Windows PE Walkthroughs
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
You can build a custom Windows PE solution by customizing a base Windows® Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) image (winpe.wim) provided with the Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK). You can to add optional components, language packs, boot-critical or other drivers, and your own applications. You can then optimize the image by using profiling, create bootable Windows PE media, and boot into memory to perform additional customizations.
For an overview of the customization process, see Building a Windows PE Image with Optional Components.
In This Section
Customize a Windows PE image. |
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Walkthrough: Create an Optimized Windows PE Image with Profiling |
Reduce the size of your custom Windows PE image by using profiling. |
Add language support to Windows Setup by adding language support to the boot.wim and install.wim files. |
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Walkthrough: Install Windows PE to CD, USB Flash Drive, or USB Hard Drive |
Create bootable Windows PE RAM disk on a removable storage device, and boot into memory. |
Boot from Windows PE media that you created in Walkthrough: Install Windows PE to CD, USB Flash Drive, or USB Hard Drive, create bootable Windows PE flat disk on removable or fixed storage, and then flat boot Windows PE from the storage device instead of booting into memory. |
See Also
Concepts
Windows PE Overview
Windows PE Process Overview
Booting Windows PE from RAM Disk
Building a Windows PE Image with Optional Components
Windows PE Tools