User`s guide

Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista (PE 2.0):

http

://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-

679830D629F2&displaylang=en

Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 (PE 2.1):

http

://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-

5b50c657de08&DisplayLang=en

Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 (PE 3.0):

http

://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A811-

39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en

2. [optional] Burn the WAIK to DVD or copy to a flash drive.

3. Install the Microsoft .NET Framework v.2.0 from this kit (NETFXx86 or NETFXx64, depending on

your hardware.)

4. Install Microsoft Core XML (MSXML) 5.0 or 6.0 Parser from this kit.

5. Install Windows AIK from this kit.

It is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the help documentation supplied with Windows

AIK. To access the documentation, select Microsoft Windows AIK > Documentation from the start

menu.

8.1.1.1 Linux-based bootable media

When using the media builder, you have to specify:

1. [optional] The parameters of the Linux kernel. Separate multiple parameters with spaces.

For example, to be able to select a display mode for the bootable Acronis Disk Director each time

the media starts, type: vga=ask

For a list of parameters, see Kernel parameters (p. 66).

2. The Acronis bootable components to be placed on the media:

 Acronis Disk Director

Bootable version of the product that has almost the same functionality as in the Acronis Disk

Director for Windows operating systems — see Working under bootable media (p. 68) for

details.

3. [optional] The timeout interval for the boot menu plus the component that will automatically

start on timeout.

 If not configured, the Acronis loader waits for someone to select whether to boot the

operating system (if present) or the Acronis component.

 If you set, say, 10 sec., Acronis Disk Director will launch 10 seconds after the menu is

displayed.

4. The type of media to create. You can:

 create CD, DVD or other bootable media such as removable USB flash drives if the hardware

BIOS allows for boot from such media

 build an ISO image of a bootable disc to burn it later on to a blank disc

 upload the selected components to Acronis PXE Server

5. Path to the media ISO file or the name or IP and credentials for PXE.