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. On a Windows Vista-based computer, you configure the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature to encrypt a volume or to decrypt a volume. Then, you restart the computer in Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) or in Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE). In this scenario, you unexpectedly experience heavy disk activity.