[Eagle710]

I am trying to update a network driver on a prepped WIM file. First I mount the image and when I attempt to load the inf file it gives me an error stating that the specificed directory is not a WinPE image.

According to MS I should be able to do this after words.....
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library...160(WS.10).aspx

Any ideas?

[Tripredacus]

I am going to wager a guess that your WIM is of an XP image?

[Eagle710]

No this is a WAIK v1.1 on a VISTA system.

[Tripredacus]

OK is your WIM of a Win PE or is it of a drive image? If it is a Vista image, you should add new drives in manually and modify your sysprep.xml files or unattend files inside the image to work with the new drivers.

[Eagle710]

It is a WinPE img that have the drivers added. I have a different system and need to add the driver.

[Tripredacus]

OK, open up the PE Tools command prompt and run all your commands until you get this error. Then post everything in the command prompt window.

[Eagle710]

As requested,

Attached File(s)

•  Non_Image_Directory.JPG (85.89K)
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[Tripredacus]

Did you prep it after you initially made the PE? Also, did you happen to have upgraded or installed a new WAIK version since making that particular WIM?

[Eagle710]

No I did not prep it. Even if I did why would I get the error message when attempting to import a driver?

[Tripredacus]

When you first make your PE, you should prep it before unmounting it. Make another one as a test, prep it and unmount. THen remount and peimg to see if you get different results. I've never made a PE WIM without prepping it.

[Eagle710]

What are the downsides to not prepping the WIM? I have finished and don't want to get re-create it unless I absolutely need to. Still doesn't answer my question of why I cannot add a driver afterwards...prepping it should still allow me to add a driver.

[Tripredacus]

Recreating shouldn't take very long at all. You can mount your old WIM and the new WIM into different folders at the same time. Then just copy over the files.

I have never created a Winpe.wim without prepping it, as I learned how to make them with IcemanND's guide.