System Recovery Disk (SRD) creation failure with Windows 11 ADK 24H2

Article: 100073098
Last Published: 2025-01-08
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Product(s): System Recovery

Problem

The SRD creation wizard fails with an error message reported below, when trying to create a SRD with Advanced mode on a machine where Windows 11 ADK 24H2 is installed.

Error Message

Veritas System Recovery Disk not created.

Error ECA313CD: Could not find efisys.bin file at expected location.

Cause

This is a version specific issue for Windows 11 ADK 24H2. 

Solution

WORKAROUND:

1) Uninstall Windows 11 ADK 24H2.

2) Download the ADK from any one of the below URLs and install them.

  <Win Server 2022 ADK download URL>
  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2162950
  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2163233

  <Win11 ADK 21H1 download URL>
  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2165884
  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2166133

3) Run the SRD creation wizard and create a SRD file with Advanced mode.

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