Win7 WinPE Boot Manager Error 0xc000000f
JuliusPIV
I've got the Microsoft Configuring Windows 7 Self-Paced Training Kit
(covering MCTS Exam 70-680) and I've run into a problem with creating the
bootable Windows PE CD.
The instructions start on page 66 of Chapter 2 and continue to 68 and no
matter what I seem to try, when I boot from the newly created CD on my
reference machine, I get the following error
Windows Boot Manager - Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or
software change might be the cause to fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your Computer."
If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer
manufacturer for assistance.
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
---END OF ERROR
The technician computer:
Dell Optiplex 760, has the AIK installed, running x64 Windows Ultimate
The reference computer (the machine I'm taking the image of):
Dell Optiplex 755 running a sysprep'd /oobe /generalized x86 Windows
Enterprise
The instructions for creating the PE CD, paraphrased from the book, are below:
cd c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\
copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86
copy "c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" c:\winpe_x86
Type the following into c:\winpe_x86\iso\wimscript.ini
[ExclusionList]
ntfs.log
hiberfil.sys
pagefile.sys
"System Volume Information"
RECYCLER
Windows\CSC
[CompressionExclusionList]
*.mp3
*.zip
*.cab
\Windows\inf\*.pnf
---END OF FILE
The instructions say (and I'll quote right from the book) to run this command:
oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com Cc:\winpe_x86\ISO
c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
There seems to be a typo as the command doesn't work:
c:\winpe_x86>oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com Cc:\winpe_x86\ISO
c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
OSCDIMG 2.55 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility
Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2007. All rights reserved.
Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content.
Scanning source tree
ERROR: Failure enumerating files in directory
"C:\WINPE_X86\CC:\WINPE_X86\ISO\"
Error 123: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
Using some logic, then checking
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799243(WS.10).aspx, I believe
the following is the correct syntax as it actually produces an image:
oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe_x86\ISO
c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
I burn said image onto a CD, using ISORecorder for Win7, and boot the 755.
I press a key to boot from the CD and immediately receive the error. I tried
the amd64 files as well thinking 'perhaps' it was my technician machine's
current OS install that was causing the problem, but that didn't work either.
In a previous image creation process, I booted the system after running
sysprep and it booted fine, so I'm not inclined to believe that sysprep is
breaking the machine.
Any ideas?
--
Julius G. Perkins, IV
Enterprise Systems
Workstation Architect
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Julius G. Perkins, IV
Enterprise Systems
Workstation Architect
Dusko Savatovic
You corrected oscdimg command. The Technet example is OK.
The command should be something like:
oscdimg -n -bC:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com C:\winpe_x86\ISO
C:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
But before that, you missed one step.
This is from the
"Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) User's Guide"
Customizing Windows PE
Windows PE Walkthroughs
Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM
Step 1: Set up a Windows PE build environment
...
3. Copy the base image (Winpe.wim) to the \Winpe_x86\ISO\sources folder and
rename the file to Boot.wim.
copy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim
When in doubt, look at the info at "Windows Preinstallation Environment
(Windows PE) User's Guide". This is part of Windows AIK 2010 documentation
supplied with WAIK.
Good luck.
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