Yeah, all of these won't work if the bootmanager is on a non-ntfs partition. Here is the way I fixed it.
Vista and SBS 2008 BCD change
Windows Backup and VSS fail with the following:
VSS: Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: ASR writer Error 0x80070001. hr = 0x00000000.
SPP: Shadow copy creation failed because of error reported by ASR Writer. More info: Incorrect function. (0x80070001).
Backup: Backup started at <DATETIME> failed as Volume Shadow copy operation failed for backup volumes with following error code '2155348129'. Please rerun backup once issue is resolved.
This article works for the following condition:
1. Vista or Server 2008 Installed
2. Boot loader resident on C:
3. Boot manager (BCD) on non-NTFS (OEM) partition
4. bootrec /fixboot fails in DVD boot command line
5. OEM partition is marked (EISA CONFIG, ACTIVE)
In this configuration Windows backup will not operate. It cannot skip the OEM partiton, which is non-NTFS. All volumes must be NTFS in order for Windows Backup to work.
To correct this situation, you will need approximately 1 hour.
Caveats:
Your RAID controller must point to BIOS for boot container, or you must set your boot container after the second reboot.
Please use a 3rd party backup app like BackupExec, to do a complete backup prior to making changes. BackupExec has no issues with non-NTFS partitions. Symantec has a free working 60 day trial available.
Solution:
1. In Vista / Server, go into disk manager. Shrink an available volume by say 2 gigs. Then create a new simple volume on that freed space. Format it NTFS. Assign it, for sake of argument, the letter S.
2. Open a command prompt and complete the following commands
a. bcdedit /export s:\boot\bcd
b. bcdedit /store S:\boot\bcd /set {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device partition=S:
c. bcdedit /store S:\boot\bcd /set {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d} device partition=S:
d. bcdedit /store S:\boot\bcd /set {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c} device partition=S:
e. bcdedit /store S:\boot\bcd /enum all /v
f. From the DVD Vista / Server media, run bootsect /NT60 S: /Force
g. Reboot system, notice it is non bootable. Therefore boot with Windows install disk.g
h. Load into command prompt via recovery console.
i. Lets use the following assumptions for the next command OEM = Disk 0, Partition 1, S: = Disk 1, Partition 1
j. Diskpart, list disk, select disk 0, select partition 1, inactive, select disk 1, select partition 1, active, exit.
k. Reboot. This should work. Failing that try the last step again, it may not have taken.
l. While in windows, launch command prompt and open diskpart.
m. Using the previous assumptions. list disk, select disk 0, select partition 1, delete, exit.
n. reboot
o. Open Windows backup, delete current configuration and recreate.
This should work.
