Restore

Hi,
My restore function does not work. Ant help?

--
Domjaq

John
Tue Jan 02 09:25:27 CST 2007

How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing rstrui.exe
or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.


"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>
> --
> Domjaq

domjaq
Tue Jan 02 23:23:01 CST 2007


John,
I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig Maxtor
HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files including
the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I used
it.
All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
"There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
and re-install. Not very promising.
Thanks again,
Domjaq


"John Barnes" wrote:

> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your x64
> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>
>
> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
> > John,
> > Thank you for your quick response.
> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
> > hour
> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
> > other
> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
> > Thanks again.
> > Domjaq
> > --
> > Domjaq
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
> >> rstrui.exe
> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
> >>
> >>
> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Domjaq
> >>
> >>
>
>

John
Wed Jan 03 06:03:25 CST 2007

Sounds like your BIOS is set up to boot to the floppy first and won't bypass
if no disk is present. You can try changing your boot priority to see if
that gets rid of your message.

"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
>
> John,
> I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
> I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
> Maxtor
> HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
> including
> the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
> used
> it.
> All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
> "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
> cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
> Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
> and re-install. Not very promising.
> Thanks again,
> Domjaq
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
>> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
>> x64
>> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>>
>>
>> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
>> > John,
>> > Thank you for your quick response.
>> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
>> > hour
>> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
>> > other
>> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
>> > Thanks again.
>> > Domjaq
>> > --
>> > Domjaq
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
>> >> rstrui.exe
>> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

John
Wed Jan 03 14:01:26 CST 2007

When connecting up the new drive and starting up the Windows copy, was the
copy in the exact same position as the drive copied? (first hard drive in
boot priority and in the same partition number and active) with the old
drive removed.


"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
>
> John,
> I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
> I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
> Maxtor
> HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
> including
> the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
> used
> it.
> All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
> "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
> cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
> Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
> and re-install. Not very promising.
> Thanks again,
> Domjaq
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
>> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
>> x64
>> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>>
>>
>> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
>> > John,
>> > Thank you for your quick response.
>> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
>> > hour
>> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
>> > other
>> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
>> > Thanks again.
>> > Domjaq
>> > --
>> > Domjaq
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
>> >> rstrui.exe
>> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

domjaq
Wed Jan 03 20:02:00 CST 2007

Hi,
My BIOS is set to boot from the C drive and then from a CD.
I think you might have identified what happened.
My old C was primary, my slave hard drive was the H drive. I took the H
drive out and put the new Maxtor in as a slave, Windows then named it the D
drive. I then copied and removed old C drive, made the new Maxtor the
primary, put back my
slave drive which now became the D drive. Make sense to you?

Thanks again for your assistance,
Domjaq


"John Barnes" wrote:

> When connecting up the new drive and starting up the Windows copy, was the
> copy in the exact same position as the drive copied? (first hard drive in
> boot priority and in the same partition number and active) with the old
> drive removed.
>
>
> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
> >
> > John,
> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
> > I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
> > Maxtor
> > HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
> > including
> > the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
> > used
> > it.
> > All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
> > "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
> > cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
> > Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
> > and re-install. Not very promising.
> > Thanks again,
> > Domjaq
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
> >> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
> >> x64
> >> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
> >>
> >>
> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
> >> > John,
> >> > Thank you for your quick response.
> >> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
> >> > hour
> >> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
> >> > other
> >> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
> >> > Thanks again.
> >> > Domjaq
> >> > --
> >> > Domjaq
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
> >> >> rstrui.exe
> >> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Domjaq
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

John
Wed Jan 03 20:45:24 CST 2007

As long as the copied system has the same drive letter as the old one that
is not a problem. If you have any pointers to 'H' you might want to change
the drive letter of your slave drive back to H using Disk Management.

"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41F0A789-C5FD-4A1A-8EF3-4A4AB0D8EBE6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> My BIOS is set to boot from the C drive and then from a CD.
> I think you might have identified what happened.
> My old C was primary, my slave hard drive was the H drive. I took the H
> drive out and put the new Maxtor in as a slave, Windows then named it the
> D
> drive. I then copied and removed old C drive, made the new Maxtor the
> primary, put back my
> slave drive which now became the D drive. Make sense to you?
>
> Thanks again for your assistance,
> Domjaq
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> When connecting up the new drive and starting up the Windows copy, was
>> the
>> copy in the exact same position as the drive copied? (first hard drive
>> in
>> boot priority and in the same partition number and active) with the old
>> drive removed.
>>
>>
>> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > John,
>> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC
>> > command.
>> > I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
>> > Maxtor
>> > HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
>> > including
>> > the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
>> > used
>> > it.
>> > All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that
>> > says
>> > "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do
>> > is
>> > cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
>> > Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or
>> > reformat
>> > and re-install. Not very promising.
>> > Thanks again,
>> > Domjaq
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc
>> >> /scannow
>> >> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
>> >> x64
>> >> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
>> >> > John,
>> >> > Thank you for your quick response.
>> >> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it.
>> >> > The
>> >> > hour
>> >> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have
>> >> > any
>> >> > other
>> >> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
>> >> > Thanks again.
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >> > --
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
>> >> >> rstrui.exe
>> >> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Hi,
>> >> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Domjaq
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

R
Thu Jan 04 09:50:23 CST 2007

Hi, Domjaq.

> I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.

Are you running Vista? If so, you will have to "elevate" to run SFC.
Right-click on Command Prompt (or on CMD.exe) and choose "Run as
administrator".

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
>
> John,
> I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
> I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
> Maxtor
> HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
> including
> the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
> used
> it.
> All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
> "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
> cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
> Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
> and re-install. Not very promising.
> Thanks again,
> Domjaq
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
>> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
>> x64
>> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>>
>>
>> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
>> > John,
>> > Thank you for your quick response.
>> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
>> > hour
>> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
>> > other
>> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
>> > Thanks again.
>> > Domjaq
>> > --
>> > Domjaq
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
>> >> rstrui.exe
>> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Domjaq

domjaq
Thu Jan 04 20:48:01 CST 2007

Hi RC,
I am not running vista.
Thanks for your response.
Dom
--
Domjaq


"R. C. White, MVP" wrote:

> Hi, Domjaq.
>
> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
>
> Are you running Vista? If so, you will have to "elevate" to run SFC.
> Right-click on Command Prompt (or on CMD.exe) and choose "Run as
> administrator".
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
> >
> > John,
> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC command.
> > I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
> > Maxtor
> > HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
> > including
> > the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
> > used
> > it.
> > All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that says
> > "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do is
> > cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
> > Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or reformat
> > and re-install. Not very promising.
> > Thanks again,
> > Domjaq
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc /scannow
> >> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
> >> x64
> >> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
> >>
> >>
> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
> >> > John,
> >> > Thank you for your quick response.
> >> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it. The
> >> > hour
> >> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have any
> >> > other
> >> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
> >> > Thanks again.
> >> > Domjaq
> >> > --
> >> > Domjaq
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
> >> >> rstrui.exe
> >> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Domjaq
>

John
Fri Jan 05 19:18:37 CST 2007

Before you do a complete reinstall, you could try a repair install. Look
for it right after the license acceptance.
You will have to redo updates but your programs and settings will be okay.

"domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:226EF83D-272E-4EFD-A151-0A6566CE27CD@microsoft.com...
> Hi RC,
> I am not running vista.
> Thanks for your response.
> Dom
> --
> Domjaq
>
>
> "R. C. White, MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hi, Domjaq.
>>
>> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC
>> > command.
>>
>> Are you running Vista? If so, you will have to "elevate" to run SFC.
>> Right-click on Command Prompt (or on CMD.exe) and choose "Run as
>> administrator".
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>>
>> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D84D6636-DADF-4A84-87EB-B4F4F52E2C3D@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > John,
>> > I tried everything that you told me, nothing works, even the SFC
>> > command.
>> > I should tell you that my C drive was going bad, I purchased a 200gig
>> > Maxtor
>> > HD, their Maxblast program had a feature that would copy all files
>> > including
>> > the operating system, not wanting to install all of my programs etc. I
>> > used
>> > it.
>> > All of my programs work fine, I do get a message during boot up that
>> > says
>> > "There is no disk in drive - Please insert a disk into drive". All I do
>> > is
>> > cancel and it continues to boot up ok.
>> > Thank you for your help, I guess I will live with the problems or
>> > reformat
>> > and re-install. Not very promising.
>> > Thanks again,
>> > Domjaq
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Guess the next step would be running system file checker sfc
>> >> /scannow
>> >> to see if it will replace a defective exe or you can copy it from your
>> >> x64
>> >> install CD. If you are running Vista64 just run the SFC.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1070BDC1-7435-4F07-93BF-D22060C0F558@microsoft.com...
>> >> > John,
>> >> > Thank you for your quick response.
>> >> > I located Retrui.exe in my System32\restore folder and executed it.
>> >> > The
>> >> > hour
>> >> > glass came on for abour 5 seconds and nothing happens. If you have
>> >> > any
>> >> > other
>> >> > help ideas I would appreciate them.
>> >> > Thanks again.
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >> > --
>> >> > Domjaq
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> How are you starting? You can try using the run box, try typing
>> >> >> rstrui.exe
>> >> >> or just rstrui or go into system32 and execute it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "domjaq" <domjaq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:CDF1F2B2-63E3-4D10-A24A-A60074BA0467@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Hi,
>> >> >> > My restore function does not work. Ant help?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Domjaq
>>