
- #WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO HOW TO#
- #WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO INSTALL#
- #WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO 32 BIT#
Once these steps are completed, locate the file COPYPE.CMD in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools, and open it in your favourite text editor. (The detailed instructions for this supplement can be found here: Where E:\ is the root location of the SP1 supplement. Xcopy E:\ "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools" /ERDY The installation of the supplement is achieved by mounting the ISO, opening an elevated command prompt and typing:
#WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO INSTALL#
Once the WAIK is installed, install the SP1 supplement from the second download. While you are doing this, you may also wish to download the SP1 supplement (1.25Gb) from here: The other install options are not required for this process. (If you choose to install to another folder, you will have to make many edits to the scripts that follow.) The option to choose from the setup menu is the Windows AIK setup. Then just run the setup of the WAIK from the DVD (real or virtual), and let it install to the default location. This will download the file KB3AIK_EN.ISO (1.66Gb), which you can then burn to DVD or alternatively just mount as a virtual DVD using something like the free Virtual Clonedrive utility: The first step is to download the Windows 7 WAIK, which is currently located at:
#WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO 32 BIT#
The process I am going to describe is for a 32 bit WinPE boot system, but the WAIK contains the sources for AMD64 and IA64 boot systems as well, and the process scripts can readily be amended to use these sources instead. If in doubt, carry out the procedure in a Windows 7 virtual machine – either 32 bit or 64 bit.) (At this time I want to point out that the steps I am recording here worked for me, but I offer no warranties that it will work for everyone, so don’t blame me if anything happens to your system. However, the procedure outlined for creating the bootable iso in the Microsoft document WinPE.CHM at the default location of: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Docs\CHMs just did not want to work for me, and it took me a while to find the solution. WinPE 3.0 introduces the DISM.EXE tool (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) as the primary utility for creating the content for the iso and wim files. The associated boot.wim file can also be installed on USB flash memory devices and USB hard disks to create a portable bootable environment that can support all your computer hardware.

#WINDOWS 7 PE DOWNLOAD ISO HOW TO#
The objectives of this article are to show how to create a Windows PE 3 iso image, which can then be used to create a WinPE 3 bootable CD or DVD or used with VMWare as a bootable iso image. With the arrival of Windows 7, Microsoft have released an updated version of WinPE, currently versioned as V3.1, which is based on the Windows 7 kernel. Was written for WinPE version 2, which is based on the Vista kernel. My previous article “Adventures with WinPE” which can be found at:
