Trying to clear my head a bit from the early days...
At what point is the HBS Emergency Disk built using the System's existing WinRE-base WIM rather than the MicroSloth downloaded (PE-based I believe) WIM.
I assume using the off-line (OPE) version is PE-based.
Any help, greatly appreciated!
(Yesterday, 09:25 AM)Froggie Wrote: [ -> ]Trying to clear my head a bit from the early days...
At what point is the HBS Emergency Disk built using the System's existing WinRE-base WIM rather than the MicroSloth downloaded (PE-based I believe) WIM.
I assume using the off-line (OPE) version is PE-based.
Any help, greatly appreciated!
By default, HBS searches for the system's built-in WinRE on the disk. If found, WinPE will be created based on the found WinRE. Otherwise, the user needs to download the basic WinPE components from Microsoft and create WinPE. The off-line (OPE) version is actually based on WinPE components downloaded from Microsoft.
Just FYI, the USB drivers in the WinRE included with the latest Windows 11 25H2 update (KB5066835) seem to have issues. WinPE created from this WinRE may fail to recognize all USB devices, including keyboards, mice, and storage drives. Therefore, if USB devices are not working properly, please recreate WinPE and choose to download the WinPE components from Microsoft.
(Yesterday, 01:23 PM)admin Wrote: [ -> ]Just FYI, the USB drivers in the WinRE included with the latest Windows 11 25H2 update (KB5066835) seem to have issues. WinPE created from this WinRE may fail to recognize all USB devices, including keyboards, mice, and storage drives. Therefore, if USB devices are not working properly, please recreate WinPE and choose to download the WinPE components from Microsoft.
That is somewhat disturbing! So I could have my .DBI file on a USB device which is not recognised when I try to boot in to it to do a restore.
I think I might stay with any WinPE disks created in 24H2 until MS fixes this problem.
(Yesterday, 06:44 PM)Epictetus Wrote: [ -> ] (Yesterday, 01:23 PM)admin Wrote: [ -> ]Just FYI, the USB drivers in the WinRE included with the latest Windows 11 25H2 update (KB5066835) seem to have issues. WinPE created from this WinRE may fail to recognize all USB devices, including keyboards, mice, and storage drives. Therefore, if USB devices are not working properly, please recreate WinPE and choose to download the WinPE components from Microsoft.
That is somewhat disturbing! So I could have my .DBI file on a USB device which is not recognised when I try to boot in to it to do a restore.
I think I might stay with any WinPE disks created in 24H2 until MS fixes this problem.
I have conducted tests and confirmed that this issue affects Hasleo, Aomei, and Macrium Reflect. On my test computer, EaseUS was not affected because it always downloads WinPE from Microsoft - at least on this computer.
Some users have reported encountering this issue.
(Yesterday, 11:00 PM)admin Wrote: [ -> ] (Yesterday, 06:44 PM)Epictetus Wrote: [ -> ]That is somewhat disturbing! So I could have my .DBI file on a USB device which is not recognised when I try to boot in to it to do a restore.
I think I might stay with any WinPE disks created in 24H2 until MS fixes this problem.
I have conducted tests and confirmed that this issue affects Hasleo, Aomei, and Macrium Reflect. On my test computer, EaseUS was not affected because it always downloads WinPE from Microsoft - at least on this computer.
Some users have reported encountering this issue.
I have done a few tests too and found that when I tick the box to download WinPE from MS in the Emergency Disk Creation process, I get an image which is better suited to the size and scaling of my display. That is, an image created this way does not have the very small fonts or incomplete boxes that I (sometimes/often) get when using the 'inbuilt' WinPE on my machine's SSD. It takes longer to create the WinPE disk this way but seems like a better way to go for me at least on this particular machine anyway.
Of course, I have not done the extensive testing you have, and I have just done my testing in 25H2, but interesting.