Restoring Win XP Image

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amart79196
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Restoring Win XP Image

Post by amart79196 »

I recently made a fresh backup of a Win XP hard drive. I did some tinkering with the software on that disk because i made the image of it since i knew i can restore to a known good starting point if i was to mess something up with my work.

I ended up having to format my drive and now i wanted to restore the backup that I made yesterday.

Upon trying to restore the image, it asks:

1.Automatic
OR
2. Normal

Which one would i choose??

The next screen if i chose to go with NORMAL, I am presented with a bunch of variables.

Should i be choosing (im putting this image that I want to restore on the same exact hard drive that i made the image from just hours ago):
-Set Active
-update boot.ini
-update boot partition
-write standard MBR code
-restore disk signature
-restore first track
-change guid
-move to original MBR entry
-assume original hard drive
-change volume SN


Is it better to choose the option of AUTOMATIC?

If anyone here can answer what i should check off to do this restore, it would be VERY much appreciated. Also, Can you maybe explain why I wouldn't check off something as well?
Bob Coleman
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Re: Restoring Win XP Image

Post by Bob Coleman »

Probably not a really good answer, but I'm pretty sure I just leave the defaults.
Logman
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Re: Restoring Win XP Image

Post by Logman »

amart79196 wrote:

> Is it better to choose the option of AUTOMATIC?
>
Yes, That's what I always use.
DrTeeth
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Re: Restoring Win XP Image

Post by DrTeeth »

On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:27:12 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
amart79196 disturbed my reverie and wrote:


>Is it better to choose the option of AUTOMATIC?

I always try "normal" first as I like to play with the options. If I
balls it up, I can always try auto afterwards.
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Cheers,

DrT

** Amateurs built the Ark, but professionals built the Titanic.**
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