Re: XP won't boot from a volume formated in WinPE 2 (Vista)

I did not write any bootloader at all, I let the Windows XP setup
handle that...

Did you "clean" the disk between your different attempts?


regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment


On 8 Sep 2006 02:08:23 -0700, "Geert" <vcg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I waisted another day on this issue without making any progress.
Copying the Vista boot files to a VWInPE2 formated disk makes the
system boot using the new Vista bootmanager. Trying to switch to the XP
bootmanager using 'Bootsect /nt54 All' leads to boot failure and a
'Disk read error occured' error. After applying 'Bootsect /nt60 All'
the Vista bootmanager boots again. No way I can activate the Windows XP
bootmanager (NTLDR) on a WinPE 2 formated disk. I'm nut shure if I'm
dealing with some kind of Vista Beta bug (or ) or just should I just
forget about deploying XP using WInPE 2?

Johan, since you've got it working. Does your XP boot with the Vista
bootloader or with the XP bootloader? Did you manually have to make any
changes like copying or changing boot files or running certain
commands?

Geert


Geert schreef:

Today I included the format command in my Diskpart script. When
winnt32.exe is finished the PC again fails to boot because of the
missing Vista boot files. The error 'Disk read error occured' is shown.
I booted WinPE again and used the command 'Bootsect /nt52 All /force'
to change the MBR to NTLDR (Windows XP boot files). The command shows
it succesfully updated the bootcode on the C: volume. Afterwards the PC
still fails to boot and shows the same error. It will probabely boot
when I copy the Vista boot files but this is no solution as Windows
setup will brake it again in a later stage. Looks like the problem is
that the Bootsect command fails in activating the NTLDR boot files.

Regards,

Geert


Geert schreef:

Hello Johan,

I didn't use Diskpart to format, I used the Format command. The rest of
my Diskpart script is identical to your commands.

I didn't find anything about the new Diskpart format feature in the
WinPE 2 documentation but I will try it tomorrow.

Thanks for your help,

Geert


Johan Arwidmark schreef:

Installing XP from WinPE 2.0 works fine for me...

Did you format from within diskpart (new in winpe 2.0) or using the
format command?

Try the following...

start diskpart in winpe 2.0 and execute the following commands

sel dis 0
clean
cre par pri
active
assign letter = C:
format fs=ntfs quick
exit

then run winnt32


regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment


On 6 Sep 2006 04:59:40 -0700, "Geert" <vcg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We've been using a WinPE boot CDROM (based on XP) to start an
unattended setup (winnt32.exe) of Windows over the network. After
booting WinPE we partition the hard disk using Diskpart and format it
using the Format command. Then we start winnt32.exe. When winnt32 is
finished the system reboots and Windows setup continues.

Now I made a new WinPE boot CDROM based on the new version of WinPE
that comes with the Vista Automatic Installation Kit (AIK). After the
reboot that is initiated by winnt32.exe (XP version) the system won't
boot anymore. The reason for this is that Vista uses a new bootloader
but XP setup only installes XP bootfiles. I fixed this problem by
copying the Vista bootloader files to the volume before starting
winnt32. Now the system reboots fine using the new Vista bootloader.
When Windows XP setup is completely finished the system again failes to
reboot. According to a Technet article I found XP setup overwrites the
MBR, which is why the Vista bootloader won't be used anymore. However I
don't understand why the system won't boot using the XP bootloader. The
necessary files are installed by XP setup so they are available. I used
the Bootsect command to switch the MBR from XP to Vista without succes.

Does this mean WinPE 2 can't be used to deploy Windows XP or W2K3 or am
I missing something?

Geert

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