Phurious Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 (edited) I am attempting to build a two partition to use on Dell desktops/laptops for use in re-imaging. What we are attempting to capitalize on is the ability to boot from the Dell “Utility” partition. Normally, this is a bootable partition created by Dell loaded with their tools and utilities. I am using it to boot Windows PE 2.0 so we may expedite a re-image on a machine if necessary. Previously, I used PE 2005 on the utility partition and had no problems capturing an image of the drive I created. Now I am trying to adopt PE 2.0 for the utility partition and it is giving me fits.Here are the steps I am taking:1. Using DISKPART I am creating two primary partitions. The first, a 2GB Utility partition, the second a 78GB System/Data partition.2. I apply a working PE 2.0 image to the 1st partition, and my system image to the 2nd.3. Using PTEDIT32.EXE I verify that the 2nd partition is set to boot (“80” in the second column)4. I capture an image of the drive in this state to use it as a “work in progress” in case I wish to make changed to my boot.wim.5. After the image has been captured, I check the integrity of the image by running Local --> Check --> Image File. Everything checks fine.6. I then run PTEDIT32.EXE again and edit the partition type for the first partition changing it to “DE”, which is the Dell Diagnostic Type.7. I then capture an image of the drive again,8. The problem becomes apparent when I run the image integrity check on the new image – it IMMEDIATELY fails giving me “Error 15004, Internal Inconsistency Detected”I have attempted to create this image on two different machines using Ghost32.EXE build 8.0.0.984, 11.0.0.1502 AND build 11.0.0.1533 in both Windows PE 2.0 and Windows XP SP2. I also have tried doing this in DOS; it failed also. In addition, I have tried running Ghost with the "–or" switch hoping to suppress errors.Has anyone seen anything like this? Can anyone point out something I should take a closer look at?TIA Edited May 21, 2007 by Phurious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 why not just use the recovery kit out of the ghost solutions suite 2 rather than hack at the partition tables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phurious Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 Thanks for the boot to the head! I had not previously looked at that tool. Allow me to further demonstrate my ignorance; how does this tool fair with varying disk geometries? The image I am creating is to be used on several different types of desktops and laptops, with several different HD sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 as far as my testing has gone I have not had any problems with using this and going to different size disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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