Chapter 3. Restoring a Disk/Partition
from an Image
Partition or disk restoration from an image is a more complex procedure than
storing. When you store a partition, you can do it directly under Windows or
from a bootable CD. But your system is assumed inoperable in general.
If you need to restore individual
files
only, you
’
ll be able to work directly
under Windows.
However, if your
system
or a system partition (usually the primary one) is
damaged, it gets more complex. In this situation there
’
s only way to restore
everything: booting from a diskette, created with Acronis TrueImage, or from
a bootable CD with Acronis TrueImage.
You can run Acronis TrueImage from a CD and then replace a bootable disk
with an archive file CD, containing the image of a partition to be restored.
But an archive file can be possibly stored on a special back-up hard disk. In
this case you
’
ll have to connect it to PC.
So, the main thing for partition restoration is the availability
of a
bootable media
(a diskette or CD)
, created with Acronis TrueImage, and also the access to an
archive file with a partition image (on a hard disk or removable media).
After you ran the software from a diskette or a CD and got to Acronis TrueImage
welcome window, the further steps should not be of any difficulty to you.
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