Essential structures of the installation media /sources directory: 1. Drivers folders: /sources/Drivers /sources/Drivers/BootCritical /sources/Drivers/Regular Drivers are in checksummed subfolders like: /sources/Drivers/BootCritical/halextqcwdogtimer.inf_arm_7ac74a98dda00823/HalExtQCWdogTimer.inf /sources/Drivers/Regular/qcauddev8974.inf_arm_2c91b4b26269a892/qcauddev8974.inf 2. OEM Information folder: /sources/OEMInformation Content: $PBR files: WIM, HIV, location Structure: Code: $PBR_Hive_default_power.hiv $PBR_Hive_default_power.hiv.location $PBR_Hive_oem.hiv $PBR_Hive_oem.hiv.location $PBR_Hive_store.hiv $PBR_Hive_store.hiv.location $PBR_Hive_store_wpa.hiv $PBR_Hive_store_wpa.hiv.location $PBR_Hive_user_power.hiv $PBR_Hive_user_power.hiv.location $PBR_oem.wim $PBR_store.wim 3. $PBR_Diskpart.txt file: /sources/$PBR_Diskpart.txt Code: rem == ResetPartitions-UEFI.txt == convert gpt rem == 1. Windows RE tools partition =============== create partition primary size=305 format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE tools" assign letter="T" set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001 rem == 2. System partition ========================= create partition efi size=100 format quick fs=fat32 label="System" assign letter="S" rem == 3. Microsoft Reserved (MSR) partition ======= create partition msr size=128 rem == 4. Windows partition ======================== rem == a. Create the Windows partition ========== create partition primary rem == b. Create space for the recovery image === shrink minimum=2752 rem == c. Prepare the Windows partition ========= format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows" assign letter="W" rem === 5. Recovery image partition ================ create partition primary format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery image" assign letter="R" set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001 list volume exit 4. $PBR_ResetConfig.xml file: /sources/$PBR_ResetConfig.xml Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- ResetConfig.xml for UEFI --> <Reset> <SystemDisk> <DiskpartScriptPath>$PBR_Diskpart.txt</DiskpartScriptPath> <MinSize>27842</MinSize> <WindowsREPartition>1</WindowsREPartition> <WindowsREPath>Recovery\WindowsRE</WindowsREPath> <OSPartition>4</OSPartition> <RecoveryImagePartition>5</RecoveryImagePartition> <RecoveryImagePath>RecoveryImage</RecoveryImagePath> <RestoreFromIndex>4</RestoreFromIndex> <RecoveryImageIndex>4</RecoveryImageIndex> <WIMBoot>0</WIMBoot> </SystemDisk> </Reset> The detailed description about the options, what those files will give to you will follow soon.
Hi Moderate, just wondering if you can help me with something. Do you know if it is possible to load Windows 8.0 on a Surface 2? I have tried using the Surface 1 image with Surface 2 drivers added but it won't boot...the screen glitches out. I have read that this is because of some sort of file security check.
On the MS Surface 2, the device itself accepts signature of bootloader of WRT v8-0 and starts booting it properly same as on my Nokia Lumia 2520. However you need to use the MS Surface 2 OEM drivers (=NOT MS Surface 1 OEM drivers), which are signed for WRT v8-0 too. Drivers signed for WRT v8-1 only will not work. While MS itself has such drivers, you have to be quite talkative at answers.microsoft.com to persuade some tech-support guy to send them to you. After you will get WRT v8-0 signed drivers, you have to integrate them to: boot.wim, install.wim and winre.wim (winre.wim is inside install.wim at \Windows\System32\Recovery\WinRE.wim path)...
Ohhh okay...well I don't think they will ever release signed 8 drivers for the Surface 2...oh well. Thanks for the info.
Something really stupid for today... If you want to have BOTH Immersive-IE and Desktop-IE shortcut on your Start Screen, DON'T touch settings in IE, but create the shortcut like below and pin it to the Start Screen: Code: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" about:tabs