Windows XPE bootable CD

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Hello all,

I created a XPE image im my development machine. Now, i want to install this
image in another machine. This new machine will only use Windows XP Embedded.

Is there a way to create a bootable CD with the image i created? And then,
install the XP Embedded with this bootable CD?

Thanks in advance!
 
Maurit said:
Hello all,

I created a XPE image im my development machine. Now, i want to install this
image in another machine. This new machine will only use Windows XP Embedded.

Is there a way to create a bootable CD with the image i created? And then,
install the XP Embedded with this bootable CD?

Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...

You need to look into 'El Torito CD', but I can't give you any specific
advice on that as I don't have CD drives in my machines. It should be
fairly easy to set it up to partition and format the disk in the machine
and then copy on the image. We do something similar, but we use PXE boot
rather than a CD and copy the image across the network.
 
Hi,

I booted a PC with a disc from Windows XP Ebedded (the disc i used to
install the tools).

This is the Windows Pre Installation Enviromment. After that apeeared a CMD
window, with the following prompt:

x:\i386\system32

From this point, what do i need to do to install the image in this machine?

Thanks again.
Maurit.
 
Maurit said:
Hi,

I booted a PC with a disc from Windows XP Ebedded (the disc i used to
install the tools).

This is the Windows Pre Installation Enviromment. After that apeeared a CMD
window, with the following prompt:

x:\i386\system32

From this point, what do i need to do to install the image in this machine?
Click to expand...
Well, we use a custom XPe image via PXE boot to do this, and it's all
automated with scripts, but what we do is:
Partition the disk.
Format the disk
Mount a network share
xcopy the image from the network share to the target machine.
I'm sure there's other ways which are better.
 
Hi,

I copied the image to a second hard disk and made this active as primary and
active. I only left this disk in the machine.

I booted and the FBA started. I think i am having some progress....but there
was a problem...

FBA is restarting the machine several times.....any ideas?

Thanks
 
There are other solutions to transfer the OS:

1. Use WinPE/SDI solution from Microsoft
2. Winternal's Remote Recover
3. Swap hard drives.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit
 
Check your FBALOG.TXT for a error message...

If you didn't rebuild your configuration it is mostly expecting to be on
another partition LETTER.
Check the log for a driver letter assignment error and make a note of the
expected drive letter. In Target Designer under Target Device Settings make
the partition letter change recommended by the FBALOG file.


Jeff Chu | bSQUARE
 
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