Cannot boot into the system after taking an image of a Windows 11 ( Windows 10 22H2 ) Endpoint due to Sysprp bcd: biupdateefientry failed c000000d
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Cannot boot into the system after taking an image of a Windows 11 ( Windows 10 22H2 ) Endpoint due to Sysprp bcd: biupdateefientry failed c000000d

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Article ID: 256113

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Updated On: 04-02-2025

Products

Ghost Solution Suite Deployment Solution

Issue/Introduction

After running through PowerShell scripts to provision apps on Windows 11, and then taking an image, both the source and target computers do not boot into production.

Environment

GSS 3.x

DS 8.x

Windows 11 version 22H2 with updates applied before running sysprep

Cause

Errors in setuperr file and error is given on OOBE:

Error TOOL BCD: BiUpdateEfiEntry failed c000000d
Error TOOL BCD: BiExportBcdObjects failed c000000d
Error TOOL BCD: BiExportStoreAlterationsToEfi failed c000000d
Error TOOL BCD: Failed to export alterations to firmware. Status: c000000d

See the following Microsoft article as this update was applied on the source system:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-29-2022-kb5020044-os-build-22621-900-preview-43f0bdf9-0b75-4110-bab3-3bd2433d84b3

Resolution

Do not apply windows updates to Windows 11 (22H2) or roll back KB5020044 off the system before preparing the system for sysprep.

 

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