Could not restore from the system image in ext. hard drive for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Hi,
Its been since 2 weeks I am struck with this issue. Any help is appreciated. I want to restore my server (Windows 2008 R2) to the system image I have in my external hard disk. The problem is my image is not getting recognized by the server when I chose the
system repair option while booting with the OS cd.
I placed the files in the folder called WindowsImageBackup in the root folder of the hard disk. The WindowsImageBackup folder has the folder structure like this: WindowsImageBackup\my_pc_name\Backup 2014-03-09 084946\xxxxx.vhd files
I have put the MediaId file inside the "\Backup...." folder. Is it okay? And the MediaId file which I have has .file extension not .bin extension. Is there anything wrong with it?
By the way I tried using the hard disk with USB 2.0 as well as 3.0 . It did not work for both.
What should I do to make my system image recognized?
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
The trick to restoring system from backup disk is to place the WindowsImageBackup folder at
the root. This will allow the recovery utility to automatically find the folder. (E.g. E:\WindowsImageBackup)
Also check with load drivers option in restoration wizard or change boot order in bios to detect usb first then physical drive.
Hope this help you.

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I created a system image, which included drive C (where Windows is installed) and drive G (where some installed Windows programs are located). I then ran into a situation where I wanted to restore from the system image. With my first attempt,
this process took several days. When I returned home from work, my computer had booted up into Windows -- drive C had successfully been restored. I soon found out though that drive G was in an unformatted state.
Now, given the time it took for each drive to restore and the sizes of data for each drive (160gb for C and 1000gb for G), it seemed odd to me that the entire process had completed already, given the time that had passed and the progress indicated for drive
G in the status bar, in the morning before I went to work. It is entirely possible that one of my cats may have jumped on my desk and somehow cancelled the operation.
My questions are:
1. if the restore is cancelled while the 2nd disk is being restored, will the 1st disk (C) still be successfully restored?
2. why does this process take so long?
3. if there is some other error, is it displayed? Does system restore automatically reboot after completion/cancellation? Is there an error file created somewhere if there was an error, or perhaps something mentioned in a log file? If so,
where?
4. has anyone encountered a similar issue before and can provide any insight?
5. anything else I'm missing?
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Hi Chris,
For the first problem, if the restore is cancelled while the 2nd disk is being restored, the 1st disk (C) can be successfully restored.
For the second problem, I think it is normal to take a long time to finish the process, it is depend on the size of the date.
For the third problem, you may check the setup log files to find the clue of the cause.
For you convenience: Windows Setup Log Files and Event Logs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824819.aspx
You may try the methods listed in the following article step by step.
How to Do a System Image Recovery in Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/675-system-image-recovery.html
Please note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Blair Deng
Blair Deng
TechNet Community Support

FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium! system halted.

hi
im running win7 64 bit on my pc , installed virtualbox 4.1.16
i have downloaded oracle vm server 3 ( v29653-01.iso ) , created new virtual machine and attached iso file but unable to boot from the iso
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IDE: controller
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Not sure what happened, but I keep getting the error:
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Any thoughts on what to try or is this a lost cause?
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Having encountered a myriad of sysprep problems over the past 6 weeks in preparing 10 Windows 7 images, here are my thoughts on the “Windows could not finish configuring the system issue”.
This forum has been the best resource i have seen on the problem. Despite the lack of any input from Microsoft, or even acknowledgement of the problem which has been around since Vista was released.
I don’t have any definitive answer for anybody, only what did or did not work for me. Hope it might help someone.
First of all my platform is Windows 7 Professional 32 bit.
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I also got the error on the last image made which had all the same applications as on other images made without any problem.
After wasting more time trying to work out the cause, and removing installed apps, I went back and made the image again, taking multiple Ghost backups at various stages.
I left network printer drivers off the image, and there were no issues.
However all the previous images had the printer drivers with no problems. I then added the printer drivers, syspreped again, and no problems.
I don't have Kaspersky, Alchohol 120% or Crystal Reports, Citrix XEN App installed on any of my images.
For me the Windows Media Player Network service is also not the issue. It has always been stopped when i checked it. It is Manual startup.
Domain or Workgroup membership doesn’t make any difference.
I never used any 3<sup>rd</sup> party tools to format the drive - created partitions using the installation DVD. Partition 1 100MB windows created, Partition 2 C: Partition 3 D:
It cannot be attributed to the imaging software as the sysprepped machine fails upon restarting.
So it seems completely random to me. The only consistent thread is once you have this problem you have to go back to square 1 and start again.
For what it’s worth to anyone, this was my application install process 2<sup>nd</sup> time around to try and identify the cause;
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Sysprep – OK
Restore ghost image
Adobe CS3 updates
Flash player
Flash plugin for IE
Shockwave player
Adobe Reader 9.2 and updates
Office 07 Enterprise
Office SP2
Microsoft update
All available windows and office updates but not hardware specific or driver updates
Move Maker 2.6
Silverlight
Photostory 3
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Sysprep – OK
Restore last backup
Clickview player (inc dotnetfx3.5)
Joined domain
Google Earth 5
Java 6 update 17
Paper Cut client
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Any video converter
Audacity 2.6
Div X
XP codec pack
VLC media player
Ultra VNC 1.0.8
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Super copier
Sophos Antivirus
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Printer drivers HP, Fuji Xerox, Toshiba
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I was able to have it installed on a clean machine and once the wizard appeared i immediately entered Audit mode (shift+ctrl+f3) and the usual I loaded all of the software i need to pre-install after I was done I Immediately loaded sysprep and had it with the generalized option
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This issue is caused by certain registry keys that are either:
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c) Corrupt in some way
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5.) Open a Command Prompt on the Windows 7 computer.
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Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted

hi all,
when i try to render a afx project from media encoder i get the following message
"Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted"
i've read on the forum that this is due to an old installation of Premiere.
I'm using a brand new computer. the only software installed is my cs5 master collection and the updates from adobe website.
win7 pro
i7
16 gig ram
cheers
s

Hello, this is terrible problem, which i found in CS 6 softwares ...
solution i found only working, is uninstall and reinstall full package.. but it is not all,
you need to do BRAND NEW admin account in windows, and install it there.
that means, i could not export after repair from encoder in my original account never more (!!)   .. this is really terrible way how to repair this issue, because :
1.by reinstalling of software, client WASTE HIS TIME
2.by necessity to begin work in another windows profile you again WASTE YOUR TIME because of learning and migrating all other profile modifications, which i see really unaccpetable. Adobe means, this solution of repair is ok, and they did not do till today any steps of creating some "clever" solution.
I ask everybody, who will meet this issue in future, guys, please, complain about this situation, give "BUG Report" to them, and write "feature request" to them , in the way of creating some repair tool, which check actual "broken" connections between encoder and premiere, which refuses to "take material" from it and encode, and REPAIR it automatically..
   I am not IT, but ..does it seems so hard to create this ? Adobe IT developers should know their systems, and should create such utility tool really easy.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. i export anything by button "queue" from premiere to Encoder
2. Encoder will start encoding
3. Encoder does not show the window of media encoding (down left )
Results: sound of sheep occur,
in encoding error file is this reason of canceling the encoding :
01/02/2014 10:10:48 AM : Encoding Failed
Could not read from the source. Please check if it has moved or been deleted.
History of this problem and detailed description, HOW i did "repair" this. With wasting of app 2,5 days of my working time :
1. after repairing "error 5" problem , i solved it by reinstalling the suite from the new admin user profile (profile B) .
I continued my work on my normal working windows profile . (profile A)
Every cooperation (AE+Pr, export media via "queue" to Encoder) was working fine . . .
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3.repair via procedure(procedure "a"):
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•C:\Program Files\Adobe
•C:\Program Files(x86)\Adobe
•C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe
•C:\Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Adobe
•C:\ProgramData\Adobe
d-removed these links from registry file
•HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe
•HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe
•HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Adobe
•HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Wow6432Node\Adobe
e-restarted the PC
f- newly installed the Master Coll CS6
g-update the software
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4a:so i did the same procedure (uninstalling) in profile B
4b: and then i created brand new admin profile (profile C)for INSTALLATION of software
4c: restarted the pc (and did not updated it yet)
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==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile C) : export WORKS
==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile B) : export WORKS
==exporting of any sequence/raw/AE link video material from premiere via "queue" (Encoder) (profile A) : export DOES NOT WORK ! ! !
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problem i see:, i have my basic profile A, which i am interested to work, because of all my directory modifications are in there..
this issue should be some "broken" connections between encoder and premiere, which refuses to "take material" from it and encode.
what i expect :
to get from Adobe some repair tool, which automatically checks these connections and repair if necessary, without necessity of founding the new profile and reinstallation of whole software.. this is madness !
what i do NOT expect from Adobe:
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PS...
my source file is .mov 1920 x 1080i 29.97 fps from Canon 6D. first i tried to create progressive file in Encoder but while imported in Encore realised at 29.97 fps, it allows only interlaced file and had to transcode back to interlaced. so i stick to interlaced file.
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