Fatclone.C: Filesystem isn't in a valid state

[Wayne Workman]

@abos_systemax You could capture each of those partitions to their own image, then via terminal you could put them all together into a new image’s directory manually. The required support files for it can be copied from another similar image and then modified. Final step being to create an image definition for it in the web interface and trying it out.

[abos_systemax]

@Wayne-Workman can I just use the MBR that is created on the image?

[abos_systemax]

@abos_systemax

Meh, too bad… if I only restore partitions 2,3, and 4, I receive a Windows needs to be repared error because the Win10 EFI Boot manager still thinks it boots Windows 10…

The FOG screen displays a message about formatting and settingup the new MBR/GPT… but it doesnt seem to do that; is that correct?

[Wayne Workman]

@abos_systemax said in Fatclone.C: Filesystem isn't in a valid state:

@Wayne-Workman can I just use the MBR that is created on the image?

That’s what I would try first. It’s just a file in the image’s directory, easy enough to replace.

[abos_systemax]

@Wayne-Workman I tried, but Windows is unable to launch.
I am wiping the disk now to ensure that the EFI partition is removed before the image is applied

But alas, it is still unable to find the OS disk

[Wayne Workman]

@abos_systemax 7 days into this, I would recommend cutting the losses and rebuilding the image. Don’t go 100% on the new image, just install base-windows only and try capturing. Adjust the firmware settings as needed until you get the image to capture. Once you can successfully capture, then complete your image and capture again.

[abos_systemax]

@Wayne-Workman Problem is: our customers build their images and we have to work with it… Ill still try to figure things out; but this thread can be closed. Apparently it’s not a FOG issue, it’s a hardware (or software) related issue; which doesn’t fall into Fog’s domain…

Thanks for the support anyway; you did point me in the right direction: at least now I know what the problem is.

[Wayne Workman]

@abos_systemax Well as a last resort, use the RAW image type. But beware it takes a complete and uncompressed image. So if you capture a 2TB disk, you get a image that is 2TB in size.

But I do think there is an issue with the image and I do believe that zero-ing the disk prior to a re-install would most likely work.

[abos_systemax]

@Wayne-Workman

I kind-a-fixed it by booting to Windows PE, clean the disk with diskpart, create a 100MB parititon and a ‘the rest’ partition; then restoring only partition 2 with FOG, then rebooting to Windows PE to create a bootstore… now Windows can Boot.

I now face another issue, but I’ve posted that in the Windows Issues forums (https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9177/windows-partition-size)

[abos_systemax]

@abos_systemax said in Fatclone.C: Filesystem isn't in a valid state:

@Wayne-Workman

I kind-a-fixed it by booting to Windows PE, clean the disk with diskpart, create a 100MB parititon and a ‘the rest’ partition; then restoring only partition 2 with FOG, then rebooting to Windows PE to create a bootstore… now Windows can Boot.

I now face another issue, but I’ve posted that in the Windows Issues forums (https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/9177/windows-partition-size)

— fixed that issue as well…