Friday, 21 December 2012

Move a VHD to a new disk



Moving a VHD to a new disk - Abreviated for quick notes

(referenced from http://fmuntean.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/moving-your-boot-from-vhd-to-a-bigger-drive/)

Attach the new HDD
Server Manager -> Storage -> Disk Management
New Simple Volume (format NFTS, quick) mount as f:
Mark Partition as Active
Command prompt
Bcdboot c:\windows /s f:
Bcdedit /export f:\backup.bcd
Reboot
Boot from Win7 or Windows 2008R2 DVD, Ubuntu
(For windows - "windows loading files…" message when the initial setup screen is displayed press SHIFT+F10 for command prompt)
Copy vhd file from old disk to new one (you need to find the drive letters again as they might not match)
shutdown the machine
Remove old hard drive and replace with the new one.
Start computer.
Boot from install DVD again and start the command prompt
Bcdedit /import c:\backup.bcd
Fix the entry
Bcdedit /set {default} device vhd=[LOCATE]\win2k8R2.vhd
Bcdedit /set {default} osdevice vhd=[LOCATE]\win2k8R2.vhd
Reboot

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Extract Anything! Best archiver extraction program I have found to date!


http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

Extremely handy particularly for extracting drivers to use with WAIK for windows deployment.

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Useful Websites for Deploying Windows 7

Many Many Links.... mostly for reference...

  • Deployment Image Servicing and Management Command-Line Options
  • Frankie Loscavio: How I Slipstreamed Windows 7 RTM Installer with Raid Drivers on my Alienware m17 Machine - Creative Human
  • Windows 7: All in One (32 & 64 bit) DVD - How To ~ What the.....?
  • Unattended, A Windows deployment system: Unattended/Silent Installation Switches for Windows Apps
  • Deploy Windows 7 The Easy Way: Using WDS, MDT and AIK - Step-By-Step Video - ITProGuru Blog by Systems Management Expert Dan Stolts - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
  • Windows 7 ISO Edition Switcher Change Windows 7 Home to Ultimate | 80 Kb
  • Windows 7 to VHD Install – part 5 | Warranty Void
  • My Digital Life Forums
  • SeanDaniel.com: How to Lock Down a Windows 7 Kiosk or shared PC
  • Using GPO to make kiosk machine
  • Windows 7 SteadyState solution simplified! - Infrastructure Consulting Blog by Panos Macheras - Site Home - TechNet Blogs
  • Disk2vhd
  • Windows 7 – VHD Boot – Setup Guideline - knom's developer corner - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
  • WuInstall
  • MLPPP on PFSense 2 with Teksavvy

    Follow the instructions from the blog:

    http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-Link_PPP_(MP/MLPPP)

    Once you have the connection set up, change the following settings on each individual interface (in the advanced section) to the following: MTU 1487 MRRU 1486

    Go back to the main mlppp interface and add the following MTU setting: 1485

    If you use other settings performance becomes spotty due to fragmentation.

    Thanks to the following articles to assist with my setup...
    Ref: http://blog.stuffedcow.net/2011/09/teksavvy-mlppp-performance-issues/
    http://mlppp.teksavvy.com/tomato_en.html