Creating a WIM file containing the Windows RE

Create a new folder to hold the Windows RE and a folder to mount the created RE WIM file. To do so, use the following commands:

mkdir d:tempwinre_imagemkdir d:tempwinre_mount 

Extract the second image from the boot.wim of the Vista media into a new RE WIM file. The second image contains the Windows Longhorn setup version of WinPE. Use the following command to extract the image:

C:Program FilesWindows AIKToolsPETools>imagex /export /boot "D:OS ImagesWindows Vista Final English DVD Images (x86 and x64)boot.wim" 2 d:tempwinre_imagewinre.wim "Windows RE"

Now mount the new RE image, by using this command:

C:Program FilesWindows AIKToolsPETools>imagex /mountrw d:tempwinre_imagewinre.wim 1 d:tempwinre_mount 

Navigate to the d:tempwinre_mountWindowsSystem32 folder and create a file called winpeshl.ini. In winpeshl.ini add the following text:

[LaunchApp] AppPath=x:sourcesrecoveryrecenv.exe 

Optionally, you can add more storage drivers via the peimg command, as the following example shows:

 peimg.exe /inf= d:tempwinre_mountWindows 

Dismount the imageby usinf the following command:D:tempwinre_mountWindowsSystem32>imagex /unmount /commit d:tempwinre_mount