Will Server 2016 Essentials backup & restore both Legacy & UEFI systems

I am wondering if this has been fixed in Server 2016 Essentials TP3 or may be fixed when it RTMs

  • A system disk backup from a BIOS based computer being restored to a UEFI system.
  • A system disk backup from a UEFI/GPT system being restored to a BIOS system.

Neither of those scenarios will result in a bootable computer using WHS2011.

I want to switch server OSs if this has been fixed.

August 21st, 2015 10:53pm

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:49:44 +0000, haole wrote:

I am wondering if this has been fixed in Server 2016 Essentials TP3 or may be fixed when it RTMs

* A system disk backup from a BIOS based computer being restored to a UEFI system.
* A system disk backup from a UEFI/GPT system being restored to a BIOS system.

Neither of those scenarios will result in a bootable computer using WHS2011.

I want to switch server OSs if this has been fixed.**

I don't believe that this is something that can be *fixed* and I think that your expectation that it can be is unrealistic. The boot methods and disk layouts between BIOS and UEFI systems are so fundamentally different that I don't see this being pos

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August 22nd, 2015 2:35am

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