Questions tagged [windows-pe]
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 2.0 is a minimal Win32 operating system with limited services, built on the Windows Vista kernel. It is used to prepare a computer for Windows installation, to copy disk images from a network file server, and to initiate Windows Setup.
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I am trying to deploy a Windows 7 install.wim file with dism, but it says that the apply-image option is unknown. Why?
I am trying to deploy a Windows 7 install.wim file, but it fails because it says that the apply-image option is unknown.
I am in a Windows 10 22H2 PE and I have tried different ISOs, but it keeps ...
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run batch file during Windows Setup from autounattend.xml
I want to run a batch file during the windowsPE phase of an unattended Windows setup, and the autounattend.xml works fine as long as I launch the batch file from its path like this:
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Windows 10 Leonova recovery
I have a laptop that seems to have crashed into Window PE recovery tools.
However every option regarding images, windows repair, system restore and rollback errors.
But I do have command line and thus ...
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Using the Windows 7 installer environment to add missing USB drivers to the OOBE
I'm installing Windows 7 on my computer. It's fairly modern (2020), uses UEFI (with legacy support), and has no PS/2 ports or disk drive and uses a modern chipset. I used NTLite on a separate ...
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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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Delete cursor and ui elements from Winpe10
I want to have a winpe10 build that has no UI elements and a cursor. I want to do this because I want a batch file to run on startup fullscreen but when this is done I can still see the cursor and ...
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Windows PE (Win10) access denied to fileserver
I want to install Windows over the network using PXE. I made the winpe iso, but when I try to access a mounted drive I get "Access Denied"
This is my start.cmd script for win pe:
wpeinit
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Win10 will no longer boot or restore after removing language pack
I've been following this explanation to change the default language from Spanish to English on my Windows 10 Home Single Language edition (yes, I know, naughty). In a fit of frustration, I ...
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Unable to capture Windows Image
I'm unable to capture image of Windows 10 with dism.
When I try the dism throws me error 2:
The system cannot find the file specified.
I use this command to capture image:
DISM /Capture-Image /...
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Change default keyboard language for Windows PE media
I have used this guide to make a Windows PE flash drive. It works as it should. When I boot a computer into Windows PE a CMD window appears.
The problem is that the keyboard is set to US by default, ...
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Windows 10 install log on non-booting machine
My Windows 10 laptop suddenly stopped booting.
It booted up normally at first, with all the autostart(mostly win32) apps launched working ok, however Forza Horizon wouldn’t start. I restarted, and ...
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Disk Partitioning using DiskPart - Virtual Disk Service Error
I can find similar posts, but not the exact issue I am having.
I am trying to create a partition on a Dell Latitude 7490. If I run the commands below in sequence then it fails on convert gpt with the ...
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install windows PE 1.5 to a USB/hard drive
I have been using a tool called Bart's PE builder which creates windows PE 1.5 boot images, however I need to make some adjustments - so it it cant be installed on a CD which is read only.
I cannot ...
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Converting MBR to GPT during Windows installation without wiping the disk
I get an old laptop with Windows 7 installed. Wishing to just clean install Windows 10 while keeping the data on non-system partition, I made a mistake by booting from Windows 10 installer USB drive, ...
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Different File Creation time between WinPe and Win7
I am booting WinPe from USB drive and do some driver related tasks there.
These tasks are writing logfiles to WinPe temporary ramdrive X:. The logfile name includes file creation time.
The logfiles ...
