Newbie Questions

[Terry Matthews]

OK, so I have a copy of Windows XP Embedded SP1.
I want to test/see what Windows PE is about.
Once I downloaded Windows XP Embedded SP 1 from MSDN subscriber downloads I
had two 'disks'.
Nothing clearly identifies where the WindowsPE portion of things are. Also
there is no documentation. Doing searches on the INet I haven't found
anything hardly about using or testing WinPE except a couple marketing pages
on the Microsoft web site.
Where can I find a guide or paper or whatever that will show me how to use
WinPE, where it is, etc...?
I did notice that in the system32 directory there is a setup.exe but I can't
get it to run?
I have also tried loading DOS with CD support and running it with no luck.
Any pointers to information would be nice. I have tried reading through
this newsgroup and haven't really found any info on the where's and how's to
get started.
Thanks,
Terry

[Ravi [MS]]

Here's a blurb to get you started:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/winpeo.asp?frame=true

WinPE is on Disk 1 of the XPE product.

Thanks,
Ravi, MS
Embedded & Appliance Platforms Group
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no
warranties, and confers no rights.

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[Terry Matthews]

Thanks, That is one of the very few resources I could find previously
though.
And it doesn't give very much info. Also I know the WinPE is on the Windows
XP Embedded SP1 disk, however where? Which files on that disk make up the
WinPE?
Also once I have WinPE on CD how would I use it? For example do I have to
boot into DOS with CD support then I can run something? Which file?
Setup.exe? To launch WinPE. I know you can make a bootable cd of WinPE but
even with that I would have to know what file to launch with the auto run.
So. If someone knows where I could find a guide to using WinPE, etc... that
would be most helpful.
Thanks,
Terry

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[Doug Hoeffel]

Terry:

The process for making a WinPE boot CD is not well documented. I have spent
an incredible amount of time to get a WinPE bootable CD that loads my
m'boards network driver and runs sdimgr.

Here is what I did:
1) make a temporary folder x:\winpe (where x: is c: or d: etc.)
2) from the WinXPe SP1 CD disk 1, copy the following files and folders to
x:\winpe
- entire i386 folder
- entire xpe folder
- the files winbom.ini, win51, and win51IP
3) if you need custom network driver files:
copy custom inf file to x:\winpe\i386\inf
copy custom sys file to x:\winpe\i386\system32\drivers
4) if you need network support, append the following section to
x:\winpe\winbom.ini:
[WinPE.Net]
IPConfig = DHCP
StartNet = Yes
5) delete x:\winpe\i386\bootfix.bin if you want to boot from CD always and
not be prompted with "Hit any key to boot from CD..."
6) create iso file from this temp. folder x:\winpe:
oscdimg -bx:\etfsboot.com x:\winpe x:\image.iso
NOTE: I copied the etfsboot.com file from the winpe folder of the WinPE
1.1 OEM (OPK) CD to x:\
7) create CD from iso file

This CD should now boot and connect to the network.

Good luck...
... Doug

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