backup/restore Windows Server 2003 using imagex

[Ian]

I used imagex /compress fast /capture c: d:\W2K3.wim "Windows 2003" /verify
to create an image.
After I successfully use imagex /apply d:\W2K3.wim 1 c: and reboot, I got
BOOTMGR is missing.

However, I have used the same way for Vista on the same machine without any
issue.

[Dusko Savatovic]

Hi Ian,

WinXP/Win2003 boot system is different from Vista/2008 and newer.

To recreate your Win 2003 boot record, from your Win PE environment, you
should run command:

bootsect /nt52 C: /mbr

C: is the drive letter of your system volume

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[Ian]

Does Windows PE includes bootsect ?

[Dusko Savatovic]

"Ian" <I...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Does Windows PE includes bootsect ?

Mine does. But I don't rember if I put it there or if it was there by
default. Anyway, you can find it in Windows AIK in:
"C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\BootSect.exe"

You can access it via network, UFD or even floppy.

[Ian]

Got it. Thanks alot.

[Ian]

Thanks for your reply. I ran bootsect /nt52 C: /mbr after using imagex
/apply...

However, When rebooting, I got "NTLDR is missing". After copying Ntldr,
Ntdetect.com and Boot.ini to C:\ and reboot, it is OK booting up. It means
that Imagex.exe actually does not include those 3 files in the image. Why is
that? Thanks.

[Dusko Savatovic]

I don't know why your:
Boot.ini,
NTLDR,
Ntdetect.com
are missing. Perhaps they were on another partition originally.
I used ImageX before for deploying (but not backing up) Windows XP and it
worked as advertised.

Anyway, I'm glad you sorted it out.

Best regards,
DuskoS

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