Windows PE 1.0

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Windows PE 1.0 1 http://www.microsoft.com/

Information

ERPXE Module

• Name: - Windows PE 1.0

• Version: 1

• Official website: http://www.microsoft.com/

• License: Proprietary software

• Wikpedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_pe

• Download: http://www.erpxe.com/downloads

• Supported from ERPXE 1.0

Plugin type

Plugin type

Windows PE 1.0	Anti-Virus	Deployment	Diagnostics	OS Installation	Live Media	Recovery Tools
	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Yes	Optional

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments

Windows PE 1.0	CIFS	HTTP	Internet	NFS	Linux OS	Windows OS
	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

Screen Shots

Special Information

Windows Preinstallation Environment (aka Windows PE, WinPE 1.0) is a lightweight version of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 that is used for the deployment of workstations and servers.

It is intended as a 32-bit replacement for MS-DOS during the installation phase of Windows, and can be booted via PXE, CD-ROM, USB flash drive, or hard disk.

WinPE allows you to install any version of windows using a Windows Share (or SAMBA) of your Windows Installation files.

Installation Instructions

You can add up to 3 different WinPEs without editing the menu.
Just replace 'a' with 'b' or 'c' and 'winna' with 'winnb' or 'winnc' accordingly.

First we will have to make the boot loaders - unfortunately we can't distribute these files without violating Microsoft Legal Policy so you'll have to make them yourself.

- Copy startrom.n1_  , ntdetect.com , setupldr.ex_ to /tftpboot from the Windows Server 2003 SP1  - i386 folder.

- Expand startrom.n1_ startrom.0

- Open startrom.0 in an HEX editor (HxD for example)

- Replace 'ntldr' with 'win\(a or b or c)' at: 5A57,5A82,5F8B, (3 times - CASE SENSITIVE!)

- Move startrom.0 to /tftpboot/er/plugins/(winna or winnb or winnc)/

- Expand setupldr.ex_ (a or b or c)

- Open (a or b or c) in an HEX editor (HxD for example)

- Replace 'winnt.sif' with 'win\(a or b or c).sif' at: 254E6, 254F2, 255C2, 2563E, 257FE, 2580A, 3C7AB, 3C7Cf, 3C7F2 (9 times - CASE SENSITIVE!)

- Move (a or b or c) to /tftpboot/win/

In order to run Windows PE 1.0 from PXE you need to create an image file.

Image file type can be ISO or SDI.

We will use SDI image file because it can be compressed using NTFS compression for a shorter loading time.

In order to use ISO files instead you will need to edit /tftpboot/win/ (a or b or c).sif and change 'SDI' to 'ISO', Change '/rdimageoffset=36352' to '/rdexportascd'

• Creating SDI Image

Download {{{filename}}} to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract {{{filename}}} file:

tar -xvzf {{{filename}}}

You can use BartPE to create the actual Windows PE. When using BartPE it is recommended to use Windows Server 2003 SP1 and above or you'll need to replace ramdisk.sys

In order to replace ramdisk.sys:

- Copy BartPE output into SDI image file.

- Copy ramdisk.sy_ to /tftpboot from the Windows Server 2003 SP1  - i386 folder.

- Expand ramdisk.sy_ ramdisk.sys

- Move and Replace /tftpboot/ramdisk.sys to i386/system32/drivers/ramdisk.sys

- Unmount the SDI file and move it to /tftpboot/er/plugins/(winna or winnb or winnc)/(winna or winnb or winnc).sdi

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!