Re: What is the best way to create recovery CD

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Justin,

Bootable CD-ROM feature of XPe FP2007:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912902.aspx
This feature is now tested by many devs and should work as long as you follow the instructions. Otherwise, please let us know what
the BSOD you saw, what you see in the FBALog.txt, how and when you enabled EWF, what EWF mode is set and etc..

I hope you don't mix PE 1.x and PE2.0 tools and binaries. It is not going to work.
From the files below it does seem though you are missing things. Please don't.

AIK (2.0 stuff) works with WIM files, not SDI.
How to Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/7a47a896-ca59-4586-b688-3a3c098d34241033.mspx?mfr=true (I used this and
this feature works great! as well as the boot off UFD, HDD, etc.)
This is probably what you have used (the last paragraph of your message below). However, please keep in mind this is new kernel (the
one Vista's using), not XP's kernel. You may definitely be experiencing problems of application compatibility and etc.

To get SDIMgr script working you have to make sure the WSH engine is included in your image. Also, use cscript or wscript to run the
script command line. The sdiaut must be registered as COM object.
If you do the above and still see an error, please post the error info here.


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Regards,
KM

Hi KM,

Could you please point out how to create a bootable CD?

I create a working folder which contains I386 folder, recovery.sdi,
sdiaut.dll, SDIMgr.wsf, win51, win51ip, win51ip.SP2, winfom.ini. And
use the oscdimg.exe and etfsboot.com from windows AIK to run following
command.
oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com MyWokingFolder c:
\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso. Such image can not create a bootable CD.
(Can not find bootmgr)

I use the instrunction in Windows AIK to create a CD which contain 4
folders: boot, EFI, Servicing, sources, and 5 files: bootmgr,
imagex.exe, rcd.sdi, sdiaut.dll, SDIMgr.wsf. This image can create a
bootable CD correctly, but can not run either sdimgr.wsf or cscript.

Thank you in advance.

Justin



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