Windows Server 2012 System Volume Recovery

You cannot restore a system volume by using Windows Server Backup. System volumes can only be restored using the Windows installation recovery environment from the Windows installation media. System volumes should only be restored separately when the system volume is corrupted or failed but the system hardware has not changed and data disks remain intact. Any Windows disk that contains system volumes will be erased and restored as part of this process. If a single disk contains two volumes (the system volume and a separate data volume), the data volume will also be erased and restored by this process. To restore the system volume, follow these steps:

1. Boot your system using the Windows Server 2012 ...

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