Comments on: BartPE and UBCD4Win Tips and Tricks

By: Mark Berry

Mark Berry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:42:33 +0000

Ben – I’m still on version 1.x of DiXML, and I’ve never used it on Vista. Did you create the partition (e.g. using tools in UBCD4WIN) before trying to write to it? If you’re having trouble seeing the SATA drive, see if the BIOS lets you emulate PATA mode.

By: Ben Ramsay

Ben Ramsay — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:29:07 +0000

I have a real problem with Driveimage XML, I too live this program but I have a Compaq Presario with sata Hardrive, and I have managed to get it past the start phase but when I go to restore an image it give me a write error with info partition copy error.

my specs are as follows, it may or may not help :

HP Compaq Presario CQ40-118ax
Samsung SATA Hard drive
4 GB Memory
installed os is Vista home Basic

Recovery disk is Bartpe with driveimage XML 2.02, created using windows xp and additional SATA drivers.

By: GoodThings2Life

GoodThings2Life — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:23:35 +0000

Actually, I was able to figure it out… the Event Log service had not been started (it was set to Manual by default, I guess). Once I started it, everything worked great. Then I made a registry edit in the MMC plugin’s .inf file to set it to automatic on future builds.

By: Mark Berry

Mark Berry — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:40:48 +0000

Sorry Aaron, “The interface is unknown” doesn’t ring a bell. I have sometimes had problems opening event logs after a DriveImage XML restore. – Mark

By: GoodThings2Life

GoodThings2Life — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:40:06 +0000

Great post, and it definitely helped me this week when I was working on recovering a crashed server.

Question is– I’m getting an error opening Event Log files getting a “The interface is unknown” error. Have you seen this at all?

–Aaron

By: DanV

DanV — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:20 +0000

Try XPE for bartpe – the windows shell is handy to have – many true image plugins – and never a problem with TI imaging. Worth the $$$$$

The perc issue – get updated drivers for your bart build – or check for drivers loading before OS starts – I can’t imagine these drivers DON”T need to load before the OS (press f6 to load ….) for true RAID functions. bart will do pnp devices no problem – RAID needs to install before bart.

I have about 300 meggs of drivers – just mass storage/nic/wlan/chipset – I know perc drivers are there too.

check out driverpacks – you may have to do a little tweaking – but it’s worth it.

By: Mark Berry

Mark Berry — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:22:59 +0000

Hey Bob,

Thanks for the comments. I’m especially glad to hear that DriveImage XML has been working well for you–one does get a little nervous implementing an unsupported program. I set up batch files to back up several workstations across the network using DriveImage XML, then email me the results using the free Blat email sender. Seems to be working well so far.

I definitely was unable to see PERC-attached drives without loading extra drivers. Maybe your BartPE build has them natively?

As for the CD-RW, I got something like “invalid disk type” when using Nero to try to burn the CD-RW from a BartPE .iso file. Maybe it was just a formatting error–definitely not a BartPE issue.

Mark Berry

By: Bob Haley

Bob Haley — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:23:06 +0000

I use BartPE to create CD-RWs all the time. Not sure why you would be having an issue with them.

Also, I don’t recall ever having to add the drivers for Dell Perc and Cerc cards. They contain their own bios, and in my experience, present the RAID as a single drive to the OS, which it recognizes. I haven’t tried it yet on my newest PE2900. Curious to see if it will work without additional drivers.

I have also been using DriveXML with great success. Great free tool – wish they were actively supporting it.

Anyway, thanks for the other tips. I have been using GPARTED Live for partitioning. Will see if I can get the Drive Management to work.