OEM Recovery Partition Creator for Windows

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  1. FreeStyler

    FreeStyler MDL Guru

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    It is not created, it seems RecoveryTools copies these over from within '\RecoveryTools2.0.6\Installer\Sysprep\[x86/amd64]' so setup never reaches the oobe stage in autounattend.xml applying themes etc.
    I guess i could alter the xml files within '\RecoveryTools2.0.6\Installer\Sysprep\[x86/amd64]' and add to oobe specific entries so these are executed/applied after RecoveryTools finishes but before the users login is shown.

    Have to test that...will report if i succeed
     
  2. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Ill be waiting:)
     
  3. AnarethoS

    AnarethoS MDL Expert

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    Hi all!

    For the progress indicator, I will start working on that in january. With the holidays comming and all the familly party and all that fu****g shopping, I don't have any time left to works on that.
     
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  4. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Hehe yea holiday sucks when ppl requires attention :p
    Welcome back sort of hehe.

    You can take your time, 2.0.6 works just perfect.
     
  5. Catering7

    Catering7 MDL Novice

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    I am testing your version of software and I am unable to find the password. (Both in text feilds) Norton 360 v4 states there is a virus :mad:
     
  6. sebus

    sebus MDL Guru

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    Look & read harder!

    sebus
     
  7. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Look and read, its there:)

    Why N360 says its a virus I dont know but of course its completely safe.
     
  8. carfal

    carfal MDL Junior Member

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    As long as they've downloaded it from this forum!
     
  9. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Well yea of course:)
     
  10. DaneelSE

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    #790 DaneelSE, Dec 29, 2010
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    Ooooh my god, I'm sure its stated somewhere in this thread but please add some stuff to your scripts to stop the service that aborts the sysprep to end gracefully.

    I have reinstalled a couple of times now and each time ended up in the same snag...

    net stop wmpnetworksvc

    was all it took to get by it. I think my mistake was to choose home--network which by default started this service during my audit session. If this service is started when trying to end sysprep it will throw very ugly errors, like:
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    2010-12-29 01:27:16, Info       [0x0f0080] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Found 'drmv2clt.dll,Sysprep'; executing it
    2010-12-29 01:27:18, Error      [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'drmv2clt.dll,Sysprep', returned error code -2147024864[gle=0x00000020]
    2010-12-29 01:27:18, Error      [0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunExternalDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = -2147024864[gle=0x00000020]
    2010-12-29 01:27:18, Error      [0x0f00a8] SYSPRP WinMain:Hit failure while processing sysprep cleanup providers; hr = 0x80070020[gle=0x00000020]
    2010-12-29 01:27:20, Info       [0x0f004c] SYSPRP WaitThread:Exiting spawned waiting thread
    2010-12-29 01:27:20, Info       [0x0f0052] SYSPRP Shutting down SysPrep log
    And while I'm at it, is there a quick way to clean the previous image and redo the image creation? Right now I have started from scratch a couple of times, not knowing any better :)
     
  11. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Thats not mentioned in this thread as far as i know hehe.

    Are you messing around in services.msc and tweaking?
     
  12. cee12

    cee12 MDL Junior Member

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    I'm getting intermitten system freezes since I installed the recovery partition. It was a clean copy of win7, not ram or hd, if I disable all non-microsoft drivers and startup programs it still freezes.

    I can't understand how a freeze could be related to the partitions, but I'd like to remove them all the same. To do this, can I just reinstall windows, and then remove the two partitions without installing recoverytools?

    Are there any other steps? How can I remove a system partition?

    Thakns
     
  13. cee12

    cee12 MDL Junior Member

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    Never mind. Ask a stupid question.... get no answer. I like it - I learn better through trial and error!

    You'll be pleased to know that it wasn't the recovery partitions or the Partition Tool that caused the freezes, as I'm sure you already knew! :biggrin: It's just my s**tty laptop. I think a decent hammer ought to fix it..... :mad:
     
  14. Dirk2512

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    Is there a way to put in a custom wallpaper in the Recovery environment, or is there a script that can place it in the .WIM file without XIMAGE.EXE

    Also Thanks to the creater and other credits, i am really impressed and this is something i have always needed. MUCH better than ARCONIS or PARAGON....... A* 10/10
     
  15. AnarethoS

    AnarethoS MDL Expert

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    Thanks all for your comments :)I don't know how to change the WallPaper. I was searching a way to do it, but even if I replace all background.bmp file with a new one, the old wallpaper still show up. :(

    Also, if you want to re-create a new image of the system, simply delete the WIM file in the recovery partition. The next time the computer will be booted in the recovery environment, you will be prompted to create a new image.
     
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  16. AnarethoS

    AnarethoS MDL Expert

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    Here is how to change the wallpaper!

    1) Install Recovery Tools 2.0.6
    2) Go to <INSTALLDIR>\Installer\RecoveryEnvironment\Windows\System32
    3) Put a file named "setup.bmp" there
    4) Install The Recovery Tools as usual
     
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  17. AnarethoS

    AnarethoS MDL Expert

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    I have finished creating the "Progress Indicator".
    I will try the new version in the next days and make it available if everything is OK.

    Important note : Only the capture/apply process can be monitored. There is no information about the "splitting" and the "copy" of files. For that, the current "Please Wait..." windows will still be there. (ImageX does not provided % for splitting, and I am using XCOPY, so no % also).

    I also put a new wallpaper :)
     
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  18. FreeStyler

    FreeStyler MDL Guru

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    @AnarethoS
    Cool, if you need another tester just let me know.
     
  19. AnarethoS

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