TI 2011 without Plus Pack will not recover it to GPT disks and even with it, it will not. The problem is when I go to restore the disk partitions. Hallo, I tried to recovery a backup image of my system partition (900GB) with Acronis boot medium / CD. Unfortunately I had before finishing recovery a power cut in my room during recovery, but notebook changed to power supply by battery and true image was still running, only the external hard disk with stored backup images lost power.
Hi David,
It sounds like the Acronis failed to get your system/boot info into the image. If you have restored the image, you can probably repair it so that it boots by using a Win 7 install disk and choosing 'repair my computer', or one of the various boot repair disks available online.
The thing that can trip one up in making an OS partition image for backup is that some operating systems store the system/boot info in a separate small partition, and, if so, the image needs to also include it in the image.
To answer your question what imaging program others use, I use Macrium Reflect, which is free for personal use. It shows all partitions on the drive when you are preparing to make the image, so you can check both the Windows partition and the small system partition if there is one, and Reflect will include whatever will be needed for the restored image to be bootable.
Images of operating systems and installed programs should be stored on a different hard drive to minimize the risk of loss in the event of OS drive failure.
I keep all data files in a separate data partition, and back them up separately. Otherwise, if you restore, for example, your Win 7 image, your data will no longer be current.