Universal alternate Windows 11 install method


SIW2 said:
It seems you are now doing something different.
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Wouldnt it just be easier to use JFX's WinNTSetup on KYHI's recovery disk to install this? Seems like it would save a lot of time.
 

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I think the idea of the thread is ( or was ) to try doing it without 3rd party tools. Then hsesetedt asked if a separate partition could also be created for installation media, and have a boot menu entry added to point at that.

If you want to use winnntsetup, it can be run from within windows, it doesnt necessarily need to be run in winpe.
 
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@NavyLCDR
Could the additional OS be added to the blue Windows OS selection screen as well? This just seems a bit more convenient to me.
Example of blue Windows OS selection screen taken from an ElevenForumTutorial

safe_mode_boot_options_menu-png.25438



I'm asking because I recently created a Windows11ToGo USB [M.2 disk in a USB3 enclosure] using your guidance in Create Windows to Go system - TenForums and am using it successfully with one particular computer [which is the only one I'm going to use it with].
I have been studying BCDEdit guides but I'd appreciate your guidance on the subject because there's a lot of ground to cover for somebody who is not familiar with BCD commands.
I wondered whether the final step of your post #5 in a TenForums thread would be, on its own, the correct form of command to add this option without anything else needing to be done i.e.
bcdboot E:\Windows /d /addlast
where the 'main OS' sees the 'additional OS' on the E:\ drive.



All the best,
Denis
 
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If there is a bcd entry for an os, it should be displayed on the menu, unless you remove it from display.
 

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There is no bcd entry for the additional OS yet.
The command I mentioned might be a method of adding it to the OS selection menu.
bcdboot E:\Windows /d /addlast


Denis
 

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NavyLCDR said:
I have not had time to research how to add a PE entry to the bcd store yet. I'm pretty sure EasyBCD will do it, but have not had time to figure out how to do it without third party software yet.
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From @KYHI's posts

Copy the winPE files to a blank partition and note drived letter

Run this batch file from admin command prompt

Add a name and letter at prompts.

Then you get a nice boot entry.

UEFI Installation
Code: 
@echo off

title Macrium UEFI BOOT MENU OPTION v17.01.24

rem ================================ YY.MM.DD

color 17

:start

cls

echo.

echo ===============================================================================

echo.  YOU HAVE CHOOSEN TO ADD A WINPESE BOOTABLE PARTITION TO YOUR HOST

echo ===============================================================================

echo.

set /p namepe= ^>ENTER NAME OF WINPE APP

set /p drvlttr= ^> ENTER THE DRIVE LETTER ASSIGNED TO THE WINPESE PARTITION:

if [%drvlttr%]==[] echo.&echo Invalid User Input&echo.&echo The Partition Drive Letter Can Not Be Blank&echo.&pause&goto :start

if not exist %drvlttr%:\sources\boot.wim echo.&echo Invalid User Input&echo.&echo The %drvlttr%:\sources\boot.wim Was Not Found&echo.&pause&goto :start

cls

echo.

echo Configuring UEFI Boot Option for WinPESE Recovery Tools

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

for /f "tokens=2 delims={}" %%g in ('bcdedit.exe /create /d "%namepe%" /Device') do (set deviceid={%%g})

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo DEVICE ID = %device

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

bcdedit /set %deviceid% ramdisksdidevice partition=%drvlttr%:

bcdedit /set %deviceid% ramdisksdipath \boot\boot.sdi

for /f "tokens=2 delims={}" %%g in ('bcdedit.exe /create /d "%namepe%" /application osloader') do (set guid={%%g})

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo GUID = %guid%

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

bcdedit /set %guid% device ramdisk=[%drvlttr%:]\sources\boot.wim,%deviceid%

bcdedit /set %guid% osdevice ramdisk=[%drvlttr%:]\sources\boot.wim,%deviceid%

bcdedit /set %guid% systemroot \windows

bcdedit /set %guid% path \Windows\system32\boot\winload.efi

bcdedit /set %guid% winpe yes

bcdedit /set %guid% detecthal yes

bcdedit /displayorder %guid% /addlast

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu False

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} timeout 10

echo.

echo DONE... Reboot your PC

timeout /t 5 >nul

Here is an mbr version - I have not tested it though.

MBR Installation
Code: 
@echo off

echo.

echo Configuring MBR Boot Option for WinPESE Recovery Tools

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

set /p namepe= ^>ENTER NAME OF WINPE APP

for /f "tokens=2 delims={}" %%g in ('bcdedit.exe /create /d "%namepe%" /Device') do (set deviceid={%%g})

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo DEVICE ID = %deviceid%

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

bcdedit /set %deviceid% ramdisksdidevice partition=f:

bcdedit /set %deviceid% ramdisksdipath \boot\boot.sdi

for /f "tokens=2 delims={}" %%g in ('bcdedit.exe /create /d "%namepe" /application osloader') do (set guid={%%g})

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------

echo GUID = %guid%

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------


bcdedit /set %guid% device ramdisk=[f:]\sources\boot.wim,%deviceid%

bcdedit /set %guid% osdevice ramdisk=[f:]\sources\boot.wim,%deviceid%

bcdedit /set %guid% systemroot \windows

bcdedit /set %guid% path \Windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

bcdedit /set %guid% winpe yes

bcdedit /set %guid% detecthal yes

bcdedit /displayorder %guid% /addlast

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu False

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} timeout 10

echo.

echo DONE... Reboot your PC

timeout /t 5 >nul
 

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