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I did a system image backup of my Windows 10 machine using a combination of wbadmin and Bareos.

I wanted test restoring it, so I restored the wbadmin image files from the BareOS server to an external hdd; which restored to D:\clonezilla\restore_attempt\F:\WindowsImageBackup after I changed the folder name of the backup from the NTFS incompatible F: foldername.

I then proceeded to boot with my Windows 10 DVD...and then...

  1. Clicked Repair my Computer
  2. Clicked Troubleshooting
  3. Clicked Restore System Image
  4. Then in the Re-image your computer dialog, the backup from the system state on the local machine appears, but not from the external hdd, I clicked the Select a system image radio button.
  5. Clicked the Next > button.
  6. On the next screen Select the location of the backup for the computer you want to restore, clicked the Advanced... button.
  7. In the resulting dialog it requests a UNC path;

Am I required to use an SMB share to re-image my machine? Or can I just use the external HDD instead? It seems to me that attaching an external hdd would work faster than sending it across the network, and thus I would rather use that to save time. Is it possible to do this using a localhost unc path? I've seen that the external hdd is listed as D: when booting into Restore a System Image but I am unable to login to the local host.

leeand00
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