Add a Device Driver to an Offline Windows PE Image (Standard 7 SP1)

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7/8/2014

You can use the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool to add a device driver (.inf) to an offline image of Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 3.0. For more information about DISM, see Deployment Image Servicing and Management Technical Reference.

To add a device driver to an offline Windows PE image

  1. Mount the base Windows PE image to a local directory by using the DISM tool. Consider the following example:

    dism /Mount-WIM /WimFile:c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim /index:1 /MountDir:c:\winpe_x86\mount

  2. Add the .inf file to the base Windows PE image by using the /Add-Driver option. Consider the following example:

    dism /image:<path_to_image> /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows\driver.inf

    For more information about adding drivers by using the /Add-Driver option, see Driver Servicing Command-Line Options.

  3. After you finish modifying the Windows PE image, dismount the image. Consider the following example:

    dism /unmount-wim /Mountdir:c:\winpe_x86\mount /commit

See Also

Tasks

Create a Custom Windows PE Image
Add a Device Driver to an Online Windows PE Image