It was a full moon last night and this semi literate old redneck from the wilds of Wales had a lunatic idea!
Do a redo backup to folder "old" on a USB stick.
Do a fresh install of windows to the HDD but do not update it, should take about 40 minutes.
Do a redo backup to folder "new" on the USB stick.
Run gparted > Devices > Create partition table
Rename the file old/*.mdb to *.mdb-ori
Copy the file at new/*.mdb to the old folder
Run Redo backup and restore the backup from the old folder.
Cross your fingers and toes and reboot.
Wear a big lunatic smile
I've not tried it as I'm a bit jiggered and I want to go walkabout but I can't see what you have to lose.
If it doesn't then there should be something here you clever guys can use
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/5-free-tools...ecord-mbr/
3 years age when you did a restore with Macrium you could uncheck a box to stop the MBR being replaced but not anymore.
Oh for a GUI for Clonzilla.
PS
Warning I'm the bluntest tool in the box. :
Do a redo backup to folder "old" on a USB stick.
Do a fresh install of windows to the HDD but do not update it, should take about 40 minutes.
Do a redo backup to folder "new" on the USB stick.
Run gparted > Devices > Create partition table
Rename the file old/*.mdb to *.mdb-ori
Copy the file at new/*.mdb to the old folder
Run Redo backup and restore the backup from the old folder.
Cross your fingers and toes and reboot.
Wear a big lunatic smile
I've not tried it as I'm a bit jiggered and I want to go walkabout but I can't see what you have to lose.
If it doesn't then there should be something here you clever guys can use
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/5-free-tools...ecord-mbr/
3 years age when you did a restore with Macrium you could uncheck a box to stop the MBR being replaced but not anymore.
Oh for a GUI for Clonzilla.
PS
Warning I'm the bluntest tool in the box. :