Gather Required Files for a Bootable Utility Disk (Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1)

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9/30/2012

With a bootable utility disk that contains the required files, you can start your device using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0. A bootable utility 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 utility disk should also contain a compatible driver.

Optionally, you might want to customize the installation of Windows PE that you plan to include on your bootable utility disk. For more information, see Create a Custom Windows PE Image.

Note

Windows PE versions prior to version 3.0 cannot be used for this process.

Hardware and Software Assumptions

You have installed Windows Embedded Standard 7 Toolkit on a development computer that meets the Requirements for a Development Computer.

To gather required files for a bootable utility disk

  1. On the development computer, choose Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows Embedded Standard 7, and right-click Windows PE Tools Command Prompt then select Run as administrator.

    A Windows PE Tools Command Prompt window opens.

  2. At the command prompt, run the Copype.cmd script by typing the following, replacing [device_arch] with either x86 or amd64 and replacing [tempdir] with a temporary directory where you can gather the files and folders necessary for the utility CD-ROM or UFD:

    copype.cmd <device_arch> <tempdir>

    For example, if your device has a 32-bit architecture, type the following:

    copype.cmd x86 C:\utildisk

    The script creates the following directory structure and copies all the necessary files for that architecture; for example:

    \utildisk
\utildisk\ISO
\utildisk\mount

    Warning

    If this temporary directory already exists, you will receive an error message.

  3. Copy the base image (Winpe.wim) to the \utildisk\ISO\sources folder and rename the file to Boot.wim, by typing the following:

    copy c:\utildisk\winpe.wim c:\utildisk\ISO\sources\boot.wim

  4. If you have created a custom Windows PE image for the bootable utility disk, replace the Boot.wim image file in the \ISO\Sources directory with your custom Windows PE image file. For example, if the custom Windows PE image is named mywinpe.wim and it resides in the mywims folder on the C drive, then at the command prompt, type the following:

    copy C:\mywims\mywinpe.wim C:\utildisk\ISO\Sources\Boot.wim

  5. If your device does not have a DVD-ROM drive, you must copy the Image Builder files from the Standard 7 DVD appropriate to the device architecture to a location that your device can access, such as a UFD or a network share. For more information, see Relocate the Image Builder Files.

Next Steps

After you gather required files for a bootable utility disk, the next step is to gather additional files that you may want on your bootable utility disk. For more information, see Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk.

See Also

Tasks

Gather Optional Files for a Bootable Utility Disk

Concepts

Windows Embedded Standard 7 Media