System Restore Fail/Loading DRMK Version 8.00

Uhm, I dunno.. :( I didn't get much options. I opted for just files on my external HDD. I just followed the instruction on this site for a PC restore.

The XP backup "Wizard"?  What type of backup did you create? There are all sorts of options in the XP backup wizard. And I don't know if you can extract just the files you want, particularly if you compressed the files.

Ron

This is taking too much time again. I spent half the day trying to find a solution, looking back formatting my HDD and reinstalling XP would have been faster. Guess I'l just go for that now. Just a couple more questions:

- Since my back up apparentely has Windows on it, is it even possible to reinstall it on a new XP?

- Could I just reformat and install my back up without installing XP? Then just back up the files I want manually and install Windows again.

Never mind, used TreeSize to find it for me. A UMST.TMP file or something.

Sorry, now I'm totally confused! :emotion-7:

Is the backup just of your external hard drive or is it a backup of the internal hard drive? If it's just the external drive, why are you attempting to restore those files to your internal hard drive? The files should still be on the external drive, as long as you didn't delete them and/or reformat that external drive too.

That might explain why you used up all the space on the internal drive. You probably have a large external drive with lots of files on it and they take up a lot of space on the internal drive.

Since you shut the system off during the backup restore, it may be best to start over again. Disconnect the external drive and then reformat the internal hard drive.  Install XP and drivers then your software on the internal drive. Then get all the Microsoft updates too.

 Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll assume all your data files are on the external drive and don't need to be restored to the internal drive.

Ron

No, no... I put the back up ON the external HDD and I wanna put it back to the main drive. But I found it through TreeSize and deleted it. It was one huge folder.

Haha yeah... I think it was the failed back up as well. No idea why it was so far hidden though... But hey, the upside of all this, it was all very educational...I guess. The HDD was the last issue I hope, the rest is working fine now. Fingers crossed reinstalling my back up won't cause any new issues... :)

That .TMP folder might have been the failed backup. If it doesn't work this time maybe you should think about a nice pocket calculator................

Good Luck!

Jeff

Your drive is broken.  Drmk is dell dos on fat32 .

You might be able to get the ghost image but in the current state I doubt it.

Have you read Dan Goodell's paper on the Dell PC Restore Partition?  It may take a little reading but you should be able to correct this problem using a partition table editor.  The message you see indicates that the restore completed successfully, but the program that helps you register your computer with Dell and places your name in the owner's box has failed to start.  If you change the active partition to the correct one, Windows should boot.

hi all i have the problem that i was doing a full factory setting reset and my comp stopped and gaves me the message loadingpbr for descriptor 1  done      loading drmk version 8.00 and i dont have any back up disc the operating system is xp is there a way i can reset or cancel this ive went into set up by pressing f2 and tried to restore default settins but no good is there any wayi can fix this thanks

Worked for me too!!