Total Data Loss + System Recovery Error on Vista X64

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Harravaril

Hello, I am faced with a real big problem. Recently I've lost all my
data due to a RAID problem and had to use a full system image backup I
was able to make before the crash. Here's the catch: I use a Core2Quad
with 2 SATA drives on RAID 0 and Vista X64. I have the windows
installation CD. Since my backup is on a USB HDD I plug it in, windows
system restore finds the backup image. However, when it should start to
copy the files a error message appears saying I can't restore my backup
because it was made on a X64 system and my computer is a X86 system.
How come? Has my processor mutated or what? I really coulnd't find a
way to bypass this and start the backup. Please, any suggestions would
be greatly welcomed.
 
Hi Harravaril.42302ab--

You typed:

"I use a Core2Quad with 2 SATA drives on RAID 0 and Vista X64. I have the
windows
installation CD."

We both know that the Core2Quad system that you have elected to load Vista
X64 onto isn't an X86 system since you exercised your option to put a Vista
X64 on it, so I'm not sure why you're getting that error message.

You didn't tell us why/how/what you're seeing that caused you to "lose all
your data" due to the "Raid problem." Is this data on a separate partition?
Is this data loss due to some crash of the OS? Was any stop error involved?
What have you tried to do to fix this not very well defined event that lost
data wherever it lost data from? I'm not giving you a tough time--I want to
get you back to fixed, but I don't have all the information about your
adverse event.

The Vista DVD gives you more options to fix. Make sure your bios is set to
boot from the DVD>restart:

You can boot from the DVDand use Startup Repair, or you could use what I
often find helpful, thebootrec switches by using the command prompt from the
Repair link on the Vista setup screen:

http://owened.co.nz/Owenedv2/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/click-repair-your-computer.png

http://www.setup32.com/resource-guides/images/repair_vista_03.jpg

If Startup Repair's repair mechanism doesn't work, then go back to its
"Recovery Options menu" and select command prompt and try the bootrec
switches.

The menu I refer to is in this set of directions with a grey background.

http://vistahomepremium.windowsreinstall.com/repairstartup/repairstartup.htm

Those are:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuild BCD

In Windows 7, you won't need the DVD to use these repair options, at long
long last, but that doesn't help you here with Vista.

In my testing of the Win RE environment, System Restore from the Recovery
link on your DVD is also a viable option. Sometimes it works when System
Restore from Windows , and system restore from F8's options don't work so I
urge you to try it.

If you can't obtain a Vista DVD, then here's what I'd do.

One of the safe modes is Safe Mode with Command, so I'm going to supply you
with the command to use from the command prompt for that particular
category.

If you get into any of the other safe modes (4 from F8) and one from Startup
Repair via the Recovery Link from the Vista DVD, you have many ways to hit
system restore, but typing restrui into the run box or restore into the
search box above the start button will work

So you have these to try:

From the Win RE Recovery link on your DVD:

System Restore

From F8 System Restore via:

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode VGA
Safe Mode with Command: At the prompt you would type the command to use for
system restore at the safe mode cmd prompt is:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

There is an additional tool that might help you in the Win RE panoply of
tools. Its use is outlined here in this MSKB and that's bootrec.exe:

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us

I would urge everyone, in the interest of having the maximum ability to
repair Vista, to follow the directions that are linked here from the Win RE
team's blog to load Win RE onto their hard drive, analagous to the way some
of you loaded the Recovery Console onto your hard drive for use in Windows
XP:

http://blogs.msdn.com/winre/archive/2007/01/12/how-to-install-winre-on-the-hard-disk.aspx


Good luck and let us know if any of these or other suggestions help.

CH
 
Hi Jane--

It's been awhile since I tought about this so forgive me if I'm ragged here.
Someone else may clean it up. I don't have any Vista partitions boots any
more to look at. But Vista default ships with 3.0

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/arch...-with-.NET-FX-3.0-and-IIS7-Built_2D00_in.aspx

1) Check and see what .net framework you have on your system by going to the
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework folder and yours will be the folder with
the highest number. You'll likely have multiple folders, because many
people have more than one .net framework installed since they sometimes need
to update it for certain apps to run.

2) MSFT's .net framework downloads are here:

http://www.microsoft.com/Net/Download.aspx

hth,

CH
 
This has nothing to do with the thread you hijacked
Start a new thread, or look at your update history for an explanation
 
Harravaril--

You can also make a recovery disc for Vista this way:

**How to Make Vista Recovery Disc from MSFT with Startup Repair When You
Don't Have a Vista DVD from a PC with Windows Vista SP1 or Newer**:

[Note: This comes from Microsoft. It is available in Vista with Service
Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 and in Windows 7 when released. This gives you the
same Startup Repair Options from Microsoft *Legally* that you would get on
by purchasing a new Vista (or when it RTMs Windows 7 DVD]:

1) It's best to make this "recovery disc" which gives you access to
Vista/Win 7's Startup Repair when Vista or Windows 7 is running well, and
you aren't in trouble. But when many of you read this, you will be in
trouble and this is the way to get out. This will help you access Startup
Repair to repair a Won't Boot Vista or Windows 7 when the cause is a
software cause without a hardware component in the equation and this
includes a corrupt driver.

You can do this on a computer running Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2,
or Windows 7. Click Start>Programs>Maintenance>Create a System Repair Disc
or simply type "maintenance" into the search box above the Start button.

2) If you have a Vista or Windows 7 Won't Boot situation, and you didn't
make this disc in advance--no problem. Either use another pc with Vista SP1
or Newer or borrow a friend's and follow the directions in #1 above.

3) If your friend has an operating system prior to Vista SP1, but has an
internet connection on a device that can download files (a computer is
best), simply download the .iso from Neowin's site, burn the .iso,and you
will have a Vista or Windows 7 Recovery disc with the full panoply of
repair options, including the "bootrec switches" from the command prompt
there.

This is a screenshot of the two ways to do this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadharris16

This is the link from Neosmart's website to download and burn the .iso that
allows you to do the same thing as the Maintenance listing on the Vista SP1
and later Programs menu.

Windows Vista Recovery Disc (Vista Startup Repair .iso Download)
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Anyone concerned with the legality should not be. This is an option that
Microsoft wisely elected to put into its operating system with Vista Service
Pack 1, and included in Service Pack 2 and Windows 7.

Unfortunately, as of 4/11/09 Microsoft has written nothing in Windows Vista
Help about this option, and it is a great feature that is not well known.
They have a decent explanation of Startup Repair, but no mention as to how
to access it if you don't have a Vista DVD as shown at this link:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx

This solves the problem of the 300 + OEM partners and Microsoft not
shipping a Vista DVD with the purchase of a new computer. This has long
been needed, and MSFT should be commended for making it available. I
haven't seen it mentioned on any of the MSFT newsgroups, though it might
have been but I have seen the complaint hundreds if not thousands of times
in the last several years including on the XP groups that the person stuck
with an XP or a Vista Won't boot blue screen does not have an XP or Vista
DVD. This remedies that problem.

In addition, as a second choice (I would definitely try this first), you can
use the F8 key to boot to the Windows Advanced Options menu and try those to
access System Restore from the Safe Mode options there, or Last Known Good
Configuration. Startup Repair and the Boot Rec switches are a considerable
improvement as to efficacy over the F8 (Windows Advanced) options and the
now retired Recovery Console.

F8 Key Reaches the Windows Advanced Options Menu (One might work when
another does not)
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/windows-safe-mode.png

Should you choose to use Safe Mode with Command Prompt, you'll need to type
the command for System Restore which is:

At the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and
then press ENTER.

Good luck,

CH
 
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