Windows 8.1 Update 1 WimBOOT discussion

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by murphy78, Mar 6, 2014.

  1. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    Ahh well perhaps that was your issue. This wasn't meant to be ran on a win81 boot.wim, but a winpe copype version with updates installed.
     
  2. Hero1711

    Hero1711 MDL Novice

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    Just tried to use the boot.wim from copype and updated it to 5.1 using the 3 packages. Same problem.
     
  3. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    I don't know where it's going wrong for you bud... Try reading the technet articles.
     
  4. robertnik

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    #164 robertnik, Apr 17, 2014
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    start script work :)
    Create new file C:\WINPE_AMD64\mount\Windows\System32\start.bat

    Autor Piesek64 winclub.pl/user/1728-piesek64/
    Code:
    @ECHO OFF
    :start
    echo Wybierz dysk, z ktorego przeprowadzisz instalacje:
    wmic logicaldisk get caption,providername,volumename
    echo Uwaga! Nie mozesz wybrac dysku C:!
    echo Dla przykladu D:
    set /p "InstallationDisk=Dysk instalacyjny>"
    if %InstallationDisk%==D: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==E: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==F: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==G: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==H: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==I: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==J: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==K: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==L: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==N: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==O: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==P: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==R: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==S: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==T: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==U: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==W: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==Y: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==Q: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==Z: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==d: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==e: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==f: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==g: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==h: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==i: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==j: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==k: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==l: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==n: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==o: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==p: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==r: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==s: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==t: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==u: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==w: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==y: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==q: goto install
    if %InstallationDisk%==z: goto install
    cls
    goto start
    :install
    cls
    echo Instalowanie jest w toku (uzywany dysk to %InstallationDisk%)...
    diskpart /s %InstallationDisk%\Scripts\CreatePartitions-WIMBoot.txt
    start /wait %InstallationDisk%\Scripts\ApplyWimBootImage %InstallationDisk%\Images\install.wim %InstallationDisk%\Images\winre.wim

     
  5. jackmonter5

    jackmonter5 MDL Senior Member

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    Hello Murphy I'm considering this for an Asus 32gb win8 tablet. Can you please tell me how much disk space wimboot takes Vs a regular install 86/64 if you the info thanks!!!
     
  6. robertnik

    robertnik MDL Novice

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    Are you running a system restore? For me does not work.
     
  7. Dabman

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    #168 Dabman, Apr 22, 2014
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    Hei. Is anyway to read this tutorial step by step with correct filenames, and locations?
    Because is mess, can anyone edit post #1 and make it step by steap instead off split it on few pages, because now i even don't know what i should do first.

    and second...
    how i can get a ISO from x86 PRO but OEM, because on Retail my EFI CDKey will not work.
    Microsoft is brilliant in own ideas... They create "perfect" way.
     
  8. abbodi1406

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    #169 abbodi1406, Apr 22, 2014
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    1. Create WinPE 5.1 image:

    (Note that everything you do here needs to be done with a cmd prompt that has ran the DandISetEnv.bat in the adk install folder.
    There's a link to a cmd /k version on your start menu after installing the 8.1 update 1 ADK)

    Create a bootable Windows PE 5.1 drive by adding the Windows 8.1 update package to Windows PE 5.0, and then cleaning up the image.

    Add the Windows 8.1 updates to the WinPE 5.0 image:

    1. Create and Mount the Windows PE image.
    Code:
    copype amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64
    Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount"
    2. Add the Windows 8.1 Update into Windows PE image:
    Code:
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919442-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919355-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2932046-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2937592-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2938439-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2934018-x64.msu
    
    3. Optimize the image:
    Code:
    Dism /Image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    4. Unmount the Windows PE image.
    Code:
    Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount" /commit
    5. Export the image to reduce wim size.
    Code:
    Dism /Export-Image /Bootable /SourceImageFile:"C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim" /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:"C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot2.wim"
    DEL /F /Q "C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim"
    REN "C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot2.wim" boot.wim




    2. Create WimBOOT images:

    Using Windows 8.1 Update ISO:
    • On your technician PC, install the Windows 8.1 Update version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK).

    • Copy the install.wim from mounted iso to a new file. You'll use this copy of the file to create your WIMBoot image.
    Code:
    md C:\Images
    Copy F:\sources\install.wim C:\Images\install.wim
    • Separate the Windows RE image from the main Windows image
    1. Create a mount directory for your install.wim files and mount the image.
    Code:
    md C:\mount
    Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\Images\install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount
    2. Move the winre.wim file out of the image.
    Code:
    attrib -S -H -I C:\mount\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim
    move C:\mount\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim C:\Images\winre.wim
    • Optimize the image for WIMBoot to gain free drive space in the final image.
    Code:
    Dism /Optimize-Image /Image:C:\mount /WIMBoot
    • Unmount the image and commit the changes.
    Code:
    Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\mount /Commit
    • Export the image with WIMBoot support.
    Code:
    Dism /Export-Image /WIMBoot /SourceImageFile:C:\Images\install.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\Images\install_wimboot.wim /CheckIntegrity
    DEL /F /Q C:\Images\install.wim
    REN C:\Images\install_wimboot.wim install.wim

    Using Windows 8.1 RTM/GA ISO:
    • On your technician PC, install the Windows 8.1 Update version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK).

    • Copy the install.wim from mounted iso to a new file. You'll use this copy of the file to create your WIMBoot image.
    Code:
    md C:\Images
    Copy F:\sources\install.wim C:\Images\install.wim
    • Install Windows 8.1 Update to your Windows 8.1 and Windows RE images.

    1. Create a mount directory for your install.wim files and mount the image.
    Code:
    md C:\mount
    Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\Images\install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount
    2. Move the winre.wim file out of the image.
    Code:
    attrib -S -H -I C:\mount\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim
    move C:\mount\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim C:\Images\winre.wim
    3. Add the Windows 8.1 Update into install image:
    Code:
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919442-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919355-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2932046-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2937592-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2938439-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2934018-x64.msu
    
    4. Optimize the image for WIMBoot to gain free drive space in the final image.
    Code:
    Dism /Optimize-Image /Image:C:\mount /WIMBoot
    5. Unmount the image and commit the changes.
    Code:
    Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\mount /Commit
    6. Add the Windows 8.1 Update into Windows RE image:
    Code:
    md C:\mountre
    Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\Images\winre.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mountre
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919442-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2919355-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2932046-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2937592-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2938439-x64.msu
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\MSU\Windows8.1-KB2934018-x64.msu
    
    7. Optimize the image:
    Code:
    Dism /Image:C:\mountre /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    8. Unmount the Windows RE image.
    Code:
    Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\mountre /commit
    9. Export the image to reduce wim size.
    Code:
    Dism /Export-Image /Bootable /SourceImageFile:C:\Images\winre.wim /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:C:\Images\winre2.wim
    DEL /F /Q C:\Images\winre.wim
    REN C:\Images\winre2.wim winre.wim
    • Boot (install) the image to apply the updates and to clean up the image

    1. On your reference PC, boot to Windows PE 5.1, apply your Windows image, and then boot the PC again.

    2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F3 at OOBE to enter audit mode

    3. Clean up the Windows image to gain additional free drive space in the final image. Use /StartComponentCleanup to clean up the superseded components and reduce the size of the component store. If you've already used the /ResetBase option when creating your base Windows 8.1 Update image, you don't need to run it again. To see the file size reduction, you'll need to either recapture or export the image.
    Code:
    Dism /Cleanup-Image /Online /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    4. Use Sysprep to generalize and shut down the PC.
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep /generalize /shutdown /oobe
    5. Boot the PC to Windows PE 5.1. If the PC starts to reboot to Windows, you'll need to let it finish booting and then use Sysprep to generalize and shut down the PC again.

    6. Recommended: Create a temporary scratch directory, for example, C:\Recycler\Scratch. Choose a location on a physical drive to avoid issues related to capturing files with long file names in the default Windows PE virtual scratch space. Choose a space that’s in the DISM Exclusion list to prevent capturing the DISM logs in your image. For more info, see DISM Configuration List and WimScript.ini Files.
    Code:
    md C:\Recycler\Scratch
    7. Recapture the Windows image. This captures the applied updates and removes any files that were marked as superseded during DISM /Cleanup-Image. Use the /WIMBoot option to save the image as a WIMBoot image. Save the file to a location on a USB drive or your network (example: N:\Images), and give the image a name.
    Code:
    DISM /Capture-Image /WIMBoot /ImageFile:"N:\Images\install.wim" /CaptureDir:C: /Name:"WIMBoot 8.1" /ScratchDir:C:\Recycler\Scratch
    Additional Note
    • Don’t append images into an existing WIM file, because WIMBoot only supports using the first Windows image in the file (index value of 1).




    3. Create media:

    Copy install.wim and winre.wim to WinPE media distribution
    Code:
    md C:\WinPE_amd64\media\Images
    copy C:\Images\install.wim C:\WinPE_amd64\media\Images
    copy C:\Images\winre.wim C:\WinPE_amd64\media\Images
    Create bootable media, such as a USB flash drive or ISO file.
    Code:
    MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64 F:
    Code:
    MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64\WIMBoot_amd64.iso




    4. Deploy WIMBoot Images:

    All operation must be done from booted Windows PE 5.1

    Format the drive with the WIMBoot partition layout

    Format the drive using the following partition layout:
    • System (EFI System Partition): Size: 100MB.
    If the primary drive is less than 16GB, you can use a minimum size of 32MB.
    If the primary drive is an Advanced Format 4K Native drive (4-KB-per-sector), the minimum size is 260 MB.

    • MSR (x86 and x64 only, not needed for ARM)

    • Windows.

    • Images. Set this partition with the following attributes:
    - Location: End of the disk
    - Type: de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac (PARTITION_MSFT_RECOVERY_GUID)
    - Attributes: 0x8000000000000001 (GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_NO_DRIVE_LETTER & GPT_ATTRIBUTE_PLATFORM_REQUIRED)
    - File system: NTFS
    - Drive Letter: Set a temporary drive letter, for example, M.
    - Size: Must be big enough to hold install.wim, winre.wim, and custom.wim files plus at least 50 MB of free space.
    Note
    If you plan to make changes on the factory floor in the custom.wim file, be sure to leave enough space for these additions. But try not to add too much free space, especially on devices with limited drive space, because this partition can’t be resized after you've added files to it.
    To work around this problem, you can set up this Images partition later. For more info, see Deploy WIMBoot Images: If you don't know the size of the images upfront.

    Add the Windows and recovery files

    1. Create a folder called "Windows Images" on the Images partition. This folder name is required.
    Code:
    md "M:\Windows Images\"
    2. Copy the Windows image from the USB or network drive (N) to the Windows Images folder. Rename the Windows image to install.wim if necessary.
    Code:
    copy D:\Images\install.wim "M:\Windows Images\install.wim"
    3. Apply the Windows image to the Windows partition (drive C), using the /WIMBoot option.
    Recommended: create a temporary scratch folder for DISM to avoid issues related to short file names. To prevent capturing the DISM logs in your image, choose a location that is in your DISM Exclusion list.
    When you use the DISM /Apply-Image command with the /WIMBoot option, the ImageFile location and ApplyDir partition must be on the same hard drive.
    Code:
    md C:\Recycler\Scratch
    DISM /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"M:\Windows Images\install.wim" /ApplyDir:C: /Index:1 /WIMBoot /ScratchDir:C:\Recycler\Scratch
    Note
    When you apply the Windows image using /WIMBoot, DISM adds pointer files from the Windows partition to the Images partition. These pointer files make the PC appear and function as if the Windows files were stored on the Windows partition. But they still primarily reside inside the install.wim file in the Images partition. Do not remove the install.wim file after applying the image.

    4. Create boot files and set them to boot to the Windows partition.
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\bcdboot C:\Windows
    5. Copy the Windows RE file to the Images folder.
    Code:
    md M:\Recovery\WindowsRE
    copy D:\Images\winre.wim M:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim
    6. Register the Windows RE partition.
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /SetREImage /Path M:\Recovery\WindowsRE /Target C:\Windows
    7. If your partition configuration is different from the recommended configuration listed above, create a ResetConfig.xml file and include it in the M:\Windows Images\ folder to enable your users create bare metal recovery media. For more info, see ResetConfig XML Reference.

    Optional: Test the PC, and then reset itTo test the PC

    1. Reboot the PC and log in as a user.
    2. Install and run performance test software in the Windows environment.

    To reset the PC:
    1. Reboot the PC into Windows PE 5.1.
    2. Temporarily assign drive letters to the Windows and Images partitions.
    Code:
    Diskpart
      select disk 0 
      select partition 3 
      assign letter c 
      select partition 4 
      assign letter m 
      list volume 
    exit
    3. Format the Windows partition then Reapply the Windows image to it. Recommended: create a temporary scratch directory for DISM.
    Code:
    format C: /Q /FS:NTFS /v:"Windows" 
    md C:\Recycler\Scratch 
    DISM /Apply-Image /ImageFile:"M:\Windows Images\install.wim" /ApplyDir:C: /Index:1 /WIMBoot /ScratchDir:C:\Recycler\Scratch
    Optional: Perform factory floor customizations and capture the changes

    1. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F3 at the OOBE screens to enter audit mode.
    2. Add final customizations, such as build-to-order apps, drivers, or Windows updates.
    3. Prepare the PC to boot into OOBE mode, and shut down the PC.
    Recommended: Generalize the image to optimize the push-button reset features. If you do this, we recommend that you boot the PC once after the Images partition is created in order to speed up the OOBE process. For more info, see Perform final reboot and cleanup.
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep /OOBE /shutdown /generalize
    4. Reboot the PC into Windows PE 5.1.
    5. Check to make sure you have enough room on the Images partition to capture the changes. If you've made it this far and there's not room, you might have to go back to the beginning of this page.
    6. Capture factory floor customizations into custom.wim.
    Code:
    md C:\Recycler\Scratch
    DISM /Capture-CustomImage /CaptureDir:C: /ScratchDir:C:\Recycler\Scratch
    Note
    When you capture the custom image, DISM captures the incremental file changes (based on the specific install.wim file) to a new file, custom.wim, and converts these files to pointer files. The custom.wim is placed in the same folder as install.wim.
    Keep the install.wim and custom.wim files together. Don't switch out either the custom.wim file or the install.wim file.
    Don't remove or re-capture custom.wim after capturing the incremental file changes. If you do need to modify the factory floor customizations, restart the process from the beginning of this page, including reformatting the entire drive.

    7. Remove the scratch folder.
    Code:
    rd C:\Recycler /s /q




    5. Finalization:

    Protect the WIMBoot folders and prepare the PC for OOBE

    Protect the Windows images partitions by setting them as read-only. Run these steps from an elevated command prompt:
    Code:
    icacls "M:\Windows Images" /grant:r *S-1-5-32-544:(R) /T
    icacls "M:\Windows Images" /inheritance:r /T
    icacls "M:\Windows Images" /grant:r SYSTEM:(R) /T
    Note
    It’s not necessary to hide the WIMBoot partitions. (not necessary remove assigned letters)

    Perform final reboot and cleanup

    Recommended: If you generalized the image when performing the factory floor customizations, allow the PC to boot up once to Windows in order to speed up the first boot experience for the end user.
    After the PC reaches the OOBE screen, you can safely turn off the PC without shutting it down.

    Optional: Validate your WIMBoot deployment

    1. Boot to Windows PE.

    2. Temporarily assign drive letters to the Windows and Images partitions, and verify that the System, MSR, Windows, and Images partitions exist and are in the prescribed order.
    Code:
    Diskpart
      select disk 0
      select partition 3
      assign letter C
      select partition 4
      assign letter M
      list partition
    exit
    Expected output:
    Code:
      Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
      -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
      Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
      Partition 2    Reserved           128 MB   101 MB
      Partition 3    Primary         (size) GB   229 MB
      Partition 4    Recovery        (size) GB (size) GB
    
    3.Verify that the Images partition has these attributes:
    • Type: de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac (PARTITION_MSFT_RECOVERY_GUID)
    • Attributes: 0x8000000000000001 (GPT_BASIC_DATA_ATTRIBUTE_NO_DRIVE_LETTER & GPT_ATTRIBUTE_PLATFORM_REQUIRED)
    • File system: NTFS
    Code:
    diskpart
      select disk 0
      select partition 4
      detail partition
    exit
    Expected output:
    Code:
    Partition 4
    Type    : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
    Hidden  : Yes
    Required: Yes
    Attrib  : 0X8000000000000001
    Offset in Bytes: 48474619904
    
      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
    * Volume 2     M   Images       NTFS   Partition     74 GB  Healthy    Hidden
    
    4. Verify that these WIM files are in the Images partition:
    • \Windows Images\install.wim
    • \Windows Images\custom.wim (if factory floor customizations were added)
    • \Recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim
    Code:
    dir "M:\Windows Images"
    dir M:\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Expected output:
    Code:
    M:\>dir "M:\Windows Images"
    Volume in drive M is Images
     Volume Serial Number is 8AA9-5E31
    
     Directory of M:\Windows Images
    
    12/19/2013  04:16 PM    <DIR>          .
    12/19/2013  04:16 PM    <DIR>          ..
    12/18/2013  02:53 PM     3,541,267,886 install.wim
    12/18/2013  03:00 PM         1,000,000 custom.wim
                   1 File(s)  3,542,267,886 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)      52,428,800 bytes free
    
    M:\>dir M:\Recovery\WindowsRE
     Volume in drive M is Images
     Volume Serial Number is 8AA9-5E31
    
     Directory of M:\Recovery\WindowsRE
    
    12/19/2013  04:21 PM    <DIR>          .
    12/19/2013  04:21 PM    <DIR>          ..
    12/14/2013  07:28 AM       228,955,033 winre.wim
                   1 File(s)    228,955,033 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)      52,428,800 bytes free
    
    5. Verify that the Windows Images subfolder has read-only access.
    Code:
    icacls "M:\Windows Images"
    Expected output:
    Code:
    M:\Windows Images BUILTIN\Administrators:(R)
                      NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(R)
    
    6. Verify that Windows RE is correctly set to a valid recovery image location.
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /Info /Target C:\Windows
    Expected output:
    Code:
    Windows RE status: <either Enabled or Disabled>
    Windows RE location: 
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
    Custom boot key scan code: 0x0
    Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\RecoveryImage
    Recovery image index: 1
    Custom image location:
    Custom image index: 0
    
    7. Reset the PC using the push-button reset tools.
    If the push-button recovery process fails, make sure that you've updated both the Windows and the Windows RE images to include the Windows 8.1 Update.
     
  9. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    #170 Dabman, Apr 23, 2014
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    Really good, now is clear.
    But can u explain point 2
    because i don't have clue how to do it, you mean clean installation from cd/usb ( clean windows 8.1? ) or somehow this image? (how?)
     
  10. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    #171 abbodi1406, Apr 23, 2014
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    Simply, install the system image you created
    you can do it the standard way (boot iso, install), or using manual way by WinPE environment
     
  11. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    but how, put files on usb and boot from usb ( volume down + power )?
     
  12. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    It's better to use VM (vmware, virtualbox..)
     
  13. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    #174 Dabman, Apr 24, 2014
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    yes i know, but trust me, maybe im moron but how can i boot if after this operation ( to point 2 when im stucked ) i have winre.wim, install.wim and boot.wim
    Without ANY efi files etc...

    Because is written
    Code:
    • Boot (install) the image to apply the updates and to clean up the image
    So now i don't know if i should start install Windows 8.1 RTM/GA ISO or somwhow winre.wim, install.wim and boot.wim

    and another next question is
    "5. Boot the PC to Windows PE 5.1. If the PC starts to reboot to Windows, you'll need to let it finish booting and then use Sysprep to generalize and shut down the PC again."

    But i still don't have Windows PE boot drive... because point 3 is about "Creating media" so i still don't have it.

    Now i don't know what i should do first and how... because if i will do it like:
    forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/52931-Windows-8-1-Update-1-WimBOOT-discussion?p=882418&viewfull=1#post882418

    then for what i created this:
    Code:
    1. Create a mount directory for your install.wim files and mount the image.
    md C:\mount
    Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\Images\install.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount
    Because now i really don't know what i'm doing and how...
     
  14. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Aha, i see

    replace install.wim in the original Windows 8.1 iso, and install the system in audit mode (bios, efi, no difference)
    after you run the sysprep and shutdown, go back to your working system and create WinPE5.1 media (without install.wim or winre.wim)
    and boot that media to the syspreped system, and capture new install.wim as wimboot

    or, to save you all this trouble, use Windows 8.1 Update iso, and you can create wimboot image so easily as discribed
     
  15. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    co i also can replace this install.wim and then use virtual mashine to install ( like i already did, but i see i have to do it again, because i didn't know i have to replace install.wim, so i will replace and install on virtual ).


    ps. im using en_windows_8.1_with_update_x64_dvd_4065090.iso but during instalation i have to put key, mine one is not working, but after installation i still can't use mine key...
    I know is "oem" key but i have this same situation with my oem key from asus laptop, and during instalation i can't put mine, but after i can...
    On Surface Pro this metod is not working.
    Any suggestion?
     
  16. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    Please don't try to use wimboot if you are this unfamiliar with Windows Setup. It's not something that you can use if you don't know how Windows Setup works.
     
  17. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    ok, where in my replay did you find problem with windows setup?
     
  18. vk2amv

    vk2amv MDL Novice

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    Just thought I would make a quick post that this evening I have been successful getting WIMBoot working on my Surface RT.

    Took a bit of messing around, a bit of searching, and a bit of following my nose, but everything worked and it booted into a fresh WIMBoot installed Windows on the first attempt so I am happy with that.

    I went from having just over 11GB of free space without WIMBoot (after a factory refresh).
    To having just over 23GB of free space with WIMBoot.

    Well worth the effort I reckon.
    No idea on any performance difference yet though.

    Fingers crossed the extra CPU work from the required decompression doesn't impact performance too noticeably.
    Though most of the work I do is CPU bound and usually remains in RAM so I am not expecting to notice any performance difference.
     
  19. Dabman

    Dabman MDL Novice

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    #180 Dabman, Apr 24, 2014
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    ok, system is working, thank U
    Only problem i have with
    Code:
    C:\Windows\System32\Reagentc /SetREImage /Path M:\Recovery\WindowsRE /Target C:\Windows
    But i will fix it somehow :)