Driver's integration in Windows 7

[Thiersee]

Hi,

just small questions about driver's integration with WTK:

1) what is the difference between integrate drivers in the install.wim or in the boot.wim?

2) In the WTK's options (AIO) there are some check-box for driver to integrate them in the boot.wim: if I check those options, will WTK integrate the drivers only in the boot.wim or in the install.wim too?

Sorry for the question, but I've never used the option since the beginning of my work with WTK.

Have a nice weekend.

 

Edited May 20, 2017 by Thiersee

[mooms]

Hi Thiersee,

boot.wim is the image used to boot and install Windows. (the equivalent of the textsetup of Windows XP).

If you need some drivers for the installation of Windows 7, you must integrate them into the boot.wim.

Example: my Z170 motherboard need USB and SATA drivers integrated to boot.wim be able to install Windows.

install.wim is the Windows image, so obviously you need them here too.

 

For 2), I don't know.

[Thiersee]

On 20.5.2017 at 7:59 PM, mooms said:

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For 2), I don't know.

@mooms

I found the answer !

If you import the drivers directly in WTK/Drivers-TAB (I mean from my drivers-folder) they get a small icon in front of the line: if you go with the mouse on those marked lines you get a info-box with a MD5 and the info, that the driver will be installed in the boot.wim too.

But, and this is a bug in my opinion, if you use a WTK.ini to import all your settings (Drivers and checked boxes under "Options" are listed!) the checked-Boxes under "Options" have no effect and the drivers are not integrated in the boot.wim!

If you remove all the driver from the TAB and reload them importing a driver.ini (Load Drivers in Preset-Manager) then it works: the drivers get this small icons in front of the line (depending on which boxes under Options you checked) and are integrated in the boot.wim too.

I'll open a bug-report on that in the bug-thread.

[ivan090]

I am also confused about that.

Edited October 2, 2017 by ivan090