Windows 7 Deployment FOG- SAD2 Driver tool
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Thanks for the clarification. I guess I’ll just have to get over my distrust that MS would actually correctly deal with all hardware platforms. This has never been the case and I’ve been doing this for 20 years, so it’s quite a leap for me. I like your solution since it leaves the drivers in the packs, making the image smaller. For mine process, I have to expand them.
Jim
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I have followed this through step by step on a virtual machine. I have made the image and captured the image in fog. I then setup a different VM and registered it in FOG. I deployed the image to the new machine. When the machine boots after the image is copied I get a Windows Boot Manager error.
[QUOTE]Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem
- Insert your windows installation disc a restart your computer.
- Choose your language settings and then click “Next”.
- CLick “Repair your computer”.
If you do not have the disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance
File: \Windows\systme32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt[/QUOTE]
Any ideas where to start?
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[quote=“Kendall Eley, post: 3916, member: 1270”]I have followed this through step by step on a virtual machine. I have made the image and captured the image in fog. I then setup a different VM and registered it in FOG. I deployed the image to the new machine. When the machine boots after the image is copied I get a Windows Boot Manager error.
Any ideas where to start?[/quote]
your virtual machine hard drives are set to IDE?
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[quote=“falko, post: 3945, member: 48”]your virtual machine hard drives are set to IDE?[/quote]
They were not. I added an IdE Hard Disk and choose the existing disk attached to this machine. I then deleted the existing disk under the sata controller. I restarted and got the same error. SHould I reimage or do I have to change the disk on the original VM that I created the image from and recreate the image? -
Change disk on original one, mine is set to ide. I’m using virtualbox
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Thanks. I will do that. After I change the type to IDE, will I need to rebuild the whole machine?
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Yes start from scratch
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I am using Oracle VM virtualbox Manger v 4.1.16 Everytime a create a new VM, it creates a sata drive. If I delete that one, change to a ide, then it will not boot. I get back to the same screen as before. How do I create a drive with a ide drive from the beginning? Am I missing something?
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hmm, yeah it will always create a sata drive you just need to delete it and add and ide one, sounds like your doing it right,
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[quote=“Kendall Eley, post: 3955, member: 1270”]Thanks. I will do that. After I change the type to IDE, will I need to rebuild the whole machine?[/quote]
It’s better just do rebuild the whole thing yes. It doesn’t take long since you have done it before. I have rebuilt mine three times.
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I have built my image. I got all updates to the OS and installed Microsoft Office, Adober Reader, FLash, Java and a few others similare programs. (Note I had an error in my unattend file, so I recreated it after installing everything and then copied it over to the proper location) I then captured it to FOG. I then deployed it back to the VM. When it boots, I am asked to accept the license terms of Win 7 Pro Service Pack 1. If I accept, I am then prompted to choose how to deploy updates. I choose recommended settings. It then proceeds to finalizing settings (which is still running after 30 minutes) Any ideas on what I have done wrong?
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[quote=“Kendall Eley, post: 4010, member: 1270”]I have built my image. I got all updates to the OS and installed Microsoft Office, Adober Reader, FLash, Java and a few others similare programs. (Note I had an error in my unattend file, so I recreated it after installing everything and then copied it over to the proper location) I then captured it to FOG. I then deployed it back to the VM. When it boots, I am asked to accept the license terms of Win 7 Pro Service Pack 1. If I accept, I am then prompted to choose how to deploy updates. I choose recommended settings. It then proceeds to finalizing settings (which is still running after 30 minutes) Any ideas on what I have done wrong?[/quote]
Are you sure you have copied the guide correctly? Have you run sysprep correctly? I’d suggest to strongly re read the instructions and try again with your xml file. Use snapshots, which will reduce your time. I know my guide is long and in some cases can be difficult to interpret due to language differences, but you will find that everyone does this differently so you may come across diff problems. I will try to upload my unattend xml tomorrow for you to try…
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I have gotten my image to deploy to a virtual machine. When the DP_Install tool begins extracting, it stops and prompts me with a message box No files to Extract. I click ok and it begins extracting fine.
Also, how do I add drivers? I have an HP Elitebook 8560 with several devices that did not have drivers installed. I have the drivers downloaded from HP, but I am not sure how to inject them into the base image
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[quote=“Kendall Eley, post: 4246, member: 1270”]I have gotten my image to deploy to a virtual machine. When the DP_Install tool begins extracting, it stops and prompts me with a message box No files to Extract. I click ok and it begins extracting fine.
Also, how do I add drivers? I have an HP Elitebook 8560 with several devices that did not have drivers installed. I have the drivers downloaded from HP, but I am not sure how to inject them into the base image[/quote]
re-read [B]STEP 8[/B] you need to download the driver packs and copy them to the necessary folder
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Followed step 8 exactly. When the machine reboots, It has many unknown devices such as video card, NIc (both wired and wireless), Card reader, and others. I have since found those drivers. Is there a way to inject those drivers into the script in step 8?
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what other drives are you missing i find that the driverpacks has them all for my setup. and then windows update will finish it off
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I did not have the Network card driver for that machine, The wireless card, and several others. The network card is the most pressing, because obviously Windows can not access the internet without that.
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hmm I only know step 8 using drivers from [URL=‘http://driverpacks.net/downloads’]http://driverpacks.net[/URL] so i am not much help, hopefully someone else will chime in
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Thanks for your attempts to help. When the driverpacks script runs, it issues a message box that says No Files to Extract. I click ok, it seems to begin extracting and run fine after that. Any idea why that might occur?
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[quote=“Kendall Eley, post: 4271, member: 1270”]Thanks for your attempts to help. When the driverpacks script runs, it issues a message box that says No Files to Extract. I click ok, it seems to begin extracting and run fine after that. Any idea why that might occur?[/quote]
Hi,
I suspect you are doing something wrong, or you are using a diff script to the one I suggest.
Make sure you put your downloaded driver packs in the location below (for a 64 bit machine):
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4Xsr9.jpg[/IMG]
If it is a 32 bit windows, put them in x86 of NT6.
Download the version of DP install tool I specify in step 8, I think it’s version 111118 or something. But just replace the DP_Install_Tool.cmd with the one I uploaded previously: (I’m having problems uploading to the forums now, but it’s still attached to the bottom of the third post in this thread). You don’t have to do the whole process to test the tool. You can run the script manually to test it. Just run DP_Install_Tool.cmd manually on any computer that doesn’t have drivers. Make a virtual and use snapshots so you can try it multiple times. The idea is to get it working without any interferance or prompts. That’s why i removed all pauses from the script, there is no way my script will stop now.
I don’t believe you will have to worry about injecting more drivers into your image but if you do you will have to learn how by following the guides on Driverpacks.net
