Questions tagged [winpe]
Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment <!-- Please do not just steal from Wikipedia. Read their license -->
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Can't see NVMe drive in WinPE
I have a new (overstock) Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ITL05 laptop. I'm trying to boot into WinPE to do some pre-deployment prep work. When I do, WinPE boots just fine, but I am unable to access the internal ...
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Getting BlInitializeLibrary Failed 0x0000017 error while booting WinPE through bootmgfw.efi
I am trying to load a WinPE file from bootmgfw.efi after downloading bootmgfw.efi via TFTP.
But once downloaded, I am getting a
BlInitializeLibrary Failed error
Why is that? And what could be the ...
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Getting REG Hive List of an offline Device
I am trying to get an hive list files of an offline windows installation so I can backup the files in WINPE in my script.
What I have tried
reg load HKLM\Offline D:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM
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Automatically load drivers in Windows 10 Unattended installation
I have an unattended Windows 10 installer on a USB drive, but I need to load some drivers for a particular laptop model so setup can see the internal SSD. So far, I have found the "...
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Show Tree View in notepad++ when used in WinPE
How to use notepad++ in WinPE and show the tree view.
When using notepad++ in WinPE (64bit version) it doesn't show the tree view. Neither it shows the open dialog.
Also other programms like e.g. ...
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Custom WinPE without extra languages
I maintain a custom WinPE that I periodically write to a bootable flash drive. However, no matter what I try, the .iso file that I make using Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment ends up ...
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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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How to manually add a program to the list of windows optional features so that it can be turned on or off?
The C:\Windows\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe program allows to Turn windows features on or off by checking or clearing the checkboxes from the shown list.
For educational/learning purposes, how can a ...
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Windows 10 Install using WinPE on USB - Boot Loop After Applying Image
I am applying a Windows 10 wim image via WinPE which I captured using dism.
After the image has finished applying to the disk, if I forget to remove the USB flash drive from the USB port the device ...
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MDT UEFI Low Resolution
Computer: OptiPlex 3080 w/ Intel UHD 630 graphics
When I try to boot to MDT, the resolution seems to be stuck at 800x600. This causes issues as the layout of the wizard gets moved around.
How can I ...
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Why is WinPE called an operating system?
WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is a good description.
My question is why is it called an operating system?
I can see that it ...
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How to make WinPE bootable for both UEFI and Legacy at the same time?
I'm preparing wim images that contains both win 7 and win 10 images. I will give them to technicians and they will check if the computer will be win 7 or win 10, if it'll be win 7 then they will go to ...
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How to install a WinPE-based OS to an internal hard drive -- persistent
I'd like to install a WinPE-based Windows 10 system on an internal hard drive as an emergency system, for example Sergei Strelec's Win10PE, Hiren’s BootCD PE, Win10XPE or similar.
However, I'd like it ...
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Running Qt app within WinPE
I'd say this is kind of inbetween both SuperUser and StackOverflow, but I am writing a GUI application using Qt that I would like to run within WinPE. I am well aware that WinPE is a very limited ...
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How to modify a WinPE iso to also have the ability to install Windows from the WinPE
I want to use an existing WinPE.wim to troubleshoot problems and run Windows' install's setup.exe, with a desktop shortcut linking to it.
Is this as simple as adding a desktop shortcut to folders ...
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