Windows not booting after Aomei Backupper imaging

Procedure to follow after disk imaging using Aomei Backupper to get Windows booting again…

• Step 1: Boot computer using OS boot disk (cdrom or usb flashdrive)
• Step 2: Update the master boot code for hard disk partitions 
• Step 3: Find the drive letters assigned to the system and Windows drives
• Step 4: Configure the boot files
• Step 5: Delete a boot entry in necessary

Step 1: Boot computer using OS boot disk (cdrom or usb flashdrive)

• Insert your Windows installation media in the computer and boot from it

Step 2: Update the master boot code for hard disk partitions

• Once booted from previous step open a command prompt and type de below command followed by pressing enter
  

bootsect /nt60 all /mbr

Step 3: Find the drive letters assigned to the system and Windows drives

• From the same command prompt as above do the following

Type diskpart then enter

Type list volume then enter

You should see the drive letter assigned to the system and the Windows partition.

If no letters assigned you can assign one by typing select volume {volume #} and then type assign to assign a letter.

Type exit then enter to close diskpart

Step 4: Configure the boot files

• Again from the command prompt type  the following command

Type bcdboot x:\windows /s y:

Replace x and y by the letters found in step 3, x being the Windows partition and y the system partition

Remove the bootable Windows media and reboot the computer

Step 5: Delete a boot entry if necessary

• At reboot on some rare occasions you might have an extra boot entry, run the following to remove the invalid one

Open a command prompt as administrator

Type BCDedit to view current boot entry and get the id of the invalid one

Type BCDedit /delete {entry id} and press enter to remove entry