Pe 2.0! Full Building Instructions!, Includes scripts Options

[Ben_Mott]

Hello again,

the numbers you quoted above for install.wim
is probably for the original retail windows Vista
My install.wim is from an OEM computer called Medion (some sort of German computer/laptop)
so it looks like it is an image of what they installed on their Lab computer then
imaged it .
I mounted it and had another look and looked all .XML files but could not figure it out.
I just do not understand why the size is still 2.4 GB ???



Regards Ben

[Ben_Mott]

coming back to that windows restore
in windows pe you get 2 windows
X:\windows
and
C:\windows
so in the command line one needs to type:
rstrui.exe /OFFLINE:C:\windows

this tells windows which windows OS you want to restore.
and when the Dialog box pops up you can proceed.

if you got duel boot you will not have any restore point as windows vista keeps deleting it
due to access violation on every boot up

regards Ben
Ben
==============================================================
useful info:
here is a vista PE specially Hacked to repair Advent,EIsystem and Philips-Freevent vista OS
the link to ISO

the fix is in TGM directory
and it loads from winpeshl.ini in x:\windows\system32
you need to mount it using 2mount.bat
and put a43.exe in there and change the file to load a43.exe file manager instead of fixboot.exe
then you can work with it
the boot.wim is nearly 200mb but when you build the ISo using 6buildiso.bat
it increases to 1.2GB so you need to use -m to change it to DVD instead of CD read previous posts

the TGM directory contains these files:

-----------------------------------
Directory of TGM
=====================


diskpart_CheckLetters2.txt
diskpart_SetRtoActive.txt
FixBoot.exe

msvbvm60.dll
new.cmd
scrrun.dll
SetAutoFailover.cmd
-------------------------------
the fixboot.exe is simply a visual5/6 one button command dialog box to run
the new.cmd batch file in GUI mode
the new.cmd contains this:
----------------------------
X:\Windows\System32\diskpart.exe /s X:\TGM\diskpart_CheckLetters2.txt


call X:\TGM\setautofailover.cmd /target r: /mainos {default} /disk 0 /partition 1 /nohide


BCDEDIT -set {bootmgr} device partition=R:
BCDEDIT -set {default} device partition=R:
BCDEDIT -set {default} osdevice partition=R:
REM BCDEDIT -set {default} path \windows\system32\Boot\winload.exe
REM BCDEDIT -set {bootmgr} path \windows\system32\Boot\winload.exe

xcopy v:\Bootmgr R:\ /chy
xcopy v:\Boot R:\Boot\ /chey


X:\Windows\System32\diskpart.exe /s X:\TGM\diskpart_SetRtoActive.txt


BCDEDIT -set {bootmgr} device partition=R:
BCDEDIT -set {default} device partition=R:
BCDEDIT -set {default} osdevice partition=R:
-----------------------------------------------
the /s in diskpart.exe means run script file following /s
and /chey in xcopy means
c- copy even with error
h-copy hidden files
e-copy all sub directory and empty files
y- do not prompt user
---------------------------------------
so the other files it relies on are diskpart_CheckLetters2.txt
......................
select disk 0
select partition 1
assign letter=R
select partition 2
assign letter=V
active

.........................
diskpart_SetRtoActive.txt
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

select disk 0
select partition 1
active
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SetAutoFailover.cmd
======================================

CODE

@echo off

REM
REM Copyright © Microsoft Corporation
REM
REM Description:
REM
REM Sample script to configure the boot configuration data
REM of Windows Vista and WinRE to set auto failover.
REM
REM

:GLOABAL_INIT

setlocal & pushd & set RET=

set SCRIPTNAME=%~n0
set SCRIPTPATH=%~f0
if "%DEBUG%"=="1" (set TRACE=echo) else (set TRACE=REM)

if /i {%1} == {-?} (call :SHOW_USAGE & goto :EOF)
if /i {%1} == {/?} (call :SHOW_USAGE & goto :EOF)

call :MAIN %*

popd & endlocal & set RET=%RET%& set PATH=%PATH%

goto :EOF

REM
REM Main procedure
REM

:MAIN

set BCDEDIT=bcdedit.exe
set DISKPART=diskpart.exe
set DISK=0
set PARTITION=1
set MAINOS={default}

REM
REM Parse command line
REM

call :PARSE %*

REM
REM Check whether bcdedit exists or not
REM

%BCDEDIT% /?>nul

if %errorlevel%==9009 (
call :SHOW_USAGE
goto :EOF
)

if {%TARGET%} == {} (
call :SHOW_USAGE
goto :EOF
)

REM
REM Extract the drive name and root directory from the target
REM
for /f "delims=: tokens=1*" %%I in ("%TARGET%") do (
set DRIVE=%%I:
set WINRE_ROOT_DIR=%%J
)

if {%DRIVE%} == {:} (
call :SHOW_USAGE
goto :EOF
)

if not {%BCDSTORE%} == {} (
set BCDEDIT=%BCDEDIT% -store %BCDSTORE%
)

if {%ISWIM%}=={} (

REM
REM WinRE root directory should be NULL.
REM
if not {%WINRE_ROOT_DIR%}=={} (
echo ERROR: WinRE cannot be installed under a sub directory.
goto :EOF
)

call :CREATE_DIR_BCD_ENTRY

) else (

call :CREATE_WIM_BCD_ENTRY

)

REM
REM Mark this installation as the recovery OS. This recovery OS identifier
REM will be used by other components to enable/disable auto recovery.
REM
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% custom:46000010 yes

REM
REM Set the recovery sequence
REM

%BCDEDIT% -set %MAINOS% recoverysequence %WINPE_GUID%
%BCDEDIT% -set %MAINOS% recoveryenabled yes

REM
REM Hide partition
REM

if not {%NOHIDE%}=={} (
goto :EOF
)

set TEMP_FILENAME=%SCRIPTNAME%_Temp_DiskPart.txt

echo sel disk %DISK% > %TEMP_FILENAME%
echo sel partition %PARTITION% >> %TEMP_FILENAME%

REM
REM Remove the drive letter for the partition before hiding it.
REM The system will not allow us to remove the drive letter after hiding it.
REM
echo remove >> %TEMP_FILENAME%

if {%GPT%}=={} (
echo set id=27 >> %TEMP_FILENAME%
) else (

REM
REM Set GPT_ATTRIBUTE_PLATFORM_REQUIRED attribute
REM
echo gpt attributes=0x0000000000000001 >> %TEMP_FILENAME%
)

%DISKPART% /s %TEMP_FILENAME%

del %TEMP_FILENAME%

REM
REM Done.
REM

goto :EOF

REM
REM Procedure to parse command line.
REM

:PARSE

if {%1} == {} goto PARSE_DONE

if /i {%1} == {-target} set TARGET=%2&& shift && goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/target} set TARGET=%2&& shift && goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-wim} set ISWIM=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/wim} set ISWIM=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-gpt} set GPT=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/gpt} set GPT=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-diskpart} set DISKPART=%2&& shift && goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/diskpart} set DISKPART=%2&& shift && goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-bcdedit} set BCDEDIT=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/bcdedit} set BCDEDIT=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-bcdstore} set BCDSTORE=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/bcdstore} set BCDSTORE=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-mainos} set MAINOS=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/mainos} set MAINOS=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-partition} set PARTITION=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/partition} set PARTITION=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-disk} set DISK=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/disk} set DISK=%2&& goto PARSE_NEXT

if /i {%1} == {-nohide} set NOHIDE=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT
if /i {%1} == {/nohide} set NOHIDE=1&& goto PARSE_NEXT

:PARSE_NEXT

shift
goto PARSE

:PARSE_DONE

goto :EOF

REM
REM Procedure to create a BCD entry for WinRE installed as a flat directory
REM

:CREATE_DIR_BCD_ENTRY

REM
REM Customize WinRE
REM

echo [LaunchApp] > %TARGET%\windows\system32\winpeshl.ini
echo AppPath=x:%WINRE_ROOT_DIR%\sources\recovery\recenv.exe >> %TARGET%\windows\system32

\winpeshl.ini

REM
REM Set BCD
REM {572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}, GUID for the WinPE boot entry
REM

set WINPE_GUID={572bcd55-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}

REM
REM Create WinRE boot entry
REM

%BCDEDIT% -create %WINPE_GUID% -d "Windows Recovery Environment" -application OSLOADER
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% device partition=%DRIVE%
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% path %WINRE_ROOT_DIR%\windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% osdevice partition=%DRIVE%
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% systemroot %WINRE_ROOT_DIR%\windows
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% detecthal yes
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% nx optin
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% winpe yes

goto :EOF

REM
REM Procedure to create a BCD entry for WinRE installed as a WIM file
REM

:CREATE_WIM_BCD_ENTRY

REM
REM {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
REM
set RAMDISK_OPTIONS={ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}

REM
REM {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}, GUID for the WinPE boot entry
REM

set WINPE_GUID={572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}

REM
REM Create Ramdisk device options for the boot.sdi file
REM
%BCDEDIT% -create %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% -d "Ramdisk Device Options" -device
%BCDEDIT% -set %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% ramdisksdidevice partition=%DRIVE%
%BCDEDIT% -set %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% ramdisksdipath \boot.sdi

REM
REM Create WinRE boot entry
REM

%BCDEDIT% -create %WINPE_GUID% -d "Windows Recovery Environment" -application OSLOADER
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% device ramdisk=[%DRIVE%]\winre.wim,%RAMDISK_OPTIONS%
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% osdevice ramdisk=[%DRIVE%]\winre.wim,%RAMDISK_OPTIONS%
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% systemroot \windows
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% detecthal yes
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% nx optin
%BCDEDIT% -set %WINPE_GUID% winpe yes

goto :EOF


REM
REM Procedure to show usage information
REM

:SHOW_USAGE

echo.
echo This script configure auto failover settings for the specified WinRE.
echo.
echo Usage:
echo %SCRIPTNAME% /target (WinRE path) [Options]
echo.
echo Options:
echo.
echo /target (drive where WinRE is installed) [required]
echo The drive where WinRE is installed w/o the trailing backslash,
echo e.g., C:
echo.
echo /wim [optional]
echo Specifies that WinRE.wim file is installed on target drive. The script
echo assumes that the name of the WIM file is WinRE.wim and the
echo name of the SDI file is boot.sdi
echo.
echo /partition (partition number of the WinRE drive) [optional]
echo Partition number for the above WinRE drive. By default
echo the script assumes partition number 1.
echo.
echo /disk (disk number of the WinRE drive) [optional]
echo Disk number of the above WinRE drive. By default the script assumes
echo disk number 0.
echo.
echo /gpt [optional]
echo The target disk is a GPT disk. By default the script assumes
echo an MBR disk.
echo.
echo /mainos (guid of the main OS) [optional]
echo Use the specified GUID for the main OS. By default the script
echo assumes the current OS. Note -- always specify this option when
echo running from WinPE. To configure the default OS in BCD specify
echo {default}.
echo.
echo /nohide [optional]
echo Don't hide the winre partition
echo.
echo /bcdedit (Full path to bcdedit.exe) [optional]
echo Use the specified bcdedit.exe. By default the script assumes
echo that bcdedit.exe is in the PATH environment variable.
echo.
echo /bcdstore (Full path to BCD store) [optional]
echo Use the specified BCD store. By default the script assumes
echo the system BCD store.
echo.
echo /diskpart (Full path to diskpart.exe) [optional]
echo Use the specified diskpart.exe. By default the script assumes
echo that diskpart.exe is in the PATH environment variable.
echo.

goto :EOF

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the diskpart is in the system32 directory of VistaPE(DVD)
===========================================
here is another ready made ISO to play around with
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vist...-disc-download/

Regards Ben
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Bootrec.exe located in X:\windows\system32 of PE

open a command line in A43.exe
bootrec arguments

Repairs critical disk structures. The following commands are supported:



/FixMbr -- writes the master boot record of the system partition using the master boot record

compatible with Windows Vista. This operation does not overwrite the existing partition table.



/FixBoot -- write a new boot sector onto the system partition using the boot sector compatible

with Windows Vista.



/ScanOs -- scan all disks for installations compatible with Windows Vista and display the

entries that are currently not in the boot configuration store.



/RebuildBcd -- scan all disks for installations compatible with Windows Vista and allow the user

to choose which to add to the boot configuration store.

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This post has been edited by Ed_P: Nov 28 2008, 02:33 PM

[Ben_Mott]

hello again,
this is a question for any vista knowledgeable people including MicroSoft people
does any body know if one can mount any other image apart from .WIM images
for instance ISO images with imagex ????

can one mount ISO with ULTRAiso prog for read write for instance??
or imgBURN in read Mode ??

or any other utility??

regards BEN

[jaclaz]

I replied to your other post:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=22259&hl=

jaclaz

[Ben_Mott]

@Jaclaz,

Thanks very much for your time.
I read that post Thank you.

===========================
hello jaclaz ,

thank you for that

here is some how related useful information regarding ISO and mounting them etc

more and more laptops now come without floppy drive and CD/DVD drive

An old friend of mine who had bought a bridge game on a DVD was disappointed that he could not play it on his new 10” laptop without a DVD drive as after we installed it using a memory stick
,it kept asking to put the DVD in the DVD drive to do a CRC error check to find out if DVD was the
original and not a copy.

So I decided to research into it for a solution.
The solution is that one should make an ISO of the DVD, using UltraISO
http://www.ezbsystems.com
, or imgBurn in read Mode
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
or the Free Alex Feinman ISO recorder
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
once you have created the ISO image of the DVD then you need to mount it.
That is perform a trick of disgusing it as a DVD.
There is a tiny Free program from Microsoft !!! called:
WINXPvirtualCDcontrolPanel
That will do this
http://tinyurl.com/tyxx
it is a zip file expand it and read the text file how to set its driver up.

the above software free from Microsoft works OK but it is old and frankly a bit Amateurish (DIY)
here is a more professional software from Swiss people of same subject.

Virtual Clone Drive
http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html


http://static.slysoft.com/SetupVirtualCloneDrive.exe

but unfortunatly when you mount the image it is read only and you can not add ay thing to it
not like imagex /mountrw the other Microsoft free utility.

=======================================

Regards Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Dec 3 2008, 04:22 PM

[Ben_Mott]

hello again,

some one has written a GUI for imagex called Gimagex
http://www.autoitscript.com/gimagex/

it does what those batch files do (.BAT files)

Regards Ben

[jaclaz]

some one has written a GUI for imagex called Gimagex

Really?
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20706

jaclaz

[Ben_Mott]

thanks for the info

it would have been good if imagex.exe could capture an image with password like ghost.exe
may be the author of Gimagex.exe can put an option in dialog box Tab to add password to the .wim image

Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: May 3 2009, 04:10 PM

[Ben_Mott]

hello again,
useful info:
How to get DISM?
Mount your Windows 7 and go to the System32 folder of the offline image, and copy the "DISM" folder and "DISM.exe" to your Vista System32 folder.or in XP(C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86)

http://blog.brianleejackson.com/deployment...oot-environment

you can add more Batch files
===========================
;adddrivers.bat
cd \
cd c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86
DISM /image:c:\PE\winpe_x86\mount /Add-Driver /driver:C:\YOUR_FOLDER_OF_INF_DRIVERS\ /recurse
pause

=================================
A nice addition to DISM over the previous peimg command in WINPE 2.0 is the ability to add drivers with the /recurse command. The /recurse command now allows us to simply have all of our drivers in their own directory and tell DISM to scan the root folder and everything beneath it. The number of sub directories won’t matter. I have a huge library of drivers, for example, you will want to have the network and vga drivers for anything that you boot up to in the WinPE environment. By adding the network driver to your WinPE boot environment, it allows you to access network shares for capturing and deploying .wim images.
=============================================================
useful info:
http://blog.brianleejackson.com/category/tutorial

Regards Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Sep 22 2009, 01:05 AM

[wes]

Ok with all these steps can someone give one post or reply with all the steps needed? I want to take the WINPE part of Vista and add Acronis true image and also all the drivers for the chipset and RAID card if needed. I would also like to see a real explorer like enviroment so i can browse the drives and disk management utilites. another thing that would be nice is a tool like BartPE that does all that for us.

[jaclaz]

Ok with all these steps can someone give one post or reply with all the steps needed? I want to take the WINPE part of Vista and add Acronis true image and also all the drivers for the chipset and RAID card if needed. I would also like to see a real explorer like enviroment so i can browse the drives and disk management utilites. another thing that would be nice is a tool like BartPE that does all that for us.

We use to call that "Winbuilder" :
http://winbuilder.net/


with projects like VistaPE, VistaPE CAPI or "leopard" (or others):
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=51


jaclaz

[Ben_Mott]

hello again
if you still got windows 7 ultimate Beta on your system
before you delete it make yourself a windows 7 recovery CD

to make a bootable windows 7
go to system and security >Back up and restore
in back up and restore dialog box from the left side choose:
create a system recovery disc
follow the on screen instructions
put an empty CD-R in the drive showing .
in 5 minutes you got a PE2 disc which also has system restore facility

once you got the Cd notice that you got a source directory and you got

a boot directory.
the wim file in source directory is called boot.wim
copy that to c:\pe\winpe_x86\ISO\source directory
and copy the content of the boot directory to
C:\pe\winpe_X86\ISO\boot directory
(you first need to cut and past the original content of that directory

else where so it looks empty)

then open a command line and type
CD \
CD PE
you should have all Batch files(.BAT) in there
use 2mount.bat
to mount the image boot.wim
once it is mounted go to
c:\pe\winpe_x86\mount
there you will see windows7
open that then open system32 folder
put A43.exe file manager in there and also put ghost32.exe in there.
then use
5unmount
then you can put any tool you like in ISO folder which will show on the

root of the CD
then use
6makeiso.bat
to make a new ISO
then use IMGburn
to burn the ISO to a CD-R
boot with that Cd
on command line type A43
to see your files
or type ghost32 to open up ghost in GUI mode.
this windows 7 CD has no network ability to get network ability
type
NETSTART
on the command line
this will run the winpeini
and get wired networking started.
also microsoft menu starts in a file called winpeshl.ini
in which one line refers to it
X:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe
this CD is also got a driver store folder which is only 22MB large

regards Ben

[Ben_Mott]

hello,
I noticed that open office portables calc and so on all work (without plugin)from
windows 7 PE made by going to system and security > recovery >and on left choosing to make a recovery CD
or down load from here
http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

and also Calm anti virus also works without any plug in

I used imagex /mountRW
to mount boot.wim the image
and droped nu2menu.exe and all its assosiates in the system32 folder

then opend winpeshl.ini and channged
path=x:\windows\system\nu2mnu.exe

and then un mounted then made iso

I now have a windows7 pe with all utilities
ghost32 and a43.exe are on the menu
and to get microsoft menu back put it on nu2mnu
X:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe

if you have no paitence for all this make the bootable Cd win7 PE and put all portable apps on memory stick
I also put opera in system32 and started it from bart menu
also start wired networkin from menu
startnet
(startnet.cmd)which is in system32 already

regards Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Oct 27 2009, 03:16 PM

[Ben_Mott]

hello,
I have made a windows 7 Pe
and have used bart menu nu2mnu on it
and put all software for repair , and it seem to work ok
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I found Bart setRES.exe
setres h1024 v768 b32
and that worked in windows 7 PE
I put SETRES.exe on a memory stick bootted with the win7 PE
and on command line entered

setres h1024 v768 b32

and the resolution was changed
thanks again to Bart for letting use share his knowledge
I am going to put that on a line of nu2mnu
and only call it if I am going to use it to go on the internet .
for repair jobs one does not need high resolution and the low 800x600 default is sufficient
I also used firefox from portable apps
as it is supported by Google Apps and it is only 5Mb in size
google docs works ok
and if you go to see your photos in google server the windows 7 PE opens them and you can see them
the good thing about win7pe like Vista it loads to RAMso you can boot to a pc without Hard disk
I have got a feeling Microsoft might be using this PE to reach the Clouds(Bing) in 30 second or a minute!!??
regards Ben
thank you
Ben
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<MENU ID="Display">
<MITEM TYPE="POPUP" DISABLED="@Not(@FileExists(@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\Nu2Menu\setres.exe))" MENUID="Resolution">Screen Resolution</MITEM>
</MENU>


<MENU ID="Resolution">
<MITEM TYPE="ITEM" CMD="RUN" FUNC="@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\Nu2Menu\setres.exe h640 v480">640x480</MITEM>
<MITEM TYPE="ITEM" CMD="RUN" FUNC="@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\Nu2Menu\setres.exe h800 v600">800x600</MITEM>
<MITEM TYPE="ITEM" CMD="RUN" FUNC="@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\Nu2Menu\setres.exe h1024 v768">1024x768</MITEM>
<MITEM TYPE="ITEM" CMD="RUN" FUNC="@GetProgramDrive()\Programs\Nu2Menu\setres.exe h1280 v1024">1280x1024</MITEM>
</MENU>
==================================================================
I want to mount the image that is the boot.wim image and change the screen resolution from 800x600 t0
a higher resolution so I can use it for going on the net and most browsers need a higher resolution,
does any body knows which ini file to hack to get a higher resolution in the PE .
I remember Bart PE menu have a option to change resolution after you boot to his desk top.
I will be grateful if some one point it out save me looking a long time
thanks Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Oct 28 2009, 05:41 PM

[Ben_Mott]

hello,

http://www.itstuff.ca/2009/05/information-...-by-imagex.html


install.wim in windows 7 installation DVD contains these images:

1] Windows 7 STARTER
[2] Windows 7 HOMEBASIC
[3] Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM
[4] Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL
[5] Windows 7 ULTIMATE
as explained in this link:
http://www.itstuff.ca/2009/05/information-...-by-imagex.html
using imagex
MAGEX /INFO D:\Sources\install.wim
it is the product key that decides which image to extract from the
install.wim file
=======================================================
_info_about-install-wim.BAT
======================================================================
@echo off

IF {%1}=={} @Echo Please provide a path to the .WIM file. For ex. D:\Sources\install.wim &goto :EOF

SET WIMPATH=%1
SET Images-Num=
SET LoopNum=
SET I=

FOR /F "TOKENS=3 Delims=: " %%a in ('imagex /INFO %1 ^| Find /i "Image Count"') do set Images-Num=%%a
SET /a LoopNum=%Images-Num% + 1

@Echo Index Image Name

:LOOP1
SET /a I=%I% + 1
IF "%I%"=="%LoopNum%" goto END
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 Delims=>,<" %%a in ('Imagex /INFO %1 %I% ^| find /i "<name>"') do @Echo [%I%] %%a
goto LOOP1

:END
</name>
============================================================================

usage on the command line:
_info_about-install-wim c:\pe\install.wim

C:\temp4>_info_about-wim c:\pe\install.wim
Index Image Name
[1] Windows 7 HOMEBASIC
[2] Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM
[3] Windows 7 BUSINESS
[4] Windows 7 ULTIMATE
============================================

I have added this to the rest of the batch files on this link and added it to C:\pe folder
=========================================

Deployment image servicing and management (DISM)
new deployment tool in windows 7
to do tings with the image you got to mount it first and work with it OFFLINE

to mount the image use this command
DISM /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\dismdemo\imstallationCaptured.wim /index 1 /mountdir:c:offline

after image is mounted we can see the pakages in the image.

DISM /image:C:offline /get-packages

also can see features in the image

DISM /image:C:\offline /get-features

we now can see all the features in the image and wether they are enabled or disabled ?

new to DISM is the ability to add and remove drivers

DISM /image:C:\offline /add-driver /driver:C:\dismdemo\driverpackages\decon\toaster

to see the drivers
DISM /image:C:\offline /get-drivers

original name is kept but name in the image is changed to say oem65.inf to avoid naming conflicts.
original file name is toastco.inf

to remove this driver from the image

DISM /image:C:offline /remove-driver /driver:oem65.if

to check if it was removed again use
DISM /image:C:\offline /get-drivers

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regards Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Nov 1 2009, 05:44 AM