Problem Restoring Windows Image

Question

I am running ZenWorks 6.5 and manually imaging using the Zenworks 6.5 sp2
cd. I create an image and then sysprep it. When I try to restore the
image to another machine It always stops part way through on the same
file. It is a a file in c:\windows\winsxs\policies\. I tried going into
image explorer and removing all of the files in that directory out of
curiousity then it continues to fail on c:\windows\windsxs\manifests.
This is on Windows 2003 Server SP1. I know that imaging is not supported
on server technologies but we have been using it successfully for years.

Answer 1

[email protected],
>I am running ZenWorks 6.5 and manually imaging using the Zenworks 6.5 sp2
>cd. I create an image and then sysprep it. When I try to restore the
>image to another machine It always stops part way through on the same
>file. It is a a file in c:\windows\winsxs\policies\. I tried going into
>image explorer and removing all of the files in that directory out of
>curiousity then it continues to fail on c:\windows\windsxs\manifests.
>This is on Windows 2003 Server SP1.
It sounds as if you needed to run defrag and scandisk before creating the
image. If you cannot go back and recreate the image, then I would suggest
that you purge the image that you have created after deleting the problem
file in the zmg file. Then maybe you will be able to restore the image.
It should be able to image W2k3 without problems.
Jared Jennings
Data Technique, Inc.
Novell Support Forums Sysop
http://wiki.novell.com