Boot Image / record   

I can place my image on formatted CF disk and it will boot every time. I am 
unable to place the image on a micro drive or small 2.5 drive. the system 
will not boot. Most of the time no error is given, the screen just will not 
show anything just a cursor waiting. Have tried fdisk  with switch MBR, have 
also check the knowledge base but to no avail. I have seen the answer on the 
older forums, but there are no archives to look thru anymore. I have 
formatted the disk thru NT 4. Any help on this?

date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:28:02 -0700   author:   Lester

Re: Boot Image / record   

Hi Lester

Have you formated your drive with FAT32?
If yes, have you activated the partition?
Have you made a primary system partition?

Try to use NTFS on HardDisks.

Use the diskpart.exe out of a XP system
to prepare your HD. (Or also bootprep out of the
Xp Embedded tools)

If you don't have them, contact me per E-Mail:

martin.grossen@nospam.avnet.com

of course without the "nospam"



-- 

Martin Grossen, eMVP

AVNET EMG Silica
Franchise Manager Microsoft Embedded Europe

Your competent partner for Microsoft Embedded licencing

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Lester"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:EC99C018-68B0-45BF-815B-02BD53BECA12@microsoft.com...
>I can place my image on formatted CF disk and it will boot every time. I am
> unable to place the image on a micro drive or small 2.5 drive. the system
> will not boot. Most of the time no error is given, the screen just will 
> not
> show anything just a cursor waiting. Have tried fdisk  with switch MBR, 
> have
> also check the knowledge base but to no avail. I have seen the answer on 
> the
> older forums, but there are no archives to look thru anymore. I have
> formatted the disk thru NT 4. Any help on this?

date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:35:41 +0200   author:   Martin Grossen, eMVP [AVNET Silica]

Re: Boot Image / record   

I have tried both. This is NT40, I have no XP embedded tools. I have tried to 
use the NT40 install disk and repair the boot sector, to no avail also. My 
disk amdinistrator will not let me make the disk active. when using FDISK, 
the partition is already marked active according to it so it will not let me 
mark the disk active (since it already is). Can not seem to find the 
difference in the compact flask setup to the micro drive setup. Everything 
formats correctly and I can move the same image to CF and it works everytime. 

"Martin Grossen, eMVP [AVNET Silica]" wrote:

> Hi Lester
> 
> Have you formated your drive with FAT32?
> If yes, have you activated the partition?
> Have you made a primary system partition?
> 
> Try to use NTFS on HardDisks.
> 
> Use the diskpart.exe out of a XP system
> to prepare your HD. (Or also bootprep out of the
> Xp Embedded tools)
> 
> If you don't have them, contact me per E-Mail:
> 
> martin.grossen@nospam.avnet.com
> 
> of course without the "nospam"
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Martin Grossen, eMVP
> 
> AVNET EMG Silica
> Franchise Manager Microsoft Embedded Europe
> 
> Your competent partner for Microsoft Embedded licencing
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> "Lester"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:EC99C018-68B0-45BF-815B-02BD53BECA12@microsoft.com...
> >I can place my image on formatted CF disk and it will boot every time. I am
> > unable to place the image on a micro drive or small 2.5 drive. the system
> > will not boot. Most of the time no error is given, the screen just will 
> > not
> > show anything just a cursor waiting. Have tried fdisk  with switch MBR, 
> > have
> > also check the knowledge base but to no avail. I have seen the answer on 
> > the
> > older forums, but there are no archives to look thru anymore. I have
> > formatted the disk thru NT 4. Any help on this? 
> 
> 
>

date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:08:02 -0700   author:   Lester