Create a WinPE (Vista or 7) without WAIK

How to create a custom WINPE (7 or Vista) without downloading the whole WAIK.iso.

The tools that you will need.
-Your windows DVD or iso (7 or Vista, 32bit or 64bit)

-Win7PE SE
http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/

-HttpDisk-7 (a cool virtual disk driver for Windows that uses HTTP to mount disk or CD/DVD images from a web server)
http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/
http://branten.se/nt/

-the correct WAIK files
http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/required.php

-And some guides/tutorials on how to do it:
http://reboot.pro/13049/
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/winbuilder-win7pe-se-tutorial

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Another cool WINPE is WinFE (made with the help of Win7PE SE)
http://winfe.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/its-time-to-build-your-winfe/


Panagiotis

 

Doesn't help people with a Vista made up by Dell or HP.

 

Another simple solution to creating a WinPE based on Win7 is this program:

MAKE_PE3
http://reboot.pro/11852/

All one needs is a Windows 7 Setup DVD (32 or 64 Bit).
WAIK is not necessary but can be employed if available.

Greetings
D.

 

Good information here...thanks!

 

Nice project, thanks.

You are welcome.

 

reboot.pro has a WinBuilder sub-forum, which has some WinPE projects
you can go to there to take a look.