System Builder Demo 7: Maintaining Your Images
In this demo, I’ll show you how to maintain your images when new device drivers and other updates are
released.
First, I’ll copy the Windows image file from the USB storage drive back to the technician computer.
Then, I’ll mount the image, so I can make changes to it.
[Shown onscreen: md c:\mount\windows
Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\Images\MyImage.wim /Name:"My
Fabrikam Image" /MountDir:C:\Images\mount\windows ]
Now let’s get a driver. Usually, device drivers are packaged in a .ZIP or a .EXE file.
[Shown onscreen: You must extract drivers so that you can point to the INF file you want]
You can add the driver to the image by using DISM to point to the .INF file. This command only works
with .INF files.
[Shown onscreen: Dism /Add-Driver /Image:C:\mount\windows
/Driver:"C:\Samples\PnP.Media.V1\media1.inf" ]
Make sure the driver is added. Here, I see the new driver.
[Shown onscreen: Dism /Get-Drivers /Image:C:\mount\windows
/format:table ]
Now, let’s add a package. Usually, Windows updates and other hotfixes are packaged in a single file with
a .CAB extension.
[Shown onscreen: Dism /Add-Package /Image:C:\mount\windows
/PackagePath:"C:\Samples\ClockQfe.cab" ]
Make sure the package is added. There it is.
[Shown onscreen: Dism /Get-Packages /Image:C:\mount\windows
/format:table ]
When you are done with updates, you can un-mount the image and copy it back to the USB storage
drive.
[Shown onscreen: Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:C:\mount\windows
/Commit ]
This image should be ready to go with the new updates. But you might want to test and deploy the
image to make sure.
How about if you want to add a language? Or what if your computer needs a driver to boot? For
examples of how to do more, or for a full walkthrough of the procedures you’ve seen in these demos,
see the Windows Advanced Deployment Guide for System Builders.
[Shown onscreen:
Want to learn more?
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Add a language - update Windows RE so users can complete the recovery experience in
their language
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Add a boot-critical driver - update both Windows PE and Windows RE
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Add help files specific to your computer
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Detailed walkthroughs of everything in these demos
See the Windows Advanced Deployment Guide for System Builders
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=267165 ]
I hope you have a better understanding of how to set up Windows, maintain your images, and set up
recovery tools to make deploying Windows 8 easy. Thanks for watching!