Questions tagged [winpe]
Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment <!-- Please do not just steal from Wikipedia. Read their license -->
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Boot code error creating WinPE drive
I'm trying to create a USB WinPE drive. I used copype to put the environment in the C:\winpe folder, and prepped my flash drive in MBR mode with a 2000 MB FAT32 partition for drive letter D: at the ...
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Can't see NVMe drive in WinPE
I have a new (overstock) Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 laptop. I'm trying to boot into WinPE to do some pre-deployment prep work. When I do, WinPE boots just fine, but I am unable to access the internal ...
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Getting BlInitializeLibrary Failed 0x0000017 error while booting WinPE through bootmgfw.efi
I am trying to load a WinPE file from bootmgfw.efi after downloading bootmgfw.efi via TFTP.
But once downloaded, I am getting a
BlInitializeLibrary Failed error
Why is that? And what could be the ...
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Getting REG Hive List of an offline Device
I am trying to get an hive list files of an offline windows installation so I can backup the files in WINPE in my script.
What I have tried
reg load HKLM\Offline D:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM
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Automatically load drivers in Windows 10 Unattended installation
I have an unattended Windows 10 installer on a USB drive, but I need to load some drivers for a particular laptop model so setup can see the internal SSD. So far, I have found the "...
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Show Tree View in notepad++ when used in WinPE
How to use notepad++ in WinPE and show the tree view.
When using notepad++ in WinPE (64bit version) it doesn't show the tree view. Neither it shows the open dialog.
Also other programms like e.g. ...
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Custom WinPE without extra languages
I maintain a custom WinPE that I periodically write to a bootable flash drive. However, no matter what I try, the .iso file that I make using Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment ends up ...
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Add software to Macrium Reflect Windows PE rescue media
I have created a WinPE 10 rescue medium on a flash drive and would like to add additional software (PortableApps, Veracrypt, Sysinternals tools) and drivers. When I just copy the portable executables ...
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How to manually add a program to the list of windows optional features so that it can be turned on or off?
The C:\Windows\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe program allows to Turn windows features on or off by checking or clearing the checkboxes from the shown list.
For educational/learning purposes, how can a ...
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Windows 10 Install using WinPE on USB - Boot Loop After Applying Image
I am applying a Windows 10 wim image via WinPE which I captured using dism.
After the image has finished applying to the disk, if I forget to remove the USB flash drive from the USB port the device ...
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MDT UEFI Low Resolution
Computer: OptiPlex 3080 w/ Intel UHD 630 graphics
When I try to boot to MDT, the resolution seems to be stuck at 800x600. This causes issues as the layout of the wizard gets moved around.
How can I ...
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Why is WinPE called an operating system?
WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is a good description.
My question is why is it called an operating system?
I can see that it ...
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How to make WinPE bootable for both UEFI and Legacy at the same time?
I'm preparing wim images that contains both win 7 and win 10 images. I will give them to technicians and they will check if the computer will be win 7 or win 10, if it'll be win 7 then they will go to ...
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How to install a WinPE-based OS to an internal hard drive -- persistent
I'd like to install a WinPE-based Windows 10 system on an internal hard drive as an emergency system, for example Sergei Strelec's Win10PE, Hiren’s BootCD PE, Win10XPE or similar.
However, I'd like it ...
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Running Qt app within WinPE
I'd say this is kind of inbetween both SuperUser and StackOverflow, but I am writing a GUI application using Qt that I would like to run within WinPE. I am well aware that WinPE is a very limited ...
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How to modify a WinPE iso to also have the ability to install Windows from the WinPE
I want to use an existing WinPE.wim to troubleshoot problems and run Windows' install's setup.exe, with a desktop shortcut linking to it.
Is this as simple as adding a desktop shortcut to folders ...
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Why can't I type reliably at my pre-boot password prompt?
When using either VeraCrypt or BitLocker full system disk encryption for my Windows 10 Pro install, I see the behavior seen in this GIF image. When doing the initial "system check" where I ...
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Where does Panther save its SAFE_OS minidumps?
I'm trying to debug a (likely) driver crash during a Windows 10 feature update ("extend" code 0x2000D). The log (abbreviated since it's on a different machine) says
FatalError [0x090001] ...
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Mounting an iSCSI Server in a WinPE Instance
Does anybody know of a Small-and-Light iSCSI Server
that I can use in WinPE (Windows 10 based PE)
to mount a target for a remote client?
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is there a way to use the MS-ISCSI server in WinPE
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How to clean install Windows 10 with a product or license key? [duplicate]
I'm considering buying a PC which comes with Windows preinstalled; typically I run Linux.
If I were to format the hard drive and install Linux so that Windows was removed from the hard drive, just ...
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how to copy, persist or save the license key for Windows 10?
Not normally a Windows user, but am considering purchasing a brand new desktop PC with Windows.
Is it even possible to note a license key for future use with Windows 10?
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How to copy WINPE setup. Directory changed error in DISM
I'm attempting to copy an altered WINPE USB flash drive to an ISO. Here's the steps I have so far:
Mount USB drive, copy all files from it, and unmount the drive
Create a new amd64 WINPE base on C:\ ...
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Creat a bootable ISO file from the command prompt?
I have a bootable flash drive with a WINPE install on it, and I would like to be able to convert said bootable usb to an iso file from a batch or powershell file. I've tried using tools like ...
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How to add SysWOW64 support to the Windows 10 Preinstallation Environment? (version 1607)
So I created a custom Windows 10 Setup disk that includes the AOMEI Windows Preinstallation Environment (I chose it because it already includes Windows Explorer). I copied the files from the AOMEI ...
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WinPE DiskPart won't mark volume as active
I have a WinPE flash drive from which I'm trying to use diskpart to mark a partition on a system as active.
I am able to mark either a partition or a volume as active while in the diskpart tool, and ...
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Add file to X: volume in WinPE
I have an existing WinPE USB flash drive. When I boot from the drive I have a command prompt at this location:
X:\Windows\System32
I want to add a text file to this location. This is to make it ...
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Winpe how to create a Botable Windows PE RAM Disk for VmWare Virtual Machine
I'm trying to create a bootable WinPE RAM disk from Hard disk Drive for VMWare Virtual Machine.
I've seen that Microsoft has this method
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/...
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Encrypting WIM files
We use WIM files to deploy images on workstations (we use DISM on WinPE).
Is there a way to encrypt the WIM file while it sits on the flash drive, and decrypt it upon use?
We haven't found this ...
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Ntfs partition is broken and needs repairs. Why does the troubleshot in Winre/Winpe menu is disabled as consequence of that?
Well looks Windows live always look at all disk because even from the install dvd I am landing on this screen
Not only text does not appear but this menu
(source)
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DISM /Capture-FFU and /Apply-FFU is painfully slow
I need to capture+apply an entire disk image with Windows Full Flash Update (FFU)
It seems an interesting improvement compared to WIM images, also they state that it is faster... but it doesn't seem ...
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Can I share a network folder on WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Enviroment)
Is it possible to create a shared folder on WinPE?
It has powershell and wifi installed on it.
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Windows Preinstallation Environment (winpe) Web Browser
I'm trying to add any internet browser to WinPE but have failed to find a way as of yet. I've tried tons of portable apps like chrome portable, firefox portable, QtWeb portable, and more with the ...
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Intel's IPMI tool fails in WinPE 10 64-bit
The IPMI app I have, Intel's IPMI, V2.0, Command Test Tool from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html is rejected by WinPE 10 which states "This version ...
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How can I install a WinPE image to internal HDD
I have an ISO image of "Bob.Omb's modified Win10PEx64 v3.8" which I wish to install to a machine's internal hdd. How can I achieve this?
(The point of this exercise is that I want to build a custom ...
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How to install apps using Built-In SYSTEM account in Win 10 PE Live Rescue Environment?
I have downloaded a Rescue disk based on Win10 PE x64. It's downloaded from https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ I have rebuilt the ISO and have included a new folder with some additional apps like ...
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Trying to boot Surface 4 Pro to WINPE - USB
I've been trying to boot up to WINPE on 2 different Windows 10 tablets from an external USB hard drive. The tablets won't boot from USB. Strange enough, the same external hard drive with the same ...
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How to run copype.cmd for WinPE from Batch File
I'm writing a tool that sets up a WinPE Drive for you, and I have been calling DISM commands from an admin batch file. However, I cannot figure out how to run the copype command to set up the drive ...
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Boot WinPE from usb-stick using Command Prompt
I'm using a usb-stick with WinPE and dism to apply a Win8.1 image (*.wim) to a pc. After applying the image, the pc boots with Win8.1 and a few scripts are executed automatically doing some ...
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Is there a 64-bit WinObj or alternative?
Sysinternals WinObj is a great tool to observe kernel object, I'm using it to find out \Device\HarddiskVolume5 corresponds to which harddisk partition.
But because it is a 32-bit EXE, it cannot be ...
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Windows 7 unattended installation using PXE
I have followed this blog and I am able to install Windows 7 over a PXE Server and Samba shares.
But this installation process is not completely automated. It boots the system using WinPE image ...
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OpenSSH in Windows PE 10
I'm using WinPE10 (10586), that I've built using ADK10. I was going to install SSH Server in it. I've found only one suitable: OpenSSH.
But discovered, that I need sc.exe to use this server. I tried ...
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Get-WmiObject throws "Invalid access to memory location."
I'm trying to run the following PowerShell command under WinPE (Version 10.0.10586.0):
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem
But I get this error:
Get-WmiObject : Invalid access to memory ...
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HTTPSendRequest failure: 1753 WinPE
I have been creating a WinPE image using the Windows Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment to run a specific program- however when the image boots up there is no networking capability. The program ...
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External USB devices are not recognized by WinPE
I am attempting to push a .wim image through the latest version of WinPE and although WinPE boots up, no USB devices are recognized at all, including the one that WinPE booted from. I tried changing ...
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Do I need multiple network drivers for my PXE Windows 7 64-bit WinPE?
We are working on a PXE Server which is Linux-based with a Debian distribution. Our server is running fine and we can PXE boot clients with Linux distributions.
Now we are adding a Windows 7 ...
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Shell32.dll is missing, causing black Windows
While installing a custom theme for Windows 7 I had to replace shell32.dll in the system32 folder. I renamed the original file to shell32.dll.bak, but when I uninstalled the theme I must only have ...
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WinPE, install multiple images
I'm setting up a PXE environment with winPE, since we receive install.wim images with driver pre-injected, it will be easier to use those instead of installing them by hand.
Problem is, some users ...
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WinPE Auto-Execute Windows 10 Install (VIA PEX)
I've got a question about WinPE, is there a way I can make it so when I boot VIA PEX, select the WinPEx64, it starts at
X:\Sources\System32>
then I run;
net use V: \\Server\Share\Folder
cd /d V:...
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Set startup script in WinPE to show in which mode the PC has booted
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to make a WinPE iso and test if it has booted up on BIOS or UEFI mode. Currently I can test this with the following command:
reg query HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control /...
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How to create a Windows 7 wim image with ImageX
I'm following the book MCTS Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-680, Study Guide, 2nd Edition to create a Windows image file from a Windows 7 installation.
I've already used ...
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