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    Unsolved Windows Embedded Standard 7 - Lost Bcedit Settings

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    • Z
      zingaro last edited by

      Hi,
      I noted that after the backup of WES7 image, fog reset the bcdedit settings to default and EWF function of WES7 does not works fine, because after power loss failure the system restarts and Windows show the recover boot menu !
      I noted that after backup a WES7 System with Fog, it’s necessary restore the BCDedit to “IgnoreShhutdownFailures” manually and configure the EWF with ewfcfg.exe command.

      How I can solve this problem ?
      I need tha Fog does not change the BcdEdit when saves the image !
      With other software ( ghost, clonezilla etc… ), it’s necessary insert only EwfCFg.exe command into OneTimeStartup RegKey and EWF it will setted correctly.
      Fog makes a change into BCD Settings !

      Regards

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      • Tom Elliott
        Tom Elliott @zingaro last edited by

        @zingaro why? We take a backup then put ours in place. We can’t use bcdedit in Linux as those are Windows tools.

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          zingaro last edited by

          @tom-elliott said in Windows Embedded Standard 7 - Lost Bcedit Settings:

          Create a post download script.

          OK,
          but in this case is not sufficient " export " and "import "the BCD Configuration ? "
          https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdedit-command-line-options ?

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          • george1421
            george1421 Moderator last edited by

            The pseudo code that Tom discussed is almost realized in this excerpt from a script to locate the windows partition.

            #!/bin/bash
            . /usr/share/fog/lib/funcs.sh
            [[ -z $postdownpath ]] && postdownpath="/images/postdownloadscripts/"
            case $osid in
                5|6|7|9)
                    clear
                    [[ ! -d /ntfs ]] && mkdir -p /ntfs
                    getHardDisk
                    if [[ -z $hd ]]; then
                        handleError "Could not find hdd to use"
                    fi
                    getPartitions $hd
                    for part in $parts; do
                        umount /ntfs >/dev/null 2>&1
                        fsTypeSetting "$part"
                        case $fstype in
                            ntfs)
                                dots "Testing partition $part"
                                ntfs-3g -o force,rw $part /ntfs
                                ntfsstatus="$?"
                                if [[ ! $ntfsstatus -eq 0 ]]; then
                                    echo "Skipped"
                                    continue
                                fi
                                if [[ ! -d /ntfs/windows && ! -d /ntfs/Windows && ! -d /ntfs/WINDOWS ]]; then
                                    echo "Not found"
                                    umount /ntfs >/dev/null 2>&1
                                    continue
                                fi
                                echo "Success"
                                break
                                ;;
                            *)
                                echo " * Partition $part not NTFS filesystem"
                                ;;
                        esac
                    done
                    if [[ ! $ntfsstatus -eq 0 ]]; then
                        echo "Failed"
                        debugPause
                        handleError "Failed to mount $part ($0)\n    Args: $*"
                    fi
                    echo "Done"
                    debugPause
                    . ${postdownpath}fog.copydrivers
                    # . ${postdownpath}fog.updateunattend
                    umount /ntfs
                    ;;
                *)
                    echo "Non-Windows Deployment"
                    debugPause
                    return
                    ;;
            esac
            

            More specifically you should focus on this section where it tests to see if the Windows directory exists on the partition. Just finish it up with the remainder of the logic that Tom posted.

                                if [[ ! -d /ntfs/windows && ! -d /ntfs/Windows && ! -d /ntfs/WINDOWS ]]; then
                                    echo "Not found"
                                    umount /ntfs >/dev/null 2>&1
                                    continue
                                fi
            

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            • Tom Elliott
              Tom Elliott last edited by

              Create a post download script. We use a specialized bcd drive to allow for generalized hard drives. Without the custom files it’s possible the system will not boot. We do make a backup of the original bcd file before we put ours in place. The intention of doing this wa so those with specialized BCD’s they could continue using theirs, though you can probably guess this isn’t typically a problem for most people. The post unit script would follow a pseudo code similar of:

              Find hdds
                  Loop each hdd
                      Find hdd partitions
                          Loop hdd partitions
                              Search partition for bcd
                              If bcd found
                                  Backup new/ or remove
                                  Copy or move backup to original name
                                  Break partition loop
                              End if
                          End partloop
                   Endhdd loop
              

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