System Image Problem

caddman6425 said:

Thank You very much!

Sorry, lost your thread for a while.

It was staring me in the face. Disk 0 only has 15 GB free.

I still want to understand the setup before then next step

Boot to the install media again
Shift+F10 to open Command

diskpart
sel dis 0
lis par

sel dis 1
lis par

Take another picture of the diskpart output
and post it as you did before

exit
exit

Press the X to exit the install if that's where you return after closing the Command Prompt

Thanks, hopefully that will give me what I need to make a decision.

Before I was matching size to the partition and space on the disk
Now I know for certain which partition is on which disk

More precautionary on my part - sometimes I post too fast.
The next thing will be to change the disk and I want to be absolutely certain.

Thanks for typing all of that out

Now I have to look at all of the good information you posted and figure out what commands to post.
It's after midnight here, I promise not to lose track of your thread again, but I won't get to this until the morning.

Bill
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You're no pain at all - you're right on track. That's exactly what you're going to do!

I finally wrote it all down - doesn't seem like much now that I look at it, but I always err on the side of caution when I'm not standing next to someone giving advice.

Please look over this stuff and ask questions. I use shorthand for diskpart command -
| lis=list | dis=disk | par=partition | vol=volume | sel=select | del=delete | ... most are obvious

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If nothing has changed as far as disks go, then first you list the disks
From the data you posted

Disk 0	596 GB	Vol 3	Ltr C		580 GB
		Vol 4	Ltr H		450 MB
Disk 1	298 GB	Vol 5	Ltr D	HP Pavillion	298 GB
Disk 2	7663 MB	Vol 6	Ltr E	ESD-USB	7662 MB
Disk 7	931 GB	Vol 11	Ltr F	My Book	931 GB
Disk 8	3726 GB	Vol 12	Ltr G	Seagate Exp	3725

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Process overview:

Offline the disks you don't want to affect
disks 1, 7 & 8

Delete partitons on the disk you want restore the image
disk 0

Online the disks you want to use for the Image restore
disks 1, 7 & 8

Use the Repair options on the install media
and drill down through the menu picks to Restore Image

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I threw in a few lists between operations so you can review the status.
The only destructive commands are del par and del par override on disk 0

Process commands:

diskpart

lis dis

sel dis 1
offline dis

sel dis 7
offline dis

sel dis 8
offline dis

lis dis

sel dis 0

sel par 1
del par

sel par 2
del par override

lis par
lis vol

sel dis 2
online dis

sel dis 7
online dis

sel dis 8
online dis

exit
exit

You should be at the initial install screen (language, time, keybd)
Next
Select Repair
and drill down through the menu picks to Restore Image

When the Use latest image window diplays - double check the date and volumes to be restored
You can always pick select image to use in the restore if you have more than one
--> You might want to peek at what other images are available ... you can use the one offered originally or go back in time to an earlier image

If the option to format and partition disk is active - then select it
If it is not active, the the restore will decide and in most cases format and partition to match the image

Give it a shot and here's hoping the best.


Bill
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