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Can't have flash drive in system when install win7?

I recently put a KBE on a flash drive and used that flash drive to boot 11 computers up. I selected a scripted installation and then found that only 4 of the 11 computers actually succeeded when installing windows. The other 7 machines complained that they couldn't find an appropriate volume to install windows to.

I checked the setupact.log in x:\windows\panther on the afflicted systems and found the following sort of errors:

GetSystemDiskNTPath: Unable to get required buffer size for system disk from BCD APIs; status = 0xc0000452
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Error [0x06069e] IBS GetMachineInfo:Couldn't find boot disk on this BIOS-based computer
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB CanBeSystemVolume: Volume at disk [0] offset [0x100000] doesn't meet criteria for system volumes...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanBeSystemVolume] The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB CanBeSystemVolume: Volume at disk [0] offset [0x0] doesn't meet criteria for system volumes...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanBeSystemVolume] The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Region on disk [0] (offset = [0x0]) is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for {disk 0 offset 0x0}: CanBeSystemVolume] The partition is too small.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB CanBeSystemVolume: Volume at disk [0] offset [0x7e00] doesn't meet criteria for system volumes...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanBeSystemVolume] The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Region on disk [0] (offset = [0x7e00]) is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for {disk 0 offset 0x7e00}: CanBeSystemVolume] The partition is too small.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB CanBeSystemVolume: Volume at disk [0] offset [0x2543200000] doesn't meet criteria for system volumes...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanBeSystemVolume] The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Region on disk [0] (offset = [0x2543200000]) is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for {disk 0 offset 0x2543200000}: CanBeSystemVolume] The partition is too small.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB CanBeSystemVolume: Volume at disk [0] offset [0x100000] doesn't meet criteria for system volumes...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanBeSystemVolume] for the following reasons...
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [BLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanBeSystemVolume] The selected disk is not the computer's boot disk.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB Remedy was applied for said disk rule
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBS Disk=0, Region=0x100000 did not meet requirements; hrDiskCheck = 0x0, hrSystemDriveCheck = 0x80300015
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBS There was a failure applying the ImageInstall/OSImage/InstallTo unattend settings (or WillShowUI=Always). Setup will display the UI to select an image install destination.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info IBSLIB PublishCriticalError: Publishing blocked message [Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer file's <ImageInstall> setting. Make sure the setting references a valid partition and restart the installation.]
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info This installation is blocked from completing due to compliance failures or invalid input; this is not an internal error.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info [0x0a013d] UI Accepting Cancel. Exiting Page Progress.
2011-07-14 13:40:13, Info UI Entering Page Cancel.

At the same time, from the log of a machine that was able to actually run the scripted install:
2011-07-14 12:50:22, Info [0x0606cc] IBS GetSystemDiskNTPath: Found system disk at [\Device\Harddisk0\DR0].
2011-07-14 12:50:22, Info [0x0606cc] IBS GetSystemDiskNumber: Disk [0] is the system disk.

I rebooted a couple of the machines and loaded the KBE from my flash drive once again. I tried the same scripted installation with the same results with the exception of one of the machines, which for whatever reason was able to install.

I used diskpart to investigate the disk, but the computers all had the same hardware (they are D630s) and couldnt' find any difference.

I read something on micrsofts answerboard that suggested the flash drive might be causing an issue. I booted a couple afflicted systems from the network, got the KBE up and was able to run a scripted install. I have since PXE booted the rest of the machines that wouldn't go, and all seems fine.

Has anybody dealt with similar issues? What could be causing these disk issues? I really like being able to use a flash drive to boot to KBE, but it seems that I won't be able to use this method if I want to do scripted installs.

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  • I have this problem when using a kingston usb key to boot and install windows 7 unattend. But when i install with a lexar usb key, no problem. I still did not figure out why. - wildboy85 9 years ago

Answers (3)

Posted by: pitterchi 11 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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We're having this problem too on a XPS One 2710 (all in one) pc.  It partitions the disk fine gets to the Windows Installation.  Tries to "Copying Windows files" and fails and pops up the error.

This only happens when using a USB drive.  When using a CD boot disk, it works fine.

Wondering if it has anything to do with the fact the newer computers use USB 3.0.  I want to say we also got this error when plugging the flash into the USB 3.0 port of a XPS 13.  (The fix/work-around for the XPS 13 was to plug in the flash to the USB 2 side along with the Network dongle using a USB Hub).


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  • Oh, and we're installing Win7 64 bit on these. - pitterchi 11 years ago
Posted by: cserrins 12 years ago
Red Belt
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What was the disk # of the internal drive when you did a list disk in dispart?
Posted by: muebel 12 years ago
10th Degree Black Belt
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It was disk 0 I believe. I will be looking at it a bit more.
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