Anytime Im glad i can help hehe. Nope im not trying to use it on xp Exactly.. Well i do have time but if it keeps failing its just waste of time for me since an install, prep etc takes about 40 minutes for me on a virtual machine.
Hehe np I will wait awhile with testing this software but ofcourse ill stick around to see how its going.
The "Burn to DVD" option will be the last option that I will add to the software. After that, I will be able to do a full test of all functions under a 32bits environment in VmWare (except the USB recovery method, VmWare can not boot from USB key). It will take one to two weeks before everything is OK I think, depend of the number of bugs that I will have to correct.
Of course, wait with the burn to dvd feature.. lets make sure most of it is working properly first Once you get it working i will try it on "my" laptop.
- You created the 3 partitions, in the specified order, right? - From the Recovery Environment, launch the file browser and give me the total size of the 3 partitions and how much space is used - From the Recovery Environment, can you check if a file named IMAGE.SWM exist in the WIM folder of the Recovery partition? (R Thanks! EDIT : Also, can you open a command prompt (in the Recovery environment) and type the following : ECHO %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% and give me the result Can you also try this (in the Recovery Environment) - Open file browser - Browse to X:\Recovery - Open SETTINGS.INI - Change the DebugLevel=0 to DebugLevel=5 - Minimize (DO NOT CLOSE) the MAIN MENU - Launch RECOVERY.EXE - WARNING : a NEW recovery menu will open. This one will run with DEBUG MODE, but NOT the "first one" (which you have minimized) - Follow on screen instruction. You should have a command prompt that will open. Give me the results. Thanks!
Hi again In beta 8 Generic Image option my comp restarted and i choose English I was`nt asked to make Image. The proces started automaticly. Is that intended ?
Yes. With the "Capture Now" option, the image is automatically captured on the first boot of the recovery Environment.
Just an idea. When choosing the Generic Image option would it be posibly to ad a funktion that allows you to ad a "universal" driver pack ? i know that these packs can be very large so the RECOVERY partition should be arround 20GB insted of 12 But that would be a very nice feature
..... maybe in a future release. Too much "functions" make it really hard to test everything Also, I know about this Pack for XP (I used them alot) but is there any one for Windows 7 now? Last time I checked DriversPacks.net, they did not had any!
Of course theres DP's for windows vista and 7. But you have to integrate them with DISM or any other tool available. Or did i missunderstand?
Just checked. Yep, there are drivers packs for W7. Need DISM to integrate. Works the same way I did to install drivers in the Recovery Environment. Well, the best option to do it with the generic image is to install W7 and sysprep using the Generic option, but not the capture now. Then reboot the computer into the Recovery Environment. Refuse to create the image. Plug the USB key containing the drivers. Using DISM to integrate into Windows installation. Restart computer into Recovery Tools. Accept to create the image. Done.
OK The proces of making the generic image finaly finnished and i restarted my comp. It booted automaticly in AUDIT mode (is that right ?) i put a media in my DVD writer and started the the Recovery Tool and Media Creater and choose to make a DVD (ISO) a window appear saying Please wait while performing the requested operation but nothing happens ???
It is creating ISO file that will be copied in a folder named BACKUP on the Desktop. There is not direct burning for now. The process is as follow : - Copy everything from Recovery partition in a temp folder - Split the file to make 1 to 9 DVD depending of the size - Create the ISO files - Move them to the Desktop You may chek the folder %TMP%\RECOVERY to see what is happening. There will be 10 folters I think (DISK1 to DISK9 and TEMP). Folder whit size of nearly 0 won't be converted to ISO. When you will use the GENERIC disk, don't forgot that the computer will be in AUDIT mode and that the RECOVERY image won't be there. You will have to install the drivers and run SYSPREP as specified in the instruction file, then, restart to capture the final image specific to this computer.
Oh my good !!!! I stopped the proces using Alt ctrl delete and after that i saw the folder. deleted it and started the proces again. But now the icon in the taskbar is switching between a red X and the icon and when i click on it it sayes that the script is paused. I´ll give it some time and se if it complete but i think it would be a god idea to ad some text to that window saying that "this proces can take up to 30 minutes" or what ever
Ok it completed and i have a folder on my desktop named Backup containing 2 ISO files. Now i`ll burn them and restore from them and follow your manual and se what happens. Post result later Croos fingers
If i understand your maunual right i`ll have to reboot my comp when finnished restoring from the DVD`s i`ve created Install drivers and then reboot using the F8 and be prompted to create a new image or will it automaticly ask me that ?
Ohhhhh I`ve rebooted with the disk 1 and it went on and and after about 5 min. it asked me to insert disk 2 and i did but after aprox 15 min. it stil hangs on telling me Please wait etc. No activity ??????