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System Properties Window Comes up When Windows Pre-Installation
Environment (WinPE) is Enabled for OSLOADER
Dell Ref: 72440
When WinPE is set ON in the BCD for OSLOADER, the System Properties
window is displayed on subsequent reboots.
This is a known issue with the Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating system.
NOTE: The correct command is WinPE=Yes. WinPE=ON is an invalid command.
System Does Not Boot to WinPE After Setting BCDedit to Boot to WinPE
Dell Ref: 72445
BCD edit documentation states that the system can be configured to boot to
WinPE by setting flags in the BCD. However, upon configuring BCD and
restarting the system, the system fails to boot to WinPE automatically.
Follow the steps below to perform a dual boot of WinPE (through the RAM disk)
and the Windows Server 2008 operating system.With some modification, the
WinPE boot can be changed to a flat file boot rather than the WIN boot.
System Configuration:
• Partitions: Utility Partition (Hidden) and Operating System (C:\)
• WinPE Location: C:\sources\boot.wim (In the WIM format to boot to
RAM Disk, it can be a flat file format)
• Operating System Location: C:\
Steps:
1
Copy boot\boot.sdi from the Windows Server 2008 installation media to
C:\boot (By default, this folder is hidden in Windows Explorer).
2 Use the following set of commands to create a ramdiskoptions object in
the BCD store:
bcdedit /create {ramdiskoptions} /d "Ramdisk options"
bcdedit /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdidevice
partition=c:
bcdedit /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdipath
\boot\boot.sdi
The string {ramdiskoptions} is the well known name for the object's
global unique identifier (GUID)
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