The Windows boot loader is able to boot Windows from a full Image backup. I read that years ago, and about one year ago I even testet that myself, so I know it's true.
Now that I really need to boot a backup, I cannot find the Website any more and I have no clue what I did?
What I have is a full System Image of a Windows 8.1 installations (including boot Partition, Windows Partition and data/Profile Partition), but I cannot boot it. I don't have a free hard drive to restore it just for the few seconds I Need to extract some important pieces of data.
Mounting that Images is NOT enough, I Need the bootet System...
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I completely forgot about this question...
The answer is here:
See Step 4: Add a boot entry.
