[quote name=\'gosh\' date=\'May 1 2003, 06:01 PM\']Windows PE is included in the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK). It comes with tools to make your own WinPE if you want, but the tools are build dependant. I.E., if you have winxp sp1 then u need the winpe build tools for sp1. To make windows PE, you copy the winpe folder to the hard drive. Then you type this command:
f:\winpe\mkimg.cmd f: f:\temp f:\winpe.iso
where:
f:\winpe has winpe build tools
f: is your xp cd
f:\temp is a temporary folder
f:\winpe.iso is the cd image you want to make.
That's it! The site listed above,
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ , make a tool to automate this process. I looked at the tool, and it just seems really confuzing and poorly made. Why make a tool for something you can do in 1 short step? In my above steps, all you did is copy a folder to the hard drive, put in the xp cd, and run the above command. Bart's way is to download a file, run a tool that is buggy, then it makes the image.
In my opinion, there's been tools made lately to automate things for newbies, like that slipstream tool at flexbeta.com, that just end up causing problems. Do we really need a tool to make windows pe? Rather than dumbing down things to the lowest person, why not give people the info to do it themselves?
Oh well, use the tool if you want. If you want the winpe build files PM me and ill PM you a small 300k file that lets you make windows pe - no tool necessary.
-gosh[/quote]
Well the OEM Preinstallation Kit is only legally available to OEM's. I know you can warez it, but the tool that Bart provides is completely free, and legal.
