Deployment Tools Supported Platforms
The following table describes the supported platforms for Windows deployment tools. All the tools mentioned are related to deploying a platform (x86, 64-bit or IA-64) from the corresponding deployment platforms. For technical description of each tool, see Deployment Tools Technical Reference.
- Drvload does not apply to downlevel deployment platforms or Windows Vista Operating System other than Windows PE 2.0.
- Bcdedit/Diskpart refer to versions shipped with Windows Vista only and do not apply to downlevel deployment platforms.
- Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) cannot be run from within Windows PE 2005 or Windows PE 2.0.
Tool | Deployment Environment | x86 Platform | x64 Platform | IA-64 Platform |
---|---|---|---|---|
ImageX |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
ImageX mount (read and write) operations |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
Package Manager (Pkgmgr.exe) – offline |
Windows PE (x86)* |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP SP2 (x86)* |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP SP2 (x64)* |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows XP SP2 (IA-64)* |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (x86)* |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (x64)* |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (x86) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (x86) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x86) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (IA-64) |
Y |
N |
Y |
PEImg.exe |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2(64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2(64-bit) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
N |
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Drvload.exe |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2(64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Setup (Setup.exe) |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
N |
Y |
N |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit)^ |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit)^ |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
N |
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Bcedit/Diskpart |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
N |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows RE |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
N |
Y |
N |
International Settings Configuration Tool (Intlcfg.exe) |
Windows PE 2005 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2005 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows PE 2.0 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows XP Pro SP2 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows 2003 Server SP2(64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)^ |
Y |
N |
N |
|
Windows Vista SP1 (64-bit)^ |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (x64) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
* - You must use the latest deployment tools that are included in the OEM Preinstallation Kit or the Windows Automated Installation Kit.
^ – Only valid for upgrade scenarios.