bpmhutch Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Hi all, My Windows 7 laptop went in to BSOD and the hard disk made a chattering noise... dead laptop. Bought new hard disk and had system working in a couple of hours. Lessons learnt: 1. Keep a copy of you "catalog" with your Retrospect back-up files. 2. Do not plug-in your back-up disk (mine connected by USB) until you have booted with your Retropect ISO disk and Retrospect is active. If you start with the back-up disk plugged-in it will take C: drive letter which you want for your replacement hard disk. 3. First thing to do is to partition your new hard disk. 4. Retrospect will appear to have stopped working towards the end of the restore. Have patience. I didn't and had to repeat the entire process!! 5. My restore was at 1GB/min (75GB in just over an hour), ymmv. 6. When the system is restored and you start your machine as usual go into Retrospect and point any scripts at the new hard drive. A very happy camper. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpmhutch Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hi all, Just a quick update to the above. 7. If you are using Ready Boost on a laptop, remember to remove the memory card when restoring using the Retrospect ISO disk otherwise you will get an error message. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpmhutch Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hi all, Can a Moderator move these posts to the Professional forum? An oops on my original posting. Thanks Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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