Create a Windows Live WinPE 10
Create a Windows Live (based on Windows PE )
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With Windows, like Linux, there is the possibility to create and use a "Live" system: eg Live CD or Live USB (or even network boot).
A Windows Live is a Windows system, often minimalist, that loads in RAM and allows you to run software and access to computer data storage (HDD, SSD, etc ...).
This is particularly handy for example when Windows will not start: you can start a Windows Live for example repair the system, or even back up everything else and reinstall.
Note: this tutorial for creating a simple Windows Live, with few modifications.
The software is available for download at Microsoft:
Download ADK 10 for windows 10 Technical Preview here
or
Download Windows ADK 8.0 (formerly called Windows AIK) here
This will allow to generate a Windows Live based on Windows PE 4, or Windows PE 10 depending of choise ADK 10 or ADK 8 ie: Windows 8, Windows 10
This will allow to generate a Windows Live based on Windows PE 4, or Windows PE 10 depending of choise ADK 10 or ADK 8 ie: Windows 8, Windows 10
So Ill just call: Live 10.
In terms of license, here is a quote from a part of what can be read by installing the Windows ADK:
As part of this license agreement, you have perpetual rights presented below.
1. Installation and Use Rights. You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices only in order to deploy, maintain, evaluate the quality of the system and evaluate your systems and devices in operating systems Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.
Besides clear: Windows Live (Windows PE) should be used only for deployment, maintenance (maintenance, repair) and evaluation of an existing Windows.
Under no circumstances Live Windows should be your main Windows.
For installation, I recommend to install only the bare essentials:
- Deployment Tools
- Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE)
Once installation is complete, we will open the tool named "Deployment environment and image creation tools"
It is either in the start menu: All Programs -> Windows Templates -> Windows ADK -> "Environment deployment and imaging tools"
If you have Windows 8 without software that restores the Start menu, it is also present in the home screen.
Please note this is not an easy Prompt commands, like opening directly "cmd.exe"
Indeed, there are several environment variables that are activated to view all utility without specifying the full path.
By installing Windows ADK, actually WIM images are ready for use, well just use them and modify them slightly.
Well put in a folder, start with the Live 8 x64 for example, knowing that with the x86 is practically the same.
And commands start:
copype amd64 C: live8x64
It was the confirmation "Success":
And in the C: live8x64 there are now three folders:
- Fwfiles (contains the boot sector for BIOS and UEFI)
- Media (Live full, ready to be made into ISO image or to put on a USB key)
- Mount (empty folder at first, can be used as a mount point for the WIM image of Windows Live, for example to change the Live)
Mounting WIM image in the empty folder:
Dism / mount-picture /imagefile:C:live8x64mediasources oot.wim / index: 1 / mountdir: C: live8x64 mount
In the C: live8x64 mount seen the files of Live 8, directly accessible and modifiable.
Possible modifications are free, as long as one does not modify the Microsoft binaries; the rest no problem
This will, for example, the local register (beehives in C: live8x64 mount Windows System32 config) to the startup script "startnet.cmd"found in the System32 folder or the Desktop Background "winpe.jpg" .
By default, the Live 8 was only in English, so the keyboard is QWERTY.
With Windows ADK, there are packs of features and languages ??that can be added, available in the folder:
"C: Program Files (x86) Windows Kits 8.0 Assessment and Deployment Kit Windows Pre-Installation Environment amd64 WinPE_OCs"
There among other support for PowerShell 3, .Net Framework 4, WMI, PPPoE, Remote Storage, Asian fonts, etc ...
And in the subfolder "en-us" there is the language pack "lp.cab" and language packs for each feature that you want to add.
For this tutorial, I chose a basic Live 8, so just with EN support:
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / add-package / packagepath: "C: Program Files (x86) Windows Kits 8.0 Assessment and Deployment Kit Windows Pre-Installation Environment amd64 WinPE_OCs en-US lp .cab "
And activation of the language and keyboard QWERTY FR:
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / Set-UILang: en-GB
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / Set-SysLocale: en-GB
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / Set-UserLocale: en-GB
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / Set-InputLocale: en-GB
And if we withdrew the language that does not serve us in the WIM image?
To do this, simply list the packages present in:
Dism / image: C: live8x64 mount / get-packages
We must get something like:
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