Restoring as built disk images not booting
Purchased 5 identical machines in late 2014 ... after software install and configuration used ATI 13 to create disk images (as built) for all machines
The other day one of these machines crashed after a Windows update ... Acronis as built mage restored with no errors but Windows 7 Pro won't boot and or won't boot to safe mode ... the default launch recovery tools fail ... boot from last known fails
As these machines didn't come with OS media and are still under warrantee, I took the machine back to the vendor ... the vendor claims there is nothing wrong with the machine and reloaded Win 7 Pro ... ATI 13 backs up and restores this current install but none of the 5 as built images boot.
These machines have dual bios (GIGABYTE UEFI DualBios) ... when the Windows update occurred (the other 4 machines successfully did this same update) this machine stated the bios was corrupted so restored it's bios image from the dual bios ... I am wondering if the as built images are possibly comparing some bios signature (configuration?) ... failing this test Windows just refuses to boot?
Can anyone offer some suggestions on how to resolve this ... the software in the as built is not trivial to install or configure

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One thing you might try would be on the System that boots, go to Control Panel/Backup
and create a Windows Repair Disk CD.
Then use the CD to boot one of the non-working systems and do a
Repair System Startup
and it may take 2 or 3 attempts.
See if you can get one to boot.
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Another option is to get help from Acronis. They advertise they help with recovery issue regardless of beyond the 30 days of free support.
Fill out a support reqest as per this link and use LIVE CHAT. Your serial number must be registered to get support.
SAMPLE RECOVERY SUPPORT TICKET FOR RECOVERY (Courtesy of user Joey))
https://forum.acronis.com/system/files/forum/2015/09/98421/recoveryissu…
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