Quote Originally Posted by saikee
Many users say their back up images from a filing-orientated software also boot but that is more to do with the original bootloader and MBR haven't been moved. If we clone a the filing-system XP into a new disk it will not boot. If you do a defrag in XP you will also notice part of the files is unmovable. Therefore a 100% mirror image by dd is the way foraward because it faithfully preserves the original filing structure and the boot loader.
If I accidentally delete the MBR with an utility from Nero to back-up (trying to restore the partition from image discs, previous created), how can it be restore it?
I have read the topics related but I am very confused because any of them are perfectly related to my pain.
Many thanks!