Issue with booting into windows after successful restore using Acronis bootable media of Acronis True Image 2018.
Hi all.
Issus arose after trying Ubuntu from a USB disk I created (did not install). After re-boot, I found I could no longer boot into my Windows 10 PC running on ASUS P5K Premium motherboard (no EFI support), with SSD (Samsung SSD 840 EVO, 120 GB drive - for Windows) and a hard drive (TOSHIBA DT01ACA300, 2.7 TB).
As I had been backing up for many years using Acronis True Image 2018, I thought I’d be able to easily recover but having issues (for months now. Acronis support case still open).
I’m able to restore the PC – Full PC restore: SSD and Hard disk – operation completes successfully.
When I power on, windows tries to start but always ends up with a completely blank screen.
If I re-boot 3 time, I’m able to boot into windows Safe Mode.
Tried several options from CMD window but still not been able to get it working:
chkdsk /f /r – For all partitions on both disks.
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow
I’m able to install fresh copy of Win 10 onto the SSD and all works fine (so I know hardware is ok) but unable to get my backup running.
Any help gratefully appreciated.


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Hi Steve, thanks for the quick response. Yes, agree Linux Live should never cause any issue but it did not boot into Windows immediately after removal of USB – Perhaps coincidental.
During recover operation, Recover logs do not report any errors. Also verified the backup.
In my previous note, I forgot to mention "bootrec /scanos" and "bootrec /rebuildbcd" always reports 0 windows installations.
Your idea seems promising - Will give it a go tomorrow and report back – many thanks.
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Deleted all partitions on SSD and re-installed Win 10 – All good and working even after several re-boots.
Restored c partition only – no error reported.
Rebooted – Exactly same issue as before with blank screen.
In CMD window ran the commands in first post. "bootrec /scanos" and "bootrec /rebuildbcd" still reports 0 windows installations.
So ran:
bcdedit /export c:\bcdbackup
attrib c:\boot\bcd -h -r -s
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /rebuildbcd
This reported 1 windows installation.
Re-boot now gives Error Code 0xc0000001.
So tried windows start up repair – reported it could not fix the issue.
In CMD window ran commands in first post again. "bootrec /scanos" and "bootrec /rebuildbcd" still reports 0 windows installations.
Still won’t boot – blank screen, no error messages.
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Looks like something is broken / corrupted in the backup image of Windows you are recovering from given all the hardware is fine with a clean install.
Do you have an older backup that you could try?
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