Windows XPe and WES 9 OS Images

This section explains how to prepare and capture a Windows XPe or Windows Embedded Standard (WES) 9 or 2009 thin client operating system image.

Note: You can capture an image on an XPe or WES thin client device and subsequently deploy the captured image to an XPe or WES thin client device with a larger flash drive.

Task 1: Prepare the Windows XPe or WES 9 Reference Machine

To prepare a Windows XPe or WES thin client for image capture, you will need the following:

Before you can capture a Windows XPe or WES image, you must do the following:

  1. Log on to the Windows XPe or WES device as Administrator.
  2. Install the HPCA agent on the Windows XPe or WES device.

    See “Installing the HPCA Agent on HP Thin Client Devices” in the HP Client Automation Enterprise Installation and Upgrade Guide for details.

Task 2: Run the Image Preparation Wizard

The Image Preparation Wizard performs the following tasks:

  1. Checks if there is enough free disk space on the machine and verifies that the HPCA agent is installed. If there is not enough free disk space, the Image Preparation Wizard displays a message and terminates.
  2. Creates an object that contains information (including hardware and BIOS capabilities) about the reference machine.
  3. Restarts the reference machine into the service operating system (booted from the Image Preparation CD you created). Based on the type of the capture, the capture process boots into either Linux or Windows PE Service OS.
  4. Creates and copies the following files to this directory on the HPCA server: <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload.

    Note: While these files are transferred, network speed will be less than optimal.

    A comprehensive log (machineID.log) is available in <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload after the image is deployed.


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