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  • Friday, October 05, 2012 1:00 PM
     
     
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    hi

    right.. so.. my users are starting to complain about lack of space on their VDI machines... 

    so I am looking to expand their disks..

    but BDEdrive is in the way (at the end of the disk) so I cannot "just" expand C:\

    But how can I get rid of bdedrive partition..

    I tried using:

    BCDedit C:\Windows /s C:

    then setting C: as active in diskmanagement

    then rebooting..

    then the vdi doesn't boot :-(

    I have "fixed" it for future machines.. but that doesn't help all the old machines I created previously to this problem..

    ideas?

    Kindest regards, Martin

     

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  • Friday, October 05, 2012 1:01 PM
     
     
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    this is not directly MDT related. .but mdt created the bastard partition.. so here I am :)

    And I feel that here.. in MDT forum.. I always get a proper, nice & helpful answer... 

    Kindest regards, Martin

     
  • Friday, October 05, 2012 1:09 PM
     
     
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    BCDboot C:\Windows /s C:

    NOT

    BCDedit C:\Windows /s C:

    Kindest regards, Martin

     
  • Friday, October 05, 2012 4:30 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    Follow this procedure:

    1. bcdboot c:\windows /s c: (this command will copy the boot files to "c:\windows". If OS is not on C:\ enter the correct letter)

    2. Launch diskmgmt.msc then mark the partition C: as Active
    3. Restart

    Next time to avoid the BDE partition you can add this properties "BDEInstallSuppress=YES"  in your CS

    Revue du Geek | Déployer Windows 7 avec MDT 2010

     
  • Friday, October 05, 2012 6:06 PM
     
     
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    You'll also want to do this to deploy a new machine:

    In customsettings.ini, set Priority=ByIsVM, Default

    Create a section [ByIsVM]

    [ByIsVM]

    Subsection=IsVM-%IsVM%

    [IsVM-True]
    DoNotCreateExtraPartition=YES

     
  • Saturday, October 06, 2012 8:03 AM
     
     
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    hi guys..

    thanks... but Yannick .. that is what I am doing..! and it is not working.. :-(

    Graeme thanks.. I'll add that to my script... :)

    Kindest regards, Martin

     
  • Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:07 AM
     
     
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    I'm still puzzled by this... 

    Running the above "script" ends up destroying my VDI..

    when running it on a laptop I get a BCD error while trying to boot...

    Any suggestions? or ways to check what is causing this error`?

    Kindest regards, Martin