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    Hey guys. I have a machine that was previously running Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center. The machine was configured with UEFI booting. The WHS2011 server had the GPT-UEFI hotfix installed and always backed up without issue. My HDD failed in the Win8.1 machine. I've replaced it with a SSD and want to restore from my backup. I've created a Client Restore USB from the WHS dashboard. The machine has no CD drive.

    When I try to boot to the USB on the machine in UEFI mode, I immediately get an error... File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD  Status: 0xc000000d.

    When I try to boot to the USB in Legacy BIOS mode, the WinPE shell starts but immediately throws a 0xc0000025 error before even getting to the driver screen.

    I can get it to start the restore wizard sometimes by booting to the USB in Legacy BIOS mode while shutting off all other boot devices, but it won't let me restore. The wizard says I need to boot to the restore wizard in UEFI mode to do the restore.

    I've been trying to restore this for DAYS and have searched endlessly on the internet and this site and can't seem to find anything that works. PLEASE help, I really need to get my computer running again as it was.

    Monday, May 23, 2016 3:35 PM

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    Issue had nothing to do with secure boot, as it was already turned off.

    WHS2011 was creating a custom PE environment based on WinPE3.0 (Win7), but wasn't making it correctly to boot properly from all UEFI machines.

    I had to create WinPE5.0(Win8.1) UEFI USB stick and copied the files from WHS2011 USB stick. I added the network drivers using DISM and modified the startnet.cmd file to launch the client restore wizard at boot. This was the only was I was able to get it all working.

    • Marked as answer by rytomi Sunday, June 5, 2016 4:31 PM
    Sunday, June 5, 2016 4:31 PM

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    Hi,

    Contact the manufacturer of the computer make sure the BIOS is up to date. 

    Disable the "Secure Boot" option.

    Best Regards,
    Eve Wang

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    Tuesday, May 24, 2016 8:14 AM
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    Issue had nothing to do with secure boot, as it was already turned off.

    WHS2011 was creating a custom PE environment based on WinPE3.0 (Win7), but wasn't making it correctly to boot properly from all UEFI machines.

    I had to create WinPE5.0(Win8.1) UEFI USB stick and copied the files from WHS2011 USB stick. I added the network drivers using DISM and modified the startnet.cmd file to launch the client restore wizard at boot. This was the only was I was able to get it all working.

    • Marked as answer by rytomi Sunday, June 5, 2016 4:31 PM
    Sunday, June 5, 2016 4:31 PM
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    Would you mind walking me through this?  I have the WinPE 5.0 UEFI USB Stick made and it boots but I'm not sure what to copy over and how to modify the startnet.cmd file.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
    Saturday, March 9, 2019 10:42 PM