WinPE 2.0 - what to remove

[dkreifus]

I haven't had to build a PE disk in a long time. I've been pleased to find that 2.0 is a bit easier, and most of my drivers are built in. (ie: NIC).

I want to reduce the size of the image, so I can have it load a bit faster. What can I remove?

I see a whole bunch of language packs (or so they seem) under the system32 directory...are they deletable?

Edited May 7, 2007 by dkreifus

[geo411m]

yes language file are deletable as well as the language font in the various boot folders. look around cause you'll see the same fonts and language files in different folder.

[dkreifus]

Can I just delete them, or do I have to uninstall them?

[geo411m]

Can I just delete them, or do I have to uninstall them?

i just delete them. just make sure to leave eng language files or what ever language your disk uses or your PE wont boot.

[dkreifus]

What exe files can I remove? I really want to speed up the boot process

What are the *.NLS files?

and the KBD*.dll files?

I'm thinking about removing the following:

Windows\Fonts

Windows Servicing\Packages

Under windows\system32

diskraid.exe

dpapimig.exe

doskey.exe

esentutl.exe

esent.dll

ftp.exe

notepad.exe

ntprint.exe

ntprint.dll

print.exe

printui.dll

robocopy.exe

taskmgr.exe

wbengine.exe

wbadmin.exe

wdscapture.exe

wdscapture.inf

Thoughts?

[sillentkil]

i'm trying the same for my work i edited ur list with the things i deleted maby tomoro i can add some more files i deleted

do you know if i can delete all the fonts in the

windows folder, the boot\fonts folder, and the EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\FONTS folder

in Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink

theres only en-US and nl-NL left

Under windows\system32

diskraid.exe

dpapimig.exe

doskey.exe

esentutl.exe

esent.dll

ftp.exe (deleted)

notepad.exe (deleted)

ntprint.exe (deleted)

ntprint.dll

print.exe

printui.dll

robocopy.exe (deleted)

taskmgr.exe

wbengine.exe

wbadmin.exe

wdscapture.exe

wdscapture.inf

i hope this helps

Ricardo

[dkreifus]

I found that:

esentutl.exe

esent.dll

Are needed if doing any drive mapping

[Rakesh Baldha]

How can I remove drivers from WinPE 2.0 mounted image?

Is there any tool to remove drivers?

We can add peimg /inf=<inf file> so it will add drivers into mounted wim image but I haven't found any tool to remove drivers from mounted image.

Any pointer would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[bj-kaiser]

Is there any reason not to just rebuilt the image?

Given you have a set of batch- or other script-files its just a matter of minutes. Personally I like to use WinBuilder, with my own set of scripts, which I based on the process described in the WAIK help files. Simply because VistaPE does way to much with the PE image for my liking.