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) ProblemRepair ActionAutomatedManual Registry Corruption System Restore Repair using backup registry   Missing or Damaged System and Driver Files Repair using system cache Repair using driver store   Corrupt Disk Metadata Disk metadata repair  Corrupt File System Metadata ChkDsk  Bluescreen caused by Driver System Restore Remove incompatible drivers  

Windows RE Repair Actions (2) ProblemRepair ActionAutomatedManual Incompatible Hotfix/SP System Restore  Bad MemoryWindows Memory Diagnostics  Bad Hard Drive Windows Disk Diagnostics CompletePC restore   Missing or Damaged BCD Rebuild BCD  Irreparable System Complete PC restore 

Automated Recovery 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 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 Blogs on Windows Deployment

Sessions On-Demand & Community Resources for IT Professionals Resources for Developers Microsoft Certification and Training Resources Microsoft Certification & Training Resources Resources

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