Now, I am facing the next problem in cloning a WES7 image with ImageX from Microsoft. After solving the bootloader issue in the last post, I can not activate the EWF Filter in the cloned image any more. The system is telling me, that there is an error on the target device / volume. When starting "ewfmgr c:" following error message is displayed: "Failed getting protected volume configuration with error 1. Incorrect function".

How to bring the EWF back to work in the cloned WES7 image?

Scott,

ok, this is a hard one...

Normally, this problem is solved when you run sysprep before cloning.

I know, sysprep is deleting a lot of things out of the image (i,.e user data) and is not really configurable. So I am not a friend of sysprep... :-)

When you want to clone a non-syspreped image with Imagex, then you have to run manually after starting of the cloned image following command:

rundll32 ewfcfg.dll,EwfSysprepSpecialize

You can automate this i.e. with the RUNONCE key in the registry.

best regards, Martin, eMVP

Thanks Martin

Your solution works perfect!

Many thanks

Scott