The following article deals with how to resolve an issue with being unable to boot into a WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) USB. It does not boot with Dell Command | Configure installed and connected to a computer with a UEFI BIOS.
If you are wanting to deploy changes, using the Dell Command software before the operating system is imaged onto a Dell personal computer. Then you are probably having to boot into the computer and change the BIOS from UEFI mode to Legacy. This is so that the USB can be detected before boot. This is because people cannot boot into a UEFI WinPE environment as it is configured. The sections below take you through how to complete each part of creating a USB tool that works with a UEFI BIOS.
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The following section takes you through a series of guides. Leaving you with a Bootable WinPE USB with Dell Command | Configure installed that does work on a computer with the UEFI BIOS loaded.
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is a collection of tools and documentation that are used to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating system to computers. It enables Windows deployment and Windows assessment. Now that WinPE is an add-on part, you only require the Deployment Tools section from the ADK.
Follow the instructions on the following external link and install the Deployment Tools:
Windows PE/WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) is a lightweight version of Windows. It is used for the deployment of computers, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline.
Use the following link to download the WinPE addon setup file:
Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software application that provides BIOS configuration capability to business-client platforms. It allows you to use either a Command-Line Interface or a Graphics User Interface to configure the client computers. (Formerly the CCTK - Client Configuration ToolKit)
Install the latest revision to a computer that already has an Operating System installed.
For installation instructions, Dell Technologies recommends getting the latest information from the most current Installation Guide that is located here: https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/command-configure/docs
cctk_x86_64_winpe_10.bat C:\winpe_x86_64 C:\Progra~2\Dell\Comman~1
C:\Progra~2\Dell\Comman~1
is that of the Dell Command | Configure folder.
C:\winpe_x86_64\WIM
.Diskpart List disk Select disk 1 (If 1 is the USB location) Clean Create partition primary Select partition 1 Active Format fs=fat32 quick
The next section is to add the EFI folder and the ISO files to the USB.
Diskpart
to make the USB an Active partition and Assign a drive letter to the USB.
C:\winpe_x86_64\media
to the USB location.C:\winpe_x86_64\WIM
.The USB is now ready to use.
The USB should now boot successfully into the Dell Command Configure WinPE Environment.
You can now:
cctk 1- <c:/cctk>/filename.ini
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