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Note this was NOT the "C:\Program Files (x86)\." on the WHS even though I was restoringĤ) Reboot with flash in drive. "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\ClientRestore" from WHS over top of the existing files created by the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool. At no point was the WHS USB Recovery Key tool used.ģ) Insert the newly created USB recovery key into the WHS. It's an improper method or the fact the recovery itself is done as a 32bit process even though WHS is a 64bit OS). Use the Win7ģ2bit ISO image as the source ISO to create the USB key. Using the Win7 64bit ISO as the source ISO resulted in an error message saying that bootsect would not run properly. Using the manual bootsect method was not successful on my machine. Thanks Ken and Drashna from WGS, your tips helped tremendously.ġ) I used both an 8g and 16g USB flash driveĢ) Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool (downloaded online) to create the USB recovery key on my Win7 x86 machine. Just for reference and to help anyone else having the same problem, here is what I had to do: WHS 2011, 64bit - Retail version from Newegg. Custombuilt hardware - 1Tb SATA x3 on Gigabyte mobo.I even got desperate and burned them onto a cdrom to no avail.Īfter I'm done, or if it does not try to load from the USB based on the BIOS drive order, it simply loads Win7 back where it started from.arg. As a result, I've tried to load via a 8g NTFS and an 8g FAT32 flash drive with all of the setup files. I noticed that there a few other methods to create a restore USB deviceīy a manual distpart/bootsect, but they have also failed. I've tried just about every combination of USB->HDD, USB->CDROM, etc in the bios to ensure that it gets selected, as well as F12, etc and it certainly tries to load the drive. Halts the boot process before it even enters the restore utility. I create one through the Dashboard.->other tools->Create recovery USB, but each time it is used, it generates the error message "Invalid partition table", then I've been completely unable to make a functioning USB recovery key/flash drive.
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