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[SonyUSA]

Hi. I'm using SARDU latest stable 2.0.3 (beta wont even boot to the menu for me)

I have a windows 7 PE that boots from flash drive OK, but when I put it into SARDU (put the files into iso and rename it Win7Recovery.iso) and load it, it copies the .wim properly but it doesn't boot, it just goes to a menu about

Usage: chain32.c32 hd<disk#> [<Partition>] [options]

etc.

Any suggestions?

[MiKM]

Hi, did you change syslinux version? Did you do any kind of update after previous version of sardu?

You better format your (sardu)-disk and just do a fresh install.

[SonyUSA]

This is the very first time I've used SARDU so I haven't updated anything and it was a clean USB stick :/

[MiKM]

Can you please post the content of this file: [SARDU-disk]:\SARDU\pe.cfg ?

Open it with Notepad or Wordpad or any better text editor.

[SonyUSA]

Here you go:

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#File creato da Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility 'SARDU'
#
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
menu title     SARDU 2.0.3   
MENU SEPARATOR
menu background /SARDU/sardu.jpg
MENU TABMSG  http://www.sarducd.it
menu color hotsel 30;47      #40000000 #20ffffff
menu color sel 30;47      #40000000 #20ffffff
menu color scrollbar 30;47      #40000000 #20ffffff
menu color help      37;40      #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU WIDTH 76
MENU MARGIN 10
#
MENU ROWS 15
MENU TABMSGROW -10
MENU CMDLINEROW 23
MENU ENDROW -1
MENU TIMEOUTROW -8
MENU HSHIFT 4
MENU VSHIFT 4
LABEL -
MENU LABEL Windows:
MENU DISABLE
#boot torna indietro
label <==Back
kernel vesamenu.c32
    APPEND /syslinux.cfg
#boot di Win 7 PE
label Boot from Win 7 PE
menu label Boot from ^Win 7 PE
MENU INDENT 1
      COM32 /chain.c32
APPEND boot ntldr=/bootmgr fs
#
#boot torna indietro
label <==Back
kernel vesamenu.c32
    APPEND /syslinux.cfg
#
#



[MiKM]

Okay, have a look at this section:

#boot di Win 7 PE
label Boot from Win 7 PE
menu label Boot from ^Win 7 PE
MENU INDENT 1
COM32 /chain.c32
APPEND boot ntldr=/bootmgr fs

Now edit the red colored line to this: APPEND boot 1 ntldr=/bootmgr
and reply if it works.

[SonyUSA]

Now it says "cannot find boot sector"

should there be a 'fs' after the appended version of red text?

[SonyUSA]

Nope nevermind, adding the fs returns the same syntax screen as before :/

[MiKM]

NO, there mustn't be the fs option!

"cannot find boot sector"? There is a file called bootmgr in the root of your SARDU stick, right?

[SonyUSA]

Yes 375KB file size on bootmgr