Thanks. Will do as you said. One quick question - my winpe USB is uefi. This will also install windows in uefi right ?
Code: diskpart commands are: type diskpart list disk then select the correct disk number 0,1,2 ect select disk 0,1,2 ect clean then create the partitions required as follows create partition primary size=100 select partition 1 format fs=ntfs quick label=system active create partition primary select partition 2 format fs=ntfs quick label=windows assign letter=h as for the uefi, when you booted to the usb did you select the uefi usb drive letter through bios boot screen? - if so then yes, if not boot with the uefi name that appears within the boot menu.. see pic...
sounds good then.. so now do the diskpart to ensure that you have a clean disk to work with then apply your install.wim then complete the boot command restart and off you go...
I did everything as you said, then applied image to H and then put this command - H:\windows\system32\bcdboot H:\windows and it says "failure when attempting to copy boot files"
in admin cmd prompt give the below command BCDBOOT H:\Windows /s X: /f ALL /v where X represent your efi partition then , if the boot fails, boot from windows setup, go to repair computer, open command prompt and give the following command Bootrec.exe /fixboot Bootrec.exe /fixMBR Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
Finally I was able to install windows 8 UEFI with install.wim over 6GB, using Windows PE and Dism. I followed instructions from this guide --> download.microsoft.com/download/0/0/b/00bba048-35e6-4e5b-a3dc-36da83cbb0d1/UEFIGuide.docx I guess my mistakes were - 1. I wasn't converting disk to gpt. 2. I wasn't creating 4 partitions before installing windows - (RE tools partition, System Partition, MSR Partition and Windows partition) Everything is explained in that guide. Anyways, thanks each and everyone. I am tired but happy, lol
Well I do not think that you NEED 4 partitions for it to work but okay, if its working and your happy then leave it at that. Glad we could help..
more effective split the image into swm files. It works perfect on windows 8, the Microsoft page says not, but its false
You are the second person to say that, Ill have to try once I get some time. My interest is peaked now haha
Yes, I use split wims all the time. This is from my batch: Code: :: EFI must use Fat32 which has a max filesize of 4gb. We need to create Split Wims for install. Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:%~dp0Windows8.64\sources\install.wim /SWMFile:%~dp0Windows8.64\sources\install.swm /FileSize:4096
Put the NTFS.efi on a FAT32 key, at boot plug your NTFS key & FAT32 key. Go to the EFI Shell and load the ntfs.efi on the FAT32 key (it will be on fs0, fs1, ...), then you'll be able to choose your NTFS key in the bootloader (I guess?)
You may want to copy it to your EFI Partition (if you have GPT Disk) and add it to the firmware driverxxxx entry so that it auto loads on every boot. Boot into Shell2.0 and use bcfg to add the driver: Code: bcfg driver add 0 Fs0:\ntfs.efi "NTFS Driver"
Here is the easiest way to make win 8 bootable USB (FAT32 format) drive with UEFI support. You can use the windows 7 tool to make the bootable USB drive, then copy the content of the USB to the hard drive, format the USB with FAT32 abd then copy back the copied content to the USB drive. Good luck with your new installation. Don't forget to hit f12 and choose the option to install win 8 with UEFI. Enjoy.
Two ways: 1. Use EasyBCD/Visual BCD Editor/BOOTICE to edit the BCD store on your usb pen drive, re-direct the entries to the >4GB install.wim on the other NTFS partition on your pen drive. The windows installation ISO has two BCD store: one for BIOS boot, the other for UEFI boot. You may need to edit both of them if you need BIOS/UEFI dual boot. 2. Use imageX.exe to apply the install.wim directly to your hard drive. You can unplug your hard drive and connect to another computer and use imageX, or boot to Win PE. Finally you need to edit the BCD store on your hard drive: make a new entry and direct it to the newly applied image.