0xc0000225 error after imaging, but still works

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I have three identical systems: HP Z440 with a 128 GB SSD drive running Windows 7 Pro x64. I think they're set up as AHCI. Computer 1 and computer 2 both had SSD drive failures. HP support came out and replaced computer 1 and computer 2 each, with a brand new 128 GB SSD drive.

I booted into the working computer 3 with Acronis True Image 2016 and took a full disk image and put the image on a shared drive. I then booted into computer 1 and computer 2 and restored computer 3's image onto computer 1 and computer 2.

Now both computer 1 and computer 2 have the same exact problem. They boot up and stop at this error:

Title: Windows Boot Manager
Status: 0xc0000225
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible

At the bottom of the screen it gives me the option to press ENTER=continue. When I press Enter, it boots into Windows correctly and works just fine. If I reboot the computer it goes back into this screen. Press Enter, Windows works fine.

The only thing I tried is Windows Repair disk. After I boot into it, it gives me an error, so I can't continue with a disk repair:

System Recovery Options
This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair.  Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows.
(Manually transcribed)

system repair error

I use Acronis True Image 2016 all of the time on Supermicro and other HP systems and never had this problem. What is actually causing this and how do I fix it?

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asked on Super User Jan 13, 2017 by atetees • edited Jan 13, 2017 by G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

1 Answer

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I had the same issue. I resolved it by disabling all possible startup devices other than legacy hard drive in the Boot Order section of the BIOS. I think the issue occurred because originally the HP was set to boot from a UEFI partition that was destroyed in the image restore (image was from a different computer).

answered on Super User Aug 9, 2018 by user932180

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