Cannot use bitlocker on redeployed images
Hello,
I have created a backup of our HP Elitebook 840G3 and redeployed it to an identical device.
On the master system, I am able to enable TPM and Bitlocker without isssue, however, on any redeployments of this image on other machines, Bitlocker will not enable. I get the Error
the path specified in the boot configuration data (bcd) for a bitlocker drive encryption integrity-protected application is incorrect. please verify and correct your bcd settings and try again.
I have attempted to use this KB from microsoft https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929834
but have had zero luck.
I noticed that on my Master system. I have 3 partitions
System Reserve (System, Active, Primary Partition) 500MB NTFS
C: (Boot, Page fire, Crash Dump, Primary Partition) 237.21 GB NTFS
Unlabeled (Recovery Partition) 794MB
These all show to be selectable in the the Acronis TrueImage 2015 Bootable media. However after deployment, I only see 2 Partitions on the other machine
Unlabled (EFI System Partition) 100MB
C: (Boot, Pagefile Crash dump, primary partition) 238.25GB NTFS
Why is the System Reserve partition and other partitions gone? Why is the EFI one here now? Shouldn't it be a carbon copy?
Thanks


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Both machines are identicle....
Why wouldn't acronis back up the drives exactly as they are? I don't understand why it would change it from Legacy/MBR to UEFI? Do I need to launch Acronis recovery media in legacy mode instead to ensure it captuers correctly?
I was able to find a solution, but It ended up having me use a Win7 Repair disk and then restoring the REagent.xml in system32
At this time, I cannot completely recreate the image on my master machine as there is way to much involed in doing that for my business.
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Aaron, the Acronis rescue media should always be booted in exactly the same boot mode as is used by your Windows OS installation.
See webpage: Check if your PC uses UEFI or BIOS to determine the boot mode of the source / master system. Your target system should support the same boot mode to avoid any conversion being performed, so given you are seeing an EFI partition you will need to check the options in the BIOS settings for that system to see if it supports being booted in Legacy mode.
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Aaron Johnson wrote:Why wouldn't acronis back up the drives exactly as they are? I don't understand why it would change it from Legacy/MBR to UEFI? Do I need to launch Acronis recovery media in legacy mode instead to ensure it captuers correctly?
How you boot the media determines the formatting / scheme of the disk. This applies not just to Acronis, but even with your Windows installation media.
Example: You have a brand new legacy/MBR formatted disk, but you boot your Windows installer media in UEFI mode. When asked where to install your new OS, your new disk will not be an available option because the Windows install media was launched in UEFI and Windows will only allow you to install UEFI to a GPT formatted disk.
Vice-versa... You have a newly formatted GPT disk, but you boot your Windows installer media in legacy mode. When asked where to install the OS, you will not see your new disk as an option because Windows will not allow you to install a UEFI OS onto a legacy formatted hard drive.
Taking a page from Microsofts playbook, if you boot the Acronis media in legacy mode and restore, your OS is rstored as legacy/MBR - however, if the OS was originally UEFI, it will not boot. You can't go from UEFI back to MBR. If you boot the Acronis media in UEFI mode, your OS is restored as UEFI/GPT. In some cases, you can successfully convert a legacy/MBR installed OS to the newer UEFI/GPT scheme with Acronis (pending your bios supports it and is properly configured afer the restore... such as making sure the bios is set to allow UEFI boot and that "windows bootmanager" is the top boot priority after the restore).
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