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Old 03-10-2011, 06:54 PM   #1
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using clonezilla to restore a complete disc


I just backed up a complete copy of my C drive which has been partitioned 3 ways to have both windows and Linux mint on it with the loader which comes up when the computer is turned on. My question is that recently I used Norton ghost to backup my system and it failed to reinstall the grub. Will clonezilla reinstall the boot loader on my drive if I make a complete restore of the entire C drive. Is there any thing else I should be concerned about upon restore which I should take into account? I'm fine now but am asking concerning the future possibility of a restore.
 
Old 03-10-2011, 06:57 PM   #2
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i believe it gives you the option to do so,maybe depends on version? in other words just read the menus, they do have it in ther, its like a star for a check mark, and if i remember it is on by default

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Old 03-10-2011, 07:03 PM   #3
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btw, did you image the partitions individually, or the whole drive? if you did the whole drive then yeah, you should have it all, including mbr
 
Old 03-10-2011, 07:05 PM   #4
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As long as the loader was included in the backup.

If you already restored image, you can also use linuxmint-live-cd and install boot loader. This is similar.
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/20...rescue-prompt/
 
Old 03-18-2011, 07:49 PM   #5
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thanks

I really appreciate the responses, thankyou very much it was helpful and I think I have the question resolved for now.
 
Old 03-18-2011, 08:44 PM   #6
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Please let us know how you resolved and mark as solved to help others who experience same problem.
 
  


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