WinPE Instructions

Step 3: Create a bootable HDD device.
• On the deployment sever, insert your Windows PE media and restart the
computer. You can use the step1 (Creating a useable WinPE* 2.1 CR ROM) to
create a WinPE* media.
• Type “diskpart” from a windows 2008 or Windows PE image.
Follow the below sequence of commands, assumption the user
understands which is the correct partition assigned to the hard disk
based on size of device. In this example it is Disk 0.
diskpart>list disk
diskpart>select disk 0
diskpart>clean
diskpart>create partition primary size=350
diskpart>select partition 1
diskpart>active
diskpart>format
diskpart>exit
Caution:- selecting a wrong disk can wipe out entire data.
• Once you have a formatted, active partition, you can copy the Windows PE
source files from your bootable media to the hard disk. A Windows PE RAM
disk requires the following directory structure.
\boot
\sources
• You can manually create the directory structure or use the xcopy command to
automatically build and to copy the appropriate files from your bootable
media. At a command prompt, type:
xcopy d:\*.* /s /e /f c:\
where ,
d is the letter of your CD-ROM drive or UFD media and c is the letter of your
hard disk.
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