W2K Universal Restore - get past ntoskrnl and HAL

After many successful Universal restores into a VPC2004 VM, this one is causing trouble.

- Image (W2K) of entire disk using my trusty TI9.0.2337
- Universal restore using TI9.1.3633UR
- Boot menu comes up, but all paths from there (OS or Recovery Console) lead to 100% CPU ultilization. All attempts to get to the RC result in a blinking cursor.

If not in safe mode, the Windows character fuel guage freezes after 3 or 4 blocks. If in safe mode, I get:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\System32\hal.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\System32\BOOTVID.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\System32\config\system

I can BartPE into the C: partition, everyhting looks fine.
UR did its thing, replaced hal.dll, ntoskrnl.exe, etc.
MBR obviously works, C: is recognized, HAL loads...
Just stops at system?

During restore I do (always) get asked for the location of a missing ntoskrnl.exe. Pointing it to the system32 directory on the original box (still running on the network) has worked in the past. Not this time.

 

Tried to restore again, same result.

During restore I get this, apci.jpg.

 

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