Is this possible?

[thadkew]

I might have a hard time explaining this, but here goes:

 

I would like to have a separate partition created that can be used for local imaging. Meaning that I'd like a "Z:" drive created that can be used to boot and image the C drive if there is a corruption on C.

This Z drive would work similarly to a USB drive that has the MDT Media on it.

 

Does that make sense? Can it be done?

[thadkew]

Yes it is possible. And it works well.

I created a new application with a text file and the Lite Touch wim in a folder and a bat file to do the leg work:

The text file preforms the diskpart functions and the bat file does the rest:

Here's the text file:

 

select disk 0

select partition 2

assign letter v

 

And here's the bat file:

 

REM copy diskpart command file

xcopy "%~dp0recover_zone.txt" c:\

REM run diskpart

diskpart /s c:\recover_zone.txt

ping -i 127.0.0.1 >NUL

REM copy WIM and SDI

xcopy "%~dp0LiteTouchPE_x86-(2).wim" v:\

xcopy "%~dp0boot.sdi" v:\

ping -i 127.0.0.1 >NUL

REM Delete file

del c:\recover_zone.txt

 

REM bcdedit /create /d "Windows 7" /application osloader

echo Exporting the system BCD store to BcdTemp

bcdedit /export BcdTemp

REM if errorlevel 1 echo Error - we need to have admin privileges.

REM if errorlevel 1 goto Endit

 

rem Set the name of the Winpe .wim file

set WimNm=LiteTouchPE_x86-(2).wim

 

rem Set the name of the WinPE .sdi file

set SdiNm=boot.sdi

 

rem Set the drive where the two WinPE boot files are located ( x: with no \ )

set WPDrv=V:

 

rem Set the folder path to the WinPE boot files ( no drive letter, no trailing \ )

set WPPth=

 

rem Description that shows up in the boot menu

set WPDes="Recovery"

 

rem Create the osloader and device options entries in the bcd store.

rem Get the randomly created GUID numbers that uniquely identify our two entries.

 

For /F "tokens=3 delims= " %%1 in ('bcdedit.exe /store BcdTemp /create /application OSLOADER /d %WPDes%') do set guid1=%%1

echo Osloader entry id is %guid1%

 

For /F "tokens=3 delims= " %%1 in ('bcdedit.exe /store BcdTemp /create /device /d %WPDes%') do set guid2=%%1

echo Device options entry id is %guid2%

 

echo Setting items in the osloader entry

 

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% device ramdisk=[%WPDrv%]%WPPth%\%WimNm%,%guid2%

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% osdevice ramdisk=[%WPDrv%]%WPPth%\%WimNm%,%guid2%

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% locale en-US

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% inherit {bootloadersettings}

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% systemroot \windows

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% detecthal Yes

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% winpe Yes

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid1% ems No

 

echo Setting items in the device options entry

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid2% ramdisksdidevice partition=%WPDrv%

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set %guid2% ramdisksdipath %WPPth%\%SdiNm%

 

echo Setting bootmgr to include the WinPE entry in the boot display list

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /set {bootmgr} displayorder %guid1% /addlast

 

rem Create an undo cmd file to delete the entries directly from the system bcd store.

echo Creating the DelWinpe.cmd undo command file

echo bcdedit /delete %guid1% >>DelWinpe.cmd

echo bcdedit /delete %guid2% >>DelWinpe.cmd

 

echo Display bootmgr and the two new entries

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /enum {bootmgr}

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /enum %guid1%

bcdedit /store BcdTemp /enum %guid2%

echo.

 

If errorlevel 1 echo Error - something went awry. Not importing the temporary store.

If errorlevel 1 goto Endit

 

REM echo Ready to import the temporary store into bcd system store...

REM pause

 

echo Importing BcdTemp into the system BCD store.

bcdedit /import BcdTemp

 

:Endit

set guid1=

set guid2=

set WpDrv=

set WPPth=

set WimNm=

set SdiNm=

set WPDes=

 

 

bcdedit /timeout 3

 

I found the meat of the script here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistasetup/thread/333f16c6-efca-4899-8cf2-95f05af61986/

 

Then i put the task at the end of my task sequence. Tested and it works!!!