On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 4:50:28 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:15:09 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:39:48 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
So, should I restore from a Mrimg because
system restore and resetting Firefox didn't
work.

Thanks,
Robert
At this point, that seems a practical solution.

Because I can't tell from here, exactly what
is doing it. There's got to be something else
on the machine besides the package tracker extension.

Paul
I knew I was going to run into questions on this
since I have never done it before. When I clicked
browse for an image file I got the Mrimgs and the
pop-up window (Backup selection)so which do I use?
This isn't covered in your instructions.

I suspect the Mrimg but what is the back-up pop-up?

http://i67.tinypic.com/ka04dy.jpg

Thanks,
Robert
In the blue area on the right

Browse Image Restore Image=== you want this one

Verify Image Other actions

You clicked the Browse Image button and that's
where that dialog came from. Just cancel the dialog
and use the Restore one,

Paul

I tried again but didn't resize the partitions
as they were the same size but I'm getting messages
that aren't part of your instructions. I'm not sure what
to do because your example was with a blank drive.

http://i66.tinypic.com/zt6qnq.jpg

This looks like you're attempting to restore over
top of a running C: partition.

Just a guess on my part.

You probably need to be booting the Macrium CD, where
the Macrium CD version is the same as the version used
to back up the image.

This is why the program constantly pesters you to make
an Emergency CD.

However, don't fret, because if you use the Popup Boot Key
on your machine, with the two disks installed inside the
machine, you can boot the "clone" OS you keep on the backup
drive, then do a restore of an image on the "clone" disk,
over top of the now-not-running target disk.

BOOT Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====SATA======= |
|Motherboard
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |

If you have a Macrium CD, it looks like this.

Backup-drive-with-its-own-C =====USB2======= |
|
Normal-system-drive-needs-help =====SATA==== |Motherboard
|
BOOT Optical-drive-Macrium-CD ===========SATA==== |

The first diagram, requires removing the drive from the
USB enclosure and placing it inside the PC needing work
and using a SATA cable setup. If you have the Macrium CD,
notice how much less work is required with your screwdriver
set :-)


http://i68.tinypic.com/jagsch.jpg

What is a Windows PE rescue environment? I inserted
a DVD-RW then got this message:

http://i64.tinypic.com/mtmd05.jpg

I'm not sure a WinPE added to the drive-needing-maintenance
is all that much help. While they're inviting you to do that,
if the restore replaces the whole drive, won't the WinPE get
trashed ? I know it is RAM based, and "taking it out"
during restore probably doesn't hurt it, but it strikes
me as a bit risky. I've heard the Macrium environment
access the CD, after the entire environment is stored
in the ramdisk, so I don't know if a WinPE environment
would even make an access while the target disk was being
re-written.

Are you sure you don't have a Macrium CD ?

If you change Macrium versions (when enticed by the
dialogs to do that), do you make fresh emergency
boot media ? For example, if you go from Macrium 6
to Macrium 7, that's a good time to make a new CD.


I'm totally lost.

Robert

I'm sure you'll figure this out. You're a pro at
these now.

When doing what you're doing, I use diagram #2 above.
I have around half a dozen CDs now, with different
versions, and the Version 7 disc will restore
everything.

Paul


I'm OK at backups and creating Mrimgs but not restoring
(as I said I have never done this before)and none of what
I have seen is in your previous instructions you gave me.
However,.. something weird has happened,... it seems the
pop-ups have disappeared!?

I'll monitor this all tonight to make sure,. but it's
is odd. Invariably they always pop-up on Yahoo but I've
checked repeatedly and none are showing up. Isn't that
strange? Of course good news if true.

I still would like to understand the restore process in
case I ever need it. Yes, I was attempting to restore over
my existing partition where in your example you enlarged
the partition because it was a blank drive. So I did not
know how to proceed?

So are you and Macrium telling me I have to boot from my
rescue CD? I think I need a new set of instructions for
this not previously covered. As you said part of it may
be risky, which is why I'm asking the questions.
Usually like when making Mrimgs I follow your step by step
instructions you gave me awhile back and I have no problems
but this is different and isn't matching the instructions
and there was no mention of a CD.

I do have a rescue media on a cd-rw that I created on 7-27-15
and also Dell Data Safe (4) disks on DVD-R disk from 10-3-16
and a Win7 Pro Master on DVD-RW (no date).

Thoughts/suggestions,

Thanks,
Robert