Now that Windows 7 is recovered, I tried to restore my files. The Backup and Restore within Control Panel does not recognize the external HD even though the computer will open other files/pictures ...

perhaps i didnt post properly but what i need is to know how to get my image file (.wim) up and running on my new hdd. the old drive went bad but i did get the image from to other parttion and put ...

Windows Imaging Format (WIM) files are a file-based disk image format that Microsoft developed to aid in deploying Windows Vista and later operating systems.