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To create a custom Windows PE image, proceed as follows:
1. If you don't have the .wim file with the Acronis plug-in, start Rescue Media Builder and create it
by choosing WIM file as a destination for the WinPE-based media. Refer to Creating Acronis
bootable media (p. 144) for details.
2. Depending on your version of Windows AIK or Windows ADK, do one of the following:
 In the Start menu, click Microsoft Windows AIK, right-click Windows PE Tools Command
Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
 In the Start menu, click Microsoft Windows AIK, right-click Deployment Tools Command
Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
 In the Start menu, click Windows Kits, click Windows ADK, right-click Deployment and
Imaging Tools Environment, and then select Run as administrator.
3. Run the Copype.cmd script to create a folder with Windows PE files. For example, from a
command prompt, type:
copype amd64 C:\winpe_x64
4. Copy your .wim file, for example, to folder C:\winpe_x64\. By default, this file is named
AcronisBootablePEMedia.wim.
5. Mount the base image to a local directory by using the DISM tool. To do this, type:
Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\winpe_x64\AcronisBootablePEMedia.wim /index:1
/MountDir:C:\winpe_x64\mount
6. Add your hardware driver, by using the DISM command with the Add-Driver option. For example,
to add the Mydriver.inf driver located in folder C:\drivers\, type:
Dism /image:C:\winpe_x64\mount /Add-Driver /driver:C:\drivers\mydriver.inf
7. Repeat the previous step for each driver that you need to add.
8. Commit the changes by using the DISM command:
Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\winpe_x64\mount /Commit
9. Create a PE image (.iso file) from the resulting .wim file. Refer to Creating an .iso file from a .wim
file for details.
13.1.4 Creating an .iso file from a .wim file
To create a bootable media by using a .wim file, you need to convert it to an .iso file first.
To create a PE image (.iso file) from the resulting .wim file:
1. Depending on your version of Windows AIK or Windows ADK, do one of the following:
 In the Start menu, click Microsoft Windows AIK, right-click Windows PE Tools Command
Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
 In the Start menu, click Microsoft Windows AIK, right-click Deployment Tools Command
Prompt, and then select Run as administrator.
 In the Start menu, click Windows Kits, click Windows ADK, right-click Deployment and
Imaging Tools Environment, and then select Run as administrator.
2. Run the Copype.cmd script to create a folder with Windows PE files. For example, from a
command prompt, type:
copype amd64 C:\winpe_x64
3. Replace the default boot.wim file in your Windows PE folder with the newly created .wim file (for
example, AcronisBootablePEMedia.wim). If the AcronisBootablePEMedia.wim file is located on
c:\, then: