Windows 10: the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment

Discus and support the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, I just upgraded my PC from Windows 32 bit to 64 bit. I have a few partitions on my hard drive. I followed the online instruction and created a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by DerekLam6, Jul 24, 2020.

  1. DEREKLAM6
    DerekLam6 Win User

    the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment


    Hi, I just upgraded my PC from Windows 32 bit to 64 bit.

    I have a few partitions on my hard drive. I followed the online instruction and created a WindowsImageBackup which is now stored on an external hard drive. The upgrade process was fine and smooth. I deleted the current 32bit Win 10 Drive C and installed the new Win 10 64bit on it.


    But now I need to go back coz I thought those programs from the previous will automatically install on the new 64bit. I tried to do system image recovery. But it says, "The selected system image cannot be restored in the recovery environment.""

    Can anyone help me please?


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    :)
     
    DerekLam6, Jul 24, 2020
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  2. KEVINMURRAY9
    KevinMurray9 Win User

    the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment

    Hi again,

    I have finally managed to sort my Windows 10 installation out after having error code 0xc000021a however now I'm having trouble trying to restore my system image from an external hard drive it says (the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery
    environment) , can anyone help please
     
    KevinMurray9, Jul 25, 2020
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  3. JUNAID_A
    Junaid_A Win User
    the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment

    Hi Kevin,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forums.



    • Are you able to boot into the system?
    • How are you trying to restore the system image?
    • Is the version of your system image identical to the architecture of Windows installed?


    Note: A
    32-bit version of system image cannot be restored on a 64-bit
    Windows operating system.



    This error usually occurs if a 32-bit version of system image is tried to be accessed on a
    64-bit Windows environment. The reason being, device drivers designed for the
    32-bit version of Windows won’t work on computers running
    64    -bit version of Windows. I suggest you to check if the architecture of Windows and the system image are identical. If the issue is happening on an identical version of Windows, respond to us with the answers to the questions above.



    We await your response.

    Regards,
     
    Junaid_A, Jul 25, 2020
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  4. KEVINMURRAY9
    KevinMurray9 Win User

    the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment

    the selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment

    Hi I forgot about the questions, yes I can boot up and I am trying to restore from an external hard drive which I have done so once before
     
    KevinMurray9, Jul 25, 2020
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