Synology DiskStation DS1621+ NAS Server AMD Ryzen Quad Core 2.2 GHz CPU Recovery Media Creation Guide [EN]

Recovery Media Creation Guide

Based on Active Backup for Business 2.1.1

Table of Contents

Introduction

Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

System Requirements and Supported Media Types 4
Create USB Recovery Media 5
Create ISO Recovery Media 7
Cancel Recovery Media or Troubleshoot Failure 9

Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

System Requirements and Limitations 10
Create Recovery Media with the Windows ADK 11
Pack Recovery Media 13
Boot Recovery Media (ISO Image or USB Drive) 16

Appendix

Copy Drivers 17
Install Drivers 17

Congure Resolution 18
Congure Language Settings 18
Add Certicate to WinPE Image 19

2

Introduction

Synology Active Backup for Business is a business-wise and all-in-one backup solution that supports backing up
physical devices including Windows PCs and Windows servers. With this solution, you can create recovery media
to restore an entire device either automatically or manually.

Recovery media must be created manually if the device intended to be restored is running a 32-bit version of

Windows or contains specic driver versions, time zone, or language. However, recovery media can be created

automatically if the device intended to be restored is not running a 32-bit version of Windows and does not

contain specic drivers, time zone, and language. We recommend you to create recovery media automatically, if

possible, because this method is easier.

This Recovery Media Creation Guide details the methods for creating recovery media automatically or manually.
Please refer to the following chapters detailing the methods, requirements, limitations, and processes of recovery
media creation.

3 Introduction

Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator

data protection solution — Active Backup for Business. This automated tool is designed for administrators to

e󰀨ectively and automatically create recovery media to perform bare-metal or volume-level restore. Administrators

can adopt this tool if the device intended to be restored is not running a 32-bit version of Windows and does not

contain specic drivers, time zone, and language. This tool will create a 64-bit recovery media, and the language
and time zone of the media will be the same as the device that creates recovery media. If the device intended to

be restored is running a 32-bit version of Windows, please refer to
for more details.

You can click

to be changed and no further customization is required. You only need to download

for Business Recovery Media Creator
Backup for Business Recovery Wizard
Media Creator

will guide you through how to use this tool.

here

to download this tool and use it to create recovery media if all the default settings do not need

when creating recovery media automatically. The tool

is embedded in

and therefore does not need to be downloaded and installed additionally. The following sections

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is a desktop tool a󰀩liated to our business

Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Synology Active Backup

Synology Active

System Requirements and Supported Media Types

System Requirements

• Windows 7 (all editions)

• Windows 10 (all editions)

• Windows Server 2008 R2 and onward

Supported Media Types

A USB drive:

• Required capacity: 1 GB

• Required local system volume storage capacity for temporary les: 2.5 GB

• Supported recovery model: UEFI 64-bit

An ISO image:

• Required capacity: 1 GB

• Required local system volume storage capacity for temporary les: 2.5 GB

• Supported recovery model: Legacy/UEFI 64-bit

4 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Create USB Recovery Media

To create USB-based recovery media, please insert a USB drive with enough capacity (1 GB at least) into your

device rst, otherwise there will be no available USB drive for you to select. Afterward, launch

Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator

and select

USB media

.

Synology Active

Windows ADK Installation

A pop-up notication will appear if no Windows ADK is detected. Click

through the entire Windows ADK installation process. Please make sure you have already installed the Windows

ADK and Windows PE.

Deployment Tools

required for building recovery media (see the image on the next page). Installing the Windows ADK may take
a few minutes. If you want to download the
advance, we recommend downloading version

Note:

• Starting with Windows 10 (version 1809),
is required for creating recovery media, is released separately from the Windows ADK. To create recovery

media, both the Windows ADK and WinPE packs need to be downloaded and installed. For more

information, please refer to Microsoft's article

• Internet connection must be available when downloading and installing the Windows ADK. Under the
circumstances where you cannot use the online ADK installer with GUI, please refer to Microsoft's article

Install the Windows ADK o󰀪ine

• WinPE for Windows 10 (version 1803) is the suggested WinPE version to be downloaded and installed
through the Windows ADK. To further verify its compatibility with the environment of your device, please
refer to Microsoft's article

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)

and

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK

1803

.

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE

Create bootable WinPE media

for more information.

What’s New in Windows PE

.

Download

and the wizard will guide you

are the only two features

) in

), which

.

5 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Select the Target USB Drive

All of the detected USB drives will be listed in the drop-down menu on Synology Active Backup for Business
Recovery Media Creator. Please select a target USB drive and then click
media process. Please note that this action cannot be undone once the creation process of USB media has
started. Please make sure you want to proceed with USB media creation before you start the recovery media
process.

Create

to start the automated recovery

Time Zone and Language Settings

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator automatically detects and applies the local time

zone and language to the created recovery media. The default settings will be applied if the local time zone and
language cannot be detected, and the default time zone and language are

English

version shown in

Download Center

, respectively. Please note that the time zone settings may a󰀨ect the backup time of the recovery media

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

.

Pacic Standard Time (PST)

, which can be downloaded from

and

Boot Recovery Media

After the recovery media has been created, a message will appear on the progress bar at the bottom of the tool.

Finish

Click
onto the device intended to be restored, and then reboot the device. Press F2 to enter the BIOS mode. Please

note that this hotkey may vary according to di󰀨erent vendors. Afterward, navigate to the

Removable Devices

Recovery Wizard

to open the USB device that should have been renamed as Syno Media. Please insert the USB drive

Boot

tab, and prioritize

. Exit the setup process and you will be directed to

, which will start the recovery process automatically.

Synology Active Backup for Business

Note:

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard does not need to be additionally downloaded and

installed because it is embedded in Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator.

6 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Create ISO Recovery Media

System volume of at least 2.5 GB is required for creating recovery media in ISO format because creating an

ISO image itself will occupy 1 GB, and the temporary les will occupy the remaining 1.5 GB. Afterward, launch

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator

and select

ISO media

.

Windows ADK Installation

A pop-up notication will appear if no Windows ADK is detected. Click

through the entire Windows ADK installation process. Please make sure you have already installed the Windows

ADK and Windows PE.

Deployment Tools

required for building recovery media (see the image on the next page). Installing the Windows ADK may take
a few minutes. If you want to download the
advance, we recommend downloading version

Note:

• Starting with Windows 10 (version 1809),
is required for creating recovery media, is released separately from the Windows ADK. To create recovery

media, both the Windows ADK and WinPE packs need to be downloaded and installed. For more

information, please refer to Microsoft's article

• Internet connection must be available when downloading and installing the Windows ADK. Under the
circumstances where you cannot use the online ADK installer with GUI, please refer to Microsoft's article

Install the Windows ADK o󰀪ine

• WinPE for Windows 10 (version 1803) is the suggested WinPE version to be downloaded and installed
through the Windows ADK. To further verify its compatibility with the environment of your device, please
refer to Microsoft's article

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)

and

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK

1803

.

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE

Create bootable WinPE media

for more information.

What’s New in Windows PE

.

Download

and the wizard will guide you

are the only two features

) in

), which

.

7 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Specify the ISO Image Path

To create ISO media, please dene the directory for storing the recovery media once it is ready in ISO format.

Click to browse and select the target directory.

Time Zone and Language

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator automatically detects and applies the local time

zone and language to the created recovery media. The default settings will be applied if the local time zone and
language cannot be detected, and the default time zone and language are

English

version shown in

, respectively. Please note that the time zone settings may a󰀨ect the backup time of the recovery media

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

Pacic Standard Time (PST)

.

and

Boot Recovery Media

After the recovery media has been created, a message will appear on the progress bar at the bottom of the tool.

Finish

Click
machine intended for restoration, or burn the image into a disk by using a third-party tool and then insert the
disk into the device that you want to restore. Reboot the device and press F2 to enter the BIOS mode. Please

note that this hotkey may vary according to di󰀨erent vendors. Afterward, navigate to the

the order of

Business Recovery Wizard

to open the directory for storing the ISO image. You can either mount the image onto the virtual

Boot

tab, and prioritize

CD-ROM Drive

. Exit the setup process and you will be directed to

, which will start the recovery process automatically.

Synology Active Backup for

Note:

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard does not need to be additionally downloaded and

installed because it is embedded in Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Media Creator.

8 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Cancel Recovery Media or Troubleshoot Failure

To cancel a recovery media creation that is in progress, simply close the application interface. The cancellation

process may take a while because of the time required for unmounting the mounted les and deleting the
unnished pack. If a specic stage of the creation process fails, Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery
Media Creator will automatically nish the current stage, and then unmount and delete

recovery media created in USB format cannot be rolled back once the creation process has begun.

boot.wim

. However,

If recovery media creation fails during the creation process, please open the extracted folder named

Restore Media Creator

receive further assistance.

and fetch the log titled

restore-media.log

and send it to Synology Technical Support to

Synology

9 Method 1: Automatically Create Recovery Media

Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Recovery media must be created manually if the device intended to be restored is running a 32-bit version of

Windows or contains specic driver versions, time zone, or language. The following sections guide you through

how to create recovery media manually.

System Requirements and Limitations

Prerequisite Environment

To manually create recovery media, a Windows 7 or above building environment with Internet connection is

required. The RAM on the target device must be larger than 512 MB. Before customizing the recovery media, a
CD/DVD rewritable drive or a ash drive needs to be attached to the device.

PE-based Recovery Media

PE-based recovery media contains

operating system for installing, deploying, and repairing the Windows operating system of desktops and servers
that have crashed or are unbootable. The recovery media also contains

Recovery Wizard

To obtain the Windows PE, please download and install the

Windows ADK

(
more information.

Note:

• Recovery media based on WinPE 3.0 or above have enabled dynamic loading of the necessary device
drivers. Therefore, we recommend you to use WinPE for Windows 10 that supports better hardware
compatibility and reduces the e󰀨orts on copying and installing drivers.

• For more information on the compatibility of each WinPE version, please refer to Microsoft's article

What’s New in Windows PE

• Recovery media can be built either for x86 or x64 architecture. An x86-supported recovery media is
required for an x86 architecture device.

• The 32-bit version of Windows PE can boot 32-bit Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), BIOS

PCs, and 64-bit BIOS PCs. The 64-bit version of Windows PE can boot 64-bit Unied Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI), BIOS PCs, and 64-bit BIOS PCs. For more information on the partition style

when setting up Windows, please refer to Microsoft's article

or GPT partition style

• Internet connection must be available when downloading and installing the Windows ADK. Under the
circumstances where you cannot use the online ADK installer with GUI, please refer to Microsoft' article

Install the Windows ADK o󰀪ine

that allows you to restore your device in the pre-installation environment.

) from Microsoft Windows. Please refer to the section

Windows Pre-installation Environment (WinPE

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

Download and Install the Windows ADK

for more information.

Windows Setup: Installing using the MBR

.

for more information.

), which is a small Windows

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for

Administrative Permission

The entire process of creating recovery media requires users with local administrative permission to use the
command-line interface (CLI). Right-click the CLI icon and choose

10 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Run as administrator

to begin.

Create Recovery Media with the Windows ADK

Download and Install the Windows ADK

You must download and install the
installing version

Deployment Tools

required for building recovery media (see the image below). Installing the Windows ADK may take a few minutes.

1803

if you want to create recovery media.

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)

and

Windows ADK

to create recovery media. We recommend downloading and

are the only two features

Note:

• Starting with Windows 10 (version 1809),
is required for creating recovery media, is released separately from the Windows ADK. To create recovery

media, both the Windows ADK and WinPE packs need to be downloaded and installed. For more

information, please refer to Microsoft's article

• Internet connection must be available when downloading and installing the Windows ADK. Under the
circumstances where you cannot use the online ADK installer with GUI, please refer to Microsoft's article

Install the Windows ADK o󰀪ine

• WinPE for Windows 10 (version 1803) is the suggested WinPE version to be downloaded and installed
through the Windows ADK. To further verify its compatibility with the environment of your device, please
refer to Microsoft's article

What’s New in Windows PE

for more information.

11 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE

Create bootable WinPE media

.

.

), which

Copy Required Boot Files to WinPE

1

Right-click the CLI icon and select

2

Change the le directory by the command in this step. For example, if the path of the installed Windows ADK

is C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10, the command will be:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools"

3

Enter the following command to run the

creating recovery media:

DandISetEnv.bat

4

Copy WinPE to this designated path. Here we use path C:\winpe as the example. Below is the example of the
command:

copype.cmd amd64 C:\winpe

Please note that amd64 will build the media required for the 64-bit WinPE. amd64 is used as the example here
because it is the mainstream hardware architecture. If you want to create a recovery media for a 32-bit device,
the amd64 in the example command should be changed to x86.

Run as administrator

.bat

le that will read all the environment variables required for

to begin.

Mount and Congure "boot.wim"

The le
necessary congurations and Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard. Below is the command for

mounting

boot.wim

boot.wim

works as the operating system of WinPE. It needs to be mounted before you copy all the

:

Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:"C:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\winpe\mount"

Note:

If a certain hardware requires a specic driver that is not supported by the WinPE, the driver needs to be

copied or included in the media during the creation process. Please refer to
for more information.

Copy Drivers

Install Drivers

and

Download Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

The latest version of the recovery application
be downloaded from

depends on the previous parameter you have entered for copying les. Please download the 64-bit zip le if you

had entered amd64, and download 32-bit zip le if you had entered x86.

We recommend you to create a separate folder on your hard disk and name it ActiveBackup, so the path would
be: C:\winpe\mount\ActiveBackup. Afterward, extract the recovery wizard to this directory.

Download Center

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

. Whether you should download a recovery wizard with 64-bits or 32-bits

can

Set the Time Zone

Time zone settings can be congured at this stage, and may a󰀨ect the backup time of the recovery media version

shown in

quotation marks according to your needs. Please read the list from Microsoft to consult the time zone names:

Default Time Zones

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

.

. You can change the time zone within the

//Set the time zone to your local time zone

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Set-TimeZone:"

12 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Taipei Standard Time

"

Congure "winpeshl.ini"

After WinPE has been initiated, the executable le

winpeshl.ini

the

the WinPE environment and Active Backup Recovery Wizard has been launched.

You can create this le using notepad, and copy the following content and paste it into your notepad. Afterward,
save the le as

[LaunchApps]
%systemroot%\System32\wpeinit.exe
%systemdrive%\ActiveBackup\ui\recovery.exe

Note:

Under the circumstances where congurations of resolution and language are required, please refer to the sections

Congure Resolution

le. The purpose of this le is to initialize the network environment once your device has entered

winpeshl.ini

and move it to the directory C:\winpe\mount\Windows\system32.

Congure Language Settings

and

winpeshl.exe

for more information.

will run automatically.

winpeshl.exe

will read

Unmount "boot.wim"

Every adjustment made to
ready and expected to be e󰀨ective, then the parameter /COMMIT is required:

Dism.exe /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:"C:\winpe\mount" /COMMIT

boot.wim

needs to be committed to become e󰀨ective. If all the congurations are

Pack Recovery Media

Once the conguration is ready, there are three ways to restore the device through the recovery media: restore
the device to VMware through an ISO image, through a USB drive, or through other specied media.

Pack Recovery Media into an ISO Image

Turning the media into an ISO image allows you to restore it directly on VM or burn the ISO image to CD/DVD or

a ash drive with a third-party tool for future recovery. Enter the command below to pack your customized media

into an ISO image:

MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\winpe C:\winpe\custom_pe_amd64.iso

Pack Recovery Media into a USB Drive

1

Prepare a USB drive and insert it to your PC.

2

Identify whether the partition table pertains to MBR or GPT:

UEFI-based PC supports both UEFI (GPT) and legacy (MBR) BIOS modes. For Legacy BIOS mode,
Windows PE needs to be booted in the MBR mode in order to correctly install Windows. You can refer to

Microsoft's article

3

Enter the following commands in sequence according to your partition table type (see the tables on the next

page). Please note that the command in bold should be changed according to your needs.

Boot in UEFI or legacy BIOS mode

for more information.

13 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

GPT

Step Description Command

1

Launch the disk partition tool diskpart

2

List all the disks on the device list disk

3

Select which disk needs to be cleaned in the next step select disk 2

4

Clean all the data from the previously selected disk clean

5

Convert the partition table to GPT convert gpt

6

Create the primary partition create partition primary

7

Select the rst partition select partition 1

8

Format the USB’s le system to FAT32 and name the USB format quick fs=fat32 label="WinPE"

9

Assign the drive letter for the USB assign letter="S"

10

Specify that the partition is required by the device, and prevent

assigning drive letter automatically on another device

11

Exit exit

MBR

Step Description Command

1

Launch the disk partition tool diskpart

2

List all the disks on the device list disk

gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001

3

Select which disk needs to be cleaned in the next step select disk 2

4

Clean all the data from the previously selected disk clean

5

Convert the partition table to MBR convert mbr

6

Create the primary partition create partition primary

7

Select the rst partition select partition 1

8

Activate the partition to be formatted active

9

Format the USB’s le system to FAT32 and name the USB format quick fs=ntfs label="WinPE"

10

Assign the drive letter for the USB assign letter="S"

11

Exit exit

Note:

The command in bold should be changed according to your needs. For example, "select disk 2" should be changed
to the corresponding disk number for your media.

4.

Enter the command below to copy the customized WinPE le to the USB drive. Please note that the underlined
command should be changed according to your requirement. For example, the
could be changed to your assigned letter.

xcopy.exe c:\winpe\media /E /F S:\

S

in the sample command

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) on Synology NAS

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) supports booting the WinPE loaded from PXE server via Internet
connection. To congure your Synology NAS into a PXE server requires the conguration of DHCP server and
TFTP server. This section guides you through how to congure DHCP, PXE, and TFTP on your Synology NAS.

1

Create a shared folder "PXE" on your NAS, and then go to your

SMB/AFP/NFS

2

My Network Places

Go to

and tick

Enable SMB service

, enter the shared folder PXE, and create a Boot folder underneath it.

.

DSM

>

Control Panel

File Services

>

14 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

>

net use y: \\Your-Remote-NAS\PXE
y:
md Boot

3

Mount and customize "boot.wim".

Dism.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:"C:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim” /index:1 /
MountDir:“C:\winpe\mount"

4

Copy the PXE boot le to the newly created Boot folder.

copy C:\winpe\mount\windows\Boot\pxe\*.* y:\Boot

5

Copy the boot.sdi to the same Boot folder.

copy C:\winpe\media\Boot\boot.sdi y:\Boot

6

Copy the bootable WinPE image to the same Boot folder.

copy C:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim y:\Boot

7

Copy the TrueType font to the Boot folder (optional).

copy C:\winpe\media\Boot\Fonts y:\Boot\Fonts

8

Execute the command-line interface as an administrator, and create a BCD le through the following

commands:

// Use bcdedit.exe to create space for BCD:

bcdedit /createstore c:\BCD

// Congure the RAMDISK settings:

bcdedit /store c:\BCD /create {ramdiskoptions} /d "Ramdisk options"
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdidevice boot
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdipath \Boot\boot.sdi
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /create /d "winpe boot image" /application osloader

// The last command will reply a GUID, for example:

// The entry {a4f89c62-2142-11e6-80b6-00155da04110} was successfully created.

// Copy this replied GUID for the next command. Please replace the GUID1 with your GUID in the following
command:
// Create a new boot record for the Windows PE image:

bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} device ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\boot.
wim,{ramdiskoptions}
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} path \windows\system32\winload.exe
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\boot.
wim,{ramdiskoptions}
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} systemroot \windows
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} detecthal Yes
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {GUID1} winpe Yes

// Congure BOOTMGR settings (Please remember to replace the GUID1 with your own GUID):

bcdedit /store c:\BCD /create {bootmgr} /d "boot manager"
bcdedit /store c:\BCD /set {bootmgr} timeout 30
bcdedit /store c:\BCD -displayorder {GUID1} -addlast
// Copy this BCD le to the shared folder "Boot"
copy c:\BCD y:\Boot\BCD

15 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

9

Copy bootmgr.exe and pxeboot.n12 to y:\Boot\

copy y:\Boot\bootmgr.exe y:\bootmgr.exe
copy y:\Boot\pxeboot.n12 y:\pxeboot.n12

10

Log in to your

congure your root directory.

11

Enable DHCP server from

12

Enable PXE from

13

Follow the steps below to congure the recovery machine: enter the BIOS mode and then enable and prioritize

the Wake-on-LAN (WOL). In this way, you will be able to access WinPE via PXE.

DSM

Control Panel > DHCP Server > PXE

, go to

Control Panel

Control Panel

File Services

>

DHCP Server > Network Interface

>

TFTP

>

and congure the bootloader.

and tick

Enable TFTP service

.

, and then

Boot Recovery Media (ISO Image or USB Drive)

After you have mounted the ISO image or attached the USB drive to the device intended for restoration, press F2
to enter the BIOS mode once your device has been rebooted. Please note that this hotkey may vary according to

di󰀨erent vendors. Afterward, navigate to the

Devices

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according to where the recovery media is located. Exit the setup process and you will be directed to

Boot

tab, and prioritize the order of

, which will start the recovery process automatically.

CD-ROM Drive

Removable

and

16 Method 2: Manually Create Recovery Media

Appendix

Copy Drivers

If a certain hardware requires a specic driver that is not supported by WinPE, the driver should be copied to and

included into the recovery media when creating the media. Once the image is mounted during the restoration, the
driver can be installed onto the device by clicking

Load Drivers

Because the WinPE version suggested previously in this Guide contains a broader hardware compatibility, the

aforementioned situation rarely happens in this version. This step is therefore optional.

after entering WinPE.

Install Drivers

You can also directly install the drivers into the WinPE operating system. In this way, the specic drivers that you

need will be prepared in the operating system without manually loading them upon booting the recovery media.

Synology Active Backup for Business Recovery Wizard

>

You can refer to the article
commands regarding this installation.

// When installing a specic driver, you can add parameter /ForceUnsigned to allow unsigned drivers:

Dism.exe /Image: "C:\winpe\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"path-to-driver/driver­name.inf"

// When installing all the drivers in the folder, you can add parameter /ForceUnsigned to allow unsigned
drivers:

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"path-to-driver" /Recurse

Add and Remove Drivers to an o󰀪ine Windows Image

for more detailed

17 Appendix

Congure Resolution

The default resolution of WinPE is 800 x 600. If you wish the resolution during restoration is higher, a graphic card
driver is required. Without the graphic card driver, the resolution you have congured will not be applied. Only the
resolution supported by WinPE will be applied.

To change the resolution, please add the le named "unattend.xml" under the directory

with the following commands:

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>
<unattend xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend”>
<settings pass=”windowsPE”>
<component name=”Microsoft-Windows-Setup”>
processorArchitecture=“amd64“
publicKeyToken= “31bf3855ad364e35“ language=“neutral”
versionScope=“nonSxS”
xmlns:wcm=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMICong/2002/State”
xmlns:xsi= “http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”>
<Display>
<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
<RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>
</Display>
<EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
<EnableFirewall>true</EnableFirewall>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>

C:\winpe\mount\

along

Congure Language Settings

WinPE for Windows 10 does not support downloading the SDK dedicated for a specic language. Only English is

supported.

If you want the user interface to support other languages, the language packs and fonts are required to be

installed. Congurations of the display language on the user interface and system locale are also required.

If your architecture is amd64, please congure the language settings through the le
rst copy the le to

Access the le

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows
Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs

To congure the language settings, please follow the formats for relevant commands shown on the next page.
Here we use Traditional Chinese as the example.

C:\winpe

WinPE_OCs

to avoid unexpected space error from occurring and to ensure a smoother process.

through the following path:

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WinPE_OCs

. We suggest to

// Install the Language packs for Traditional Chinese:

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\winpe\WinPE_OCs\
zh-tw\lp.cab"

// Install the font:

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\winpe\WinPE_OCs\
WinPE-FontSupport-ZH-TW.cab"

// Set the UI language to be Traditional Chinese:

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Set-UILang:zh-tw

// Set the regional language to be Traditional Chinese:

Dism.exe /Image:"C:\winpe\mount" /Set-UserLocale:zh-tw

Add Certicate to WinPE Image

This section will guide you through how to add a root certicate to an WinPE image.

1

Mount the WinPE image to a temporary location on your computer with DISM. For example:

c:\path\to\mount

2

Import the o󰀪ine registry hive to a temporary hive in your host registry.

reg load HKLM\OFFLINE c:\path\to\mount\Windows\System32\cong\Software

3

Copy the key of the root certicate.

reg copy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\AuthRoot\
Certicates HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\OFFLINE\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\AuthRoot\
Certicates /s /f

reg copy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\CA\Certicates
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\OFFLINE\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\CA\Certicates /s /f

reg copy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\ROOT\
Certicates HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\OFFLINE\Microsoft\SystemCerticates\ROOT\
Certicates /s /f

4

Remove the registry that you have loaded.

reg unload HKLM\OFFLINE

5

Now, the root certicate is added to the WinPE image.

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