Thread: How to create a custom startup WinPE CD-ROM in Windows XP

This news explains how to form an ISO (International Standards Organization) image for making a custom startup WinPE (Windows Preinstall Environment) CD-ROM for select business and OEM consumers.

Make a CD-ROM with a custom startup WinPE

This process makes the WinXP’s folder structure of files and preference makes an image file so that you can burn to a CD-ROM. It can gets few minutes to build a normal edition of WinPE :

1. Create and name a folder on your hard disk named Build_location.
2. Insert the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive that is named Cd_drive.
3. Copy Cd_drive\Winpe\*.* to Build_location.
4. Copy the Factory.exe and Netcfg.exe files from the Cd_drive\Tools\Platform folder into the Build_location folder. If you are building a 32-bit version of WinPE, the value of Platform is x86. If you are building a 64-bit version of WinPE, the value of Platform is IA-64.
5. Remove the OPK CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.
6. Use either of the following methods:
o If you are building a 32-bit version of WinPE, insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
o If you are building a 64-bit version of WinPE, insert the Windows XP 64-Bit Edition CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
7. Make custom changes to the WinPE files.
8. If you are building a 64-bit version of WinPE, insert a floppy disk into drive A of the computer. This disk is used for temporary storage during the build process of the 64-bit WinPE.
9. Locate the Build_location folder.
10. Run the following command:

The source directory: Specifies the location of the CD-ROM for the 32-bit version of Windows XP Professional. If source_directory is a CD-ROM drive, you only have to specify the drive letter. If source_directory is a network path, the path must be to the parent folder of the \I386 folder. Do not include a trailing slash in source_directory.

The destination directory: Specified the path where the files that you must have to create the image are temporarily stored. If this folder does not already exist, the mkimg.cmd command can create it. The image_name: Is optional. It specifies the path and file name of the ISO image file that contains the customized version of WinPE, if you are placing this version of WinPE onto a CD-ROM.