Solved How to add drivers at USB's WinPE

garlin · Wednesday at 11:18 AM

/index:2 is normally the WinPE used to install Windows. Not /index:1 (plain WinPE with no Setup).

SIW2 · Wednesday at 11:48 AM

SIW2 said:
The same as you did to add the drivers to winre.wim.

Except mount image 2 of boot.wim

My post #11

drivers need to be integrated to the bootable image which is image 2 in ms standard boot.wim

It is easier to use dism++ which can show you the bootable image

https://github.com/Chuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language/releases/download/v10.1.1002.2/Dism++10.1.1002.1B.zip

File > Mount Image

click the arrow next to the dropdown and select the bootable image

Bug locker · Wednesday at 1:01 PM

SIW2 said:
My post #11

drivers need to be integrated to the bootable image which is image 2 in ms standard boot.wim

It is easier to use dism++ which can show you the bootable image

https://github.com/Chuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language/releases/download/v10.1.1002.2/Dism++10.1.1002.1B.zip

File > Mount Image

When i create the image of boot.wim at C:\ , this image not contains boot.wim file to add drivers.

SIW2 · Wednesday at 1:38 PM

When i create the image of boot.wim at C:\ , this image not contains boot.wim file to add drivers.

TO mount a wim. You have to browse to the wim file and the mount folder

SIW2 · Wednesday at 1:44 PM

To capture a wim from an applied os is different. What are you trying to do ?

You can find boot.wim in the installation media in the sources folder. It needs to be writeable so you can't do it with a mounted iso file.

Extract the contents of installation media iso somewhere writeable

hsehestedt · Wednesday at 1:47 PM

I've done some pretty extensive testing with some of this, so here is my take:

If you plan to use the $WinPeDriver$ folder OR integrate drivers into index #2 of the boot.wim, these should be BOOT CRITICAL DRIVERS ONLY. Some drivers simply will not work here and can even cause installation to fail very early in the process.

Since WinPE does NOT support WiFi (yes, it can be hacked) you should not load WiFi drivers here. Instead, integrate those drivers into your main install.wim file.

Bug locker · Wednesday at 2:00 PM

SIW2 said:
To capture a wim from an applied os is different. What are you trying to do ?

You can find boot.wim in the installation media in the sources folder. It needs to be writeable so you can't do it with a mounted iso file.

Extract the contents of installation media iso somewhere writeable

USB of WinPE is writable. When i extracted the boot wim at C:\ it hasnt boot.wim inside because its it self.
So no mount to USB , no mount to C:\.What you suggest ?

SIW2 · Wednesday at 2:01 PM

Since WinPE does NOT support WiFi

Ms supplied win11 winre.wim supports wifi ( and also has the files for refresh/reset or whatever it is called ) but boot.wim does not

It should be possible to copy the sources folder from boot.wim image 2 into winre.wim plus setup.exe at the root, you might also need to flag it 9, then rename it boot.wim to match the standard bcd entry. But what is the point ?

If you want use winre.wim to install from it is easier to run something wintttsetup

Bug locker · Wednesday at 2:02 PM

SIW2 said:
Ms supplied winre.wim supports wifi but boot.wim does not

Sorry , please read my first post first.
I dont want wifi. I want disk's and touchpad drivers.

SIW2 · Wednesday at 2:16 PM

I dont want wifi. I want disk's and touchpad drivers.

I know, I was answering hsehes post about wifi.

Bug locker · Wednesday at 2:17 PM

SIW2 said:
I know, I was answering hsehes post about wifi.

hsehestedt · Wednesday at 2:40 PM

Bug locker said:
Sorry , please read my first post first.
I dont want wifi. I want disk's and touchpad drivers.

Sorry if I missed this, but what precisely is not working? The storage driver should be easy, but for a touchpad, it sometimes requires a driver you may not expect. As an example, I have an ASUS laptop, a Lenovo laptop, and a Chuwi laptop. The touchpad does not work on any of then in Windows setup. To get the touchpad to work on those systems I do NOT install the touchpad driver in boot.wim on any of them. Instead, I need to load the "I2C" driver or the "Serial IO" driver in the case of the Lenovo because the problem is not actually with the touchpad, rather, it is with the interface that the touchpad uses for communication.

Note that this also holds true when using the $WinPeDriver$ folder.

EDIT: Just wanted to explain this a little better. Think of this like plugging a device into a USB port. You need a driver for that device, but you also need to have your USB drivers loaded. Same deal here. On most modern laptops, the touchpoad connects via what is typically called an "I2C" or "Serial IO" connection and the driver for that is typically what the problem is.

Bug locker · Wednesday at 2:50 PM

hsehestedt said:
Sorry if I missed this, but what precisely is not working? The storage driver should be easy, but for a touchpad, it sometimes requires a driver you may not expect. As an example, I have an ASUS laptop, a Lenovo laptop, and a Chuwi laptop. The touchpad does not work on any of then in Windows setup. To get the touchpad to work on those systems I do NOT install the touchpad driver in boot.wim on any of them. Instead, I need to load the "I2C" driver or the "Serial IO" driver in the case of the Lenovo because the problem is not actually with the touchpad, rather, it is with the interface that the touchpad uses for communication.

Note that this also holds true when using the $WinPeDriver$ folder.

The 2 cases of the WinPE :
1) Install windows. There is no problem as the user can add the missed drivers.
2) Select "Repair PC". Then , the installation put the user at WinRE.
Here is the problem. When you go to WinRE and you need drivers for the disk or touchpad (in my case) , or
anything else , you cant add drivers. Also , you cant work with your disk (Restore points,Command prompt , Image restore)
because the installation dont see your disk.
Also at both cases i havent mouse cause its bluetooth , and touchpad cause the installation hasnt drivers.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Microsoft. If he were paid for the drivers, he would put all the drivers, starting with Windows 3.1.

hsehestedt · Wednesday at 2:58 PM

Bug locker said:
When you go to WinRE and you need drivers for the disk or touchpad (in my case) , or
anything else , you cant add drivers.

You can add those drivers to WinRE:

Customize Windows RE

learn.microsoft.com

Bug locker · Wednesday at 3:00 PM

hsehestedt said:
You can add those drivers to WinRE:

Customize Windows RE

Customize Windows RE

learn.microsoft.com

This solution also requires software installation. It's also very difficult for me.

hsehestedt · Wednesday at 3:13 PM

Follow-up:

If you are going to need to add drivers to WinPE or WinRE on a regular basis consider doing one of the following:

1) Script the process to make this an automatic process for you. I could send all the needed steps to you if you want to know how to do this yourself.

2) Use a utility to do it for you. I do this so often that I wrote my own program to do it. Option #3 as highlighted in the screenshot below adds boot critical drivers to BOTH WinPE and WinRE so everything just works

. See hsehestedt - Overview, WIM-Tools

Bug locker · Wednesday at 3:18 PM

hsehestedt said:
Follow-up:

If you are going to need to add drivers to WinPE or WinRE on a regular basis consider doing one of the following:

1) Script the process to make this an automatic process for you. I could send all the needed steps to you if you want to know how to do this yourself.

2) Use a utility to do it for you. I do this so often that I wrote my own program to do it. Option #3 as highlighted in the screenshot below adds boot critical drivers to BOTH WinPE and WinRE so everything just works . See hsehestedt - Overview, WIM-Tools

View attachment 130146

At some point when I don't have anything better to do, I'll try the Microsoft learn way. The strange thing is that it says that the SDK is required, but in the process of adding drivers, it does not use the sdk.
Thanks.

SIW2 · Wednesday at 3:18 PM

It is quite easy, Follow the screenshots for dism++.

the drivers are here

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/hp-pavilion-17.3-inch-gaming-laptop-pc-17-cd2000/model/2100678016?sku=4Y120EA

I can do it in a couple of minutes.

We dont know what build of win11 you are planning to install.

the most recent one I know of is
en-us_windows_11_consumer_editions_version_23h2_updated_march_2025_x64_dvd_dcf197b6.iso
are you using Greek ?

Bug locker · Wednesday at 3:21 PM

SIW2 said:
It is quite easy, Follow the screenshots for dism++.

the drivers are here

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/hp-pavilion-17.3-inch-gaming-laptop-pc-17-cd2000/model/2100678016?sku=4Y120EA

I got the drivers since i purchase my notebook. I already tried the dism++ , and it not works for the same reason :
The mounted boot.wim , doesnt have another boot.wim when its mounted.
So , there is no boot.wim to add drivers.

SIW2 · Wednesday at 3:25 PM

or you can use the hp winpe pack and shove them all in, but I am not sure they include the touchpad drivers in the pack

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