Working with WinPE 3.0 images

Mount a WinPE image:

dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:winpe.wim /index:1 /MountDir:mount

Inject PNP drivers into the WinPE image:

Dism /image:mount /Add-Driver /driver:C:\drivers\blah\mydriver.inf

Un-mount and commit the image:

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:mount /Commit

See what’s in the image:

imagex /info install.wim

Merge images:

imagex /export source.wim 1 destination.wim "Image Name" /compress maximum

Create a boot cd ISO:

oscdimg -n -bc:\pe\amd64\etfsboot.com c:\pe\amd64\ISO c:\pe\amd64\winpe_amd64.iso

More info in working with images:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799244%28WS.10%29.aspx

Info on working with unattend.xml

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722132%28WS.10%29.aspx

Some notes for older WinPE images; where dism.exe doesn’t work, you need imagex and peimg:

Mount an older WinPE image:

imagex.exe /mountrw winpe.wim 1 mount

Inject PNP drivers into the WinPE image:

peimg.exe /inf=c:\drivers\blah\*.inf mount\Windows

Un-mount and commit the image:

imagex.exe /unmount mount /commit

Each time you ‘commit’ the image it grows in size. Let’s bring it back down to normal:

imagex /compress maximum /export winpe.wim 1 winpe.wim.optimized