failed restores with EaseUS Backup

@FeriM

You can install and run ShowKeyPlus on your Windows 7 partition. It will show you your Windows 7 key.
ShowKeyPlus



Then you can take the Windows 7 key, and do a clean install of Windows 10 on your computer.
During install, when it asks for the product key, just type in your Windows 7 key.

Then... you will have a nice clean install of Windows 10. No muss, no fuss.



A clean install of Windows 10, is much better than Windows 10 upgraded from Windows 7.

FeriM said:

What you are saying is correct. It's another way of doing things. There is no issue with a windows key or licensing involved.
And still, why a backup cannot be restored is a mystery...

Right click one of your backups, choose properties, and tell me how big it is?

FeriM said:

40 to 50 GB

do you have anything important on your hard drive, besides Windows 7?



/edit

Anyhow, I think I understand what you're trying to do.

Here's the way to do it.
1. Delete everything on the V: drive.
2. Make a backup of Windows 7, and set the V: drive as the destination for that backup.
3. Make sure you have a bootable rescue CD of EaseUS Todo Backup.
4. NOW upgrade The C: drive to Windows 10.

5. If anything goes wrong, you can use the Easeus rescue CD to restore Windows 7 to the C: drive.


In other words, you've been doing things backwards.






/edit

The trick to "cover all bases" is to backup your current OS, and be able to access that backup no matter what (hence the backup recuse CD)


THEN you do all the messing around you want (like upgrading to Win 10) on the C: drive... and if anything goes wrong...just boot from the EaseUS rescue CD and restore Win 7 to the C: drive.

Once you get Win 10 running on the C: drive... then make a backup of Win 10. Then you can mess around with Win 10 all you want. If anything goes wrong, you can use your bootable EaseUS CD to restore Win 10 to the C: drive.




/edit2

What I use to "cover all bases".

1. I have an old version of Partition Magic (bootable CD). So no matter what, I can boot from that and do any partitioning I need to do.

2. I have a bootable CD of Macrium Reflect, so I can get to my backups... even if Windows won't boot.

That's it.





Here ya go. I even made the bootable CD ISOs already.

Partition Wizard 8.1 bootable CD ISO: Dropbox - pwhe8.1.iso.7z - Simplify your life

Macrium Reflect and bootable CD ISO: Dropbox - Macrium Reflect 7.7z - Simplify your life

FeriM said:

I appreciate your hints... thanks.
This is not about how to prevent loosing data (my original disk is safe, on the table, I also have an EaseUS emergency disk) or how to recover it. I started checking on how my system would work with windows 10 and instead I run into the problems described, where restoring a backup is not reliable.

Try making and restoring a backup of Windows 7.

If THAT works...then you can try anything... and still be able to get back to Win 7.



That's what I mean when I said you were doing it backwards.
Lemme guess... EaseUS is installed on Win 7, right?

I think you will have to install EaseUS on Win 10...to be able to successfully make a backup of Win 10.