System Image Recovery from Network Drive - not found

deuscovrigus

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Hello all!

I have been routinely backuping my OS and important files using Windows 7 backup on a NAS. It just so happened that I needed to re-image my OS drive and I got into the Windows 8 recovery boot sequence.

Under the Advanced tools I selected the System Image Recovery and tried to look for the system image on the network path. Although the prompt said it was connecting to the network , the network share was not found. the command prompt couldn't ping google.com and netsh wlan <SSID> command did not work in hopes of connecting to my local wifi.

Is there a way to connect to the wifi network where my NAS is connected to in order to re-image from the system image found on the NAS? Luckily , there was an older image on a separate local HDD that I could re-image from but I would prefer if I could connect to the NAS during the recovery process.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Yes as long as the NAS is on the same router. If you are not able to ping or trace route sites from one computer, something is messed up with the DNS table. As for the Windows System recovery, it has issues if that was what you were using.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
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    Laptop
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    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
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    12GB
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    AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
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    Realtek HD
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    LCD
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    1366 x 768
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    Crucial M500 240GB SSD
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    Logitech M525
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    45/6 - ATT U-Verse
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    Google Chrome
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    None needed. It is Linux.
    Other Info
    Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer

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The NAS is on the same router. However, I suspect that the attempt to connect to the network failed without any prompt since I never got asked to connect to a wireless network or prompt the network passphrase. It just said "Connecting to Network" and that's it. So the real question is, how can I connect to a wireless network during the Windows 8 recovery interface. Note that I booted from a Windows 8 USB stick to get to the Recovery Interface and I selected Repair existing OS before selecting System Image recovery. Is there a way through the command line with which this would be possible? like I said netsh wlan command didn't work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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