To restore an MBR backup on a UEFI platform, you need to convert the image afterward.
1. Volume recovery (complete)
- Make sure you have created an Actiphy Windows PE environment before you start.
- Start the AIP PE environment on the new empty machine.
- Click on "Recovery" -> "Volume Recovery".
- Select the directory for the backup image and click "Next".
- Right-click in the left area of the target disk (highlighted in yellow) and select "Initialize disk".
- In the next overview, select "MBR (Master Boot Record)".
- Select the entire source data carrier by right-clicking in the yellow area and selecting "Disk 0 - Basic (MBR)".
- Confirm data deletion by clicking "OK".
- Click on "Next" and then "Done".
- Wait for the restoration to finish.
- Verify in the "Dashboard" overview if partitions match the source medium layout.
- Navigate to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt".
- Run the following commands line by line:
mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0
- The result should look like the following screenshot:
- If no feedback is received after running the commands, ensure that the required files are integrated into the AIP PE environment, as mentioned in step 1.
- Restart the machine by selecting "Operation" -> "Exit" -> "Reboot".
2. Volume recovery (single)
For backing up individual partitions, you can use Volume Restore. The process for restoring individual volumes differs in some steps from a complete restoration.
- Make sure you have created an Actiphy Windows PE environment before you start.
- Start the AIP PE environment on the new empty machine.
- Click on "Recovery" -> "Volume Recovery".
- Select the directory for the backup image and click "Next".
- Right-click in the left area of the target disk (highlighted in yellow) and select "Initialize disk".
- In the next overview, select "MBR (Master Boot Record)".
- Mark the desired partition by right-clicking in the yellow marked area and selecting "Disk 0 - (MBR)" "Unallocated XX GB".
- Proceed according to the same principle with other partitions.
- You'll get another prompt for the partition with the operating system. Confirm this with "Yes."
- Confirm the message to delete all data with "OK".
- Click on "Next" and then "Done".
- Wait for the restoration to finish and verify in the "Dashboard" overview if the partitions match the source medium's layout.
- Go to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt".
- Run the following commands line by line:
mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0
- The result should look like the following screenshot:
- If there's no feedback after running the commands, check, as in point 1, if the required files are integrated into the AIP PE environment. If you encounter issues, follow the troubleshooting steps.
- Restart the machine by selecting "Operation" -> "Exit" -> "Reboot."
3. Add RAID / Storage driver
- Launch the Windows PE recovery environment from our software and choose "Tools" -> "Command Line."
- Use this command to mount the driver on the Windows drive:
dism /Image:C:\ /Add-Driver /Driver:Z:\driver\XXX.inf
. The path / driver storage location must be adjusted depending on the system.
4. Troubleshooting
The "Cannot find partition(s) for disk 0" message may appear if no partition with a valid boot configuration is found. To resolve this, follow the steps below.
- Identify the drive where the boot configuration is written (typically C - note that letters can vary in the PE environment).
- Go to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt" and enter the following commands line by line:
diskpart
sel disk 0
list volume
- In our example, Volume 2 is considered the supposed C partition.
- Exit diskpart using "Exit".
- This command verifies the existence of the Boot folder. If it's not found, check other volumes using the drive letter.
dir /a E:\
- Verify if the "Boot" folder is present. This folder contains the necessary files for system booting.
dir /a E:\boot
- This command generates a summary of all boot configurations. An incorrect configuration would include "ramdisk = [unknown]".
bcdedit /store E:\boot\Bcd /enum all
- Highlight the GUID of the identifier by holding down the left mouse button and copy it by right-clicking.
- Execute the following command to delete the faulty boot entry.
bcdedit /store E:\boot\bcd /delete <INSERT GUID>
- You can then start the conversion from MBR to GPT again.
mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0
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