How to remove Windows 7 SRP during a Ghost restore using the Ghost SRD.
NOTE: If you are using Bitlocker, this is not for you.
First off, make sure you have a verified, valid backup of all partitions on the disk Windows is installed on.
Boot the PC from the Ghost 15 SRD. All work will be done from here until it is time to reboot into Windows.
To open a command prompt, click the upper left side of the Ghost GUI...
Next, type DISKPART to open the Windows Disk Partition utility. As you can see from the LIST DISK command there are two physical drives. From the LIST VOLUME command you can see how the partitions are lettered. Since we are in Win PE, the SRP was assigned letter E...
Next, just to start with a clean slate, I used the SELECT VOLUME command to select volume C. This also brings focus to the same disk. I then ran the CLEAN command. Note this does not ask for verification, so make sure you have the correct drive! Now Disk 0 is completely blank. You can do the LIST VOLUME command again to see the SRP and C: partitions are gone...
Now type EXIT but leave the command prompt open.
Next go ahead and restore the backup of your C drive to the unallocated space...
After the restore is complete, open DISKPART again and run the LIST VOLUME command.
Here we see the letter C was assigned to the Windows partition.
Now type EXIT but leave the command prompt open.
At the command prompt, type C:\Windows\System32\BCDBOOT C:\Windows
You should get the message: Boot files sucessfully created.
Now remove the SRD and reboot.
Once in Windows, open an elevated command prompt and run the command REAGENTC /ENABLE.
This will enable the F8 boot menu Repair option.
That's it.
