2010-02-06, 00:13
Back up and restore have always been an important aspect of computer usage....
This post will focus on how you can backup and restore your Acer Revo 1600 (or Any Nvidia ION System) with Drive Image XML and BartPE.
DriveImage XML can be downloaded for free here and backing up an image is straightforward and well documented elsewhere...
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
The package below is everything you need to create and USB boot Stick which can boot on a Revo and allow you to completely restore an image you created over the network using SMB.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NVRX208I
This can be useful for:
1. cloning a revo setup for friends and family (already done 3 of these)
2. recovering from a disaster (like the nvidia drivers breaking the HDMI audio)
I am still at work and need to go home and repeat some steps to document the restore process and a few tricks along the way.
Building the USB Stick.
NOTE: It took me more than a few tries to get a working stick. hopefully with some others here providing feedback we can get this process dialed in. Once I get some feedback I can add some more pictures to this part of the process.
1. I had bad luck with 1GB sticks even though they should work. I ended up successfully using a 4GIG stick.
2. format the stick for USB HPUSBFW.exe program
3. Using the PEtoUSB program burn the BartPE folder to the USB THumb Drive.
Restoring a Drive Image XML image using Bart PE for ION.
1. you need to change the hard drive mode from sata to IDE to allow bartPE to work. (you also need to change it back when done). failure to do either of these steps will result in fatal errors with bizarre messages.
STOCK is AHCI
Change to Native IDE
2. insert the USB Stick and boot it..... you should seem something like this....
3. when boot completed you should see this screen. Answer YES
4. Select DHCP and hit OK
5. Driver load will fail. thats OK! hit OK
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bOHj0kP1agQ/S2yA8x...G_0139.JPG
6. We are not at the main BartPE screen (the green icon in the lower left is the start menu)
This post will focus on how you can backup and restore your Acer Revo 1600 (or Any Nvidia ION System) with Drive Image XML and BartPE.
DriveImage XML can be downloaded for free here and backing up an image is straightforward and well documented elsewhere...
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
The package below is everything you need to create and USB boot Stick which can boot on a Revo and allow you to completely restore an image you created over the network using SMB.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NVRX208I
This can be useful for:
1. cloning a revo setup for friends and family (already done 3 of these)
2. recovering from a disaster (like the nvidia drivers breaking the HDMI audio)
I am still at work and need to go home and repeat some steps to document the restore process and a few tricks along the way.
Building the USB Stick.
NOTE: It took me more than a few tries to get a working stick. hopefully with some others here providing feedback we can get this process dialed in. Once I get some feedback I can add some more pictures to this part of the process.
1. I had bad luck with 1GB sticks even though they should work. I ended up successfully using a 4GIG stick.
2. format the stick for USB HPUSBFW.exe program
3. Using the PEtoUSB program burn the BartPE folder to the USB THumb Drive.
Restoring a Drive Image XML image using Bart PE for ION.
1. you need to change the hard drive mode from sata to IDE to allow bartPE to work. (you also need to change it back when done). failure to do either of these steps will result in fatal errors with bizarre messages.
STOCK is AHCI
Change to Native IDE
2. insert the USB Stick and boot it..... you should seem something like this....
3. when boot completed you should see this screen. Answer YES
4. Select DHCP and hit OK
5. Driver load will fail. thats OK! hit OK
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bOHj0kP1agQ/S2yA8x...G_0139.JPG
6. We are not at the main BartPE screen (the green icon in the lower left is the start menu)
