Windows 7 Preinstallation Enviroment

l337_GuY · #1 September 5th, 2011, 12:16 AM

Hi guys,

Never really done much with Windows 7 installation and stuff, But I need to figure out how to boot into the Windows preinstallation Enviroment where you can enter in commands like for using ImageX to create a WIM image, which I then need to convert to VHD and later mount.

I have a Windows PE disc, But when I boot to that it just gives me a memory diagnostic or boot windows 7.

Very lost and google seemed useless.

AnnMarie · #2 September 5th, 2011, 04:34 AM

Hi l337_GuY. Where did you get the disk from, what version of PE is it and have you checked that your boot priority is to set boot from the CDRom drive as first device? There is a lot of information out there regarding Windows PE. Technet is probably your best source.

l337_GuY · #3 September 5th, 2011, 10:30 PM

Oh nevermind, I figured it out. Turns out it was booting the PE disc I thought it was booting into windows and I couldn't figure it out when the windows screen would come up. My Bad :S

AnnMarie · #4 September 5th, 2011, 11:48 PM

Really? It sounded to me like you were in Windows Boot Manager. You can see bars showing Windows PE loading when you boot with the disk.