ADDH 11.0.216 - WinPE Boot Media Creator Error
I really want to make a WinPE boot disk with both TI2010 and DD11 on it. In the beta version, I was unable to make WinPE3 media even with WAIK installed, and Acronis reported that this would be fixed in the release version. Well it's not completely fixed. I only installed WAIK to get the WinPE3 files and then uninstalled it, so I pointed DD11's boot media creator to the WinPE3 files, but I get an error saying I must install WAIK! (See attached.)
TI Plus Pack allows me to point directly to the WinPE3 files and create media, but there's no option to add DD11 to that media. Similarly, DD11's boot media creator should be able to make WinPE3 media by pointing it to the WinPE\ISO directory. It's ridiculous to have to install WAIK to make WinPE3 bootable media, when I have the WinPE files available -- especially when I won't use that WAIK for anything else.
PLEASE fix DD11's boot media creator so I can build boot media by pointing it to the ...\WINPE\ISO directory as I can with TI2010 Plus Pack. And PLEASE update the Plus Pack's WinPE media creator so I can create one WinPE3 boot disk for both TIHome2010P and DD11.
Thank you!
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Thanks Ilya.
I installed the WAIK again, so I could build the WinPE boot CD. I was surprised that when configuring the boot disk builder, I didn't get an option to add TI2010 to the media. I figured that meant I'd have a boot disk with only DD11 on it. I was pleasantly surprised to find the media builder silently included both DD and TI on the media. It would be nice though, if there were options (like with the linux OS CD) to (1) include/exclude either app, and (2) to start one automatically after a configurable number of seconds.
I do see why you added the "automatic" detection/creation of the WinPE files, as I originally had to read part of the WAIK doc to figure out how to run the script to actually create the files. That the WinPE builder does this once the WAIK is installed, makes it simpler for the inexperienced user.
For the the rest of us, it would be very nice to be able to point directly to the WinPE files (just like the TI2010 Plus Pack's WinPE builder). Having both options (automatic and manual) available would be great. I realize the products were released at different times, but it's almost as if different people wrote the two WinPE builders. It would be very nice to have *one* builder that worked for both apps ... or at least have the builders work the same way.
Thanks for passing my comments on to the developers! :-)
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