WinPE Instructions

2.2 For WinPE* 2.0 and 2.1

This section helps create a customized WinPE 2.x image from Windows* AIK image as

detailed in the following sections:

Prerequisites

Building customized WinPE* 2.x Image.

Creating a Bootable WinPE* 2.x CD-ROM, USB flash drive (UFD) and HDD.

2.2.1 Prerequisites

Following is the prerequisites for building a Windows PE* build image:

• Install the Microsoft Windows* Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK)

Following are the prerequisites for starting Windows PE* using a RAM disk:

• An x86 or amd64-based computer.

• A bootable Windows PE* image created from a Windows PE* 2.x base image.

• A minimum of 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM when using the default Windows PE

disk image.

Note: If you use a customized RAM disk image, the computer's RAM must be

at least 100 MB more than the size of the customized RAM disk image.

2.2.2 Building WinPE* 2.x Customized Image

This section contains steps to build a custom WinPE 2.x image.

The first step in creating a customized Windows PE 2.x image is to modify the base

Windows PE image (Winpe.wim) by using ImageX and PEImg tools. ImageX is

required to mount the files to a local directory. PEImg enables you to add or remove

packages, and to add out-of-box drivers and language packs. ImageX then enables

you to recapture changes back into a .wim file.

Step 1: Build a Windows PE Build environment using AIK.

After installing WAIK, open WinPE* Tools command prompt, go to Start>>All

Programs>>Microsoft Windows AIK>>Windows PE Tools Command Prompt.

At the command prompt, run the Copype.cmd script. The script requires two

arguments: hardware architecture and destination location, where architecture can be

x86 or amd64 and destination is a path to local directory. For example,

Format: copype <architecture> <destination folder>

copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe2\x86

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