Win10XPE - Build Your Own Rescue Media [2]


  1. johnnyscience
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    I'm having issues finding the Setup Media folder to create the ISO

    Here's a screenshot of the unzipped XPE Project File

    Where is it supposed to be located? I looked through all the folders and didn't see anything and tried several folders and the Win10XPE application kept saying it couldn't find install.wim

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  3. APT38
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    johnnyscience said:
    I'm having issues finding the Setup Media folder to create the ISO
    Where is it supposed to be located? I looked through all the folders and didn't see anything and tried several folders and the Win10XPE application kept saying it couldn't find install.wim
    are you following the 'Win10XPE Project Start Guide' on post #3 of this thread, in particular steps 5 & 8
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  4. johnnyscience
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    From what I can tell I am. I am able to get the WinXPE application to run and search for the file, I just can't seem to find the right file from the extracted zip I downloaded.

    To be honest, I don't know exactly what steps you're referencing, the steps themselves don't seem to be numbered.

    Here are a couple of more screenshots of what I have going on

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  6. APT38
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    johnnyscience said:
    To be honest, I don't know exactly what steps you're referencing, the steps themselves don't seem to be numbered.
    Go to post #3 of this thread, there you will find the 'Win10XPE Project Start Guide' the steps are clearly numbered 1 to 13

    it will show you what to do
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  7. johnnyscience
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    Ah ok sorry about that, I was looking at the Quick Start Guide from the zip file and that's what didn't have the steps numbered.

    So I went back through and it seems that it was Step #5 that was the issue. The ISO wasn't mounted I guess. This is a new laptop and I'm newer to Win10, so I didn't realize I could virtually mount the ISO like that.

    Working on re-downloading the correct Win10 ISO, seems I grabbed the wrong one the first time.

    Hopefully will have a successful install once it's finished downloading.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Ok seems things have finished up, but with 1 error.

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    Here's a close up view, now I see there was 3 "Warnings" that seem to be related to the Product Key Error:

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    Did this USB get created correctly, or do I need to redo it?

    I accidently closed out of WinXPE and I don't know whether it finished completely or not.

    Do I want to uninstall anything, or just try re-installing everything or am I just good to go?

    Thanks.
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  8. Kyhi
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    No it did not finish the Build - it halted during ProductKey - in left pane select "Basic Build" then rebuild... Did it finish without errors ? Do you have a Win10XPE * .iso on the win10xpe working directory ?
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  9. johnnyscience
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    Ok I selected Basic Build and re-ran it as you suggested and it actually errored out faster than the last time with a totally different error this time:

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    I wasn't able to move the Win10 ISO to my thumb drive because the thumb drive can't accept files that size, of almost 6gb

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    What can I do to allow the USB drive to let me add whatever size file I want?

    It's a 128gb USB, so there's plenty of room.

    What should I do next?
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  10. Ztruker
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    Need to use Shadow Explorer with WIN10XPE. When I just tried the portable version with my current build I get an error message

    You must enable the .NET Framework from the Windows Features dialog box
    from Control Panel, chose Programs, Turn Features On and Off.

    How do I build WIN10XPE so .NET is enabled. I did some searching but could not find anything useful.

    Edit: I enabled .NetFx4 and am building now. I'll see what that does for me.
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  12. MaloK
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    johnnyscience said:

    What should I do next?
    From what I understand... And from your screenshots... Are you trying to run everything from your USB Drive ???

    Unpack Win10XPE to your hard disk ex: C:\Win10XPE ...Create an exception in your antivirus to exclude this whole directory. Mount your Windows 10 iso to a Drive ex: D:\

    Run Win10XPE.exe Click the "Select Windows 10 Source Folder" Button, browse to the root of your mounted Iso ex: D:\ Click OK, Click the Big Blue Play button.
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  13. Ztruker
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    Ztruker said:
    Need to use Shadow Explorer with WIN10XPE. When I just tried the portable version with my current build I get an error message

    You must enable the .NET Framework from the Windows Features dialog box
    from Control Panel, chose Programs, Turn Features On and Off.

    How do I build WIN10XPE so .NET is enabled. I did some searching but could not find anything useful.

    Edit: I enabled .NetFx4 and am building now. I'll see what that does for me.
    Nope, doesn't work. Control Panel, Turn Windows features on or off fails with error:

    Windows can't find X:\windows\system32\OptionalFeatures.exe.
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