mike13 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 For the past 6 or 7 years, I have been using Paragon Backup and Recovery 2013. I use the backup feature on a monthly basis to backup my entire computer to an external hard drive. After the backup, there is an option to create a bootable/ recovery disc that could be used in case the computer fails, you can boot to this disc. I usually create the disc just in case. Well, about a week ago I was having issues, and I thought I would try the recovery disc I had made. I went into the bios / boot section, and set the 1st boot device as the CD / DVD device etc. I clicked save and exit (F10) and restarted. The computer tried to boot from the hard drive, so I shut it down and checked the boot sequence. It was still set to boot from the CD / DVD etc, but it was not booting from that device. I tried the boot disc in another computer, and the computer did boot to the CD / DVD device after I changed the boot option. All these years I felt safe that I had a bootable recovery disc, and now I realized I do not. Running Windows 10 Home on a Acer Aspire desktop computer about 7 months old. Any suggestions ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Maybe a BIOS vs. UEFI issue? If you are running windows 10 you are probably also using an UEFI system and all the (BTW stupid) complications connected to it, whilst the CD/DVD may be suitable to boot only on Bios (or CSM in UEFI). jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 23 hours ago, jaclaz said: Thanks jaclaz for the reply. I do believe it has something to do with the new UEFI system. I read others have the same problem. Some say they were able to go into the BOOT section and change the UEFI back to Legacy, but I do not see that option. Since the computer is only about 8 months old, I will call Acer after the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, mike13 said: Thanks jaclaz for the reply. I do believe it has something to do with the new UEFI system. I read others have the same problem. Some say they were able to go into the BOOT section and change the UEFI back to Legacy, but I do not see that option. Since the computer is only about 8 months old, I will call Acer after the holidays. Yes, some BIOSes (particularly those of nootebooks/netbooks) have not such an option, you are locked into an UEFI only system. Which wouldn't be in itself such a bad thing IF the "standard" actually was "sane" (it isn't) AND IF it was in itself backwards compatible with BIOS (again it isn't). Maybe however (it depends on a number of factors) it could be possible to make the actual Paragon CD/DVD UEFI bootable, but cannot really say. jaclaz Edited January 1, 2020 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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