I'm trying to run a Windows 8.1 system refresh on an HP desktop with the following characteristics:
Windows 8.1 Pro 32 bit
P4 processor 3GHz
3.25 GB DDR2 SDRAM
200GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 30GB free
Here's the procedure I'm using:
1. I created a system image using recimg.exe and stored on an external USB 1TB Seagate Drive.
2. I went to Settings/change pc settings/recovery and clicked on the bottom procedure that says I can
restore using a system image. The computer then said that it couldn't find a system image.
3. I then registered and set the image as active using
recimg /setcurrent "M:\custom-refresh\2-19-15" and was told that the procedure completed successfully.
4. Then to check the procedure I went to recimg /showcurrent with this result
\\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk6\partition1\custom-refresh\2-19-15
RecImg: Operation completed successfully
It looks like the paths to the image (what I typed in setcurrent and what shows up in showcurrent) are not
the same unless that's the way the system specifies the external drive.
5. I tried to run the refresh again and when the computer restarts instead of finding the image I get a
screen that asks me if I want to change the startup options.
Can anyone help me out with this?
Windows 8.1 Pro 32 bit
P4 processor 3GHz
3.25 GB DDR2 SDRAM
200GB 7200RPM Hard Drive 30GB free
Here's the procedure I'm using:
1. I created a system image using recimg.exe and stored on an external USB 1TB Seagate Drive.
2. I went to Settings/change pc settings/recovery and clicked on the bottom procedure that says I can
restore using a system image. The computer then said that it couldn't find a system image.
3. I then registered and set the image as active using
recimg /setcurrent "M:\custom-refresh\2-19-15" and was told that the procedure completed successfully.
4. Then to check the procedure I went to recimg /showcurrent with this result
\\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk6\partition1\custom-refresh\2-19-15
RecImg: Operation completed successfully
It looks like the paths to the image (what I typed in setcurrent and what shows up in showcurrent) are not
the same unless that's the way the system specifies the external drive.
5. I tried to run the refresh again and when the computer restarts instead of finding the image I get a
screen that asks me if I want to change the startup options.
Can anyone help me out with this?
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Professional
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP a1020n
- CPU
- P4 3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS Tek Goldfish3
- Memory
- 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Generic Microsoft
- Browser
- IE, Palemoon
- Antivirus
- Defender