Help please with failed W7 image capture, 2008R2- Access Denied at 47%

[Tramp]

Hi,

Using Server 2008R2 I have been unable to capture a Windows 7 Pro image- fails at 47% with message 'Access Denied'

 

The Windows 7 image is set up and I have copied it both pre-sysprepped and sysprepped using Acronis.

 

The source machine is an HP8200 i5 desktop with 4GB memory, the server is 2008r2 with 12GB memory

The local drives used to capture were 80GB and 250GB SATA, connected to the same motherboard as the source drive.

 

The capture fails at 47% whether saving direct to a local disk or to local disk + server.

 

PXE boots up fine and using the wizard I go through the steps to capture- it then proceeds happily on its way until the message Access Denied comes up at 47%.

 

This is a physical drive build not virtual, server permission is via a domain admin account.

 

I have tried to capture 6 times and used three different hard drives as source, two as local target.

 

Factors I've considered-

Bad sectors?- probably not, 2 target and 3 sources drives used (re-imaged each time with the sysprepped image)

Permissions?- server accessed via domain admin account, what about local drive should the wizard ask for an account, if so a local machine account?

Uninstall file?- isn't this only brought into play on installation of a created image

Something in the build?- what and how can it be tracked down- I can't see any obvious log file of how the image creation is going?

 

Any suggestions would be much appreciated, it's driving me up the wall!

Thanks

[free780]

Are you capturing just using dism/imagex?

[Tramp]

Just via WDS- capture image using x86 wim.

[TheScarfedOne]

Does it actually stop mid sending the file, or is it at another stage in the capture task sequence. Shift the "failed" error dialog out of the way to check. Ive seen this in the actual send stage because of disk space and file restrictions, but usually its at another point. Check network connectivity from the client at the fail point (need to enable f8 tools in your winpe boot for this)

[Tramp]

Thanks for your replies , Free780 and TheScarfedOne.

I assume it's during file creation rather than transfer as the same problem occurs whether saving just to local drive or to drive and server.

When I remove the 'Access Denied' message it goes straight into windows if I don't catch it quickly enough. That was one reason I ended up using another HD with a freshly installed Acronis image to make sure that the partial boot into windows hadn't corrupted the sysprepped image.

I'm using the PXE boot to capture, how can I enable the f8 tools in this situation?

 

So far I have only found one reference to this sort of problem and no reason was identified-

 

WDS Capture "Access Permission" Problem

 

Thanks

[TheScarfedOne]

The f8 is enabled in the pxe boot image properties pages. Ita a check box, cant remember off hand which tab it's on tho.

[Tramp]

Thanks, I'll have a look when I'm in school and get back to you.

[Tramp]

Yes, plenty of space on both local drive (s) and server)

[free780]

Stupid question you are capturing 32 bit windows 7?

[Tramp]

Hi,

Not a stupid question at all, it's one I asked myself, 32bit W7 prof is the one

I've just tried sysprepping without using the unattend file which should take that out of the equation, at 47% Access Denied again. So far I have been able to find the f8 option for PXE boot, am about to look again.

Thanks

[free780]

It may be Shift+F10 if you use the boot.wim from a Windows 7 iso for it. To be honest I've never done pure WDS. I've always gone for MDT.

[Tramp]

Any other suggestions before I start a fresh installation?

Thanks