Windows x86 and x64 AIO, full instructions

[DKane]

I think I've retraced my steps from when I created my AIO capable of repairing, installing, and upgrading both x86 and x64 systems. I am posting it here because I think such a guide should have its own thread, to make it easy to find.

I should be seeing a torrent at some point, but for those of you who already have the materials:

Materials required:
Windows 7 x32 install media
Windows 7 x64 install media
Hex editor with search-and-replace, and support for unicode strings. I recommend HxD ( http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ ) if you do not already have this.
WAIK 2.0 ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en )

Optional materials:
Windows 7 Enterprise x32 & x64 install media
(only required if you wish to have these editions available)

Stage 1: arranging files

Okay, in this guide we shall be working on the D: drive, but any drive letter you have available shall do.

In this stage we set up a directory structure to be used for the rest of the stages.

Firstly, create the folders:
D:\AIO\DVD

and

D:\AIO\WIMs

Next, extract contents of the x86 DVD into D:\AIO\DVD

Delete all .clg files from D:\AIO\DVD\sources

delete ei.cfg from D:\AIO\DVD\sources

Then move install.wim from D:\AIO\DVD\sources to D:\AIO\WIMs, and rename it ULTx86.wim
Then extract install. wim from the x64 DVD to WIMs, and rename it ULTx64.wim

And optionally, extract the install.wim from the x86 and x64 Enterprise DVDs, renaming them ENTx86.wim and ENTx64.wim respectively.

Finally, extract the content of the sources directory (except install.wim and ei.cfg) from the x64 DVD to D:\AIO\DVD\sourc64, and copy the setup.exe from the x64 DVD to D:\AIO\DVD as setup64.exe

Stage 2: Building the WIM

Now we must build the install.wim (that's the file that contains the different versions of windows, if you didn't know), by exporting images from the .WIMS we have.

Assuming you've done exactly as I've said, open the deployment tools command prompt (from WAIK), and enter these commands:

Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 STARTER"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 2 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME BASIC"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 3 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME PREMIUM"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 4 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ENTx86.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 5 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ULTIMATE"

Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx64.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME BASIC (x64)"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx64.wim" 2 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME PREMIUM (x64)"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx64.wim" 3 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL (x64)"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ENTx64.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE (x64)"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx64.wim" 4 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ULTIMATE (x64)"

You can skip the Enterprise ones if you chose not to include Enterprise. Well, you could skip any of them, but I reccommend including all you can, as it does not take up much additional room (I assume WIM automatically reuses files), and you never know when you might need to do a clean install for someone!

Sage 3: Modifying the BCD

Here we modify the DVD's BCD, so as to add an x64 recovery option. The recovery option is just that: it cannot install. To improve user transparency, the boot timeout shall be set to 3 sec, so as to be almost unnoticeable if not needed.

Ok, open an administative command prompt.

Navigate to D:\AIO\DVD

Now make a copy of the default loader by executing:

bcdedit /store boot\bcd /copy {default} /d "x64 Recovery Mode"

This command shall tell you the GUID of the copy made, make a note of it.

Next set the new loader to load the 64 bit PE by executing:

bcdedit /store boot\bcd /set {GUID} device ramdisk=[boot]\sourc64\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}
bcdedit /store boot\bcd /set {GUID} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\sourc64\boot.wim,{7619dcc8-fafe-11d9-b411-000476eba25f}

(Replace {GUID} with the GUID you noted down)

Finally, alter the boot timeout by executing:

bcdedit /store boot\bcd /timeout 3

Stage 4: getting upgrade to work
Now, the one problem left is upgrade installs on 64 bit. This involves hex editing files, and so breaks the digital signature, causing the ugly yellow UAC prompt. This is, I am almost ashamed to say, the first of two such cosmetic glitches.

Now first open D:\AIO\DVD\setup64.exe in your hex editor. Search and replace all instances of the unicode string "sources\" with "sourc64\". Although this breaks the signature, it does not break the program, because both strings are the same length.
Now, open D:\AIO\DVD\sourc64\autorun.dll, and replace all instances of the unicode string "sources\setup.exe" with "sourc64\lunch.cmd"

(in case you were wondering, it was going to be launch.cmd, but I had to drop one letter...)

Now, create a file in D:\AIO\DVD\sourc64 called lunch.cmd containing exactly this:

setup.exe /m:sourc64 /installfrom:\sources\install.wim

NOTE: If you are using a SP1 slipstreamed image, lunch.cmd should instead contain exactly this:

setup.exe /installfrom:\sources\install.wim

This is the cause of the second cosmetic glitch. A command prompt is briefly visible before setup is launched.

Now, the autorun.inf must be modified so that it runs setup64 on x64 systems. Modify it so it contains:

[Autorun.Amd64]
open=setup64.exe
icon=setup64.exe,0

[Autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon=setup.exe,0

Now, finally, we're ready to master a DVD. Open up the deployment tools command prompt, and enter:

oscdimg.exe -l7_AIO -t10/22/2009:00:00 -m -u2 -bD:\AIO\DVD\Boot\etfsboot.com D:\AIO\DVD D:\7_AIO.ISO

Do this, test it. Tell me if it goes wrong, because my iso works perfectly, so I would have typed up the instructions wrong.

[genuine555]

Dear admins, could this maybe be Sticky-fied ?

[btf-tribal]

Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 STARTER"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 2 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME BASIC"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 3 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 HOME PREMIUM"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 4 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ENTx86.wim" 1 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows 7 ENTERPRISE"
Imagex /export "D:\AIO\WIMs\ULTx86.wim" 5 "D:\AIO\DVD\sources\install.wim" "Windows

don`t understand why i should export the x86 again into the x86 install wim.
this step must be a mistake

[DAz999]

DKane,

May I refer you to this post, maybe you could help out there or may they could help you, it doesn t matter, it just seems to me that you are working in the same direction.

Creating auto-activating DVD's-With or Without Loader

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=9989

Regards
DAz999

[DKane]

don`t understand why i should export the x86 again into the x86 install wim.
this step must be a mistake

At the start it tells you to *move* the x86 install.wim, not copy. You are making an install.wim from scratch, so the entries will be in the right order.

DKane,

May I refer you to this post, maybe you could help out there or may they could help you, it doesn t matter, it just seems to me that you are working in the same direction.

Creating auto-activating DVD's-With or Without Loader

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=9989

Regards
DAz999

Well, they might be, it's hard to tell. The key point of my DVD is the ability to upgrade and repair both architectures. I don't know if such an auto-activating mechanism could be added to it, but anyone is welcome to try.

[luke]

LOL i got all the way up to

open an administative command prompt.

Navigate to D:\AIO\DVD

Now make a copy of the default loader by executing:

Code:

bcdedit /store boot\bcd /copy {default} /d "x64 Recovery Mode"


and then got lost from there were is there administative command prompt and how do i navigate PS i did mine C:\AIO\DVD

[DKane]

LOL i got all the way up to

open an administative command prompt.

Navigate to D:\AIO\DVD

Now make a copy of the default loader by executing:

Code:

bcdedit /store boot\bcd /copy {default} /d "x64 Recovery Mode"


and then got lost from there were is there administative command prompt and how do i navigate PS mine C:\AIO\DVD D drive in my dvd drive on my system

Ok, commandline basics:

click the windows button, and type cmd. Right click on cmd.exe when it appears, and click "run as administrator". The window that opens is an administrative prompt.

Navigation: Switch to D drive by entering D:, then hitting enter, can switch to other drives in same way.

use CD to change directory on a drive.

eg, to get to D:\AIO\DVD, one would do:

D:
cd AIO\DVD

[HOGCALLER]

Not sure what/where went wrong but only Ultimate x86 and x64 show up.

[HOGCALLER]

This time all works as advertised!!

This time I cut and pasted all code and command line instructions/info both to and from all command windows rather than doing any typing (not one of my better skills).

This time I deleted all ei.cfg and all *.clg files from both "sources" and "sourc64" folders.

This time I downloaded and installed MS free utility, XML Notepad 2007, to make the needed "unattend.xml" file.

I have not actually installed any version as of yet but repair promt shows and starts to work and all choices/versions show up. Will let you know if any problems arise.

One official "ATTABOY" for DKane!!

[DKane]

Not sure what/where went wrong but only Ultimate x86 and x64 show up.

BALLS! Forgot a step, I knew it! Delete ei.cfg from D:\AIO\DVD\sources, and D:\AIO\DVD\sourc64

Instructions amended. Also, thankkyou hogcaller ^^ always nice to know one is appreciated.