Makewinpemedia Command-Line Options
You can use Makewinpemedia to create bootable Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) media. Before you run Makewinpemedia, you have to run Copype to create a working set of Windows PE files.
Makewinpemedia and Copype are available in the Windows Assessment and Deployment kit with WinPE add-on.
For more information, see Copype Command-Line Options and WinPE: Create USB Bootable drive.
Makewinpemedia {/ufd | /iso} [/f] <WorkingDirectory> <DestinationLocation>
Makewinpemedia uses the following command-line options:
Command-line option | Description |
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/ufd |
Specifies a USB flash drive as the type of media to create. For example:
where F is the drive letter of the USB flash drive. |
/iso |
Specifies a .iso file (CD or DVD) as the type of media to create. For example:
|
/f |
Optional. Suppresses the confirmation message that appears before you format the USB flash drive or overwrite an existing .iso file. For example:
where F is the drive letter of the USB flash drive. |
<WorkingDirectory> |
Specifies the name of the working directory where the Copype tool creates the Windows PE directory structure and copies the necessary files for creating bootable media. For example:
|
<DestinationLocation> |
Specifies the drive letter of the USB flash drive if you are using the /ufd option, or the name of the .iso file if you are using the /iso option. |