Hello,
I just setup a new system with Win7 Pro, and successfully performed a backup. I am testing to ensure I can restore it, and failed.
I boot from a Win7 Pro USB Thumb drive. The computer does not have an optical drive, and I installed Win7 pro from this device, so I know it is working. I go through the language, time and keyboard screen, choose the option to repair my computer and then to Restore my computer using a system image that I created earlier.
I then get the select an image backup screen, and I click advanced, then search for a system image on the network. It asks if I am sure I want to connect to the network, and I say Yes.
It chugs about a minute and 15 seconds, and the ethernet adapter lights blink, and then it asks for the location of the system image. I have tried the following :
- use the same string as I used when I did the backup.
- add \windowsimagebackup
- add \windowsimagebackup\computername
- using the ip address instead of the computer name where the backup is saved.
- renamed the directories to take all spaces out of the path names
I get a prompt that asks for my username and password, which I enter correctly, but I always get the same error :
The network path was not found. (0x80070035).
I suspect is has something to do with the network I am connected to. It is a work network, and there is no DHCP available. I had expected to be asked to enter a ip address, mask, gateway, etc but I didn't see anywhere I can do so. Are network restores not possible without DHCP? Also, the server that has the system image is a windows 2000 advanced server box in a domain. The computer I am restoring was not yet joined to the domain.
Any Help is appreciated.