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by rachael.henderson

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Hello,

I'm trying to create a WinPE startup disk after having installed WAIK. Once i've installed the WAIK, i enter the following the commands to create a WinPE boot CD:
copype x86 c:\winpe_x86
copy "c:\program files\windows aik\tools\x86\imagex.exe" c:\winpe_X86\iso\
oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_X86\etfsboot.ocm c:\winpe_X86\iso c:\winpe_x86.iso

I have also tried using oscdimg with -h.

The problem i'm having is that the image will not boot. I can hear the cd spinning during startup but then it launches into Vista.

Has anyone come across this?

Thanks in advance..

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by rob miners

as I think that you didn't create the boot.wim.

Run the Deployment Tools Command Prompt and it will open in

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools

now type in copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86 and press Enter

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86

===================================================
Creating Windows PE customization working directory

c:\winpe_x86
===================================================

You will now have a couple of folders in which you will be working.

ISO
mount
winpe.wim
etfsboot.com
c:\winpe_x86>

I actually created a series of batch files to save typing. This is the command to run that will mount the wim.

"C:\Program Files\Windows AIK"\Tools\x86\imagex.exe /mountrw C:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim 1 C:\winpe_x86\mount

We now have to copy ImageX to the ISO folder.

copy ?c:\program files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe? c:\winpe_x86\iso\

When you have finished copying your Utilities unmount the Image and save the changes.

"C:\Program Files\Windows AIK"\Tools\x86\imagex /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount

Now we have to copy and rename the wim.

xcopy C:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim C:\winpe_x86\iso\sources\boot.wim /y

Next step is to create the ISO.

oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe_x86\ISO c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso

Burn the ISO with Nero or similar.

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by rachael.henderson

Hello,

Thanks so much for getting back to me.
It appears the steps i was missing was mount/unmount, and to xcopy.
After doing this and burning another iso the computer starts up from disk!!
Thankyou!

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