Windows 10: Restoring System Image Backup after RAM/SSD changes?

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Would RAM/SSD changes made after creating the backup (in my case, 8GB-> 2x8GB, added a second SSD) cause issues when restoring from a system image backup?

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How to restore a system image backup to a hardware encrypting SSD (eDrive)

Has anyone figured out how to restore a system image backup to a hardware encrypting SSD (eDrive)? The problem I am experiencing is that I can successfully restore the system image to the SSD but hardware encryption is no longer enableable like it was before
the backup and restore.

Here is a basic overview of the procedure: How to Restore System Image Backups on Windows 7, 8, and 10

Here are the specific steps I followed to reproduce and document this problem:

1. Install Windows 10 (1607) onto a Crucial M500 SSD eDrive.

2. Turn on Bitlocker and the C: drive is instantly encrypted on reboot.

3. Confirm hardware encryption using Manage-bde -Status.

4. Create a system image backup using the "Create a system image" command under "File History/System Image Backup" or "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" in the Control Panel.

5. Boot to a Windows thumb drive or DVD, open a command prompt and Clean the SSD using Diskpart.

6. Restore the system image backup to the SSD. Process completes successfully and Windows runs normally.

7. Re-enable Bitlocker but only software encryption is available. The hardware encryption which was working fine before the image backup and restore is now inoperative.

I have tried this several times with various changes, such as clearing the TPM, turning Bitlocker off before creating the system image, and using a 1511 version of Windows 10 instead of the 1607 version. The results are always the same.

Conclusion: System image backups of a hardware encrypted drive are unusable because the hardware encryption can never be turned on again after the image is restored to a new, or even the same, SSD.

If anyone has figured out how to make this work I would love to hear your solution!

However, I think it is currently impossible because of a bug in Bitlocker, System Image Recovery, or both. I'm hoping that someone from Microsoft will take notice of this post and address the problem, either by providing a procedure that actually works or
by fixing the malfunctioning code in Windows.

 

Restore a System Image Backup

I created a Windows 10 System Image backup of my SSD drive, and stored it on a 64GB USB stick prior to sending my computer in for repair. Of course, the SSD was needlessly wiped and reset to factory defaults, so now I want to restore the system image.
Unfortunately, I can't get Windows to recognize the USB nor a copy of that image on a hard drive during the "select an image" process. In addition, I copied that backup to a NAS device and tried to get the restore software to recognize that, but it just keeps
giving me the same error.

I've tried using the advanced startup to select an image both from within Windows 10 as well as via booting from a USB stick that was loaded with the Windows 10 media tools. The same errors and dialogs are presented.

What are the steps to replace the factory image with my backed up system image?

Unfortunately, the system image is not bootable since that would make too much sense.

 

How to restore a Windows 10 system image to an existing or larger storage device

Just tried restoring a WIN 10 backup (made from 500gb SSD to 1TB SSD) get the message " the system image restore failed the parameter is incorrect 0x80070057"

• Apparently it is not possible to restore to a different SSD using WIN 10 backup and restore