windows 7 - How to prevent boot manager missing after cloning a win764 image using Ghost 2003?

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2014-07
  • hirogen

    I am running ghost 2003 command -fdsp, but once we have cloned the image and restored it onto exactly the same make and model machine, we are force to run win7 setup and run a repair which fixes the boot menu, I want to prevent this requirement to fix the problem, any suggestions besides the obvious of using Windows AIK tools, new versions of ghost/clonzilla.

    I want to prevent the problem in the first place, it's 1 partition only, on a levano workstation m82 with UEFI and a 100mb system reserved partition.

    Windows Boot Manager screen and states:

    Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

    1.Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
    2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
    3.Click "Repair you computer." If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

    Status: 0xc000000e

  • Answers
  • Jawa

    You need to make the restored partition ACTIVE by using DISPART. At a command prompt:

    DISKPART
    LIST DISK  
    SELECT DISK x (where x is the physical boot disk)  
    LIST PARTITION  
    SELECT PARTITION x (where x is the partition where Windows resides)  
    ACTIVE  
    EXIT  
    EXIT  
    

    Then reboot.

    You may encounter the dreaded "BOOTMGR is missing" error after rebooting. You will then need to use the Windows 7 install DVD and allow it to repair or manually by entering BOOTREC /FIXMBR and BOOTREC /FIXBOOT.


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