Computer backup restore

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LarryW

I'm trying to replace the FastTrak-controlled-mirrored 120GB SATA drives in
my Dell Dimension 8300 with a pair of 320GB drives. I've replaced the
drives, mirrored them, partitioned and formatted them into C:, and D: and E:
are in an extended partition, same layout as before but the partitions are
each larger. I'd done a Vista 'complete backup' before swapping the drives to
a removable USB external hard disk. When I boot from the Vista install disk,
I put in the CD that contains the SATA FastTrak drivers and when I get to the
tools I can go to the command line. The problem is that the new hard disk
partitions are seen as F:, G:, and H: but the complete restore wants to
restore them to C: (which says it's a device not ready when I do a 'dir'), D:
(which is the Vista install CD), and E: (which is the SATA drivers CD) so
when I try the restore it says it can't complete. How do I get this
configuration to see them as C:, D:, and E: so I can do the restore? Thanks!
 
From: rajinisback <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Computer backup restore
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:32:38 -0600
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

Larry,
If you go to Control Panel > System> System Protection. I think if you
click "create" button you can specify where you want to make a restore
at. Then when you try the restore windows will know to look at that
directory.

Raj
Click to expand...
But this is when I'm booted from the install DVD doing a 'restore' from it
without doing an install. There is no 'control panel' that I can find.
 
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