Windows 10: System Image restore to original disk finds the disk too small!

I am trying to restore system image to the original drive on original hardware and it fails to complete with errors about the disk being too small.^The disk that is set as active in bios is too small to recover the original disk error 0x80042407."This is the original disk, been reformated , cleaned etc. Just can't get past this hurdle when nothing in my hardware has changed. A new install on the same disk works fine but then cannot do a system image restore either to that or a reformatted empty original disk. The system image is of the same drive, no other complications.Using Win10 X64 2

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Transfer System disk image to SSD


The message I get when I try and install the image is
The system image restore failed

Error details: The disk that is set as active in BIOS is too small to recover the original system disk. Replace the disk with a larger one and retry the restore operation. (0x80042407)

following is a copy of the setup for image creation



The bios lists the disk as Kingston and Windows shows Kingston SV300s37A 120G (disk 0) 111.79 GB as the disk to use in the disks to exclude screen so the 111.79 is the capacity as Windows sees it. I don't understand how it can't fit a 44GB image file.

 

Finding Original Disk Signature

The title is exactly what I am having trouble with. I'm pretty sure this is the correct thread to post on. I apologize if it isn't. I changed the uniqueID of my boot drive without being aware of the consequences. When I went to reboot, the drive was not booting up properly. So, here I am trying to find the original disk ID so that I can use CMD prompt and Diskpart utility to restore the disks original ID. I contacted Windows customer service, but the guy in my chat was no help at all.
I read this article at first, using the instructions under the "Restoring a Disk Signature" section:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/arc...disk-signature
I tried going through the step by step instructions but got stuck at one specific part. It says to locate the BCD file under the \Boot directory, except I cannot find any such thing. Furthermore, the instructions are very unclear and hard to read (at least for me). I am so close to solving this issue. All I need is this one string of numbers and letters and my PC will be back in working order... anyone know of a way to access the BCD so that I can access the original disk signature/ID? Once I have this number, I know how to use Diskpart to restore the ID. Any and all help will be appreciated. I need a working PC for school...

For reference, this is the part of the article that I am stuck at:




I am running Windows 10 version 2004.

 

Windows 10 System Image Restore

Finally managed to copy the Windows System image from my NAS to an HDD connected to my laptop using USB 2.

Started up the 'dead' PC (not the laptop) using the Widow's Repair disk on DVD and connected the HDD with the system image using a USB caddy. Connected another new HDD where the original system disk was - so far so good?

Followed the steps on the system repair disk which found the system image on the USB HDD and the restore process seemed to start ok? The process started restoring the c: drive but stopped almost immediately with the following message:-

'The system image restore failed.

Error details: The volume does not contain a recognized filesystem. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted. (0x800703ED)'

In DISKPART the new HDD is listed as Disk 2 No Media

Where to next ... ?