To boot from a CD or USB Flash Drive, you do not need access to the encrypted hard disk. However, you must do the following:
- Ensure that the platform version (X86, x64) of Windows PE is adequate - older versions of PGP will run only in 32-bits Windows PE
- Pre-install the PGP WDE driver for decrypting the hard disk.
- Pre-install the PGP WDE tools for authentication.
- PGP WDE files must match the Windows PE platform type
You can obtain Windows PE from:
- Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) –the package is available from Universal MSDN and MSFT partners.
- Windows Automated Installation Kit: (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c7d4bc6d-15f3-4284-9123-679830d629f2&displaylang=en) (Windows (AIK).(Windows PE 2.0)
Customizing Windows PE 1.x
Ensure that the Windows PE 1.x is located in the c: drive in the folder c:\winpe_x86, and is ready for customization.
Note: Follow the instructions provided in the Windows Preinstallation Environment Users Guide to prepare a drive or folder for customization. The Windows PE Users Guide is included with the Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK).
To customize Windows PE 1.x, you must:
- Install the PGP WDE Tools
- Create the bootable ISO file or CD
To install the PGP WDE Tools
- Copy the following files into the Windows folder c:\wde.
These files are either provided in the a zip file or a disc, or they can be copied from the PGP WDE installation directory (from a system that has PGP Desktop installed).
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\pgpbootb.bin
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\pgpbootg.bin
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\PGPsdk.dll
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\pgpsdknl.dll
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\PGPwd.dll
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\PGPwde.exe
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\PGPwded.sys
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\Stage1
- Run the command:
Pgppe /winpe c:\winpe_x86 c:\wde
If successful the following message will appear (otherwise check if the proper Win PE platform version is being used):
Successfully installed the WDE driver and tools into winpe.
3. Copy the file c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim to c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\ by running this command:
copy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim
To create the bootable .iso file or CD
The next step is to make the customized winpe into a bootable .iso file and CD or USB Flash Drive.
- Use the tool oscdimg.exe that is included with the OPK to create an .iso file as follows:
Oscdimg -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com -n c:\winpe_x86\ISO c:\winpex86.iso
- Use the CD-record software to burn the CD image file of winpex86.iso.
Customizing Windows PE 2.0
Ensure that the Windows PE 2.0 is already in the Windows folder c:\winpe_x86, and is ready for customization.
Note: Follow the instructions provided in the Windows Preinstallation Environment Users Guide to prepare a drive or folder for customization. The Windows PE Users Guide is included with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK).
To customize Windows PE 2.0, you must:
- Install the PGP WDE Tools
- Create the bootable ISO file or CD
To install the PGP WDE Tools
- Copy the following files into the Windows folder c:\wde.
These files are either provided in the a zip file or a disc, or they can be copied from the PGP WDE installation directory (from a system that has PGP Desktop installed).
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\pgpbootb.bin
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\pgpbootg.bin
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\PGPsdk.dll
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\pgpsdknl.dll
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\PGPwd.dll
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\PGPwde.exe
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\PGPwded.sys
- C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop\Stage1
- Run the command:
Pgppe /winpe c:\winpe_x86 c:\wde
- Copy the file c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim to c:\winpe_x86\ISO\source\boot.wim and overwrite the old boot.wim file.
To create the bootable .iso file or CD-Rom
The next step is to make the customized winpe into a bootable .iso file and CD or USB Flash Drive.
- Use the tool oscdimg.exe that is included with the OPK to create an .iso file as follows:
Oscdimg -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com -n c:\winpe_x86\ISO c:\winpex86.iso
- Use the CD-record software to burn the CD image file of winpex86.iso.
Creating a bootable USB Flash Drive
- Use the file diskpart.exe in Windows to format the USB Flash Drive. The following sample commands assume that disk 1 is the USB Flash Drive:
- diskpart
- select disk 1
- clean
- create a partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format fs=fat32
- assign
- exit
- Copy all the files under c:\winpe_x86\ISO onto the USB Flash Drive. The following sample assumes that f: is the USB Flash Drive. xcopy c:\winpe_x86\iso\*.* /s /e f:\
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