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Hi guys!

I hope I am in the right place....

I hve VMware workstation 11 installed on my server...

I am trying to create update syspreped images to deploy to my computers...

Scenario.

I create a new virtual machine..for example Windows 7 Pro

I create two virtual drives on is C: and one is D:

I install Windows 7 Pro and when I get to add user I go to audit mode... CTRL+SHIFT+F3

I then proceed to install updates in audit mode.

I then turn off Windows 7 and defrag my virtual machine..

I create a before_sysprep snapshot of the virtual machine

I start the virtual machine and then run generalize and turn off the computer...

I edit my settings to add my PE Boot 3.0 image...

I boot into PE Boot and then proceed to capture my C: drive to my D: drive...

This is where it goes pearshaped...

I get the following error:

 

[33%] capturing (with verification) progress: 13:59 min remaining

[ERROR] C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBpersist_20151115080739.log <ERROR 2>

Error imaging drive [C:\]

The file can't be found

What I don't understand is no warnings came up when sysprepping...the process ended without error....

Has anyone any ideas on this for me?

 

Thanks!

bookie32

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Hi again!

I have a PE 3.0 and am getting Capture-Image unknown...

Am I missing something here?

It is a long time since I created a PE cd and can't remember how to add extra languages etc...

Shouldn't the PE 3.0 work?

 

bookie32

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Hi again!

Been looking at language support and most files are in the \8.1\Assesment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\sv-se folder - but I don't see one for font...

 

Any ideas?

 

bookie32

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Hi again!

Is this winpe like the older ones and I need to add dism.exe  to the boot.wim?

 

bookie32

PS are there any general drivers that you would recommend adding to the winpe?

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There are 2 methods I use for adding files. One is to mount the wim and put the files in there. For a quicker way sometimes I have files on a network share or copy from a deployed image in order to run.

 

As for drivers, I only add what I specifically need in order to keep sizes down. Some others like to add driver packs for mass storage or LAN, especially if they are going to be using their WinPE in a repair shop type scenario and may not know exactly what hardware they are going to be running on.

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Hi guys!

More problems with this...

I have followed https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825109.aspx...

I created my amd64 first

copype amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount"

The first file I added to this was:

Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-HTA.cab" 

I had no problem with this all the way through to saving and unmounting...

 

I am trying to created the same with the x86 version...again I followed the how to...

copype x86 C:\WinPE_x86

I mounted it as before and tried to add the first file as above but keep getting and Error 3

Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\WinPE_x86\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-HTA.cab" 

The error  says unable to access the image

Make sure the image path exists...bla, bla, bla..

 

I just can't see anything wrong with the code and it is doing my head in...

 

Can anyone shed some light on this...?

 

bookie32

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