Windows 8 image fails

[Gary Kulovics]

When trying to image a Win 8.1 pc get the following error
Starting to clone device (/dev/sda2) to image (/tmp/pigz1)
Reading Super Block
ntfsclone~ng.c: NTFS Volume ‘/dev/sda2’ is scheduled for a check or it was shutdown uncleanly. Please boot Windows or fix it by fsck

Started from a clean install of Windows 8 Was in audit mode install all software everything was running great Ran system prep with generalize Got this error when imaging

Thanks
Gary

[Wayne Workman]

@Gary-Kulovics said in Windows 8 image fails:

When trying to image a Win 8.1 pc get the following error
Starting to clone device (/dev/sda2) to image (/tmp/pigz1)
Reading Super Block
ntfsclone~ng.c: NTFS Volume ‘/dev/sda2’ is scheduled for a check or it was shutdown uncleanly. Please boot Windows or fix it by fsck

Wiki excerpt:

ntfsclone-ng.c: NTFS Volume ‘/dev/sda4’ is scheduled for a check or it was shutdown uncleanly. Please boot Windows or fix it by fsck.
https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_Dirty_Bit

[Tom Elliott]

At sysprep did you shutdown or reboot? I suspect shutdown. Please reedit the image and disable hibernate with:

powercfg -h off in cmd line.

Also, if possible turn off fast boot in the bios.

[Wayne Workman]

@Tom-Elliott From my experience, on current fog trunk, you don’t even get to partclone when fast startup is turned on.

Also, that command must be ran from an elevated command prompt.

[george1421]

While this is a bit off point, we are seeing with windows 10 that a shutdown is not really a shutdown. Its a bit more like enhanced sleep state. If you want to capture a windows 10 image we have better luck with a reboot into the fog capture from audit mode or using sysprep with the power off command line option to properly close the disk and not leave that dirty bit turned on.

[Wayne Workman]

@george1421 This is also true for Windows 8 and 8.1.