There are many people having same problem and you try to joke.
not hardly. you misunderstood. I've been fighting this for weeks.
I cannot restore any system image which was created in Windows 10 v1709 using Backup and Restore.
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I cannot restore any system image which was created in Windows 10 v1709 using Backup and Restore. I receive the following error:
“The system image restore failed.
Error details: A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error. Check the Application event log for more information.
(0x80042302)”
This is a fresh Windows 10 v1709 installation. The repair disk was created using Backup and Restore. The image resides on an external USB hard drive which contains other images. I can restore any Windows 10 v1703 image using the repair disk. I cannot restore any Windows 10 v1709 image using the repair disk.
As a first test, I installed Windows 10 v1709 on a new HP EliteBook 840 G4 laptop (before installation I wiped its hard drive). I also used a different external USB hard drive to back up the image successfully. I checked Event Viewer and found no errors or warnings relating to Windows Backup. After a successful backup, I wiped that laptop using the “clean” command and tried to restore the same image I created earlier. It failed with the VSS error referenced above.
As a second test, I installed Windows 10 v1703 on the same HP EliteBook 840 G4 laptop (before installation I wiped its hard drive). I used the same external USB hard drive to back up the image successfully. I checked Event Viewer and found no errors or warnings relating to Windows Backup. After a successful backup, I wiped that laptop using the “clean” command and tried to restore the same image I created earlier. The restore was successful.
Unsuccessfully, I tried to restore an image using repair disks I created in Windows 10 v1703, v1607 and v1511.
I am aware System Image Backup (SIB) Solution is deprecated (not removed) in v1709. I searched online for other users with the same issue and came across the following post on TechNet forum.
The culprit appears to be v1709. Something changed to prevent a successful restore.
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2018-01-12T13:55:29+00:00 DISM still works, so it's simple if not quick to restore a SIB - even if you have to do a bare metal recovery. No third party tools are required.
Mount the VHDX (from the SIB folder structure) and capture to a Windows Image (.wim). Then use DISM to apply the image to a formatted C: drive.
If anyone needs the step-by-step procedure, let me know and I'll post it here.
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Anonymous
2018-01-12T14:22:54+00:00 DISM still works, so it's simple if not quick to restore a SIB - even if you have to do a bare metal recovery. No third party tools are required.
Mount the VHDX (from the SIB folder structure) and capture to a Windows Image (.wim). Then use DISM to apply the image to a formatted C: drive.
If anyone needs the step-by-step procedure, let me know and I'll post it here.
Yes, please add instructions! Thank you.
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Anonymous
2018-01-12T14:29:24+00:00 Has anyone been able to use system image for a UEFI and larger than 2 TB drive?
I have used it before but this time I was migrating an Hitachi 6TB system drive to a Seagate 12TB system drive and got nothing but errors. Getting to the 6TB years ago was easy. It was migrated from a smaller than 2TB system drive and then I just increased the volume size under Disk Manager.
After looking at the different image programs: support for a system clone, UEFI system and larger than 2TB system drive seems to be a challenge. System Image failed with the same errors as above.
Anyone have luck with this situation?
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Anonymous
2018-01-12T14:34:12+00:00 Yes, please!!!! what is DSIM? and how it this a true "bare metal" recovery solution if the image has to be applied to a logical drive that has already been formatted?