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1. Boot into Windows PE.
   
   

2. Open a Windows command window. To open a command window click the icon on the taskbar.
   
   

3. Type:

   
   

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   diskpart

   
   
   

4. Type: 

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   list disk

   


5. Select the disk number that you want to restore to. For example:

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   select disk 0

   


6. Clean the selected disk:

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   clean

   


7. By default, "clean" creates an empty MBR disk. Convert it to GPT:

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   convert gpt

   


8. Create the EFI partition:

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   create partition efi size=200

   


9. Format the EFI partition:

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   format fs=fat32

   


10. Create the MSR partition:

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    create partition msr size=128

    


11. Exit Diskpart:

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    exit

     



12. In Macrium Reflect, click Backup tab.
 
13. Click Refresh to read the newly initialized disk.




14. Click Restore tab.
 
15. Select the image file, drag and drop the imaged partitions but DO NOT restore the MSR partition from the image file. In this example, only the C partition is restored to the target disk.
 



16. Click 'Next' then 'Advanced Options' > 'Master Boot Record' and select the 'Do not replace' option for the master boot  record.

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17. When the restore is complete, configure the UEFI boot files in the EFI system partition. 

Follow the steps in the section Fix Boot problems for GPT/UEFI Boot Systems in the following KB article:
Fixing Windows boot problems



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    You may need to edit the UEFI configuration to tell it to boot into the new GPT hard disk.

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