Imagex in WinPE 2.0

[g3neration]

Hi,

I apologize if the solution has been posted already, but doing a search hasn't really posted any results that have worked as of yet. I am aware that MS does not support imagex in WinPE but I seem to get the impression that many have already found a way to make it work. My desired result is to get a wim file mounted in WinPE 2.0. So far the steps I have taken are:

1) copy tools\x86\* to winpe\mount\windows\system32

2) install HTA, MDAC, Scripting, WMI packages

Then PXE booting into WinPE:

1) rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 X:\windows\wimfltr.inf

2) net start wimfltr

3) double check fltmgr service is running

All these seem to be fine and it states that the wimfltr service is started. Trying to mount a wim file though gives me an error that states that the data is invalid. Am I missing a file? Or does a registry edit need to be done? Thanks for any info.

[IcemanND]

Don't support imagex in WinPE 2? News to me, works just fine and the method to put imagex in a PE 2 image is included on Microsoft's website and is demonstrated in their Vista, Office 2007 deployment class.

see sticky here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=101383

[zorphnog]

Perhaps you have a corrupt wim file.

[g3neration]

Don't support imagex in WinPE 2? News to me, works just fine and the method to put imagex in a PE 2 image is included on Microsoft's website and is demonstrated in their Vista, Office 2007 deployment class.

see sticky here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=101383

Thanks for the info, but unless I'm missing something, its still not working for me. I did follow the pdf and its pretty much the same steps I did. Imagex is still not working for me. The error message that I get is that there is an error opening the file and that the data is invalid. I can mount it fine on the technician PC but on a WinPE, so far no luck.

As for Imagex support on WinPE itself, I got the unsupported info from:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPo...8&SiteID=17

There were also a few more sites that posted that it wasnt just a simple copy and pasting of tools\x86 or tools\servicing, although I can't seem to find them now. Would be really interested in what the steps were to get imagex to work.

[g3neration]

Perhaps you have a corrupt wim file.

It looks that way but I have no idea as to how to get it "uncorrupt". Even doing just a basic copype x86 winpe and then trying to mount the newly created wim file in WinPe still gives me no luck. Although I just remembered that I dont have access to a Vista box as of yet and my technician PC is running XP. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

[Edit] Just checked and there seems to have been a hotfix for XP x86 version. I'm on XP x64. Doesnt seem to be any issues there. Wimfltr and fltmgr service are both started and running.

Edited January 18, 2008 by g3neration