Make Bootable GHOST Nov 19th 2014

Information Systems

CREATING A WIN PE 5.1 BOOTABLE

(BASIC)

THINGS YOU’LL NEED:

1. USB DRIVES (8 gig minimum)

2. 3 Ghost Files (version 11.51)
 GDISK64.exe
 GHCONFIG64.exe
 GHOST64.exe
3. WINDOWS ADK (Assessment and Deployment Kit) for 8.1
 LINK: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=39982
4. WINDOWS NIC DRIVERS FOR MACHINES YOU WILL BLAST (WINDOWS 8.1 x64 BIT ONLY)
5. LAPTOP OR PC TO SETUP DEPLOYMENT TOOLS (WITH WIN 7/8/8.1 X64BIT OS)
6. INTERNET CONNECTION FOR INSTALL & DRIVERS ABOVE

SETUP PROCEDURE ON MACHINE YOU WILL USE (LAPTOP/PC):

1. DOWNLOAD WINDOWS ADK for 8.1 WITH LINK FROM ABOVE

2. RUN “adksetup” (internet required to install features)
3. INSTALL WITH DEFAULT LOCATION WHICH IS:
4. RUN INSTALLER THROUGH AND SELECT THE FOLLOWING TO INSTALL:
a. DEPLOYMENT TOOLS
b. WINDOWS PREINSTALLATION ENVIROMENT (WIN PE)

5. ONCE INSTALLED SELECT FINISH AND CLOSE THE INSTALLER

6. CREATE A DIRECTORY CALLED “C:\MOUNT”
7. RUN “DEPLOYMENT AND IMAGING TOOLS ENVIRONMENT” AS ADMINISTRATOR (USE SEARCH)
 8. TYPE : copype amd64 C:\winpe_x64 (THIS WILL COPY OVER PE IMAGE)

9. CLOSE DEPLOYMENT WINDOW

10. CREATE A DIRECTORY CALLED “C:\winpe_x64\drivers” (THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT ALL YOUR WIN
8.1 X64BIT NIC DRIVERS)
11. DELETE THE MOUNT FOLDER IN “c:\winpe_x64” (DO NOT USE THIS AS IT IS FASTER TO USE
C:\MOUNT”
12. COPY THE “winpe_ocs” FOLDER LOCATED IN “c:\program files (x86)\windows
kits\8.1\assessment and deployment kit\windows preinstallation environment\amd64\” AND
PASTE IT IN “C:\winpe_x64\” (OPTIONAL IF YOU NEED LANGUAGE PAKS FOR ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT IN WIN PE)

SETUP THE WINPE IMAGE:

1. RUN DEPLOYMENT AND IMAGING TOOLS ENVIRONMENT AS ADMINISTRATOR (LEAVE OPEN AS

YOU DO THE NEXT STEPS)
2. TYPE “imagex /mountrw c:\winpe_x64\media\sources\boot.wim 1 c:\mount” (IN TERMINAL)
3. OPEN c:\mount DIRECTORY AND CREATE THE DIRECTORY “C:\MOUNT\GHOST\”
4. COPY THE GHOST FILES (LOCATED ON FTP) AND PASTE THE GHOST FOLDER
(C:\MOUNT\GHOST\)
1. GDISK64.exe
2. GHCONFIG64.exe
3. GHOST64.exe
5. ADD ANY WINDOWS 8.1 DRIVERS IN THE DRIVERS FOLDER “c:\winpe_x64\drivers”
6. GO BACK TO THE TERMINAL AND TYPE “dism /add-driver /image:”c:\mount”
/driver:C:\winpe_x64\drivers” /recurse (THIS WILL INJECT ALL THE DRIVERS FROM THAT FOLDER
INTO YOUR IMAGE)
7. FIND THE STARTNET.CMD IN c:\mount\windows\system32\ AND EDIT THIS FILE
8. UNDER THE WPEINIT ADD A NEW LINE “@start x:\ghost\ghost64.exe” (THIS IS STARTUP GHOST
WHEN PE BOOTS ON A MACHINE)
9. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS EXCEPT THE DEPLOYMENT TERMINAL
 10. TYPE “dism /unmount-image /mountdir:”c:\mount” /commit (THIS WILL UNMOUNT AND SAVE
THE IMAGE
11. CLOSE THE TERMINAL (ONCE UNMOUNTED)

SETUP A USB STICK FOR WINPE:

1. INSERT YOUR USB STICK

2. OPEN COMMAND PROMT
3. TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:
a. diskpart
b. list disk
c. select disk (no. corresponds to your usb stick)
d. clean
e. create partition primary
f. select partition 1
g. active
h. format fs=ntfs quick
i. exit
4. SAFELY REMOVE YOUR USB STICK (ITS READY FOR FILES)

FINALLIZE BOOTABLE:

1. INSERT YOUR USB STICK

2. COPY THE CONTENTS FROM “c:\winpe_x64\media” AND PASTE ON YOUR USB STICK (NOTE-
COPY ONLY THE CONTENTS OF MEDIA NOT THE FOLDER ITSELF!!)
3. DONE – TEST THIS STICK ON A MACHINE FOR MULTICAST AND GHOST

Special thanks to:

Andrew Walsh and the IT students Nov 2015 to March 2017 class