Hi.
I have a new PC with Windows 8.1 Pro 64 installed and all updates applied. It is installed on an SSD. I have Backupper 2.0 Standard installed.
I successfully created a System Backup on the HDD, creating a total of three .adi files using the inbult split function for DVDs. I also created a WinPE based recovery boot CD.
I was able to successfully do a system restore by booting with the CD and using the files on the HDD.
I copied the three .adi files to DVDs using the Windows inbuilt burner program.
I tried to boot from CD and do a system restore from DVD. After booting the PC, I replaced the CD with DVD 1 and set the file path to the DVD. Backupper requested the last DVD of the set which I placed in the DVD drive. Backupper then reported the error message "Uninitialized component or function cell".
Thinking the DVD may be corrupt, I copied the three .adi files from the DVDs to the HDD, created MD5 checksums for the original and copied files on the HDD, and found that the checksums of the copied files matched the original files, indicating no errors on the DVDs.
I then tried to boot from the CD and do a system restore using the files copied back from the DVDs and this was successful.
It is clear that the boot CD is OK, and that the backup DVDs are OK.
Thinking that the problem might have occurred because I removed the boot CD, I created a WinPE based recovery USB drive. This was also unsuccessful. It reported the same error message "Uninitialized component or function cell".
Why is it that the attempt to restore from the DVDs failed ?
What could I do differently that might work ?