Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Disk (Standard 7 SP1)

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7/8/2014

With a bootable disk that contains the required files, you can start your device using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0 and begin a Windows Embedded Standard 7 installation. A bootable disk must contain the files for an installation of Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0. If the storage drive of your device is not visible in Windows PE, the bootable disk should also contain a compatible driver.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

  • You have installed Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit on a development computer that meets the Requirements for a Development Computer.
  • You have the Standard 7 DVDs or access to their contents on other media, such as a network share.
  • You have already gathered required files to a temporary directory <temp_directory>, such as C:\bootdisk. For more information, see Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive.

To gather optional files for a bootable disk

  1. On the development computer, on the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Windows Embedded Standard 7, and then click Windows PE Tools Command Prompt.

    A Windows PE Tools Command Prompt window opens.

  2. (Optional) Add Target Analyzer Program (TAP). TAP analyzes the hardware on a device and generates a .pmq file that you can use with Image Configuration Editor to add drivers to an answer file.

    At the command prompt, type the following to copy the appropriate version of TAP to the ISO directory in your <temp_directory>, replacing <tool_directory> with the location of Standard 7 Toolkit on your development computer and <temp_directory> with your temporary directory

    copy "<tool_directory>\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\Image Configuration Editor\Tap.exe" <temp_directory>\bootdisk\ISO

    For more information, see Generate a .pmq File Using Target Analyzer and Import a .pmq File into Image Configuration Editor.

  3. (Optional) Add the ImageX tool and an exclusion list to the temporary directory. You use ImageX to capture, modify, mount, and apply images; you need an exclusion list to specify files and folders that ImageX should exclude when capturing an image.

    To add ImageX, type the following to copy the appropriate version of the ImageX tool to the ISO directory in your <temp_directory>, replacing <tool_directory> with the location of Standard 7 Toolkit on your development computer and <temp_directory> with the your temporary directory.

    copy "<tool_directory>\Windows Embedded Standard 7\Tools\AMD64\ImageX.exe" <temp_directory>\bootdisk\ISO

    To make an exclusion list, create a text file named Wimscript.ini that lists the files and folders that ImageX should exclude, and save the file in the same directory as ImageX.

    For more information, see Capture and Mount an Image and Example Exclusion List in a Wimscript.ini File.

  4. (Optional) Add device drivers your device needs. Although Standard 7 contains many device drivers, your device might require a device driver that Standard 7 does not provide. Type the following to copy the compatible device driver to the ISO directory in your <temp_directory>, replacing <driver_directory> with the location of your driver and <temp_directory> with your temporary directory.

    xcopy <driver_directory> <temp_directory>\bootdisk\ISO\HDDdrvr /s

  5. If you want to run Image Builder Wizard from the bootable disk and it has at least 500 MB of free space, then copy the following files and folders from the Standard 7 DVD appropriate to your device's architecture to <tempdir>:

    • Files:
      • bootmgr
      • bootmgr.efi (64-bit architecture only)
      • setup.exe
    • Folders:
      • boot
      • efi
      • sources
      • support
      • upgrade

See Also

Tasks

Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive
Create a Bootable CD-ROM
Relocate the Image Builder Files

Concepts

Windows Embedded Standard 7 Media