Q. My Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is performing very poorly. I think it's out of memory. How can I add more?

John Savill

February 16, 2009

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A. Even though your machine may have gigabytes of RAM, by default WinPE only allocates 32 MB of scratch space, which is writable memory available on the WinPE system volume RAM disk. You can change the scratch space to be 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512 MB when you create the WinPE environment. To modify the scratch space, run the command

peimg /scratchspace= /image=

Related Reading:

  • Q. How can I create a Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) 2.1 boot image that has both x86 and x64 versions?

  • Q. I'm using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) to deploy Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 from a USB device, but I receive a missing HAL.DLL error on reboot. What's wrong?

  • How can I create a custom Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) 2004 installation that includes integrated Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), Windows Script Host (WSH), and ADO?

  • How can I add a Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) instance to Windows Server 2003 Automated Deployment Services (ADS) 1.1?


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