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To get WinPE from Longhorn builds 4051/4053/4074:
NOTE: 4074 has NO mouse support!
1.) Run "%CDDRIVE%" or "%LHdir%"\setup.exe /noreboot <-- Use your dir's here, <ex. d:\setup.exe /noreboot>
2.) Navigate to the root of the c: drive <make sure you can see hidden files>
You should see 2 folders with "$" in front of them these are the install folders for LongHorn.
The one you care about is the $WINDOWS.~BT
If you look inside here you will see most all files needed for LHPE,
Create a folder called LHPE, and then create another folder in that one called "I386"
Copy all the files to "LHPE\I386" folder. Now delete the file bootsect.dat, next open
up the txtsetup.sif with notepad, hit CTRL+F and type in "BootPath" without quotes, delete that line.
3.) Now look inside your Root folder of your LH4051/4053/4074 disk or iso
copy those four files to the "LHPE" folder: Win51, win51ip, winbom.ini, and readme.htm
4.) Next it is time to edit the "setupreg.hiv" Open regedit in XP and navigate to HKLM(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
click file -> Load Hive, navigate to the LHPE\I386\System32 folder click on setupreg.hiv, type in a
key name, I use PEsetup, now expand the PEsetup Key go to "setup" key, double click "CmdLine"
in the right pane, change the 'value data' to "cmd.exe /k" this will load the command line.
Now go back the the root of the key, click 'PEsetup' -> click file menu -> unload hive, yes.
5.) Take a tool like CdImage and a valid XP boot image and ceate your iso, remember to remove all attributes on
all the files in the LHPE folder, -h -r, I am including a batch file for this at the end of this post which
will do this for you, and also pass the correct switches to cdImage. Now you have your WinPE ISO. Burn it
with your choice of software.
!!DO NOT use a program like winiso or the like to create this iso, as it is reportedly a pain!!!
BAM! Longhorn WinPE!
6.) ---> IMPORTANT!!! <---
Now it is time to clean up your PC, since you did a install without a reboot the temp files are sitting
there waiting to reek havoc on you, so first move is to rename the new "boot.ini" to something else I use
"boot.OLD" and then rename the "boot.BAK" file back to it's original "Boot.ini" name, and delete the "boot.OLD".
this will eleviate the HDD of trying to boot into the install environment of Longhorn.
Now delete the "$LDR$" and the txtsetup.sif file as they are not needed either.
And finally delete the two Longhorn install folders, "$WINDOWS.~BT" and "$WINDOWS.~LS"
Some will say just leave the temp files as they will be deleted on the next reboot but I for one
don't like nasty suprises, now you should reboot just to clear out the crap in memory. While you are at it
why not try out your new WinPE CD?
I cannot host the batch file and the boot image for long due to my limited bandwidth. So anyone willing to host them feel free.
WinPE Creator (44.9 KB):
Likuidkewl's Source= http://members.cox.net/likuidkewl/LHPEcreator.rar
Taco's Mirror= http://www.iexbeta.com/~tacobell/longhorn/H4051_LikuidkewlWinPECreator_v1.0.rar
EmoAddict15's Mirror= http://emo.toastednet.org/LHPEcreator.rar
The files above need to be extracted to the same dir for them to work right. And you need to edit the LHPEcreate.cmd to your folder locations, now they are a generic e:\LHPE.
Please post comments, suggestions, things I forgot here! Thanks for your time and good luck!
--Likuidkewl
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