MDT 2012 - Recovery Partition
Hi Guys,
Is there a way to create a windows recovery partition using MDT 2012? I have read and came across a couple of old threads but it didn't help at all. Please see below:
- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/cd6c95ad-1772-4020-acd0-2d95e04f42ee/recovery-environment?forum=mdt
- http://www.stephan-schwarz.net/?p=77
Cheers,
Ken
Hi,
Thanks for input.
I have followed Stephan's procedure but it was unsuccessful during the last step of capturing the image. I have implemented my own method and it is now working.
Regards,
Ken
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Processing the PREINSTALL phase. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:42 0 (0x0000)
Determining the INI file to use. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:42 0 (0x0000)
Finished determining the INI file to use. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:42 0 (0x0000)
Using from [Settings]: Rule Priority = DEFAULT ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:42 0 (0x0000)
------ Processing the [DEFAULT] section ------ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:42 0 (0x0000)
Property DEPLOYROOT is now = \\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: DEPLOYROOT =
\\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property USERID is now = Administrateur ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: USERID = Administrateur ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property USERDOMAIN is now = crdiq03 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: USERDOMAIN = crdiq03 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
<Message containing password has been suppressed> ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
<Message containing password has been suppressed> ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property KEYBOARDLOCALEPE is now = 0c0c:00001009 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: KEYBOARDLOCALEPE = 0c0c:00001009 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPBDDWELCOME is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPBDDWELCOME = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
------ Done processing X:\Deploy\Scripts\Bootstrap.ini ------ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Remapping variables. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property TaskSequenceID is now = ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property DeploymentType is now = NEWCOMPUTER ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Finished remapping variables. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
ZTIGather processing completed successfully. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Command completed, return code = 0 LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:43 0 (0x0000)
Property WizardComplete is now = Y Wizard 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
About to run command: wpeutil.exe SetKeyboardLayout 0c0c:00001009 LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Command completed, return code = 0 LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Validating connection to \\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Mapped Network UNC Path Z: =
\\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Found Existing UNC Path Z: =
\\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Successfully established connection using supplied credentials. LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
About to run command: wscript.exe "X:\Deploy\Scripts\ZTIGather.wsf" /nolocalonly LiteTouch 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Property definition is now = WelcomeWiz_Initialize.xml Wizard 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit version: 6.1.2373.0 Wizard 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Property nolocalonly is now = ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit version: 6.1.2373.0 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
------------------------- Object Initialization ------------------------- ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
------------------------- Initialization ------------------------- ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Synchronizing the environments. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Property DeployRoot is now = \\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Property DeployDrive is now = X: ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Finished synchronizing the environments. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Skipping local settings gathering because it has already been done. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Processing the PREINSTALL phase. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Determining the INI file to use. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Not Wizard = Faux Wizard 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Property WizardComplete is now = N Wizard 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Using DEFAULT VALUE: Ini file =
\\10.26.32.40\DeploymentShare$\Control\CustomSettings.ini ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Finished determining the INI file to use. ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Added new custom property MYCUSTOMPROPERTY ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:44 0 (0x0000)
Using from [Settings]: Rule Priority = DEFAULT ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
------ Processing the [DEFAULT] section ------ ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property EVENTSERVICE is now = http://10.26.32.40:9800 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: EVENTSERVICE = http://10.26.32.40:9800 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property OSINSTALL is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: OSINSTALL = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property JOINWORKGROUP is now = GROUPE ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: JOINWORKGROUP = GROUPE ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property TIMEZONE is now = 035 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: TIMEZONE = 035 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property TIMEZONENAME is now = Eastern Standard Time ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: TIMEZONENAME = Eastern Standard Time ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property KEYBOARDLOCALE is now = 0c0c:00001009 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: KEYBOARDLOCALE = 0c0c:00001009 ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property USERLOCALE is now = fr-CA ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: USERLOCALE = fr-CA ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property UILANGUAGE is now = fr-CA ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: UILANGUAGE = fr-CA ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPCAPTURE is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPCAPTURE = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
<Message containing password has been suppressed> ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
<Message containing password has been suppressed> ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPAPPLICATIONS is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPAPPLICATIONS = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPCOMPUTERBACKUP is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPCOMPUTERBACKUP = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPDOMAINMEMBERSHIP is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPDOMAINMEMBERSHIP = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPCOMPUTERNAME is now = NO ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPCOMPUTERNAME = NO ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPDEPLOYMENTTYPE is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPDEPLOYMENTTYPE = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPUSERDATA is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPUSERDATA = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPPACKAGEDISPLAY is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPPACKAGEDISPLAY = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Property SKIPLOCALESELECTION is now = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000)
Using from [DEFAULT]: SKIPLOCALESELECTION = YES ZTIGather 2014-09-11 08:53:45 0 (0x0000Hi,
I agree with Damon.
Might be the ConfigMgr Driver Injector will help you.
This tool will allow you to capture installed drivers on your workstations and then will automatically import them in ConfigMgr 2012.
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ConfigMgr-Driver-Injector-aae7d17d
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Satellite L745D-S4214 Does not boot; HDD recovery partition not working
I tried to apply the recent windows 7 updates and my laptop no longer boots. I tried to press F12 and select the HDD Recovery partition, but it does not boot regardless. There is a message that it does not communicate to a specific device. I believe the address called out was 0xc0000e9, but I am going by memory. I never created a recovery CD because I thought I was covered by the HDD partitions. This was purchased on 10/26/2012, so it should still be under warranty.
PLEASE HELP!Hi I'm going to assume that your recovery works like mine and that the recovery partition is still good and not corrupted.
Shut down your PC. Press F12 and select HDD recovery. Click enter. This should start the recovery from the hidden recovery partition.
PS I would advise you to make the recovery discs or USB recovery Try this first.
Perform a power cycle
Even when your laptop is off and unplugged, residual power can still be held in some components. While this is normal, clearing it can help with boot problems. Perform these steps to complete what’s called a power cycle.
Ensure the laptop is turned off.
Unplug the laptop's AC power cable.
Remove the battery (if the model has a removable battery).
Unplug all wires or peripherals. This includes CDs, DVDs, USB sticks, mice, printers, and any other accessories.
Hold down the power button for thirty seconds.
Reattach the battery.
Connect the AC adaptor to the power socket that was confirmed to be working in the first step.
Connect the other end of the AC adaptor to your computer.
Try starting the computer.
If your laptop starts normally now, you're done!
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How do I restore a Windows Backup Server backup recovery partition?
I'm trying to test restoring a backup from our real server on a temp server.
First, I was surprised it can't do a restore to a smaller drive because the original server is only 1/3 full (it wants to restore all the empty bytes too).
Also it appears it wants to see that target partitions are already created.
It wants to restore recovery to an EXISTING recovery partition and OS to an existing OS partition all with exact sizes.
What if the old system died and I had to go to something new?
Do I have to preinstall 2012 R2 on a bare drive so it creates the partitions?
I've been down this path before, if it's not byte for byte match (offsets and all) it won't boot.
I'm pretty sure I could restore just the OS partition and then do a Windows Repair which would move the master boot record onto the OS drive. But that seems wrong.
What's the proper way to restore?
Is Windows Backup Server to limiting?Hi,
1. When trying to recover a partition, it requires a same or larger target partition. If you only backup data, there is no size limitation of the target partition.
2. We need an operation system to do the recovery. However you can perform a Bare Metal Backup so it could be restored without operation system - but it may force to backup more than partition C.
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Time Machine Recovery Partition
Hi,
I am using an external HDD as my TimeMachine.
I know that it had a Recovery Partition on it.
But I seem to have lost it after I erased/reformatted it.
i THINK I'd like it back: I mean it can't hurt, right?
I just reformatted it and have redone my TimeMachine backups because I did a repair and stopped it partway thru.
Needed to take my MacBook away.
And corrupted the disk.
I thought better just start again.
But now I see it has done its first backup but I don't see a Recovery Partition on it.
I'm 100% there WAS one before I reformatted it and started over.
See copy of my diskutil list of BEFORE I reformatted.
I reformatted because I decided to get rid of the separate WinCloneBackup partition.
I was using it to store copies of my WinClone backups of BootCamp, but I've stopped that.
Doing it on another HDD.
Initial TimeMachine partition map:
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk5
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk5s1
2: Apple_HFS Time_Machine_Home 3.8 TB disk5s2
3: Apple_HFS WinClone_Backup 200.0 GB disk5s3
4: Apple_HFS Recovery 16.0 GB disk5s4
Current Partition map:
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS TimeMachine_Home 4.0 TB disk2s2
I thought Partition 4, the Apple Recovery, was added by TimeMachine???
Am on MacBook Pro 2012 with Mavericks.
If curious, I have a 1TB SSD Crucial plus a 1TB HDD WesternDigital on my MacBook.
So I thought I'd use a 4TH HDD for TimeMachine.
I also use CarbonCopyClone on a separate HDD to backup.
AND a separate HDD for TimeMachine at work.
Any idea?
Thanks,
AlabHi,
I appreciate the help here, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, but this really doesn't seem consistent to me.
The Terminal diskutil list command will list all partitions on any drive as far as I'm aware.
Including recovery.
Not so?
The posts on other threads seem to say that.
LowLuster, those are just Finder screenshots you've posted: I understand that the Recovery partition is usually hidden on Finder.
But not on diskutil list.
I posted two diskutil list shots of my TimeMachine HDD: before and after.
The one BEFORE reformat showed a partitiion with "Recovery": Partition 4.
The one AFTER does not show that.
For clarity I do again.
Initial TimeMachine partition map:
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk5
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk5s1
2: Apple_HFS Time_Machine_Home 3.8 TB disk5s2
3: Apple_HFS WinClone_Backup 200.0 GB disk5s3
4: Apple_HFS Recovery 16.0 GB disk5s4
Current Partition map:
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS TimeMachine_Home 4.0 TB disk2s2
They are different disk numbers because the diskutil lists were done with different HDD connected.
So BEFORE I did the reformat, TimeMachine was disk5.
And AFTER the reformat it was disk2.
I booted up with the option key, and I only see the startup disk recovery option.
Nothing from TimeMachine.
See attached photo.
I see BootCamp (which doesn't work properly after Mavericks screwed up my partition, but I'm about to fix that.
That's on another thread.
But that is why I want REALLY good backups in case something goes wrong.
I also attach sudo fdisk /dev/disk1 of the TimeMachine HDD.
No Recovery partition.
You can see that only one of the GUID potential partitions has anything in it: Partition 1.
There is NOTHING from a Recovery partition.
And fdisk shows EVERYTHING: nothing is "hidden" from it.
Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *960.2 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac_SSD 869.9 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 784.2 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 89.3 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac_HDD 999.9 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS TimeMachine_Home 4.0 TB disk2s2
Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk2
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk2 geometry: 219051/255/63 [3519069872 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
Starting Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]
1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>
2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused
Alans-MacBook-Pro:~ arjarvis_mbp$ sudo gpt -r -vv show disk2
gpt show: disk2: mediasize=4000787030016; sectorsize=512; blocks=7814037168
gpt show: disk2: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk2: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk2: Sec GPT at sector 7814037167
start size index contents
0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
34 6
40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 7813365344 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
7813774984 262151
7814037135 32 Sec GPT table
7814037167 1 Sec GPT header
I just did a diskutil list for my CarbonCopyClone HDD, I know it has a Recovery partition (it gives you an option to make one).
See the diskutil list:
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *960.2 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac_SSD 869.9 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 784.2 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 89.3 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac_HDD 999.9 GB disk1s2
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *4.0 TB disk2
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS TimeMachine_Home 4.0 TB disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk3
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS CarbonCopyClone_SSD 1.0 TB disk3s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 784.2 MB disk3s3
4: Apple_HFS CCC_WinClone 450.0 GB disk3s4
5: Apple_HFS CarbonCopyClone_HDD 1.5 TB disk3s5
There are TWO Recovery HD listed here: on my startup disk0 and on CarbonCopyClone disk3.
And nothing for TimeMachine disk2.
So I'm still puzzled: how do I get TimeMachine to have a Recovery partition on it?
I definitely used to have one.
Alan -
After install of Mavericks, it looks like my system kernal panics and just sits there. I tried waiting over two nights. Tried reinstalling twice, booting ro the repair partition and repairs permissions/drive/verify , with no problems. Tried reseting PVRAM(or whateverit called). Recovery partition now has Mavericks as OS. Im running a iMac i3 27 inch circa 2011. Any ideas? Can still bootcamp into windows.
Thank youbhadotia wrote:Anyway's the file downloaded from dell to update the partition for Studio 1555 is corrupted (checksums don't match). My partition still doesn't boot. I'm working to fix this and will update my post when I'm done.
The file seems to create the CD/DVD/Image and USB just fine. So I used this only to create a CD image which I then wrote on a blank CD which seems to work fine. Also, I played around a bit and had some partial success in booting the partition. I've updated my original opening post with the new findings.
Whew!! what a waste of time! Never want to do all of this again .
Last edited by bhadotia (2012-03-03 00:05:22) -
Install from Recovery partition after upgrade from 10.9
Hi all, on my MacBook 13" nov. 2012 I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite using the standard upgrade.
After a couple of days I decided to perform a clean install:
- formatted "Macintosh HD Partition"
- rebooted with cmd+R
- reinstalled from recovery partition.
Is this really a clean install or my recovery partition contains pieces of the old Mavericks?
Thanks in advance for answering
Paolopaolo_italy wrote:
First I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite (with no erase). Then I booted from recovery partition, erased Macintosh HD partition and installed Yosemite.
My question is: did I perform a really clean install or to be sure I had to erase the entire disk and recover from the Internet?
Paolo
You performed a clean install of OS X Yosemite.
You were in the Yosemite Recovery HD.
You erased the Macintosh HD which erases the previous OS install, user accounts and data files -- everything! Then you reinstalled JUST OS X Yosemite. -
Weird problems with recovery partition
Hi. I just got a new X1 Carbon a few days ago. When trying to install Ubuntu, I messed up the bootmgr. At that point I still had the option F11 for recovery on startup, but choosing it did not give any results and after a restart, the option was gone. When researching the problem, I found this thread:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Need-help-with-recovery-partition-create-recov...
Since my recovery partition Q was untouched, the steps described in the thread allowed me to restore partitions S and C. So far so good, but now the problems start.
First, the letters of the partitions get messed up after every reboot. I assign Windows7_OS the letter C, SYSTEM_DRV gets S, and Lenovo_Recovery gets Q. Diskpart then lists the drives with correct letters. But after a reboot, they're back to D,C,E, respectively.
Then, when I boot the Windows recovery disk from a usb stick, it correctly recognizes that Windows is installed on drive D. It suggests that there are startup problems, which I tell it to fix. After the next reboot, it does not warn me about startup problems. When I then go to command prompt and enter
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot
then the Windows recovery disk commits suicide. It seems to attempt to fix its own bootmgr. At the moment, both usb stick and hard disk run with grub (Windows recovery on a multiboot installed by YUMI). After I run the commands above, the hard disk still runs with grub, but the usb stick now has bootmgr and fails to boot. I have tried this several times, each time recreating the Windows recovery disk with YUMI, and every time the same result.
F11 option is of course still gone. At this point I'm out of my wits. Any suggestions are welcome.
Solved!
Go to Solution.In the end I formatted and made a clean install. F11 Option is gone. Recovery partition is still untouched, but I don't think it will be used again. Followed this advice to install a fresh Windows 7 using a usb stick:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164
Since I did not have access to Windows with administrator rights, I had to use Ubuntu to create the bootable Windows stick:
http://cloud101.eu/blog/2012/03/24/create-a-windows-7-live-disk-from-ubuntu-linux/
The WiFi driver was not included in Windows, so I had to download that in another system, and install manually. From there I could then go online in Windows to download the remaining drivers from Lenovo (after the clean install there's a long list of unrecognized devices).
Since the laptop comes with 4 primary partitions preinstalled I had to merge the SYSTEM_DRV and the Windows7_OS partition in order to create an additional partition for Ubuntu. Then I installed Ubuntu and took control of the startup behavior using EasyBCD. -
MDT 2012 - DaRT 7.0 Integration Issue
Hello everyone,
I have successfully configured a new MDT 2012 environment from Release-To-Web versions of MDT. (Clean environment, no remnants of MDT 2010, etc.)
1 - I have copied the DaRT 7.0 Tools.cab file from both an x86 and x64 installation of Windows 7 Enterprise from the tutorial posted here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2011/11/28/mdt-2012-new-feature-dart-integration.aspx
I enabled DaRT, updated my boot WIMs, and tried PXE booting to my deployment share. I connect to my deployment share with no issues.
I then open the DaRT toolset from the intro menu.
Problem: The Standalone System Sweeper fails to run. Clicking on it displays "The tool failed to run. Try choosing another tool." The only option is to click OK and takes you back to the main DaRT menu selection.
Tests I have performed so far: For kicks and giggles, I have also rebuilt the boot WIMs with all of the contents from (Admin PC's hard drive) C:\Program Files\Microsoft DaRT 7\v7\ folder into the X:\DeploymentShare\Tools\(x64 or x86)\ .
I thought "Sweeper.cab" might do it, but no success.
Also, I know DaRT is partially working. Remote Connection starts automatically when the PC is booted to WinPE. I also know my DaRT media is not corrupted because I was able to generate a DaRT.iso image on my admin PC, extract the .WIM from the ISO and PXE
boot that with NO issues. (Everything in that DaRT media works without issues, which leads me to believe it is something in MDT 2012.)
FYI, if it helps any, the "Version.txt" file from the DaRT 7.0 installation says: 7.0.291.0
I have my scratch space on my WinPE media set to "128"
My WAIK version is 7.1 (7.0 with SP1 Supplement)
Also to the MDT 2012 team: Thanks, this version is much more polished out-of-box versus the 2010 initial release. I don't have to use extra scripts to clean up the "dirty" environment at the end of a Task Sequence anymore (it just works now), and I don't
get the odd partitioning scheme that 2010 used (BitLocker reasons). So, thumbs up!!!
Thanks,
stealthfield
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@stealthfieldRun the following command from an Elevated Command Prompt:
DISM.exe /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\Path\To\Wim\winpe.wim /Index:1
x86 - Windows AIK 3.0:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Details for image : C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\winpe.wim
Index : 1
Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Size : 721,731,007 bytes
Architecture : x86
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 6.1.7600
ServicePack Build : 16385
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : WindowsPE
Installation : WindowsPE
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite :
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 2004
Files : 8868
Created : 7/13/2009 - 7:51:36 PM
Modified : 7/13/2009 - 7:51:42 PM
Languages :
en-US (Default)
The operation completed successfully.
amd64 - Windows AIK 3.0:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Details for image : C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\winpe.wim
Index : 1
Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Size : 865,104,595 bytes
Architecture : x64
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 6.1.7600
ServicePack Build : 16385
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : WindowsPE
Installation : WindowsPE
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite :
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 2046
Files : 9079
Created : 7/13/2009 - 8:13:01 PM
Modified : 7/13/2009 - 8:13:32 PM
Languages :
en-US (Default)
The operation completed successfully.
x86 - Windows AIK 3.1:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Details for image : C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\winpe.wim
Index : 1
Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x86)
Size : 723,041,329 bytes
Architecture : x86
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 6.1.7601
ServicePack Build : 17514
ServicePack Level : 1
Edition : WindowsPE
Installation : WindowsPE
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite :
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 2009
Files : 8902
Created : 11/20/2010 - 7:54:47 AM
Modified : 11/20/2010 - 7:54:51 AM
Languages :
en-US (Default)
The operation completed successfully.
amd64 - Windows AIK 3.1:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Details for image : C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\winpe.wim
Index : 1
Name : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Description : Microsoft Windows PE (x64)
Size : 875,839,691 bytes
Architecture : x64
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 6.1.7601
ServicePack Build : 17514
ServicePack Level : 1
Edition : WindowsPE
Installation : WindowsPE
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite :
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 2051
Files : 9137
Created : 11/20/2010 - 9:15:41 AM
Modified : 11/20/2010 - 9:15:44 AM
Languages :
en-US (Default)
The operation completed successfully.
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