Making WinPE a disc

[Guest Obujuwami]

Hello all,

 

I am attempting to make my first WinPE disc so I can tinker with DISM, but my ISO seems to be broken. I followed the instructions that came with the WAIK iso, but they aren't exactly getting me anywhere. If anyone has a good guide on how to create a basic WinPE disc with ImageX, I would greatly appreciate it!

 

Here are the instructions I have:

 

Step 3: Creating Bootable Windows PE Media

 

In this step, you create a bootable Windows PE RAM disk on a CD-ROM disc by using the Copype.cmd script. Windows PE RAM enables you to start a computer for the purposes of deployment and recovery. Windows PE RAM boots directly into memory, enabling you to remove the Windows PE media after the computer boots. Once you have booted into Windows PE, you can use the ImageX tool to capture, modify, and apply file-based disk images. For more information about these tools, see the Deployment Tools Technical Reference topic in the Waik.chm or http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=121497.

1. On your technician computer, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows AIK, right- click Deployment Tools Command Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
   The menu shortcut opens a Command Prompt window and automatically sets environment variables to point to all the necessary tools. By default, all tools are installed at C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools.
   
2. At the command prompt, run the Copype.cmd script:
   copype.cmd
   where can be x86, amd64, or ia64 and is a path to a local directory. For example, copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86
   The script creates the following directory structure and copies all the necessary files for that architecture. For example, \winpe_x86 \winpe_x86\ISO \winpe_x86\mount
   
3. Copy ImageX into \Winpe_x86\ISO. For example, type:
   copy "c:\program files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" c:\winpe_x86\iso\
   Note:
   You can create an optional configuration file called Winscript.ini that will instruct the ImageX tool to exclude certain files during the capture operation. Wimscript.ini should be saved to the same location as the ImageX tool. For more information, see the Create an ImageX Configuration File topic in Opk.chm.
   
4. Create a Windows PE image (.iso) file by using the Oscdimg tool from the Deployment Tools Command Prompt. For example, type
   oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe_x86\ISO
   c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
   
5. Burn the image (Winpe_x86.iso) to a CD-ROM disc. Windows AIK does not include CD-ROM burning software. Use trusted third-party software to burn the image to a CD-ROM disc.
   

You now have a bootable Windows PE RAM CD containing the ImageX tool. For more information about Windows PE, see the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) User’s Guide (Winpe.chm).

 

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