How do i restore a windows backup VHD?

I made a backup of a virtual machine running on Hyper-V. It's Windows Server 2008. The backup is a VHD. How do I do a full system restore on this?
I've tried booting to a windows installation disc and doing a restore from a share, but that's resulting in an error message: "The selected system image cannot be restored in this recovery environment"
Any ideas?
Makolyte, Software Developer + System/Network Admin

Hi,
Base on my research, I’m afraid that you cannot restore system from the VHD files created by Windows Server Backup, It doesn't have a boot loader.
Please look over here for further troubleshooting.
Can I use the VHD file created by Windows Backup with Hyper-V
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/fcf18723-fd53-47c8-9e9e-e501446c5e66/
Create Hyper-V VM from .vhd file created by wbadmin.exe (Windows Backup) - Boot Failure
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/5b407046-2001-412f-b602-ef15e4a7067e
If you have any additional questions, please let me know.
Best regards,

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