Install Windows 11 using WinPE usb on any partition by typing setup at command prompt.

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1) Install ADK and PE add on for windows 11.
2) Make bootable WinPE by using copype and MakeWinPEMedia commands with powershell(run as administrator) as below:
C:\program files (x86) \Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>copype amd64 c:\WinPE_amd64_PS
C:\program files (x86) \Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64_PS T:
T: is usb drive used to make WinPE bootable.
3) Create 10 GB partition on your pc hard disk. (NTFS). Copy all contents of mounted iso of Windows 11 to this drive. Suppose letter is O: for 10 GB partition.
4) Create a new folder (Empty) name it as you like , I call it My Mounted Drive, location is C: drive.
5) Now boot from WinPE usb bootable drive just created.
6) You get
X:\Windows\System32>Diskpart (Press Enter)
DISKPART> list volume
Here C: partition on hard disk appears to be H: (Volume 5)
and O: partition appears to be G: (Volume 4)
7) DISKPART> select volume 4
volume 4 is the selected volume.
8) DISKPART>assign mount="H:\My Mounted Drive"
Diskpart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
8) DISKPART>exit
9) x:\windows\system32>H:
10) H:\>cd My Mounted Drive
11) H:\My Mounted Drive>setup (Press Enter)
Now setup starts, click Next and install windows 11 on desired partition.
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11 21H2 pro os build 22000.918

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Huh - this is like overkill. There are far easier ways to do this by booting from a usb installation drive


What is the point of going through all these convoluted steps to do what is easy?


Step 1 alone is beyond average user.
 

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Ramesh Sharma said:
1) Install ADK and PE add on for windows 11.
2) Make bootable WinPE by using copype and MakeWinPEMedia commands with powershell(run as administrator) as below:
C:\program files (x86) \Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>copype amd64 c:\WinPE_amd64_PS
C:\program files (x86) \Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64_PS T:
T: is usb drive used to make WinPE bootable.
3) Create 10 GB partition on your pc hard disk. (NTFS). Copy all contents of mounted iso of Windows 11 to this drive. Suppose letter is O: for 10 GB partition.
4) Create a new folder (Empty) name it as you like , I call it My Mounted Drive, location is C: drive.
5) Now boot from WinPE usb bootable drive just created.
6) You get
X:\Windows\System32>Diskpart (Press Enter)
DISKPART> list volume
Here C: partition on hard disk appears to be H: (Volume 5)
and O: partition appears to be G: (Volume 4)
7) DISKPART> select volume 4
volume 4 is the selected volume.
8) DISKPART>assign mount="H:\My Mounted Drive"
Diskpart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
8) DISKPART>exit
9) x:\windows\system32>H:
10) H:\>cd My Mounted Drive
11) H:\My Mounted Drive>setup (Press Enter)
Now setup starts, click Next and install windows 11 on desired partition.
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Please see the images. Thanks.IMG-20220924-WA0000.jpgIMG-20220924-WA0002.jpgIMG-20220924-WA0001.jpg
cereberus said:
Huh - this is like overkill. There are far easier ways to do this by booting from a usb installation drive


What is the point of going through all these convoluted steps to do what is easy?


Step 1 alone is beyond average user.
Click to expand...
Hello @cereberus , a small partition of 10 GB on hard drive can be reserved for upcoming newer versions of Windows 11 , WinPE bootable usb is also forever.
Thanks for considering my thread.
 

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Ramesh Sharma said:
Please see the images. Thanks.View attachment 40032View attachment 40030View attachment 40031

Hello @cereberus , a small partition of 10 GB on hard drive can be reserved for upcoming newer versions of Windows 11 , WinPE bootable usb is also forever.
Thanks for considering my thread.
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Windows can automatically reserve space for updates.

www.tenforums.com

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 10
www.tenforums.com www.tenforums.com

EDIT: Why feel the need to run setup from another partition? You can just drop the ISO on your C: drive (or any other drive), double-click it, and run setup from there.
 

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I just use the dism /apply-image command.
 

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hsehestedt said:
Windows can automatically reserve space for updates.

www.tenforums.com

Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Reserved Storage in Windows 10
www.tenforums.com www.tenforums.com

EDIT: Why feel the need to run setup from another partition? You can just drop the ISO on your C: drive (or any other drive), double-click it, and run setup from there.
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We are installing windows 11 from WinPE usb , externally. So any partition can be selected to install windows 11. Double clicking setup file within windows starts updating the running windows.
Thanks.
 

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An idea is to avoid collecting .iso images and boot from Ventoy. Or to avoid making new bootable usb drive for installation of windows 11.
Delete the contents of 10GB partition and paste into it the contents of latest iso image of Windows 11.
 

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Been doing it for years on win7. Create a small partition at end of disk e.g. 10gb. Copy contents of install media onto it. It can be accessed via boot menu or by booting any pe , winre.wim, boot.wim etc and then run x:\setup which should find the media on the hard disk, or if it has been set with reagentc then it will feature as an entry in sys recov options, or reach down and run setup.exe on the recov partition, or use the apply method, etc, etc

Fancy variation is to replace recovery partition\sources\install.wim with your own captured custom install.wim which can be appended so there are several images each captured at a different time.

I like wimlib for this purpose, but you could use dism++ which is very easy and automatically does snapshot capture to create or append.

something like this:
wimlib-imagex append c:\ "R:\sources\install.wim"--snapshot --create --compress=fast --config="path-to-wimscript.ini"

That will create install.wim if it doesn't exist yet, or append if it already exists. The wimscript.ini excludes unnecessary stuff.

That is one way of doing backup images in the very useful .wim format.

To work out which image you want, you could add something to the command to give it different descriptions, or you can just have a look at the dates.
 
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Yes, we are lucky to read those brilliant tutorials by @Kari , thanks for those excellent tutorials.
SIW2 said:
Been doing it for years on win7. Create a small partition at end of disk e.g. 10gb. Copy contents of install media onto it. It can be accessed via boot menu or by booting any pe , winre.wim, boot.wim etc and then run x:\setup which should find the media on the hard disk, or if it has been set with reagentc then it will feature as an entry in sys recov options, or reach down and run setup.exe on the recov partition, or use the apply method, etc, etc

Fancy variation is to replace recovery partition\sources\install.wim with your own captured custom install.wim which can be appended so there are several images each captured at a different time.

I like wimlib for this purpose, but you could use dism++ which is very easy and automatically does snapshot capture to create or append.

something like this:
wimlib-imagex append c:\ "R:\sources\install.wim"--snapshot --create --compress=fast --config="path-to-wimscript.ini"
Click to expand...
 

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I didn't know he had done tutorials on it. Then it will be easy because he has probably done screenshots.
 

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    Win7,Win11
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    i5-8400
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    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    benq gw2480
    PSU
    bequiet pure power 11 400CM
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
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    win7,win11
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    pentium g5400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
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    1x8gb 2400
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    xfx pro 450
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