I’m at a loss please HELP! Restoring an image of Windows 7 succeeded but can’t get passed the black screen! It passes the BIOS logo and then displays a black screen with cursor blinking continuously!
Here are the the steps i took prior to capturing and saving the windows 7 image
1. Installed Windows 7 Enterprise x64
2. Installed and Configured additional software\applications
3. Created unattended.xml file using WAIK – Windows System Image Manager (WSIM).
4. Placed the unattended.xml file in C:\windows\system32\sysprep\unnattend.xml
5. Next, I ran the following command (sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:unattend.xml to sysprep my operating system to capture my image using Clonezilla Live 1.2.6-24 i686 –
6. The mode I choose to save is clonezilla-save-parts save as partition image. Capture and save image process is successful without any errors at all!
7. Restore process succeeds as well…but when I reboot is what I see described at the very top of this topic
I’d like to point out that, desktops used for restoring images are identical (same brand and model) If anything the restore part should work! Very strange!
Does anybody see anything wrong here? I also used gparted just to be able to see if the image restored and yes I can see the partitions on the hard drive…the C:\ partition is set or labled as “boot”.
Here are the Specifications of my desktops
Controllers
Controller Type: Serial ATA/300
Display & Graphics
Graphics Controller Interface: PCI Express x16
Graphics Controller Manufacturer: nVIDIA
Graphics Controller Model: GeForce 310
Graphics Memory Capacity: 512 MB
Interfaces/Ports
Network (RJ-45): Yes
Memory
Maximum Memory: 8 GB
Memory Standard: DDR3-1333/PC3-10600
Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM
Number of Total Memory Slots: 4
Standard Memory: 3 GB
Network & Communication
Ethernet Technology: Gigabit Ethernet
Processor & Chipset
64-bit Processing: Yes
Cache: 8 MB
HyperTransport Speed: Not Applicable
Number of Processors Install: 1
Number of Processors Support: 1
Processor Core: Quad-core
Processor Manufacturer: Intel
Processor Model: i5-750
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Processor Type: Core i5
Storage
Hard Drive Interface: Serial ATA/300
Hard Drive RPM: 7200
Number of Hard Drives: 1
Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
Solid State Drive Capacity: Not Included
Solid State Drive Interface: Not Applicable
Total Hard Drive Capacity: 500 GB
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"The mode I choose to save is clonezilla-save-parts save as partition image. Capture and save image process is successful without any errors at all! " -> Since you choose to do the partition image only, you have to take care of the boot loader by yourself.
Any reason why you do not want to use savedisk option?
Steven.
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Save disk option is quite big…for instance, 500GB HD (60GB used space) using savedisk image will be pretty big, won't it???
In essence what I did is I created a 120GB partition (60GB used space) and captured it as an image. I did this to save on time and image size. How do you take care of the boot loader? partition with the operating system is set as boot partition…is it the MBR that needs to be fixed? if so how would i do this in windows 7?
Thanks!!!
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"500GB HD (60GB used space) using savedisk image will be pretty big" -> Not really. Since NTFS and FAT are the supported file systems in Clonezilla, so only the used sectors will be imaged. i.e. 60 GB in this case.
Therefore I suggest to give savedisk a try. It's easier. You do not have to deal with MBR, and partition table…
Steven.
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Yes, I have used savedisk and was successful, but i was curious why all of a sudden saveparts would not work when it worked with windows xp OS… it is true that only used sectors will be imaged, but the advantage i see with 120GB saveparts versus 500GB savedisk image is i will be able to restore that image (120GB) to equal or higher hard disk size, (120GB, 250GB, 320GB and so on). Where with savedisk i can only restore that image to a 500GB hard disk or higher….I just thought that saveparts is more convenient\flexible when restoring to different hard disk sizes…
Mladen.
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I’m at a loss please HELP! Restoring an image of Windows 7 succeeded but can’t get passed the black screen! It passes the BIOS logo and then displays a black screen with cursor blinking continuously!
Here are the the steps i took prior to capturing and saving the windows 7 image
1. Installed Windows 7 Enterprise x64
2. Installed and Configured additional software\applications
3. Created unattended.xml file using WAIK – Windows System Image Manager (WSIM).
4. Placed the unattended.xml file in C:\windows\system32\sysprep\unnattend.xml
5. Next, I ran the following command (sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:unattend.xml to sysprep my operating system to capture my image using Clonezilla Live 1.2.6-24 i686 –
6. The mode I choose to save is clonezilla-save-parts save as partition image. Capture and save image process is successful without any errors at all!
7. Restore process succeeds as well…but when I reboot is what I see described at the very top of this topic
I’d like to point out that, desktops used for restoring images are identical (same brand and model) If anything the restore part should work! Very strange!
Does anybody see anything wrong here? I also used gparted just to be able to see if the image restored and yes I can see the partitions on the hard drive…the C:\ partition is set or labled as “boot”.
Here are the Specifications of my desktops
Controllers
Controller Type: Serial ATA/300
Display & Graphics
Graphics Controller Interface: PCI Express x16
Graphics Controller Manufacturer: nVIDIA
Graphics Controller Model: GeForce 310
Graphics Memory Capacity: 512 MB
Interfaces/Ports
Network (RJ-45): Yes
Memory
Maximum Memory: 8 GB
Memory Standard: DDR3-1333/PC3-10600
Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM
Number of Total Memory Slots: 4
Standard Memory: 3 GB
Network & Communication
Ethernet Technology: Gigabit Ethernet
Processor & Chipset
64-bit Processing: Yes
Cache: 8 MB
HyperTransport Speed: Not Applicable
Number of Processors Install: 1
Number of Processors Support: 1
Processor Core: Quad-core
Processor Manufacturer: Intel
Processor Model: i5-750
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Processor Type: Core i5
Storage
Hard Drive Interface: Serial ATA/300
Hard Drive RPM: 7200
Number of Hard Drives: 1
Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
Solid State Drive Capacity: Not Included
Solid State Drive Interface: Not Applicable
Total Hard Drive Capacity: 500 GB
"The mode I choose to save is clonezilla-save-parts save as partition image. Capture and save image process is successful without any errors at all! " -> Since you choose to do the partition image only, you have to take care of the boot loader by yourself.
Any reason why you do not want to use savedisk option?
Steven.
Hi Steven,
Thanks for your reply…
Save disk option is quite big…for instance, 500GB HD (60GB used space) using savedisk image will be pretty big, won't it???
In essence what I did is I created a 120GB partition (60GB used space) and captured it as an image. I did this to save on time and image size. How do you take care of the boot loader? partition with the operating system is set as boot partition…is it the MBR that needs to be fixed? if so how would i do this in windows 7?
Thanks!!!
"500GB HD (60GB used space) using savedisk image will be pretty big" -> Not really. Since NTFS and FAT are the supported file systems in Clonezilla, so only the used sectors will be imaged. i.e. 60 GB in this case.
Therefore I suggest to give savedisk a try. It's easier. You do not have to deal with MBR, and partition table…
Steven.
Thank you for your feedback, Steven.
Yes, I have used savedisk and was successful, but i was curious why all of a sudden saveparts would not work when it worked with windows xp OS… it is true that only used sectors will be imaged, but the advantage i see with 120GB saveparts versus 500GB savedisk image is i will be able to restore that image (120GB) to equal or higher hard disk size, (120GB, 250GB, 320GB and so on). Where with savedisk i can only restore that image to a 500GB hard disk or higher….I just thought that saveparts is more convenient\flexible when restoring to different hard disk sizes…
Mladen.
Yes, saveparts is more flexible, however, as I mentioned, you have to deal with the partition size and the MBR on the destination disk by yourself.
Steven.