WindowsPE & RamDisk

[Chris]

I am in need of enabling my Windows PE CD/ISO with a RamDrive with about
128MB or so. I found a few websites out there that walk me through it but
didnt have much luck. It looked like it was a matter of editing a few files
in the WinPE folder on the ISO or CD. Is there anyone in here that would be
able to give some sound advise and doing suck thing. My end goal here is to
be able to use some Disk Imageing utils such as Drive Pro and or Norton
Ghost with I have already done. But need to get a RamDrive going in my
Windows PE. Can anyone help.

Thanks,

[Nicholas]

Editing or re-engineering Windows XP is a violation of
the End-User Licensing Agreement (EULA).

You're not going to get any help, from a Microsoft newsgroup,
with altering XP's system file structure in order to accommodate
a third-party application.


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Nicholas

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"Chris" > wrote in message:
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| I am in need of enabling my Windows PE CD/ISO with a RamDrive with =
about
| 128MB or so. I found a few websites out there that walk me through it =
but
| didnt have much luck. It looked like it was a matter of editing a few =
files
| in the WinPE folder on the ISO or CD. Is there anyone in here that =
would be
| able to give some sound advise and doing suck thing. My end goal here =
is to
| be able to use some Disk Imageing utils such as Drive Pro and or =
Norton
| Ghost with I have already done. But need to get a RamDrive going in my
| Windows PE. Can anyone help.
|=20
| Thanks,

[Chris]

That is what Windows PE is used for. For OEMs to customize to prep a system
or a buch of system for deployments. and for running imaging programs.


Pulled from http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/sam/winPe.asp

Windows Preinstallation Environment
March 15, 2002

Microsoft Windows® Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a minimal
operating system based on the Windows XP kernel. WinPE functionally replaces
DOS and contains the minimum functionality needed to run Windows Setup,
scripts, or custom installation and imaging applications. With WinPE you can
automate the preinstallation of Windows to your workstations and servers.
You can also:

a.. Create and format disk partitions, including NTFS file systems.
b.. Access file shares on your internal network and make up to four
network connections.
c.. Support all mass-storage devices that use Windows 2000 or Windows XP
drivers.
Features
WinPE is a bootable CD that supports all mass-storage and networking drivers
contained on the Windows XP Professional CD and includes:

a.. A hardware-independent Windows environment for both x86 and IA64
architectures, with a small footprint on both the bootable media and in
memory.
b.. A subset of the Microsoft Win32® API, a command-line interface
(Cmd.exe) capable of running batch files, and support for standard scripting
environments used to create custom tools or scripts.
c.. Network access and support for standard network drivers that may be
required for copying images and test suites from a network using TCP/IP. You
can add or remove network drivers to customize WinPE.
d.. Support for all mass-storage devices that use Windows 2000, Windows
XP, or Windows Server 2003 family drivers. As new devices become available,
you can remove unneeded drivers or add additional drivers.
e.. Support to create, delete, format, and manage NTFS partitions.
f.. Hardware diagnostics can be run by loading and testing specific
hardware drivers.
Specifications
The size of a custom version of WinPE will vary depending on the set of
drives chosen to include. The approximate size of a non-clustered version of
WinPE is listed in the following table.

Platform On-Disk Image Size In-Memory Size
Intel x86 WinPE ~120 MB ~40 MB
Intel IA64 WinPE ~220 MB ~42 MB

Fulfillment
All Enterprise Agreement and Software Assurance Membership customers will
receive Windows PE in the October 2002 update to the CD kit.


Chris

"Nicholas" > wrote in message
...
Editing or re-engineering Windows XP is a violation of
the End-User Licensing Agreement (EULA).

You're not going to get any help, from a Microsoft newsgroup,
with altering XP's system file structure in order to accommodate
a third-party application.


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Nicholas

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"Chris" > wrote in message:
...

| I am in need of enabling my Windows PE CD/ISO with a RamDrive with about
| 128MB or so. I found a few websites out there that walk me through it but
| didnt have much luck. It looked like it was a matter of editing a few
files
| in the WinPE folder on the ISO or CD. Is there anyone in here that would
be
| able to give some sound advise and doing suck thing. My end goal here is
to
| be able to use some Disk Imageing utils such as Drive Pro and or Norton
| Ghost with I have already done. But need to get a RamDrive going in my
| Windows PE. Can anyone help.
|
| Thanks,

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Chris,
Did you search the knowledge base for a RamDisk. MS provided a sample
RamDisk that worked with Win2k - I'm sure it would also work with WinXP - it
came with the source, so I'm sure it could be modified to suite your needs.

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"Chris" > wrote in message
...
> I am in need of enabling my Windows PE CD/ISO with a RamDrive with about
> 128MB or so. I found a few websites out there that walk me through it but
> didnt have much luck. It looked like it was a matter of editing a few
files
> in the WinPE folder on the ISO or CD. Is there anyone in here that would
be
> able to give some sound advise and doing suck thing. My end goal here is
to
> be able to use some Disk Imageing utils such as Drive Pro and or Norton
> Ghost with I have already done. But need to get a RamDrive going in my
> Windows PE. Can anyone help.
>
> Thanks,
>
>