Re: How to repair XP after failed Acronis True Image restore


"mr_espresso" <mrespresso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This seems like a long shot, but here goes anyway.

I was trying to restore a disk image I backed up with Acronis True Image 9
and the restore failed. What happened was I got an error message with
backup
DVD #1/2 and the program asked me if I wanted to just use DVD #2/2.
Without
thinking, I clicked OK and it started restoring. Dang! Then I realized 1/2
a
backup wouldn't work and I cancelled. Since my backup DVD's are toast, my
only hope seems to be an XP repair.

So how should I approach this? When I boot, I get an error message like
"MBR
error - insert floppy." I don't have a floppy on my PC; just a CD / DVD
drive. I didn't make an XP boot disk (I was counting on Acronis!). I
checked
the Windows download center and all I could find was help on boot
diskettes.

Sorry for the long post. Any ideas most welcome!


Your backup DVDs may or may not be damaged. You would
need to run them on a different DVD drive to know for sure.

The most robust way to perform image restorations is by booting
the machine with an Acronis boot disk. If you haven't made one of
those then it's time you do so, obviously on a different machine.
This can be a boot CD or a set of boot diskettes.

If Acronis cannot read your image files then your Windows
installation is probably history.


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