Transcript Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect WCL315 Agenda Introduction to Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) Creating Windows RE Using Windows AIK Installing Windows RE and Windows Vista Customizing.

Johan Arwidmark
Chief Technical Architect
WCL315
Agenda
Introduction to Windows Recovery
Environment (Windows RE)
Creating Windows RE Using Windows AIK
Installing Windows RE and Windows Vista
Customizing Windows RE
Backup and Restore
Windows RE in Windows 7 – Sneak Preview
Recovery Before Windows RE
Recovery Console
Not easily discoverable
User interface not suitable for normal users
Limited diagnostic and repair functionalities
SafeMode
Primarily used for systems with malfunctioning
drivers, services, and configurations
Not guaranteed to boot if the OS itself
is unbootable
Limited repair functionalities
Windows RE Overview
Automatic diagnosis and recovery
Available via Windows Vista or Windows OPK
Manual recovery tools available
Extendable
Windows RE Repair Actions (1)
Problem
Registry Corruption
Missing or Damaged System
and Driver Files
Corrupt Disk Metadata
Corrupt File System
Metadata
Bluescreen caused by Driver
Repair Action
Automated
Manual
System Restore
Repair using backup registry
Repair using system cache
Repair using driver store
Disk metadata repair
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ChkDsk
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System Restore
Remove incompatible drivers
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Windows RE Repair Actions (2)
Problem
Repair Action
Incompatible Hotfix/SP
System Restore
Bad Memory
Windows Memory Diagnostics
Bad Hard Drive
Missing or Damaged BCD
Windows Disk Diagnostics
CompletePC restore
Rebuild BCD
Irreparable System
Complete PC restore
Automated
Manual
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Automated Recovery
Computer
Bluescreens
Reboot
Boot manager
detects
failure
Computer
fails over into
Windows RE
Reboot
Diagnose and
repair
computer
Launch
Startup
Repair
User powers
up computer
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Yes
Window Vista
starts
Boot
successful
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No
Attempts
>5
Yes
Cannot repair
computer
Automatically repairs common issues
Diagnoses boot failures
Walking in the Windows RE footsteps
Creating Windows RE Using WAIK
Copy Windows PE from the Installation Media
Add Windows RE shell script
Add drivers (optional)
Add custom tools to Windows RE (optional)
Save changes to the image
Creating Windows RE using WAIK
Install Windows RE on Hard Drive
Choosing a partition to install Windows RE
Copying Windows RE Files
Configuring Windows RE
Testing Windows RE Installation
Install Windows RE on the hard drive
Deploying Windows RE and Vista
Windows RE and Vista deployment
Build Windows
RE image
Build
Customization
XML
Create Windows
RE partition
Install Vista and
Windows RE
Configure
automatic repair
Windows PE image customizations can be used for
Windows RE
Recovery partition should be used for Windows RE
Deploy Windows RE and Vista
Windows RE Image Customization
Windows RE UI
Windows RE user experience can be customized
using a configuration XML file
Adding drivers
PEImg.exe and Drvload.exe enable injecting drivers
Windows RE UI also allows users to manually
add drivers
Windows RE Image Customization
Windows RE in Windows 7
Installed on all client editions of Windows
Windows RE functionalities is still available from
the installation DVD
Create System Repair Discs (based on Windows RE)
Recovery page in Control Panel
Image Restore Guidance
Integration with inbox backup
WinRE in Windows 7
Resources
Free Tutorials and Training Videos
www.deploymentcd.com
Blogs on Windows Deployment
www.deployvista.com
www.myitforum.com
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment
http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys
http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus
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Resources
www.microsoft.com/teched
www.microsoft.com/learning
Sessions On-Demand & Community
Microsoft Certification & Training Resources
http://microsoft.com/technet
http://microsoft.com/msdn
Resources for IT Professionals
Resources for Developers
www.microsoft.com/learning
Microsoft Certification and Training Resources
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