Guide: Adding drivers to a custom winPE (3.0)

[wmmayms]

Here are the command needed to add drivers to a custom WIM

 

1. Make sure you have Windows Automated Installation Kit installed (make sure you have the latest version)

2. Open "Deployment Tools Command Prompt" (Start -> All programs -> right click on Microsoft Windows AIK, choose Run As administrator)

3. Copy base files to c:\winpe (change x86 to amd64 for 64bit)

copype x86 c:\winpe  

 

4. Mount imagefile

Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\winpe\winpe.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\winpe\mount 

 

5. Copy all drivers into a catalog for example c:\temp

 

6. Inject custom drivers

Dism /image:C:\winpe\mount /Add-Driver /driver:C:\temp /recurse  

 

7. Look what drivers are installed

Dism /image:C:\winpe\mount /get-drivers   

 

8. Save the changes

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\winpe\mount /Commit  

 

9. Change format from Windows Image format so we can boot from the file

copy c:\winpe\winpe.wim c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim 

 

And that is it!

You can now use this file (c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim) in SCCM or burn it to a ISO (look at this post for info on that)

 

Cheers!

Edited November 3, 2010 by anyweb
added right click on Microsoft Windows AIK, choose Run As administrator

[wmmayms]

Btw has any of you got vmware tools drivers working in winPE?

 

The mouse support would be great in a lab/test environment!

[anyweb]

the mouse works fine here in winpe on our vmware servers (vsphere v.4.0)

[matlock]

Whats the difference between using dism to inject drivers into your boot image and using the options within SCCM to add drivers?

 

If you right click a boot image within sccm (2012 sp1) go to properties, there is a drivers tab with a starburst to add a driver.

 

Do these effectively do the same thing?

 

Thanks for any clarity you can provide.

 

-Matlock

[Peter van der Woude]

If nothing fancy is required, just use the ConfigMgr console to add drivers to the boot image. Only drivers added via the console, to a boot image, will show in the console in the properties of the boot image.