Ewfmgr: Failed getting protected volume configuration with error 1

Question

Hello,
I created a Windows 7-64 image for an Ivy-Bridge VME card. The image contains EWF with RAM-REG.
The disk was divided into 2 partitions with the windows installer and the image was successfully installed.
As I'm using RAM-REG, all
the disk was allocated.  
After the image was installed I tried to run "ewfmgr c:" and got the current status.
Then I created a GHOST image and wrote the image on a new card with a clean disk.
After Windows booted, running "ewfmgr c:" gave:
Failed getting protected volume configuration with error 1
I found few threads on this issue but failed to understand what is the right solution.
Can you help ?
Thanks,
Zvika  

Answer 1

The Problem is always Volumeid related (diskid)
Explaination:
Sysprep creates new bcd for the System. - Therefore it's recommended to use sysprep (and SID and so on..) but if you're lazy or don't have Domain Controller and so on or always use physical seperated (better not Internet connected) machines you would be
totaly fine with non-syspreped Images. You only Need updated/new bcd.
Captured wim has 'old' bcd (if there is no seperated MSR Partition) you can update this 3 entries within winpe and your Image will boot:
bcdedit /store c:\boot\BCD /set {BOOTMGR} device boot
bcdedit /store c:\boot\BCD /set {DEFAULT} device PARTITION=C:
bcdedit /store c:\boot\BCD /set {DEFAULT} osdevice PARTITION=C:
(boot could also be Partition=c: or all entries could be boot - and /store is not needed as in winpe bcdedit automatically Redirects the commands into the other/System (found) bcd. But i always recommand to specify the bcd store you want to edit, like in
this lines)
The definition of "C:" in this Parameter is 'translated' into volumeid/diskid. - So in the bcd is not "C:" it's some DiskID.
Instead of the 3 entries you can just create a whole new bcd with updated volumeid/diskids. --> It would be enough to run bcdboot /s C:\ (or whatever the current boot (c:\) Partition is.
EWF needs to be reconfigured as it also works with Volume/Diskids. So it needs additional command while running (online).
ewfcfg /install-configuration for win7
rundll32 ewfdll.dll,ConfigureEwf for win xpe/wes2009.
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