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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 3

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   Please ensure that you use the correct disk number in the above command.

6. Clean the selected disk:

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   clean

   


7. Ensure that the target disk is MBR formatted

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   convert mbr

   


8. Create the Microsoft System Reserved partition

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   create par pri size=300

   


9. Format the MSR partition:

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   format fs=NTFS quick

   


10. Set the partition 'Active'

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    active

    


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 just the Windows System partition to the free space on the target disk. In this example, only the 'C:' partition is restored to the target disk.
 

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    Note: You can click 'Restored Partition Properties' to resize the restored partition to fill the new disk if you wish.

    Click 'Next' then 'Advanced Options' > 'Master Boot Record' and select the 'Do not replace' option for the master boot  record.
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16.  Follow the steps in the section Fix boot problems on MBR/BIOS systems in the following KB article:
  Fixing Windows boot problems

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    Note: You should select the newly created 300MB partition as the 'Active' partition when running 'Fix Boot Problems'

    


    


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