"BOOTMGR is compressed" error on boot #1381
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I'm gonna assume that this happens when using a Windows ISO, right (please don't assume that I don't need to see your log. If your issue happens after creating an image from an ISO, ALWAYS provide the log period). Also have you tested both BIOS and UEFI? Recent Windows ISOs have a |
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Fair enough about the log. I just made a usb boot stick to test what you asked about, so I'll put the log from that below. |
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When I had this issue, it was enough to run |
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@josephsmendoza, that's the simplest solution, so that's what I'm going to with, thanks. At this stage, I don't really think that I have applied the needed changes to the source, which will be part of the next release, so I will close this issue with the next commit. |
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It hadn't occurred to me, but now that I think about it, I don't think I've had this issue on EFI. Especially if the included driver supports compression, I'd leave |
Fantastic! Thank you very much! :-) |
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Leaving this comment to update later. Got |
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ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING |
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Well, of course you will still get this issue since Rufus 3.9, which will be the first version to fix this problem, has not been released yet (and no, I don't know exactly when it will be released... maybe February?) |
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Actually, it's the same issue but on different files. The fix as stated here would not prevent this error. Specifically, at least |
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While testing, I noticed that the |
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Yeah, you are seriously asking for trouble trying to use compressed NTFS for EFI installation. This is very different from BIOS installs, where the file system driver is provided by the Microsoft bootloader, and therefore compressed NTFS support is provided by the installer itself and can be expected to be supported. But for EFI boot, the NTFS file system drivers are NOT provided by Microsoft themselves as part of their installation media, and therefore, unlike what is the case for BIOS, there is NO expectation a user should have about being able to use compressed NTFS for EFI install. Hence your issue. Depending on the driver being used (the one provided by Rufus should be fine, but the one provided by your mobo manufacturer might not), you will run into all sort of issues. I'll apply your fix. But let this be clear: expect exactly ZERO level of support from me when it comes to EFI Windows installations and compressed NTFS. If you want to install Windows in EFI mode, you should not use compressed NTFS. |
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Thank you for the prompt replies, and for applying the fix, and obviously for Rufus. I feel like I should clarify that I wasn't expecting anything in the way of support for this issue, the comments I left before the pr were for my information later while testing the issue. |
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<FULL LOG>below.Rufus version: x.y.z- I have NOT removed any part of it.Additionally (if applicable):
(✓)button to compute the MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 checksums, which are therefore present in the log I copied. I confirmed, by performing an internet search, that these values match the ones from the official image.Issue description
(I know using NTFS compression isn't officially supported, but it works great and this is an easy one, I already know the fix and it's simple.)
Hello! When the NTFS compression cheat key is enabled, if Rufus is putting a file called "BOOTMGR" in the root of a partition, could that one file be not compressed, please? Otherwise, you get a "BOOTMGR is compressed / Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart" message on boot. (Everything else works great once that file is uncompressed.) Thank you! :-)
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