As per subject, I wanted to install clonezilla live on a usb memory key using my ms windows 7 laptop.
Got .zip clonezilla live file; extract it to folder on desktop; followed instruction and got warning about "***DO NOT RUN*** makeboot.bat from your local hard drive".
Then copied all to usb memory and switched to that folder (i am VERY sure of it); the I made syslinux.exe "Run the program as administrator" and doubleclick makeboot.bat.
OK my laptop won't boot anymore. It boots clonezilla.
Then I googled internet, searched clonezilla forums, and no meaningful help found; maybe because I am not fluent on english and used wrong search terms. So I tried to boot windows 7 dvd and repair boot sector using "startup repair" option but with no success at all.
I ran diskpart (no writes done on disk to avoid more damages) to inspect and found clonezilla created anoter volume. With the help of a command prompt I found my files. It seems nothing was lost.
Could anyone give that total noob an hint?
pivello
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Sorry to hear this. I guess the makeboot.bat was writing a MBR on your MS windows' booting partition. If you run it from the USB flash drive, it should not have this issue. You are the only one reporting this issue. I am not sure where went wrong there.
BTW, we are working on a GUI program "tuxboot", which is based on unetbootin, and with this the problem should be avoidable…
Steven.
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2011-12-08
Hi Steven,
I read all the blogs about creating bootable USB disk with Clonezilla either manually or with Tuxboot.
The problem is when i run makeboot.bat (under Win XP) the syslinux.exe crashes.
Not sure if anyone has reported the problem, but i'm doing everything as explained in the instructions and still have syslinux.exe crashed.
Any help please?
Regards,
RS
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So could you please open a command line terminal by running "cmd.exe" on your Windows, then run (assume your USB flash drive is G:):
1. G:
2. cd utils\win32
3. syslinux -help
and let us know the results.
Thanks.
Steven.
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Am I a total noob?
As per subject, I wanted to install clonezilla live on a usb memory key using my ms windows 7 laptop.
Got .zip clonezilla live file; extract it to folder on desktop; followed instruction and got warning about "***DO NOT RUN*** makeboot.bat from your local hard drive".
Then copied all to usb memory and switched to that folder (i am VERY sure of it); the I made syslinux.exe "Run the program as administrator" and doubleclick makeboot.bat.
OK my laptop won't boot anymore. It boots clonezilla.
Then I googled internet, searched clonezilla forums, and no meaningful help found; maybe because I am not fluent on english and used wrong search terms. So I tried to boot windows 7 dvd and repair boot sector using "startup repair" option but with no success at all.
I ran diskpart (no writes done on disk to avoid more damages) to inspect and found clonezilla created anoter volume. With the help of a command prompt I found my files. It seems nothing was lost.
Could anyone give that total noob an hint?
pivello
Just :-)
I got my OS back using Windows 7 DVD, System Recovery options, opening a command prompt in repair mode and giving the following commands:
bootrec /FixMBR
bootrec /FixBoot
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
Sorry to hear this. I guess the makeboot.bat was writing a MBR on your MS windows' booting partition. If you run it from the USB flash drive, it should not have this issue. You are the only one reporting this issue. I am not sure where went wrong there.
BTW, we are working on a GUI program "tuxboot", which is based on unetbootin, and with this the problem should be avoidable…
Steven.
Hi Steven,
I read all the blogs about creating bootable USB disk with Clonezilla either manually or with Tuxboot.
The problem is when i run makeboot.bat (under Win XP) the syslinux.exe crashes.
Not sure if anyone has reported the problem, but i'm doing everything as explained in the instructions and still have syslinux.exe crashed.
Any help please?
Regards,
RS
So could you please open a command line terminal by running "cmd.exe" on your Windows, then run (assume your USB flash drive is G:):
1. G:
2. cd utils\win32
3. syslinux -help
and let us know the results.
Thanks.
Steven.