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OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). Spid9s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.\MSSQL\DATA\model.mdf for file number 1. I think the inability to open model is the real show-stopper as there is where the log ends: Looking at the ERRORLOG file, it indicates it can't open up model, msdb, or the user databases because it is looking for them in the old 32-bit location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSQL\DATA\. At this point the service *will not start*.
I then stop the SQL Server service, remove the -m parameter and attempt to restart the SQL Server service. Then run the query to restore master (RESTORE DATABASE master FROM disk ='pathtofile' WITH REPLACE). I start SQL Server in single-user mode (by adding -m to the startup parameter