Using Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 3.0 to Troubleshoot and Fix Problems, and to Capture and Deploy WIM ImagesDave Franklyn, Microsoft Certified TrainerSenior Information Technology InstructorAuburn University

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MCT, MCSE, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator; Enterprise Messaging Administrator; Enterprise Support Technician; Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 7Senior Trainer, Auburn University, Montgomery CampusE-mail: dfranklyn@aum.eduWebsite: www.MCTdave.com

SESSION OBJECTIVES How to create a fully functioning Windows PE 3.0 ISO with the recovery tools installed and place it on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Flash Drive (UFD)

How to boot to Windows PE, and then use the recovery tools to repair or modify a computer.

How to use Windows PE along with imagex to capture and deploy reference images to and from WIM files.

DEMONSTRATIONSUse the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) to extract the recovery tools and create a Windows PE ISOCreate a USB Flash Disk (UFD) version & Use it to recover and repairUsing Windows PE to capture an image of a Windows 7 machine and deploy an image to a bare metal machine

INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS PE 3.0What Windows PE is:

An operating system built to help deploy other operating systems or repair themAlso part of Windows 7 Setup vie Recovery EnvironmentCustomizable to allow you to apply, deploy, and repairReplaces DOS boot disks

What Windows PE is NOT:An operating system you can use for production purposes beyond deployment or repairA client or server operating system

FEATURES AND USAGE OF WINDOWS PECan be used in a variety of settings

Bootable from CD-ROM, hard drive, or UFDBootable over network with Preinstallation Execution Environment (PXE)Less than 250MB compressedBoots fast <= 1 minute on contemporary machineUses RAM disk, very small memory space needs (512MB)

Allows access to hard drivesFormat and manipulate without rebootingProvides temporary storage space to applicationsCan load drivers, network components and APIs

THE RECOVERY ENVIRONMENTWindows PE with recovery extensionsAn image on installation media called WinRE.wimAdded to hard drive as recovery partition System Recovery Tools package:

SRT package found in the OEM Preinstallation Kit SRT package not found in WAIK!

Can be extracted from the installation media

USE WAIK TO CREATE CUSTOM WINPE 3.0

Extract & prepare WinRE.wimCopy and mount Install.wim from installation DVDExtract out WinRE.wim, unmount Install.wimMount WinRE.wim, add additional tools as desiredUnmount WinRE.wim

Extract an unaltered WinPE, copy prepared WinRE.wim as boot.wim into WinPE

USING WAIK TO CREATE THE CUSTOM WINDOWS PE ISO

DEMO

BOOTING FROM A CUSTOM WINPE 3.0 UFD WITH RECOVERY TOOLS

Prepare and partition UFD

Copy altered WinPE to UFD

Boot into recovery environment with UFD

UFD CREATION AND USING CUSTOM WINPE TO RECOVER AND REPAIR

DEMO

USING WINPE TO PERFORM OPERATING SYSTEMS MIGRATIONS

Imagex.exe

Boot to capture a master image

Boot to deploy an image

USING WINDOWS PE TO CAPTURE AN IMAGE OF A WINDOWS 7 MACHINE AND DEPLOY AN IMAGE TO A BARE METAL MACHINE

DEMO

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