Users Guide

Drivers
The following table describes the essential and optional drivers required for Dell‑supported hardware to build your Windows PE
environment.
NOTE: The drivers provided have been tested successfully in the Windows PE environment.
Table 4. Drivers Required to Build Your Windows PE Environment
Drivers Purpose
common\hapi Essential les for DTK tools to work.
common\raidcfg Essential les for raidcfg to work.
winpe5.x\WINPE5.x_driverinst.bat Used to install Dell-provided drivers, from \Dell\x64\Drivers, into the customized
Windows PE 5.1 image.
winpe10.x\WINPE10.x_driverinst.bat Used to install Dell-provided drivers, from \Dell\x64\Drivers, into the customized
Windows PE 10.0 image.
Other supporting tools and system les
While DTK provides all the necessary utilities and scripts for deploying Dell systems, there are more applications, utilities, and system les to
create the preoperating system environment in which this toolkit is used.
The following table lists the Windows system les and other tools to use DTK utilities and its sample scripts.
Table 5. Supporting Tools and System Files for Windows
Additional Tools Purpose Source
Windows ADK for Windows Server 2012 Create a bootable media for Windows PE 4.0. microsoft.com
Windows ADK for Windows Server 2012
R2 and Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Create a bootable media for Windows PE 5.1. microsoft.com
Windows ADK for Windows Server 2016
and Windows 10.0 (64-bit)
Create a bootable media for Windows PE 10.0. microsoft.com
The following table is a matrix of Linux system les and other tools to use with DTK utilities and its sample scripts.
Table 6. Supporting Tools and System Files for Linux
Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
mkfs.* Formats hard-drive partitions. Any system running the Linux
operating system.
In the PATH variable.
fdisk To create Master Boot Record
(MBR) partitions in BIOS mode.
Any system running the Linux
operating system.
In the PATH variable.
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