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When using a Win7 xml file, I want it to create a single partition for Win7 OS. The size of the the target disk is unknown (the xml will be used on many different systems).
It seems I can
1. Specify an exact size
2. Extend the partition to maximum size
However, what I want is that the OS partition should be a maximum of 500GB - if the disk is any larger than this then the remaining space should be left unpartitioned.
e.g. a 250GB HDD will have a 250GB OS partition, a 1TB HDD will have a 500GB OS partition and the rest of the space left alone.
Is this possible?
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Try using DISKPART to create the partitions instead of BootIce?
i.e. (for example)
DISKPARTSEL DIS 0CLEANCRE PART PRI SIZE=xxxFORMAT FS=FAT32 LABEL="YYY" QUICKACTIVECRE PART PRI SEL PAR 2FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="ZZZ" QUICKASSIGN LETTER=CLIS VOLEXIT
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Try DISKPART CLEAN before partitioning.
Try (just for experiment) 500MB first partition.
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I thought that for UEFI you have to use GPT?
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If using UEFI it will make a GPT partitioned disk. Could you have mixed up the installs and not always deleted and CLEANed the disks?
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Are these standard Win7/8 Install ISOs or special ones?
Do they require more than 100MB for the 1st partition?
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Is the SATA virtual hard disk attached to port 0 of SATA?
Did you CLEAN the virtual hard disk of all partitions first?
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Can you describe the disks in the VM?
Are they VHDs? What are you booting from and what are you installing to...
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I think it is a feature of WinToGo!
P.S. You might find my tutorial here easier to follow and help explain some things.
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Windows 8.1 will not boot from a Removable USB drive - you just get spinning circle of dots.
Windows 8 will boot OK.
I installed Win8.1 To Go onto a Lexar Jumpdrive USB drive set as Removable and it would not boot.
Then I flipped the RMB bit so the drive became a Fixed Disk type and it booted fine.
Then I flipped the bit again to Removable and it would not boot again.
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Today's build makes my Win 8.1 system flash up a Smart Screen warning and prevents me from continuing with the build? Anyone else get this?
The 2014-10-17 version is OK.
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I have tried using the current download to build an ISO using Win8.1 x86 and x64 Enterprise 90-day eval. It builds and boots OK, I get the spinning dots and a blue screen, then it goes black and nothing happens. I tried booting from VBox as a ISO-CDROM, as an ISO in E2B and on a real system as an ISO in E2B. All same result.
I mount the Win Install ISO as a virtual drive - e.g. J: - use J: as the source and press GO - no other mods.
Sources tried:
9600.16384.WINBLUE_RTM.130821-1623_X86FRE_ENTERPRISE_EVAL_EN-US-IRM_CENA_X86FREE_EN-US_DV5.ISO
9600.16384.WINBLUE_RTM.130821-1623_X64FRE_ENTERPRISE_EVAL_EN-US-IRM_CENA_X64FREE_EN-US_DV5.ISO
I tried building on a Win 7 notebook and a Win8.1 PC both give same result.
any ideas?
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FWIW
Partition letters can be critical when capturing. As long as the drive is always C: then things should be OK.
e.g. If you capture drive C: as image 1, then partition a new disk which WinPe gives letter of D: to, when you apply the Image 1 to D:, ImageX/DISM will change the junctions points to point to D: . Now if you boot the hard disk and the partition is now C:, the junction points will still be hard coded to point to D: and will all be incorrect. To check this type DIR C:\ /a:L in Vista - C:\Documents and Settings junction point should point to C:\Users.
To avoid this, you need to use the Norpfix switch
/NoRpFix disables the reparse point tag fix. A reparse point is a file that contains a link to another file on the file system. If /NoRpFix is not specified, reparse points that resolve to paths outside the value specified by/ImageFile will not be captured.
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I wasn't sure if the 'experiments' were all done on the USB HDD, which is why I started with 'Not sure if it helps...'
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Not sure if it helps, but Win 8.1 To Go will not boot from a USB Removable drive (win 8 would!).
See my blog post here
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re. grub4dos not being case sensitive - it depends on the filesystem.
From observation:
CDFS filesystems seem to vary depending on how they were made.
Take a look at a recent case involving a WinPE ISO which wouldn't boot from grub4dos using 'chainloader /bootmgr' here.
However, an isolevel 4 proxmox-ve_3.2-1933730b-2.iso file, when map'ed by grub4dos shows files of both upper an lower case in the root of the ISO, but I can list a file by specifying either upper or lower case:
map /proxmox-ve_3.2-1933730b-2.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
ls /EULA
ls /eula
both work
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The latest 0.4.6a version understands Joliet4 - I gave a link a few days ago (it was in a bug report Issue - last download). Although not properly released yet, I have been using it for days and found no issues.
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Grub4Dos doesn't get updated since years.
grub4dos is being actively developed and improved by chenall and others - see here.
version 0.4.6a includes Joliet3 (soon also Joliet4) support and has it's own USB driver (like Plop but it is rd/wr and built into grub4dos).
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The very latest bugfix version of grub4dos 0.4.6a undertstands Joliet3/4 - try the experimental version at the end of the issue list here.
No doubt it will be rolled out into a proper release soon.
P.S. To find the site at any time just Google 'chenall grub4dos'.
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I tried using v3.0.6 with Win 7 SP1 32-bit Ultimate as a source (Win7 64-bit Ult as host) and installing to an NTFS USB HDD (first partition). The install went OK and the USB HDD boots, but I get 'Starting Windows' and then the rgby flag and then 'Windows could not complete the installation'.
Am I missing a step? Is booting from USB supported or are extra tweaks required?
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Hope you find this useful...
An easy2boot USB drive will boot most linux ISO files just by copying over the linux iveCD ISO files.
To add a Win98SE Install ISO, you need to delete all unnecessary folders and rename the ISO file to have the .isoDOS01 file extension.
You can then boot directly from the USB drive and choose the Win98SE ISO from the menu.
For more details see here.
The same principle should work for most DOS-based Install ISOs (as long as you keep the files numbers down by pruning!).
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Post #1 updated with new videos.
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YouTube video in post #1 is now updated.
@data0003 - sorry, I haven't a clue what the problem is, hence I did not reply. Did you get any further?
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Hi data0003
That is strange. So if you disconnect the internal CD/DVD drive then you can install Win 7 to the internal hard disk OK?
And the CD/DVD drive is empty (no CD/DVD)?
I have tested it on a notebook which has an internal DVD drive (Acer 7741G) and it worked OK.
Can you give any details about the systems that you tested and if they differ in any way from a normal system with one internal hard disk and one internal DVD drive?
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Unattend.xml - how to create 500GB or less partition
in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2
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Thanks for the reply. I had thought of using two different XML files. I just wondered if it could be done within the XML.
cheers
Steve