Install Windows 7 over network with TFTPBoot

[Herath]

Replace the winpe.wim of the downloaded archive and boot up. I hope that you have added the relavent driver files for the network card of your target computer to the created WinPE image. Otherwise it won't work.

[julien27ph]

hi i made another winpe.wim again and i copied almost all drivers in the system32 and still there is an error,
i checked the log file and the error starts at Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf> : error 3 in system call CreateFile The system cannot find the path specified. this is the same with the boot.ini and BCD, what do u think? big thanks

[Herath]

That missing font file is not a problem. You need to download the driver from the manufacturer's web site and locate the correct .inf file for the driver and add it to the winPE using the method described in microsoft help article. Just copying everything won't work. If you can find the model of the Network card of your target computer, I might be able to locate the correct driver for you.

[pentadoc]

hi i tried the ipconfig - all command and here is the result:
host name........minint-10dfisj
primary DNS suffix.......
Node type .........hybrid
IP Routing Enabled.......No
WINS Proxy Enabled......No

Same issue, but I was able to update the network driver without creating a custom winpe image. Here's how:

1. Find the drivers to your network adapter and put them on a usb flash drive.

2. After booting over the network and reaching the console, type:

drvload.exe [driver location]

mine was

drvload.exe d:\b57nd60x.inf

3. then type:

netcfg -WINPE

but other sources say that this would work too:

wpeutil initializeNetwork

4. After that, you should be able to follow the original tutorial. I found that if I typed the mapped drive letter directly after NET USE it worked:

net use z: //192.168.1.2\sharedFolderName password /User:computerName\userName

[patpat]

See how to automatically PXE install from win2000 to Win 8 without RIS/WDS/WAIK
(I cannot post links)
just search for "Serva windows" in Google

[CrashUK]

I dont see why you need TFTPBoot.. share the folder with windows 7 setup files. and install with windows pe

[Herath]

I dont see why you need TFTPBoot.. share the folder with windows 7 setup files. and install with windows pe

Please do write a guide or at least post a link to such a method.
In this method, Tftpboot is used to perform a network boot. And there could be many other methods to achieve the same thing.

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[Timothypoirl]

Hi

I have just installed Windows XP RC2 and id like to know how i can share directory in network with NT 4. I have shared directory with my XP but NT doesnt seem to see the XP machine.

I was using netbiosnetbui before and it was working fine.

Thanks