Pxe Boot Windows Install

Continuing the series regarding installing Windows 7 over RHEL/CentOS 7 PXE Network Boot, where in the first part I have only covered setting up prerequisites on PXE Server, now in this article will be going to discuss how to build WinPE ISO image with the help of Windows Automated Installation Kit on Windows and then move the build image to PXE Server TFTP default location to access and install Windows 7 over PXE network.

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Requirements

Step 1: Download and Install Windows Automated Installation Kit

1. On this second part, logon to a Windows 7 Operating System computer, go to Microsoft Download Center and download Windows Automated Installation Kit ISO image file by using the following link.

Download Windows Automated Installation Kit

2. After AIK ISO image finishes downloading, mount the image using a Windows mount software (Daemon Tools Lite Free Edition will do the job) and install Windows Automated Installation Kit software.

Welcome to Windows AIK

Step 2: Create WinPE ISO Image on Windows 7

3. After Windows AIK software is installed on your system go to Windows Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Windows AIK -> right click on Deployment Tools Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator and a new Windows Shell console should open on your screen.

4. Now it’s time to build the Windows 7 Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) x86 boot image by issuing the following commands on Deployment Tools Command Prompt.

Build WinPE Image

5. Although for this tutorial just the WinPE x86 Boot ISO Image is required, below you can find the commands to build PE Images for Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 8 architectures also.

To build WinPE Boot images for Windows 7 64-bit use the following commands:

To build Windows 8 32-bit WinPE bootable images run the following commands:

To build Windows 8 64-bit WinPE bootable images run the following commands:

Step 3: Copy WinPE ISO Image to CentOS PXE Server

6. After Windows 7 Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) x86 boot image has been created, use Windows Explorer to copy winpe_x86.iso image located in C:winpe_x86 windows path to PXE Samba shared directory at 192.168.1.20install network location.

Copy WinPE ISO Image PXE Server

7. After WinPE x86 ISO file is completely transferred to Samba “install” shared directory go back to PXE Server console and move this image from root’s /windows directory to TFTP windows directory path to complete the entire installation process.

Step 4: Boot and Install Windows 7 over PXE Network on Client Side

8. In order to boot and install Windows 7 via network and PXE server, first instruct the clients machines to boot over network by modifying BIOS device boot order or hit a custom key during BIOS post to select a network boot device.

After the first PXE prompt appears press F8 and Enter keys to continue and then select Install Windows 7 from PXE menu.

9. After WinPE image finishes loading, a customized minimal image of windows starts and a Command Prompt window will be displayed on screen.

Loading Windows 7 over PXE Boot

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Windows 7 Command Prompt

10. In order to install Windows 7 over a Network Share, in the Command Prompt window, map the Windows installation sources (use the architecture
path you want to install), configured on PXE Samba share directory, as a Network drive.

Then enter network drive share, by specifying the drive letter, and run setup.exe utility. Use the following commands to start the installation process (replace the samba network address location and network drive letter accordingly) and continue with the installation process as you normally do it from a local DVD media.

Choose Windows 7 Language

11. If you want to install the 64-bit architecture, map the specific 64-bit network path using a different letter and continue the installation procedure by following the same steps explained above.

Choose Windows 7 Install Source

12. In case the installation sources are configured with authentication use the following command switch to specify the username.

13. After both architectures installation sources had been mapped you can change between them by switching to the designated network drive letter as presented in the screenshot below.

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Change Network Installation Source

Thats all! Performing Windows installations over PXE and network has a lot of advantages, such as cutting down the installation time drastically, allowing the installation process to take place the same time on multiple machines without the need to use a physical installation media.

You can also setup multiple Windows Installation Sources (using Windows or Samba shares) on different machines over your network to avoid a bottleneck on RHEL/CentOS PXE Server, in case you install Windows on multiple machines the same time, and direct the network drive maps to use those specific network sources on installation process.

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Applies to

Windows 10

Summary

This walkthrough describes how to configure a PXE server to load Windows PE by booting a client computer from the network. Using the Windows PE tools and a Windows 10 image file, you can install Windows 10 from the network.

Prerequisites

A deployment computer: A computer with the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) installed.
A DHCP server: A DHCP server or DHCP proxy configured to respond to PXE client requests is required.
A PXE server: A server running the TFTP service that can host Windows PE boot files that the client will download.
A file server: A server hosting a network file share.

All four of the roles specified above can be hosted on the same computer or each can be on a separate computer.

Step 1: Copy Windows PE source files

On the deployment computer, click Start, and type deployment.
Right-click Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment and then click Run as administrator. The Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment shortcut opens a Command Prompt window and automatically sets environment variables to point to all the necessary tools.
Run the following command to copy the base Windows PE files into a new folder. The script requires two arguments: hardware architecture and destination location. The value of <architecture> can be x86, amd64, or arm and <destination> is a path to a local directory. If the directory does not already exist, it will be created.
For example, the following command copies amd64 architecture files to the C:winpe_amd64 directory:
The script creates the destination directory structure and copies all the necessary files for that architecture. In the previous example, the following directories are created:
Mount the base Windows PE image (winpe.wim) to the mount directory using the DISM tool. Mounting an image file unpacks the file contents into a folder so that you can make changes directly or by using tools such as DISM. See the following example.
Verify that 'The operation completed successfully' is displayed. Note: To view currently mounted images, type dism /get-MountedWiminfo.
Map a network share to the root TFTP directory on the PXE/TFTP server and create a Boot folder. Consult your TFTP server documentation to determine the root TFTP server directory, then enable sharing for this directory, and verify it can be accessed on the network. In the following example, the PXE server name is PXE-1 and the TFTP root directory is shared using a network path of PXE-1TFTPRoot:
Copy the PXE boot files from the mounted directory to the boot folder. For example:
Copy the boot.sdi file to the PXE/TFTP server.
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Copy the bootable Windows PE image (boot.wim) to the boot folder.
(Optional) Copy true type fonts to the boot folder

Step 2: Configure boot settings and copy the BCD file

Create a BCD store using bcdedit.exe:
Configure RAMDISK settings:
The last command will return a GUID, for example:
Copy this GUID for use in the next set of commands. In each command shown, replace 'GUID1' with your GUID.
Create a new boot application entry for the Windows PE image:
Configure BOOTMGR settings (remember to replace GUID1 in the third command with your GUID):
Copy the BCD file to your TFTP server:

Your PXE/TFTP server is now configured. You can view the BCD settings that have been configured using the command bcdedit /store <BCD file location> /enum all. See the following example. Note: Your GUID will be different than the one shown below.

Tip

If you start the PXE boot process, but receive the error that 'The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors' then verify that boot directory is installed under the correct TFTP server root directory. In the example used here the name of this directory is TFTPRoot, but your TFTP server might be different.