Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

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03/22/2011

3/21/2011

With a bootable utility disk that contains the required files, you can start your device using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0 and begin a Windows Embedded Standard 7 installation. A bootable utility disk must contain the files for an installation of Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0. If the storage drive of your device is not visible in Windows PE, the bootable utility disk should also contain a compatible driver.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

You have installed Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit on a development computer that meets the Requirements for a Development Computer.
You have already gathered required files to a temporary directory <tempdir> such as C:\utildisk. For more information, see Gather Required Files for a Bootable Utility Disk.

Gathering Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

To Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

To Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk
1. On the development computer, choose Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows Embedded Standard 7, and then choose Windows PE Tools Command Prompt. A Windows PE Tools Command Prompt window opens.
2. Optionally, add Target Analyzer Program (TAP). TAP analyzes the hardware on a device and generates a .pmq file that you can use with Image Configuration Editor to add drivers to an answer file. At the command prompt, copy the appropriate version of TAP to the `\ISO` directory in <tempdir>. For example, if Standard 7 Toolkit is installed to the default location on a 32-bit development computer, type the following: `copy "C:\Program Files\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\Image Configuration Editor\Tap.exe" C:\utildisk\ISO` Further Information Generate a PMQ File Using Target Analyzer Import a PMQ File into Image Configuration Editor
3. Optionally, add the ImageX tool and an exclusion list to the temporary directory. You use ImageX to capture, modify, mount, and apply images; you need an exclusion list to specify files and folders that ImageX should exclude when capturing an image. To add ImageX, copy the appropriate version of the ImageX tool to the `\ISO` directory in <tempdir>. For example, if your device has a 64-bit architecture, type the following: `copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\AMD64\ImageX.exe" C:\utildisk\ISO` To make an exclusion list, create a text file named `Wimscript.ini` that lists the files and folders that ImageX should exclude, and save the file in the same directory as ImageX. Further Information Capture an Image Example Exclusion List in a Wimscript.ini File
4. If you have created a custom Windows PE image for the bootable utility disk, replace the `Boot.wim` image file in the `\ISO` directory with your custom Windows PE image file. For example, if the custom Windows PE image is named `mywinpe.wim` and it resides in the `mywims` folder on the C drive, then at the command prompt, type the following: `copy C:\mywims\mywinpe.wim C:\utildisk\ISO\Sources\Boot.wim` Further Information Create a Custom Windows PE Image
5. Optionally, add device drivers your device needs. Although Standard 7 contains many device drivers, your device might require a device driver that Standard 7 does not provide. Copy the compatible device driver to the `\ISO` directory in <tempdir>. For example, if your device driver is located at `C:\HDDdrvr`, type the following: `xcopy C:\HDDdrvr C:\utildisk\ISO\HDDdrvr /s`
6. If you want to run Image Builder Wizard from the bootable utility disk and it has at least 500 MB of free space, then copy the following files and folders from the Standard 7 DVD appropriate to your device's architecture to <tempdir>: boot bootmgr bootmgr.efi (if it exists) efi fbwfapi langpacks setup.exe sources support upgrade

1. On the development computer, choose Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows Embedded Standard 7, and then choose Windows PE Tools Command Prompt.

A Windows PE Tools Command Prompt window opens.

2. Optionally, add Target Analyzer Program (TAP). TAP analyzes the hardware on a device and generates a .pmq file that you can use with Image Configuration Editor to add drivers to an answer file.

At the command prompt, copy the appropriate version of TAP to the \ISO directory in <tempdir>. For example, if Standard 7 Toolkit is installed to the default location on a 32-bit development computer, type the following:

copy "C:\Program Files\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\Image Configuration Editor\Tap.exe" C:\utildisk\ISO

Further Information

Generate a PMQ File Using Target Analyzer

Import a PMQ File into Image Configuration Editor

3. Optionally, add the ImageX tool and an exclusion list to the temporary directory. You use ImageX to capture, modify, mount, and apply images; you need an exclusion list to specify files and folders that ImageX should exclude when capturing an image.

To add ImageX, copy the appropriate version of the ImageX tool to the \ISO directory in <tempdir>. For example, if your device has a 64-bit architecture, type the following:

copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\AMD64\ImageX.exe" C:\utildisk\ISO

To make an exclusion list, create a text file named Wimscript.ini that lists the files and folders that ImageX should exclude, and save the file in the same directory as ImageX.

Further Information

Capture an Image

Example Exclusion List in a Wimscript.ini File

4. If you have created a custom Windows PE image for the bootable utility disk, replace the Boot.wim image file in the \ISO directory with your custom Windows PE image file. For example, if the custom Windows PE image is named mywinpe.wim and it resides in the mywims folder on the C drive, then at the command prompt, type the following:

copy C:\mywims\mywinpe.wim C:\utildisk\ISO\Sources\Boot.wim

Further Information

Create a Custom Windows PE Image

5. Optionally, add device drivers your device needs. Although Standard 7 contains many device drivers, your device might require a device driver that Standard 7 does not provide. Copy the compatible device driver to the \ISO directory in <tempdir>. For example, if your device driver is located at C:\HDDdrvr, type the following:

xcopy C:\HDDdrvr C:\utildisk\ISO\HDDdrvr /s

6. If you want to run Image Builder Wizard from the bootable utility disk and it has at least 500 MB of free space, then copy the following files and folders from the Standard 7 DVD appropriate to your device's architecture to <tempdir>:

boot

bootmgr

bootmgr.efi (if it exists)

efi

fbwfapi

langpacks

setup.exe

sources

support

upgrade

Next Steps

After you gather optional files for a bootable utility disk, the next step is to make your bootable utility CD-ROM or USB Flash Device (UFD). For more information about a making a bootable utility UFD, see Create a Bootable Utility UFD.

Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

Hardware and Software Assumptions

Gathering Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

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