1. Create a VM with Windows 8.1 Enterprise and capture its image. 2. Apply the image to a new VHD and copy it to a USB drive. 3. Use diskpart to attach the VHD file from the USB and boot the computer from it to run Windows from the VHD without installing on the PC.

1. Windows 8.1 taught by Jawad Safari
Ratan Mohapatra 1. Install Windows 8.1 Enterprise on VHD
2. Create an image of the Windows Installation
3. Store the Image on a shared folder
4. Apply the image on a second VHD
5. Convert the VHD to boot a computer from USB flash
drive
Personal Project. Windows 8.1 Native Boot using VHD

2. Summary
1. Create VM with Windows OS (8.1 Enterprise)
2. Capture Image and store in a shared folder
3. Apply Image on a new VHD
4. Check the OS in the VHD, shutdown and detach the VHD
5. Prepare USB drive:
1. Primary Partition 2. NTFS format 3. Copy the VHD from step-4 to the USB
6. Diskpart: (purpose: to make attach the VHD)
1. Note of the volume on USB, say F:
2. Select vdisk file=f:win81ent.vhd 3. Attach vdisk
4. List vol 5. select vol 1 (for example, that containing the VHD)
6. Assign letter = r 7. Exit
7. CMD Prompt: r:windowssystem32bcdboot r:windows
8. Use Diskpart again to detach the VHD:
Select vdisk file:f:win81ent.vhd Detach vdisk Exit
1. Boot the computer with the USB as the first option and select the OS. If you have
no other OS on the computer you should load windows 8.1 automatically.
2. If you have multiple OS, make sure you change the boot order back to the way it
was so the OS’s load with the boot manager on the hard disk
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Reference OS Image.wim
Apply on VHD
Copy to USB
Attach File
Make
Bootable
Detach File
Boot PC from
USB

3. Appendix
Creating a WinPE media:
1. Install Microsoft ADK
2. Open the Deployment & Imaging Tools Environment
3. COPYPE AMD64 C:WINPE_64
4. If you need a 32 bit version replace amd64 by x86
5. Creating the WinPE Media”
6. ISO file for CD/DVD:
MAKEWINPEMEDIA /ISO C:WINPE_64 C:SHAREWINPE64.ISO (I SAVE IT IN SHARE)
7. To make a Flash drive:
MAKEWINPEMEDIA /UFD C:WINPE_AMD64 F: (f is usb)
CMD line Boot related operations:
%systemroot%system32BCDBOOT %systemdrive%windows (e.g., c:windowssystem32bcdboot c:windows)… makes
windows installation bootable
From Recovery console to fix Boot problems:
Fixing Boot Problems in MBR partition @ the recovery console
Win 7: bootrec /rebuildbcd bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot
Win 8: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /ScanOs bootrec /RebuildBcd
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4. For adding Image to GPT
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1. Apply efi.wim- the prev. boot conf
2. Apply win.wim
3. Update Boot Configuration Setup:
i. BCD boot MGR:
i. bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device partition=s
ii. bcdedit /set {memdiag} device partition=s
ii. BCD default Windows Loader to point to the OS
iii.bcdedit /set {default} device partition =s
iv.Bcdedit /set {default} osdevice partition =s
v. BCD Firmware entry to reference Win Boot MGR
vi.bcdedit /set {FWbootmgr} displayorder {Bootmgr} /addfirst
A. 1. Capture efi.wim- the prev. boot conf
B. 2. Capture win.wim