Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista-based computer that has a Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) recovery partition.
• The recovery partition is not hidden.
  Note: Hidden partitions are type 0×27.
• The recovery partition is marked as active.
• You try to restore an image by using Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore.

In this scenario, the image is not successfully restored.

When you try to completely restore a Windows Vista-based computer by using Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), the operation may not be successful. This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

• You try to restore from a backup that was created by using the Complete PC Backup option.
• WinRE is installed on the boot volume that is marked as an active partition.
• The hard disk drive is encrypted by using BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Consider the following scenario. You restore a computer by using the Windows Complete PC Restore program in Windows Vista. You use the Format and repartition disks option. In this scenario, all dynamic disk volumes are removed and then re-created. This behavior occurs even if the dynamic disk volumes are not included in the restore process.