[Win11 29585.1000 Canary / Insider Experimental] Image Restore stops after rebooting

[al3x]

Hi,

I was experimenting a bit with Windows 11 Canary version 29585.1000 (Insider Experimental Future Platforms) in VMware Workstation.
I made an HBS image backup to a second internal drive, which I now tried to restore from within Windows.

Restore process started successfully, Windows rebooted into WinPE. But it then took a few extra seconds to load up HBS, showing only the screenshot tool in the meantime.
When HBS finally showed up, the restore process didn't start automatically. Instead I was given the normal HBS window in "Home" tab:



Logs from the WinPE HBS are attached, maybe this helps with the diagnosis. Using the current HBS version v5.8.2.1.

BTW: After manually starting the restore from the backup task, it finished without a problem, so this is only a hiccup with the auto select.

I couldn't reproduce this behavior on current Windows 11 or any older versions so I think this might be something new, possibly introduced by MS.
Please note: I haven't tested the outcome with the current latest Canary version 29599.1000 so far, but I'd assume it's still the same.

Hope that helps 

[admin]

Dear al3x,

Is this issue 100% reproducible on Windows 11 Canary version 29585.1000? Perhaps we need to pay attention to the release of the next version.

Best regards,

[admin]

Dear al3x,

This issue appears to be related to WinPE. Did you create WinPE based on WinRE? Could you try downloading WinPE from Microsoft to see if the issue persists? Thanks.

Best regards,

[al3x]

Hi,

I tried this 3 times in the same VM and it was reproducible, yes. WinPE was created from the running system, so WinRE from that 29585.1000.

I can try again tonight, but I’m at work right now so that will take some time. I’ll keep you posted.

[al3x]

Hi again,

Could you try downloading WinPE from Microsoft to see if the issue persists? Thanks.

I tested on the same build with the MS WinPE download and that worked correctly.

Is this issue 100% reproducible on Windows 11 Canary version 29585.1000?

100% reproducible, yes. I also updated to the latest 29599.1000 and that didn't change anything, same behavior.
And finally I set up a complete fresh VM with 29599.1000 and this problem was again reproducible.

So I think this is 100% related to MS and their 27H2 future platform. Could be a bug but they also might've changed something that breaks HBS.

Best regards,
al3x

[admin]

Hi again,

Could you try downloading WinPE from Microsoft to see if the issue persists? Thanks.

I tested on the same build with the MS WinPE download and that worked correctly.

Is this issue 100% reproducible on Windows 11 Canary version 29585.1000?

100% reproducible, yes. I also updated to the latest 29599.1000 and that didn't change anything, same behavior.
And finally I set up a complete fresh VM with 29599.1000 and this problem was again reproducible.

So I think this is 100% related to MS and their 27H2 future platform. Could be a bug but they also might've changed something that breaks HBS.

Best regards,
al3x

Yes, it is obvious that the issue was caused by Microsoft's changes, and it may be fixed later. We will keep an eye on it. Thanks.