The Sorrow Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) Ive been trying to use the multipass to boot multiple Windows PE images. We use 32 and 64 versions of windows 7 (GM requires 32-bit for shop PCs and we have a lot of non 64-bit boxes as well). Is it possible? my current filesystem looks like this WinPE32- |-Boot |-EFI |-Sources WinPE64- |-Boot |-EFI |-Sources gldr menu.lst menu.lst looks like this title Windows PE 64-bit chainloader /WinPE64/boot/bootmgr title Windows PE 32-bit chainloader /WinPE32/boot/bootmgr Can this even be done? cause im getting an error during PE bootup that says it cant find Boot/BCD. This i assume is because its in a subdirectory. Any takers? --Edit-- I just took a 32-bit version out of the sub directory and it works like a charm. still looking to see if its possible to boot 2 winPE images on one USB --Edit-- Essentially came to the conclusion that the two PE images need to be on separate partitions. Gonna make PE-32 a redhead stepchild in its own partition Edited July 28, 2011 by The Sorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorian Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) No, two PE images don't require separate partitions. You must have /boot/bcd /EFI and /bootmgr. Place your PE .wim files somewhere on the drive (I just keep all three of mine in /sources and name them differently. Some .wim files have two parts - such as my win7 universal installer. DON'T rename the install.wim!) Download EasyBCD. Open it and click file>select BCD store, point this to /boot/bcd on your multipass Now you are able to add all of your .wim images to the bcd menu, via "Add new entry" and selecting "WinPE" under "Portable/External Media". Just point each entry to a .wim file. I've currently got three different PE images and one extracted XP OS all booting from my bcd store, which I'm chainloading from grub legacy (via chainloader /bootmgr) Edited July 28, 2011 by Vorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorian Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) Here is my tree bootmgr \EFI \boot bcd \sources boot0.wim boot1.wim boot2.wim install.wim Edited July 28, 2011 by Vorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hA1d3R Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 could you please explain it further coz i didnt get it working . i have to win7 srdisc x64 and x32 from the same disc ? I am currently using this method title Install Windows 7 root (hd0,0) chainloader (hd0,0)/bootmgr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveSi Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Have a look at the tutorials at www.rmprepusb.tk. See Tutorial 2 or 16 for instance. RMPrepUSB.exe is ideal for working with grub4dos bootable drives - check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abs0lut3z33r0 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 tut16 seems unnecessary . i am using the method mentioned by vorian , the only problem is that when i copy the :-boot,sources,bootmgr folder to the flash disc .i get an error for every wim entry until i use EasyBCD to delete and add some wim entry . i am using the following menu.lst title Windows 7 PE-Recovery-Installation root (hd0,0) chainloader (hd0,0)/bootmgr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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