[CVALE] Acronis True Image Wiped Master Boot Record?

[Landon Blake]

Hey guys.

 

The folks at Acronis tech support couldn't figure anything out. (I'm not
too surprised.) I'm going to try to access Ubuntu using the System
Rescue CD. Then I'll see if I can reinstall Grub. There are some good
instructions on the System Rescue CD web site. I'll let you guys know
how it turns out. 

 

In the meantime, if you have other ideas, let me know.

 

Landon

Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268

Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658

 

 

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From: Landon Blake 
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:35 AM
To: 'cvale at cvale.org'
Subject: Acronis True Image Wiped Master Boot Record?

 

Don't let me near you computers. I'm like a weapon of mass destruction
in the hands of a mentally unstable dictator.

 

Sorry...Needed to get that out.

 

I installed Acronis True Image on the Microsoft Windows XP Home
operating system on my Dell laptop. (I dual boot Windows XP with
Ubuntu.) It was my first time using the disk cloning software. I tried
to run what the software called a "one-click" back-up of the system
files of Windows XP.

 

After prompting me to reboot, the Acronis gave me an error message about
an unsupported file system (undoubtedly Linux ext 32 or swap) and then
it rebooted the computer again. After the second reboot Grub complained
it couldn't find the requested partition. I tried booting from the Super
Grub Disk, but the only entry I get when running Grub from the CD is:

 

"First Kernel and Initrd"

 

When I try to load this boot option I get this error message:

 

"No Loaded Kernel"

 

I had no idea Acronis True Image was going to nuke my master boot
record. (Why would you need to do that to clone a disk image?)

 

At any rate, I'm going to wrestle with there tech support today, but I
thought I would run this buy you guys. Have any of you worked with
Acronis True Image on a dual-boot computer? Any suggestions on how I
boot into either of my operating systems.

 

Thanks for suggestions.

 

Landon

 

 



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