[SOLVED] 0x80070057 error at the end of system image restore

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rutra80

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A couple of days ago I made a system image backup (there were no error messages that it was unsuccessful), now I need to restore it, I boot Windows 10 DVD, point to a network location and start the restore, but after an hour or so, at the end it errors with "0x80070057: Parameter is incorrect". After that Windows boots to diagnostic mode but fails to repair anything. Diskpart shows that the partition which used to be C is RAW. Please help, I don't feel like reinstalling the whole environment.

PS: there's a lot of clues on the internet about fixing similar problem when such error popups at the beginning of restore from a USB thumb drive. The solution is to unplug the thumb before starting so the restore doesn't get confused with the additional drive. It's not the case here, I'm not using USB thumb and I get the error at the end of restore.
 
I also have an impression that the order of partitions is different (C was 3rd, after restore it seems to be 1st).
I checked and I'm able to mount VHDX with C partition and access all files, chkdsk doesn't find any errors in it.
It's a UEFI computer with GPT installation.
Is there some way to restore it with some 3rd party tool, or manually? What can I do?
 
Was this a Microsoft backup or a 3rd party imaging program?


0x80070057 most often has to do with the system partition not being correct if you used a 3rd party program and imaged the C partition only and not the system partition and and the C then you'll have this error.

If it's a microsoft back up see this> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/982736?wa=wsignin1.0
 
I used Microsoft backup. The link you provided is more about making backups, while I have a problem with restoring. Anyway I'll try to alter the locales and registry in the rescue environment.


Update: I managed to restore an older backup of Windows 8.1 from before upgrade to Windows 10. I used Windows 8.1 DVD for the restore.

The difference between an old image and the new one is that after upgrade to Windows 10 I removed an optical drive and replaced it with a SSD which I was using for page file and ReadyBoost. Also, Windows 8.1 had 3 partitions, while after upgrade to Windows 10 I noticed that there's some additional 4th partition (so there were 2 restore or EFI partitions, not sure which), but the backup image of Windows 10 still consists of 3 VHDX files. The image of Windows 10 isn't an image made from a scratch - when I was setting up the backup I simply pointed to the old 8.1 image and Windows 10 was making its images on top of the old one (I wanted it to backup the differences only, to avoid huge transfer of the whole drive).

Anyway, as I already stated I'm sure that VHDX of Windows 10 isn't corrupted. It's probably some problem with XML metadata so the restore procedure can't recreate proper partition layout corresponding with images, or something.
 
Ok I restored by:
  1. Mounting VHDX files in Disk Management one by one and converting them with Macrium Reflect to its native format
  2. Cleaning disk with DiskPart and converting it to GPT
  3. Restoring converted partitions with UEFI version of Macrium Reflect Free rescue CD
  4. Using "Fix boot problems" feature of UEFI version of Macrium Reflect Free rescue CD
 

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