Vista DVD to perform the reinstall or some CD/DVD created by that backup software?
What did you use to format the new drive?
Whatever you are using, does it allow you to simply delete the partition on the hard drive, (the one where the failed Vista install is), perform a quick format, then continue on with the install?
Does this backup include all drivers for this computer?
Mark
Hi everyone, I'm at my wits end so hope someone can help...
I'm trying to do a recovery to Vista business on a new HD and always get the above error message at 61%. I had a HD failure (S.M.A.R.T. was tripped) on the previous HD and got a replacement from Seagate. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Machine is ASUS U6S laptop, 2.5 ghz, HD is Samsung M7 640GB 2.5 inch SATA II 8MB Cache 5400RPM
A few things lead to this error I think:
* Previous HD failed and got a replacement from Seagate
* First recovery was fine and I started uninstalling Norton bloatware not realising Windows hadn't finished recovery, it restarted Windows part way through
* Windows worked fine but I couldn't uninstall Norton anymore so decided to restore again
* That's when I got the error
* Obviously, can't boot to Windows anymore
I've tried formatting the new drive, writing 0's to each sector, recovering to 1 or 2 partitions all with the same error. Seagate tools shows HD is working fine and I can use it in an enclosure on a XP machine.
Can anyone help?

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