Ghost 15 Restore Dell Recovery partition

F11 · January 7, 2013, 3:40pm

I'm unable to properly restore a Dell OptiPlex 7010. Below is a detailed summary of what was done & the result:

I have created two recovery points, one of the Dell Utility partition & as recommended, one of the C:\ (OS) partition including the Dell Recovery partition (not to be confused with the old Dell System Restore that used Ghost for recovery.)

After a hdd failure & subsequent replacement with a new, blank hdd, my attempts at a successful restore fail.

I first restore the Dell Utility partition with the default selection "Restore original disk signature" selected, I don't select "Reboot when finsihed."

Next, I restore using the recovery point containing the OS (C:\), Recovery (*:\) with the default selections of "Restore original disk signature" selected for the OS (C:\) and the default selection "Set drive for active (for booting OS)" & "Restore original disk siganture" selected. "Reboot when finished" is selected.

Upon restart, displayed is a Windows Boot Manger error: Windows failed to start, Status: 0x0000225, Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

I have attempted to use the solution where Windows Repair is used after booting to a Win7 install DVD, but then Dell Backup & Recovery can no longer find the partttion.

I also know that the Recovery partition (restore of) can be eliminated altogether and using Windows Repair will correct the problem, but all of these are just workarounds.

Is there anyway to successfuly restore a newer Dell system (Dell Utility partition, Dell Recovery partition, & the OS partition?

F11 · January 7, 2013, 10:10pm

Brian,

In answer to your questions:

Yes, there are 3 .seperate v2i files (all stored on external usb drive):

C_Drive001.v2i, 8.5GB (high compression)

DellUtility0-1_Drive001.v2i, 310kb (high compression)

RECOVERY0-2Drive001.v2i, 3.9GB (high compression)

When I performed a DISKPART, list disk, select disk 0, list partitions, the partitions were listed in the following order:

Partition 1 was the Dell Utility partition, 40MB

Partition 2 was the OS (C:\), 235GB

Partition 3 was the Recovery partition, 10GB

Brian_K · January 7, 2013, 11:14pm

F1,

You set the wrong partition Active. Probably. The Dells I've seen have the booting files in the Recovery partition so it is the Active partition.

Try again. Delete all partitions from the new HD and restore the 3 images, one at a time to unallocated space. Use these options. Regard the Recovery partition as the SRP and use the same options for the Utility partition as the Win7 partition.

http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/Ghost-15-options-for-recovery/td-p/218202

F11 · January 7, 2013, 3:40pm