Using ADK to make Windows PE for system backup and restore

I. Overview

Windows? The Evaluation and Deployment Toolkit (Windows ADK) is a collection of various tools for customizing, evaluating, and deploying Windows operating systems to new computers.

Windows ADK the features available in include:

? Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)

? Deployment Tools

? User State Migration Tool (USMT)

? Volume Activation management tool (VAMT)

? Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT)

? Windows Evaluation Kit

? Windows Assessment Services

? Windows Pre-installation environment (Windows PE)-------à This is the tool we're going to use

Second, installation ADK

download ADK for windows8.1 link

running Adksetup.exe, the program automatically downloads the required files and installs automatically (around 3GB). I have packaged the offline installation package (ADK for win8.1): Link , unzip, run the inside of the Adksetup.exe to complete the installation.

Iii. Production of Windows PE

When you are finished installing ADK , run the deployment and imaging tools Environment from the Start menu and right-click Run as Administrator.

in the open terminal, enter the following command to complete the production and installation of Windows PE (in order to make 32-bit PE as an example):

Copype x86 C:\WinPE_x86

Dism/mount-image/imagefile:c:\winpe_x86\media\sources\boot.wim/index:1/mountdir:c:\winpe_x86\mount

Dism/unmount-image/mountdir:c:\winpe_x86\mount/commit

Makewinpemedia/iso C:\WinPE_x86 C:\WinPE_x86\WinPE_x86.iso

Install PE to USB drive (if the USB drive letter is F)
MAKEWINPEMEDIA/UFD C:\WinPE_x86 F:

Iv. running the Windows PE Backup and restore system

Preparation tools:

1. OTG Hub 1

2. USB keyboard 1

3. Install the PE USB drive One

4. blank u -Disk 1 (16GB above, NTFS format, recommended USB3.0)

To start the operation:

1. OTG Hub connects the tablet, keyboard, PE U- disk, and empty USB drive

2. tablet boot into BIOS, set boot from PE USB drive

3. after entering the PE system, there is only one command-line window

4. The backup system commands are:

dism/caputre-image/capturedir:c:\/ImageFile : E:\test.wim/name:test

/capture-image- captures the image of the drive into a new WIM file, and the captured directory contains all subfolders and data.
/ImageFile- Specifies the storage path for the image file, where E: is a blank USB drive.
/capturedir- specifies the captured directory.
/name- name, define for yourself. This item cannot be omitted.

Backup time is long, please note that the machine is fully charged!

5. the command to restore the system is:

Dism/apply-image/applydir:c:\/imagefile:e:\test.wim/index:1
/apply-image- apply an image, that is, the test.wim we generated just now
/applydir- Specify the application directory, i.e. C drive, system disk
/index-Specifies the index. This item cannot be omitted

restore time of about ten minutes, the actual size of the system will prevail.

After the restore, the system will not start, at this point we need to repair boot, the command is as follows:

BCDboot c:\windows/l en-us/s S:/F UEFI

finally exit the PE system, restart the tablet, will be able to enter the system normally.