I am using WinPE 2.0 (Build 5744) to install Windows 2000 and the Windows 2000 install fails after the intial reboot.

I have formated the systemdrive using either Diskpart or Format with NTFS using default settings under WinPE 2.0.

If I format using FAT32 it works fine, but I am putting together a build CD for servers (FAT32 is not secure enough). Is convert to NTFS an option here? Does this work well?

Any ideas on what's going on here and why NTFS in Vista appears to be different?

Did anything change with NTFS in this release/build of WinPE 2.0 (Vista)? Could some advanced features of NTFS be on by default (such as Encryption)?

I have also tried format.com from Windows XP and 2003 and niether work (they will not execute correctly in Vista).

Any suggestions on what to try next?

One thing I did notice is that under the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" key in the registry the "NtfsDisableEncryption" and "NtfsDisableCompression" are both set to 0 in this build of WinPE. I set these to 1 and re formated the partition but this did not work either (in a few articles I found that referenced these values they said a reboot is required for these values to take).

I was able to modify the Hive and set these to 1. But this still did not fix my issue.

Any more ideas?

Thanks,

RC

Edited October 31, 200619 yr by campbrs

You can still do a convert.exe after the first boot of the 2k.

Also what happen when you try to boot with ntfs ?

Does it boot and crash right after ?

I get the attached screenshot - it never even attempts to boot into the installer. This is right before the textmode portion of the install at the very beginnning.

Just a thought, since you are using WinPE 2.0, and Windows 2000 needs to have SP4 to read a partition that Windows XP SP2 has created, does your Windows 2000 installation source have SP4 integrated?

Yes, my Windows 2000 source has SP4 integrated.

Thanks for the input though.

Your problem is caused by the fact that WinPE 2.0 formats the drive and writes a Vista bootsector (using BCD instead of ntldr) on your disc.

Add bootsect to your WinPE image, and run it after you have partitioned the disk.

I use BOOTSECT /NT51 C: /FORCE

That did it for me.

Thanks, this worked!

The only catch is you have to execute this command before you kick off the setup of Windows.

Also on build 5744 the option command is "bootsect /nt52 c: /force"

Thanks Again,

RC

Also on build 5744 the option command is "bootsect /nt52 c: /force"

You're right its nt52 not nt51, sorry about that

I am also trying to install Windows 200 with WinPE 2.0. When I try to run winnt32.exe /syspart:C

it gives me a message saying

"Windows 2000 Setup cannot detect the version of Windows you are currently running. Setup cannot continue."

Can anyone tell me how I can get past this. SOunds like from the discussion above that this should work. I am using SP4

in my W2K image.

Tom

I am also trying to install Windows 200 with WinPE 2.0. When I try to run winnt32.exe /syspart:C

it gives me a message saying

"Windows 2000 Setup cannot detect the version of Windows you are currently running. Setup cannot continue."

Can anyone tell me how I can get past this. SOunds like from the discussion above that this should work. I am using SP4

in my W2K image.

Tom

Did you ever figure this out?

Yes, you have to set a registry key in the .wim file used to start WinPE 2.0

Tom

Do you have the reg key needed for this? or a link that explains it?

Thanks

I found the regkey that needs to be added to run the win2k setup from WinPE2:

Run this command to mount the reghive:

reg load HKLM\PE-SFT %MOUNTROOTDIR%\Mount\Windows\system32\config\software

Then load regedit and make these changes, you will have to add them because they aren't there.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\PE-SFT\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"ProductID"="50293-000-1234567-12345"

Then unmount the reghive with:

reg unload HKLM\PE-SFT

EDIT: removed

Edited December 4, 200619 yr by Jazkal

Is it a fake ProductId? I mean any value would do, rt? Other Windows istallers (xp, 2k3, 2k pro etc) can run successfully using modified (ProductId) WinPE image?