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MBR Error 1 Press any key to boot from floppy.

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Hello,
After I deploy my Windows 7 image, I get an error saying "MBR Error 1 Press any key to boot from floppy..."

I cannot use Windows 7 repair disc because it says I have the wrong version (although this is the disc I used to create the image).

Here is what I did to get the image ready:
I use "sysprep /oobe /generalize" and uploaded the image to the server

To install, I booted the PC with Snap Deploy 5 Agent boot disc (5.0.1416) and connected to the server.

I formatted the PC to NTFS file system before deploying but when I deploy the image, it creates a SYSTEM partition.

One thing I noticed is that the SYSTEM partition is FAT32 and WINDOWS is NTFS.. checking the original computer, it shows SYSTEM and WINDOWS both being NTFS. I don't know if this has anything to do with the error.

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Hi Rob,

if you are deploying the image to dissimilar hardware, please make sure that you use Acronis Universal Deploy. In this article you'll find an explanation why Microsoft Sysprep might not be the applicable solution in this case.

Thank you.