For those interested the WAIK Beta for creating PE is availabe from Microsoft.

http://www.osattack.com/?p=494

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

lol....downloaded it yesterday....let's see when I've time to work with it.

Anyone heard about new features compared to PE 2 (Vista/2008)???

This is from the documentation that is downloaded with the new PE. So far they all look like really good changes.

This documentation is preliminary and subject to change.

New Features in Windows PEWindows® PE 3.0 contains several new features.

Windows PE Lifetime serviceability: Images can be serviced throughout their lifetimes.

/prep: The PEImg.exe tool is deprecated in this release. As a result the /prep command-line option is no longer supported.
Optimize Windows PE image: Use the new /apply-profiles switch to reduce the contents of a Windows PE image to only those files necessary to support a given set of applications.

System drive letter: You can assign any letter to the system drive.

DISM.exe: Use this new command-line tool to customize a Windows PE image offline. Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) enables you to add and remove drivers, Windows PE components, and language packs. For more information, see Deployment Image Servicing and Management Command-Line Options.

Thanks again Paxamime for your batch files,
I down loaded windows7(son of Vista) the other day and WAIK vista works ok with it

how to make a Custom Vista or Windows7 DVD)
Reference WAIK PE maker:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=18758&st=0

change 6makeiso.bat slightly
the -m parameter OSCDIMG removes limitation of Cd size
so it can make a DVD image size
down load Windows7 ISO and put it on a DVD using Nero or the latest version of imgBurn (the older versions do not work properly with DVD)
then copy the contents to :
C:\pe\winpe_x86\ISO

and then copy all tools like imagex A43 dirverstore Defragler DiskPartitioner etc
http://www.defraggler.com/
they all work from the son of Vista PE(windows7 PE)
to the ISO folder in wike(C:\pe\winpe_x86\ISO)
so now you got cotents of Windows7 DVD and tools in the ISO folder.

and then use batch file 6makeiso.bat with -m added to it
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cd \
c:
cd c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools"

OSCDIMG -bc:\PE\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com -n -o -m c:\PE\winpe_x86\iso c:\PE\winpe_x86.iso

pause
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to make new iso (DVD size)
use Nero or latest imgburn to burn it to a DVD

that DVD is bootable and is a custom installation DVD Windows7
Ultimate.

you can see and use tools on root of DVD and also Driverstore which resides in windows\system32 is handy
as you can update drivers pointing to that folder .

Regards Ben