Windows 7 Universal Installation Disc - Create

Can't get my image to boot. What's wrong?

Bare Foot Kid said:

Cool, doing just the 32-bit & 64-bit separately was a breeze, just point the "ei.cfg Removal Utility" at the ISO then burn to disk; I'm going to have a go at the whole enchilada after while.


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Piece-a-cake, I'm now installing 64-bit HP from this same disk; now to do it all again when W_7 SP 1 goes RTM.

Now to clean-up all the files I scattered around the PC doing this.

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So I have to use the ei.cfg remover on both DVDs?

How did you construct the boot media?

I assume you have a boot directory, a sources directory containing boot.wim and install.wim, and bootmgr on the dvd/flash?

Like this:




Inside the boot directory ( bootfix and memtest optional), the bcd store entry needs to point at boot.wim





>bcdedit /store bcd

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
displayorder {default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411
-000476eba25f}
path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description Windows Setup
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sources\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411
-000476eba25f}
systemroot \windows
detecthal Yes
winpe Yes
ems Yes

I got it to boot, but I didn't use the ei.cfg remover and my first disc that I created only has W7 Ultimate x86 and x64 on it. So I redid the process using the remover and made it into a bootable iso file. I need to find a way to test the iso file before burning it.

Use Easybcd to add the iso to windows boot menu - select "run from memory".

If it boots fine from the HD , then you are good to burn it

I guess what I'm really trying to ask is, if I followed the instructions word for word, I should have an iso that can boot all versions of Windows, right? Are there side steps that aren't included? Should I have made the separate iso files (x86 and x64) universal before beginning?

Hi Ton,

You should have a boot.wim.

That is the bit which loads into memory. From there you can use the 32 bit recovery options, or you can install any edition/bit version that you put into install.wim.

If you want to have the 64 bit recovery options as well , then you can include another bootable wim in the "sources" directory ( either boot.wim from the 64 bit install dvd , or winre.wim off your 64 installation hard drive).

Name it something else , e.g REC64.WIM, then add an entry to bcd to point at it.

Tested and working! Thanks all!

Great - did you add in the 64 bit recovery options?