srirammp Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Hi,I am trying to boot WINPE from hard disk. As suggested by microsoft...(given below)************************************************To create a bootable WinPE disk (32-bit versions of WinPE)Boot the destination computer into WinPE using a WinPE CD. Create a formatted and active partition. On the active partition, create a directory called C:\Minint. You must name the directory "Minint". Copy the contents of build_location\i386 to C:\Minint. For example:xcopy "C:\Build.x86\i386\*.*" C:\Minint /Swhere C:\Build.x86 is build_location.Copy Ntdetect.com from build_location to the root of the destination hard disk. For example:xcopy "C:\Build.x86\ntdetect.com" C:\where C:\Build.X86 is build_location.On the destination hard disk, copy C:\Minint\setupldr.bin to C:\ntldr. For example:xcopy "C:\Minint\setupldr.bin" C:\ntldrRestart the destination computer. The computer starts using WinPE. ************************************************i have made a active partition and named it C: After doing all steps described above the system dosent boot into WinPE. I am surprised that we have not written anything to the boot sector, probably because of this the system is not able to recognize WinPE. Any Help??-Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Maybe in this thread:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srirammp Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 I could finally have a dual boot of WinXP and WinPE(boot from Hard disk) working on my PC. Thanx for Jonathan Gorenflo, Gosh and likuidkewl for all the useful postings and timely help.Just to get it all at one place i would detail the steps i did to get Dual boot WinPE and WinXP from Hard disk.STEP 1:Create a Custom Version of WinPECreate and name a directory on your hard disk, specified by build_location. Place the Windows OPK CD into the CD-ROM drive, denoted as cd_drive. Copy cd_drive\Winpe\*.* to build_location. Copy Factory.exe and Netcfg.exe from the cd_drive\Tools\platform directory into the build_location directory. To build a 32-bit version of WinPE, the value of platform is x86. To build a 64-bit version of WinPE, the value of platform is ia64, and you also must copy Efinvr.exe into the build_location directory.Remove the Windows OPK CD from the CD-ROM drive. To build a 32-bit version of WinPE: Place the 32-bit Windows product CD in the CD-ROM drive.Navigate to build_location. Run this command: Mkimg.cmd source_directory destination_directory [image_name]source_directory Specifies the location of the Windows product CD. If source_directory is a CD-ROM drive, you need only to specify the drive letter. If source_directory is a network path, the path must be to the parent directory of the \i386 directory. NoteDo not include a trailing slash in source_directory. destination_directory Specifies the path where the files necessary to create the image are temporarily stored. If this directory does not already exist, Mkimg.cmd creates it. image_name Optional. Specifies the path and file name of the ISO image file that contains this customized version of WinPE, if you place this version of WinPE onto a CD-ROM. If you are creating a CD-ROM, use CD creation software to burn the ISO image file directly to the CD mediaSTEP 2:To create a bootable WinPE disk (32-bit versions of WinPE)Boot the destination computer into WinPE using a WinPE CD. Create a directory called C:\Minint. You must name the directory "Minint". Copy the contents of build_location\i386 to C:\Minint. For example:xcopy "C:\Build.x86\i386\*.*" C:\Minint /Swhere C:\Build.x86 is build_location(Which has winPE Image which was created as mentioned in ).Copy Ntdetect.com from build_location to the root of the destination hard disk. For example:xcopy "C:\Build.x86\ntdetect.com" C:\where C:\Build.X86 is build_location.On the destination hard disk, copy C:\Minint\setupldr.bin to C:\ntldr. For example:xcopy "C:\Minint\setupldr.bin" C:\ntldrSTEP 3:You must have the recovery console installed on the machine that you are wanting to dual boot. You can find Microsofts instructions for installing the recovery console at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;307654STEP 4: Copy "txtsetup.sif" from WinPE(Minint) to the "cmdcons" directory.For further reading: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14316STEP 5: Restart the PC and select "Windows Recovery Console" in the boot menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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