Ok, so I have a Windows 7 image that has been imaging ok with earlier versions of ghost 3.x With the last two updates it appears to break sysprep some how. If the Ghost client is not on the machine, it can sysprep without issue. Once i deply the agent and attempt a sysprep the machien does the initial sysprep functions but on reboot it will never boot because its like the parftitions are not there. You get a windows failed to start File:\windows\system32\config\system status 0xc000000f error. You cant boot into anything at this point . If you boot to a windows 7 iso and select repair it will fix the OS and it is able to boot. Not a solution for high volume imaging. When you boot to the ISO and select system recovery options it'll show that no partitions are found. Its like the boot partition gets corrupted somehow. Has anyone seen this? The OS has the default windows Boot partition, the C: drive and Recovery partition. I know that if do a clean build of the OS with a single partition then the ghost agent install does not affect the sysprep. Certainly a strange issue, but would appreciate any input.
So in short - Windows 7 image with the default 3 partitions. Installing the Ghost client and running sysprep breaks the machine. If you leave the Ghost client off, it syspreps successfully.