Then, copy winpe.wim to the correct folder:Ĭopy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim.Launch the Deployment Tools Command Prompt and enter this command: Once you have installed the WAIK, you’ll find a folder of the Windows AIK on the Windows Start Menu. WinPE 3.0 is part of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) for Windows 7, which you can download here. Be careful to choose the right disk in 3 because this procedure will erase the whole drive! Copy the WinPE 3.0 files to the USB drive ^ Replace ‘#’ with the drive number of your USB drive. For your convenience here is the command sequence, which you should run on a command prompt with admin rights: I have already described this procedure in my post about the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.
You will see that the procedure described here is much more convenient than most solutions you’ll find on the web.īefore you get started, you have to make your flash drive bootable.
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In this article, I will describe how you can create a bootable Windows PE 3.0 (WinPE) USB stick, and, in my next post, I will show how to add your own rescue tools and how to keep your rescue stick up-to-date without much hassle. However, it is also useful in creating your own customized rescue boot media. Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) was originally designed to deploy Windows. This also applies to the Windows 7-based edition, Windows PE 3.0. a /e /k' command from inside the root directory of the external drive. When Windows Vista was released everyone had access to Windows PE 2.0. I intend to use the xcopy function from the Command Prompt to copy the entire c: drive to the external drive, then when my machine is rebuilt, copy all of my documents back. For Windows PE 1.0, the minimalist Windows based on Windows 2003/XP, you needed an SA (Software Assurance), OEM, or ISV license.
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