I made a system image from Windows 8.1 using Windows' own system image feature. I seem to be unable to restore it. I booted with the Windows 8 disc, and told it to restore from a system image. It found the image, ran a few minutes, then failed because of version mismatch (?). Not before hosing the entire system, by the way. Luckily, I was well backed up.
I booted with the Windows 7 disc, and it didn't even see the system image (on my external HD). It saw my Windows 7 system image and restored it just fine, and here I am.
Anyway, is there some trick to restoring a Win8.1 system image? I am not running Win8.1, so I can't generate a repair disk that way. Is there one available online somewhere for download?
TIA
I booted with the Windows 7 disc, and it didn't even see the system image (on my external HD). It saw my Windows 7 system image and restored it just fine, and here I am.
Anyway, is there some trick to restoring a Win8.1 system image? I am not running Win8.1, so I can't generate a repair disk that way. Is there one available online somewhere for download?
TIA
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Compac Presario SR5518F
- CPU
- Dual Pentium E2180 (2 GHz)
- Motherboard
- MS-7525 (Boston)
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT