Data Recovery and Disk Utilities Forum @R-TT

Thank you.

However, as noted, I had already disabled Secure Boot. It did not resolve the problem.

Since writing this post, I have read on other discussion boards that Windows 8.1 is significantly different from 8.0 on EIFI bootup matters. I have read that other backup/imaging software writers ...

I am unable to get R-Drive startup disk or flashdrive to work with Windows 8.1, both on a Lenovo T530 and on a Surface Pro 2. (I'm not trying to restore, just validate that the startup disks will boot.)

I have tried both FAT32 flash and CD startup disks. I have turned off Secure Boot, just in case ...

Then the backup drive will be a security risk, I assume. Is there an alternative solution ... some encryption method that is device independent (just password driven) AND can be used to un-encrypt the backup drive prior to or during the R-Drive recovery process (using the R-Drive startup CD)?

Does ...

I cannot test the R-Drive startup disk I created on my MS Surface Pro 2 with Windows 8.1. The conventional BIOS options (bootup sequence) do not exist in the post-Bios UEFI setup, and I cannot get the R-Drive startup disk to boot the computer as long as the OS Drive is ok. The UEFI interface does ...

My basic question: do I have to store my backup image for the C: (OS) drive on an un-encrypted disk? That is, if my R-Drive backup image is on a Bitlocker-encrypted portable drive, and I use an R-Drive startup CD with the intention of restoring the fixed drives on the computer, can I unlock the ...