MarkAtWag

Yes, this boot image is for windows setup in WDS, not my capture image. Edit: side note, i also thought that i might need to install some packages, like peimg /install=WinPE-Scripting-Package D:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows i get the 0x80070002 error - only thing i could think it because its mounted on D, and AIK installed on C - just a thought

I tested this with the following in my windows\system32\winpeshl.ini [LaunchApp] [LaunchApps] x:\windows\system32\DISKPART.exe "/S X:\windows\system32\deploy.txt" but not luck. I'm wondering if somehow the WDS part of my WinPE is loading first (Install Windows screen) even though i have winpeshl file in system32.

Thanks for the help, I seem to be getting closer. I tried with just the startnet.cmd , putting wpeinit DISKPART /S X:\windows\system32\deploy.txt deploy.txt has SELECT DISK 0 ,CLEAN, EXIT. I never saw the command prompt come up, and I can tell it didnt run. -- I tried the winpeshl.ini way, (cleared out startnet.cmd except for wpeinit) So in winpeshl.ini i have [LaunchApp] [LaunchApps] X:\Windows\System32\deploy.cmd same thing, didnt run. If I Shift+F10 and search under windows\system32 I do not see my files , yet if i unmount the image and browse it I see them all. - i know im booting and mounting to the correct ones. I'll bake a pie for anyone who leads me to solve this =)

Sweet, yeah that was easy to make another instance. Now, I can AIK mount that wim to edit it to make the changes that I need. However, i just cant wrap my head around how i can force that script to run. It will boot to the deployment screen, but i want to force the following to run before we log in to deploy an image. DISKPART SELECT DISK 0 CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY EXIT EXIT *Edit - essentially i want to run an autoexec.bat when the boot image loads.. but dont know where to put it.

After we switched vendors for laptops, the new ones have some sort of hidden oem partition that goofs up the boot manager after imaging (<Root Windows>\system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt). I found a great fix that can be run in WDS before imaging and it makes the rest seamless. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...a5-db8af038fb0c What I would like to do is integrate the commands into a new boot.wim. So ideally when we PXE boot to wds, it will allow me to select Dell or HP; just like it does when we enable the capture boot wim. Since I didnt create the original boot wims im a little stumped. I see there is just one boot.wim and the rest (including our capture) is boot.wim.bcd . Any pointers on how to create a new boot option that can run a script before logon would be helpful! If im going about this all wrong let me know too ) Thanks again MSFN!