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- https://sergeistrelec.name/winpe-10-8-sergei-strelec-english
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- 1. Format flash drive as GPT/FAT32/CLUSTER SIZE 4k ( cluster size less than 4k AND exFAT32 WON'T work )
- 2. Open Defender go to Virus & threat protection/Virus & threat protection settings - click bellow on Manage settings and disable Real-time protection
- 3. With 7zip extrat .iso to flash drive
- 4. In BIOS choose to boot from UEFI flash drive
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- PART 1: Preparing for "Norton Ghost" .gho image restore/backup
- 1. Boot "Sergei Strelec WinPE10" click start go to "Programs WinPE/HARD DISK/AOMEI Partition Assistant 9.6" right click drive for Windows installation click convert to GPT disk then on top left click apply
- and leave it complete unallocated no partitions noting
- 2. Install Windows and complete setup till you get to desktop then restart and boot "Sergei Strelec WinPE10"
- then from 100MB EFI partition backup EFI folder
- 3. click start go to "Programs WinPE/HARD DISK/AOMEI Partition Assistant 9.6" delete all 4 partitions that Windows installation made 16MB / 100MB / 500MB and Windows partition then you should get drive in state before Windows install one complete unallocated partition
- now make NTFS partition of desired size ( mine is 51316MB allocation unit size 4096 ) and leave other partitions unallocated
- 4. Run PowerShell and run these commands
- diskpart
- list disk
- select disk 1 ( choose disk number where you made partition )
- create partition efi size=70
- format quick fs=fat32 label="EFI"
- 5. Copy EFI folder that you backed up to start of 70MB EFI partition you just made
- ( if you ever need to format EFI partition allocation unit size must be 1024 )
- 6. Restore .gho on dedicated Windows install partition
- 7. Run BootIce ( there is shortcut on Sergei Strelec WinPE10 desktop ) choose BCD tab then select other BCD file and browse to 70MB EFI partition folder "EFI\Microsoft\Boot\" and click on BCD file
- choose professional mode and in new window that opens on the left side click where it says "Windows 11"
- now on the right in the field "ApplicationDevice" choose boot disk and below Windows install partition
- repeat same for "OSDevice" field
- ( drive letter assigned while in WinPE doesn't matter it will boot properly because BCD file works with other drive identifiers )
- ( additionally in BootIce you can rename "Windows 11" in Description field in case you have multi boot system )
- now simply exit BootIce and restart
- 8. this should be done automatically but in case it's not Boot in BIOS and select "UEFI Hard Disk:Windows Boot Manager (NAMEOFYOURDRIVE)" as first boot partition save and restart
- 9. Booting in UEFI mode will result that Windows boot logo/animation and ( if you have multi boot ) boot manager selection menu
- be displayed in low quality and stretched
- entering this command in admin/cmd will fix it "bcdedit.exe -set {globalsettings} highestmode on"
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- PART 2: How to backup/restore "Norton Ghost" .gho image
- Backup:
- Boot Sergei Strelec WinPE10 click start and go to
- Programs WinPE/BACKUP AND RESTORE/Symantec Ghost 12.0.0.11379 (No split image)
- click OK
- local/partition/TO image
- choose drive with your windows partition
- choose windows partition
- choose location to save .gho image file
- assign file name and click save
- choose High compression
- after it's done click continue
- Restore:
- Boot Sergei Strelec WinPE10 click start and go to
- Programs WinPE/BACKUP AND RESTORE/Symantec Ghost 12.0.0.11379 (No split image)
- ( BEFORE RESTORING YOU DON'T NEED TO FORMAT WINDOWS PARTITION it will be automatically done )
- click OK
- local/partition/FROM image
- browse find and click on saved .gho image file
- click ok
- choose drive with your windows partition
- choose windows partition
- click ok
- click yes
- after it's done choose restart
- ( Norton Ghost makes image only of used space meaning if your partition is 50GB and Windows/apps are taking 26GB it will take only those 26GB and compress them to app 15GB .gho image )
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- What do you get with all this
- first all this except making and restoring .gho is one time thing
- you get SIMPLER/CLEANER/FASTER/SAFER no space wasting Windows experience
- and benefits of having .gho backup of fresh Windows install and another backup week later with everything setup are vast and priceless
- because it gives you possibility that in app 4min for restore and 8min for backup
- in case of malware or system malfunction you get your OS back with everything already set up
- also gives you freedom to test and experiment because then you know in case something brakes you can have it all back in 10min
- another big plus is option to explore saved .gho image files on desktop with
- "GhostExp_All.exe" which can be found in "WinPE10_8_Sergei_Strelec_x86_x64_2022.01.03_English.iso\SSTR\MInst\Portable\"
- so you can retrieve copy/extract individual files/folder
- or simply compare your current OS with saved fresh install how stuff should look and work also restore original untouched files
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