We are using 0.32 and Windows 7. I did generalize the sysprep, but I didn’t add the persistalldeviceinstalls setting (if that’s what you’re asking about) to our unattend. I should mention that we’ve also tried to create the images without FogPrep as well. We’ve done a little more digging and are finding that all our old images work (1 year old or more), but we simply cannot get any newly created images to boot properly. My director is pushing for me to wipe and rebuild the Fog server.

I think I should clarify that this is happening when we restore an older image, update it and then try to re-upload the image. Is there some reason why that would be a problem? I was able to successfully restore an image when I built it from a fresh Windows install, but it had the bare minimum 3rd party software installed.

We have been using Fog at our school district for a couple of years now. We use all Dell machines (two different models, primarily) and have imaged them the past two summers with no problems. However, even though we’re using the same process, we are suddenly having issues with every image we create now. We simply restore an image created in the past, run all the Windows updates and then upload it again. The newly created image, when restored, will not boot into Windows properly and attempts a startup repair, but is unable to do so.

Our process in the past involved using FogPrep, but I have also attempted to use Sysprep and get the same results. We are wondering if there are some Windows updates that are breaking the Fog images now. Has anyone else experienced this recent issue?