Latitude E5440 Win7 image issues

[reub_rester]

Hello,

I am using FOG 1.2.0 on Elementary OS 0.2.1, which is built on Ubuntu 12.04 and I have the latest Tom Elliot kernels. I have FOG installed and it is working properly but I am having a problem when I capture and deploy an image FOG is resizing the hard drive. I know it is supposed to do that so that it can compress the image size but when I boot the master computer it has changed the OS Partition capacity size from 284.76GB to 34.65GB and the same thing happens when I boot an imaged computer. I am using two computers that have the same exact hardware. I have not been syspreping but I did run fogprep. I am trying to capture the hard drive as it comes from DELL and it has 3 partitons on it so, I had to capture the master image with Multiple Partition Image - Single Disk (Not Resizeable). Is there something that I am missing?

Thanks,
Reuben

[Junkhacker]

it resized the disk using Multiple Partition Image - Single Disk (Not Resizeable)?

[reub_rester]

Yes. When I boot into Windows I am not given the option to extend the disk because it is seeing it as a 34.65gb hard drive. Even though, I can see 284.76gb capacity in disk managment.

[Junkhacker]

well, you said this was a factory image. we recommend NOT using factory images because they tend to do some pretty non-standard things that can cause funny behaviours

[reub_rester]

Ok. Is there a way to fix the issue so that I can us the factory image with the recovery partition?

[reub_rester]

I was able to resolve the issue I was having by creating a unattend.xml and using diskgenius on the Hiren’s BootCD. The diskgenius allowed me to see the empty space on the drive and it allowed the space to become unallocated. Once I did that I uploaded the image and then downloaded it to another computer with the same hardware without any problems.

I followed this guide, [url]http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1016213[/url], to some degree. Plus I added the option to extend the OS partition and persistalldeviceinstalls.

Hope this helps someone else in the future.

[reub_rester]

When you Create A New Image within the Image Management, set image type to Multiple Partition Image - Single Disk (Not Resizable). This is my unattend.xml for Windows 7 Professional x86 and it does work with Dell Factory partition setup. What I did is registered the computer with the FOG server, booted the Dell factory install in win7, installed all the software I needed, put the unattend.xml in the C:\windows\system32\sysprep folder, syspreped, and started the image upload process.

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>
<unattend xmlns=“urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend”>
<settings pass=“windowsPE”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Setup” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
<EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
<UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“generalize”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“specialize”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Deployment” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<ExtendOSPartition>
<Extend>true</Extend>
</ExtendOSPartition>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<ComputerName>Computer Name</ComputerName>
<DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
<ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>
<TimeZone>(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada)</TimeZone>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass=“oobeSystem”>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-International-Core” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-us</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name=“Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup” processorArchitecture=“x86” publicKeyToken=“31bf3856ad364e35” language=“neutral” versionScope=“nonSxS” xmlns:wcm=“[url]http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State[/url]” xmlns:xsi=“[url]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance[/url]”>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
</OOBE>
<TimeZone>(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada)</TimeZone>
<ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:OfflineImage cpi:source=“catalog:c:/images/install_windows 7 professional.clg” xmlns:cpi=“urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi” />
</unattend>