MBR to GPT (UEFI) restore

If you want to restore an MBR backup to a UEFI platform, the image must be converted afterward.

1. Volume recovery (complete)

1. Make sure you have created an Actiphy Windows PE environment before you start.
2. Start the AIP PE environment on the new empty machine.
3. Click on "Recovery" -> "Volume Recovery".
4. Select the directory for the backup image and click "Next".
5. Right-click in the left area of the target disk (highlighted in yellow) and select "Initialize disk".
6. In the next overview, select "MBR (Master Boot Record)".
7. Select the entire source data carrier by right-clicking in the yellow area and selecting "Disk 0 - Basic (MBR)".
8. Confirm the message to delete all data with "OK".
9. Click on "Next" and then on "Done".
10. Wait until the restoration is complete and check in the "Dashboard" overview whether the partitions have the same layout as the source medium.
11. Go to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt".
12. Run the following commands line by line:
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0
13. The result should look like the following screenshot:
14. If you do not receive any feedback after executing the commands, please check as mentioned in point 1 that the necessary files are integrated into the AIP PE environment.
15. Now restart the machine via "Operation" -> "Exit" -> "Reboot".

2. Volume recovery (single)

If you only want to back up individual partitions, you can also do this under Volume Restore. The procedure for restoring individual volumes differs in some steps from a complete restoration.

1. Make sure you have created an Actiphy Windows PE environment before you start.
2. Start the AIP PE environment on the new empty machine.
3. Click on "Recovery" -> "Volume Recovery".
4. Select the directory for the backup image and click "Next".
5. Right-click in the left area of the target disk (highlighted in yellow) and select "Initialize disk".
6. In the next overview, select "MBR (Master Boot Record)".
7. Mark the desired partition by right-clicking in the yellow marked area and selecting "Disk 0 - (MBR)" "Unallocated XX GB".
   
8. Proceed according to the same principle with other partitions.
9. You will receive another query for the partition with the operating system. Confirm this with "Yes".
10. Confirm the message to delete all data with "OK".
11. Click on "Next" and then on "Done".
12. Wait until the restoration is complete and check in the "Dashboard" overview whether the partitions have the same layout as the source medium.
13. Go to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt".
14. Run the following commands line by line:
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0
15. The result should look like the following screenshot:
16. If you do not receive any feedback after executing the commands, please check as in point 1 that the necessary files are integrated into the AIP PE environment. If you have any problems, follow the troubleshooting steps.
17. Now restart the machine via "Operation" -> "Exit" -> "Reboot".

3. Add RAID / Storage driver

1. Start the Windows PE recovery environment from our software and select "Tools" -> "Command line".
2. Enter 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 message "Cannot find partition(s) for disk 0" can occur if no partition with a valid boot configuration is found. To fix this, follow the steps below.

1. Find out the drive on which the boot configuration is written (usually C - the letters can vary in the PE environment).
2. Go to "Tools" -> "Launch Command Prompt" and enter the following commands line by line:
   diskpart
sel disk 0
list volume
3. In our example, Volume 2 is the supposed C partition.
4. Exit diskpart using "Exit".
5. The following command checks that the Boot folder exists. If this is not available, check the other volumes using the drive letter.
   dir /a E:\
6. Check if the folder "Boot" is available. This folder contains the files which are required to boot the system.
   dir /a E:\boot
7. The following command creates an overview of all boot configurations. The incorrect configuration contains "ramdisk = [unknown]".
   bcdedit /store E:\boot\Bcd /enum all
8. Mark the GUID of the identifier with the left mouse button pressed and copy it by clicking the right mouse button.
9. Execute the following command to delete the faulty boot entry.
   bcdedit /store E:\boot\bcd /delete <INSERT GUID>
10. You can then start the conversion from MBR to GPT again.
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0