Transfer of files to target machine

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Hi all,

I have been following the XPE tutorials on Microsoft's site. I am now
in a position where I have created a runtime image and the files are
sitting in a folder (C:\Windows Embedded Images\) I now need to
transfer the files to the local drive of the target PC. Can someone
suggest a nice method of transfer the XPE OS files to a freshly
formatted FAT32 drive? As I have many PCs to configure I would like to
avoid physically moving the drive to the first PC. Ideally I would like
to use a DOS network boot disc to grab the files from a share. I have
attempted this but failed due to 8.3 filename problem. "Documents and
Settings" ended up as "Documen~1".

Thanks

Paul
 
Paul,
Look at one of the open source DOS systems such as DR-DOS 7.0x
http://www.drdosprojects.de/index.cgi/about.htm
or determine whether adding long file name (LFN) support to MS-DOS is
sufficient
http://lfntools.sourceforge.net/
I have used the LFN tools with a Win98 bootable ZIP drive as a way of
transferring files. The method depends on all your files fitting on a ZIP
drive and your target having ZIP/boot support in the BIOS. However it is
somewhat slow.

RC
 
Hi Paul,

You have many different ways to do this here are few:
- Look in product documentation for SDI2HD.
- You can boot WinPE from CD on your target computer and use it for accesing
network and copying files.
- You can boot small XPe image from network and optionaly make a autodeploy
"script".
- Few variations on above. You can do multi boot on target computer and use
one OS for deployment,
- You can use M-Systems USB uDOC disks and move them easily between
computers.

Regards,
Slobodan
 
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