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[digital8]

OK. Windows PE 2005 (aka 1.6) has been released. Lets cut to the chase. You all want a working custom Windows PE CD, that has WMI, scripting support built in, and loads in to a ram drive. And you want it to run from a CDROM? FIne. No problem. Lucky for you, that I have done this already. If you follow the instructions below, then you will be able to have a working custom copy of Windows PE 2005 as an ISO in a matter of minutes. And of course, you can always update and customise it as much as you want (the scripts and the ISO that is!)

(1) Create a folder called WindowsPE in the root of your C Drive
(2) Within this folder, create the following folders:

Win2k3
Winpe
Work

(3) Copy the entire contents of you Windows 2003 SP1 CD into the C:\WindowsPE\Win2k3 folder.

(4) Copy the Winpe folder from your Window PE 2005 CD\download in to C:\windowspe\Winpe folder.

(5) From your Windows PE 2005 CD\download copy the SERVERSP1-REMOVELIST.TXT file from the samples folder in to the C:\windowspe\winpe folder.

(6)In the C:\windowspe folder, create the following text files and save with a CMD extension. Put the following code in to the relevant files:

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File: buildopt.cmd
File contents:

c:
cd\
cd windowspe
cd winpe
Buildoptionalcomponents.vbs /S:c:\windowspe\win2k3 /D:c:\windowspe\winpetmp /Q
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File: MakeISO.cmd
File contents:

c:\windowspe\winpe\oscdimg -lWinpe2005 -h -n -o -bc:\windowspe\winpe\ETFSBOOT.COM c:\windowspe\winpetmp c:\windowspe\winpe2005.iso
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File: MakePE.cmd
File contents:

c:
cd\
cd windowspe
cd winpe
MKIMG.CMD c:\windowspe\win2k3 c:\windowspe\winpetmp /WMI /NOWF
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File: MakeRamiso.cmd
File contents:

c:\windowspe\winpe\oscdimg -lWinpe2005 -h -n -o -bc:\windowspe\winpe\ETFSBOOT.COM c:\windowspe\work c:\windowspe\winpe2005_RAM.iso
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File: ShrinkPE.cmd
File contents:

REM Modify the following environment variables to your settings:
SET WinPE=c:\Windowspe\winpeTMP
SET Arch=I386
SET RemoveList=c:\WindowsPE\winpe\SERVERSP1-REMOVELIST.TXT
cd /d %WinPE%\%Arch%
for /f "eol=;" %%i in (%RemoveList%) do del /q %%i
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Ok now you have done that, follow these instructions:

(1) Run MakePE.cmd

(2) Run Buildopt.cmd

(3) Run Shrink.cmd

(4) Run makeiso.cmd

(5) Copy the Winpe2005.ISO file in to the C:\windowspe\work folder

(6) Under C:\windowspe\work create an I386 folder.

(7) From the Windows 2003 Server folder, under I386 (C:\windowspe\win2k3\I386) copy the following files to the C:\windowspe\work\i386 folder

Bootfix.Bin
NTDetect.Com
Setupldr.Bin

( Create a text file under C:\windowspe\work called winnt.sif and paste the following in to the file:

[SetupData]
BootDevice = "ramdisk(0)"
BootPath = "\I386\System32\"
OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect /minint /rdexportascd /rdpath=winpe2005.iso"

( Run the makeramiso.cmd file

(9) Burn the Winpe2005_RAM.iso file to a cd.

There you have it. The .CMD files are really easy and arewhat anyone could come up with. But I thought I would save you the time and effort of reading through the Windows PE 2005 CHM file to get the info needed. Enjoy!!