Lock disk?

[drixt-trox]

Hey there guys, im having issues with this software called R-drive image, u see i made a an image of every single sector of my system with this program but today when i tried to use that image to restore my system it wont let me ... keeps telling this:

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i saved this image into my external hard drive, so i selected my dick C: and disk E: (where the image is located)
i press next and that window pops up:
the one next to it showing 3 options
restart computer, force to lock and force windows to unlock
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i tried all of them none of them worked keeps telling me the same thing to lock my hard drive -.-!
idk wats wrong :S
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please guys i really need some help with this issue.
thanks!

 

[Ijack]

You can't restore the System drive whilst you are in Windows. Also, it looks like you are trying to restore the disk that the image is stored on, which is obviously not going to work. The reboot option should work, and willl restore the System Disk during the reboot. But I don't think there is any way that you can restore the E: drive as that is where the restore image is stored - deselect it before doing the restore.

Alternatively, most imaging programs let you create a bootable CD or floppy that you can use to perform restores. If none of these work in your case then I'd suggest that the software you are using is not up to the job. Try one of the other imaging programs (Paragon is my favourite, but many swear by Norton Ghost).

 

[drixt-trox]

do u guys have any norton ghost tutorials? and one more question with this norton ghost will i be able to save my system image into an external hard drive? or burn it into a DVD

 

[Ijack]

Have a look at the manual.

The short answer to both your questions is "yes".

 

[hang-the-9]

Can you post the steps you are taking to restore the image? It does look like you are going from drive E to C which should work, as long as you are not in Windows when you try to run this. You need to boot to an external media that will allow you to run your imaging software. The software somewhere will probably have an option to create a bootable drive of some sort.

I have also seen the disk lock error happen if Windows was not properly shut down and the "dirty bit" was set. Make sure you shutdown/reboot the PC using the Shutdown command and don't just power it off.