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Asked: 2012-03-04 04:04:10 +0800 CST

Restored Windows partition with Clonezilla won't boot

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I don't know if this type of question belongs to ServerFault or SuperUser.

If I mess with the source partition (eg. deleting and recreating a bigger partition) where the OS was originally installed, when restoring the partition from an image in sda2 using Clonezilla, Windows will complain and be unable to repair. I sometimes get error 0xc0000225, sometimes will just enter an endless boot/reboot cycle.

I also tried booting from the DVD and using the Repair procedure, to no avail.

A restored Ubuntu works just fine, so it looks like Windows is more picky.

Does someone know what can cause this and what can be done about this?

Thank you.

Update:
After hitting the Repair option in the failing Windows, it runs for about 15mn, and fails with the following error message:

Root cause found:
Unspecified changes to system configuration might have caused the problem.

Repair action: System files integrity check and repair
Result: Failed. Error code = 0x490
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2 Answers

  1. If this is Windows Vista or Windows 7, you may be restoring the Windows partition without the small (~95mb) System partition.

    If you've just resized the partition, the identifier might have changed, and you may need to adjust the boot settings in the BCD.

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  2. I think that you are kill the Master Boot Record when you are recreate partition.

    Using Clonezilla to copy disk to disk will include the mbr. Copying partition to partition to partition will not since the mbr is not on any partition.

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