Questions tagged [windows-pe]
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 2.0 is a minimal Win32 operating system with limited services, built on the Windows Vista kernel. It is used to prepare a computer for Windows installation, to copy disk images from a network file server, and to initiate Windows Setup.
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does or can adding partitions affect windows recovery?
Does shrinking the C:\ partition in Windows 10 to make room for a Linux partition affect the ability of the Windows Recovery partition(s) (One for Windows PE, one for recovery) to find and work with ...
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Windows 8.1 missing WinRE.wim in WinPE
I'm trying to pull a Windows 8.1 .wim file down to a laptop (the same laptop that was the source of the .wim), and am following these directions from MS. Everything works until "W:\Windows\System32\...
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Unable to capture Windows Image
I'm unable to capture image of Windows 10 with dism.
When I try the dism throws me error 2:
The system cannot find the file specified.
I use this command to capture image:
DISM /Capture-Image /...
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Unable to deploy any x86 Windows version with LiteTouch_x64
In MDT 2012 Update 1, I configured task sequences for Windows 7 x86, Windows 7 x64, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows XP (x86). I also generated Windows PE for x86 and x64 versions.
In WDS, both boot ...
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Device imaging process Won't work first time
I'm having an issue regarding a disk imaging process.
To get the machine into it's initial state, I first run a simple DISKPART CLEAN, and then restart the machine.
I then boot the machine into a ...
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run batch file during Windows Setup from autounattend.xml
I want to run a batch file during the windowsPE phase of an unattended Windows setup, and the autounattend.xml works fine as long as I launch the batch file from its path like this:
<...
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Using the Windows 7 installer environment to add missing USB drivers to the OOBE
I'm installing Windows 7 on my computer. It's fairly modern (2020), uses UEFI (with legacy support), and has no PS/2 ports or disk drive and uses a modern chipset. I used NTLite on a separate ...
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Delete cursor and ui elements from Winpe10
I want to have a winpe10 build that has no UI elements and a cursor. I want to do this because I want a batch file to run on startup fullscreen but when this is done I can still see the cursor and ...
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Windows PE (Win10) access denied to fileserver
I want to install Windows over the network using PXE. I made the winpe iso, but when I try to access a mounted drive I get "Access Denied"
This is my start.cmd script for win pe:
wpeinit
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install windows PE 1.5 to a USB/hard drive
I have been using a tool called Bart's PE builder which creates windows PE 1.5 boot images, however I need to make some adjustments - so it it cant be installed on a CD which is read only.
I cannot ...
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Different File Creation time between WinPe and Win7
I am booting WinPe from USB drive and do some driver related tasks there.
These tasks are writing logfiles to WinPe temporary ramdrive X:. The logfile name includes file creation time.
The logfiles ...
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Creating a Windows XP Professional PE USB ISO on Linux
I am attempting to create a Windows XP PE ISO on Ubuntu 16.04. So far the best way I found was the apparently popular Gandalf PE version that I downloaded and burned to USB.
I am using UNetbootin as ...
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How to stop a driver from running in Windows PE
My computer has unfortunately succumb to an error caused by AVG Anti-virus and upon boot of my computer it tells me that certain .sys files are either corrupted or missing.
Upon searching the ...
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Where is the HDD driver needed to detect Win7?
This question is related to the following question.
Clonezilla stopped. Can "sgdisk -z /dev/sdx" destroy all the data on sda?
Win7 don't boot.
I used the Win7 installation disk.
And I ...
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Does there exist a live-cd of Windows 7 or 8?
I know there a few Windows live-cd's that were based on Windows PE. But does there exist a live-cd of the normal Windows too?
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How to add disk partition wizard in MDT 2013?
I have a deployment share in MDT 2013, and only use it to install Windows 7 on both new and old PC's and only from a USB drive (offline media).
Is it possible to add a step in a task sequence, so the ...
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Install Windows 7 from HDD (with WindowsPE)
I am thinking it will probably be fastest to install Windows 7 from HDD (or network sometime later). I suppose I will need Windows PE, but I haven't done it b4, how do I go abt installing from this ...
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How to run BASIC script in Windows PE?
I work for a computer hardware business. They've got automated installations over a file server in their network, where they clone a Windows installation to a hard drive and then run Windows PE to ...
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I am trying to deploy a Windows 7 install.wim file with dism, but it says that the apply-image option is unknown. Why?
I am trying to deploy a Windows 7 install.wim file, but it fails because it says that the apply-image option is unknown.
I am in a Windows 10 22H2 PE and I have tried different ISOs, but it keeps ...