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  • 1.  Copy command not working on Windows 7 64 bit

    Posted Mar 10, 2011 06:05 PM

    OK so I am trying to image the same way with Windows 7 as I had with XP.  The images work fine, I have verified that much.  now I just want to automate everything.  I have the XML files created and an image and everything looks good.  All goes well until this point (for simplicity I'm just going to include the 2 lines of code I'm having issues with):

    REM ReplaceTokens .\deploy\win7\unattend.xml .\temp\%ID%.xml

    FIRM COPY .\temp\%ID%.xml prod:\Windows\Panther\Unattend.xml

    Line 1 goes fine, I see the %ID%.xml file in the temp directory on the DS server.  However, the problem arises with the 2nd line.  It runs, altiris says it copies successfully but nothing actually gets copied over when I go into the Windows\Panther directory after logging back into the system.  I know the script itself works as it runs without issue on an XP machine, even Windows 7 32 bit.  I have run it on an XP machine and go check and sure enough the file is there in XP (also win 7 32 bit).  But when I run it on a 64 bit system and I go into the Windows\Panther folder the Unattend.xml never shows up.  As a result sysprep isn't getting the file when I actually image a computer.  Does anyone have any ideas? 

    Why does this work fine on XP and 7 32 bit but not 7 64 bit?  Is there a different syntax I have to use to get it to work?  Or even a different program?

    The only thing I can think of is an issue with 64 bit, but I don't know a work around. 

    we're on 6.9 SP 4



  • 2.  RE: Copy command not working on Windows 7 64 bit

    Posted Mar 17, 2011 12:13 PM

    Hi Randall,

    Have you checked the FIRM.LOG on the express share after having executed this against an x64 machine? If so, does it show any details?

    Thanks, BBC



  • 3.  RE: Copy command not working on Windows 7 64 bit

    Posted Aug 01, 2011 10:58 AM

    We are using Win 7 64 bit SP1, and Altiris 6.9 SP4. Xcopy commands works ok for in our lab testing.