Im trying to set up ESET SysRescue on a USB inside a WinPE environment. According to the KB about ESET NOD32 Antivirus (Link: -US/index.html?idh_rescuecd_create_winpe.htm, which includes information about SysRescue), SysRescue runs inside a WinPE environment. However, that is through the installer that comes from NOD32 as far as I can see. I am using the SysRescue Live installer (Link: ) and it seems to install just in a Linux environment on the USB. How do I set up SysRescue to install and run in a WinPE environment without having access to NOD32? NOD32 requires a purchase to download, and where I work, we do not use NOD32, but still use the ESET security solution. Would love help!
So far, I've been able to either use the SysRescue live USB creation tool to create the SysRescue Live linux environment, or create a WinPE environment using the ADK tools, but haven't been able to combine the two....
As mentioned here and here, bootrec.exe and bcdedit.exe have trouble functioning from a usb-booted WinPE environment. They tend to see the wrong sets of files and they also tend to break things (which I found out the hard way). As of yet, I have found no way to get them to see any file set other than that from which they were booted, IE not the WinPE environment. Booted from an actual disk, they work fine. It seems to be an issue with usb drivers in windows PE & RE from what little I was able to find. I have also tried gandalf50's (awesome) PE4 disk (found at -win8-1update_pe-x64-or-x86-2/) with the same results.
I am a technician, though I still view myself as a novice. But I have built my own PE disks in the past and its not difficult at all. Why then does it seem impossible to get the functionality of these very necessary repair tools when the PE is booted via usb? I have found nowhere that describes a fix or any success stories or even anyone who has even attempted to get this to work. Personally, I run all my bootable tools from a single 250gb usb drive (setup with winsetupfromusb) and I greatly enjoy not being tethered to a CD/DVD binder anymore. Any help or knowledge on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: The bcdedit export operation fails. windows vista not booting The last post here contains a plausible fix. However, it requires that EasyBCD's iso caching method be used. I could re-do my huge drive with approx 30 bootable tools and this would work but its really a workaround in my mind. A creative solution regardless.
With both images mounted, copy these files/folders from the installer mount path (c:\mount) to the mount path for WinPE (c:\mount-winpe). The paths in WinSxs may look slightly differently, depending on what build of Windows you're running:
Right now i have boot into winpe checks stuff than sets the default os to windows 8 and reboots. Than when windows 8 is booted it sets the default os back to winpe. for when the next time the system is started it will boot into winpe.
It is not possible to "exit" WinPE to another operating system without a reboot because WinPE itself is an operating system. The installers and live CDs you mentioned do what you wish to accomplish at the boot loader level. Unfortunately the "set the other OS to default" routine you already have in place is the solution.
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