What is the Windows OEM preinst kit?

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I ordered windows XP OEM for a computer im building. What do i do with this other CD that came called the "windows XP OEM preinstallation kit?"
 
I dont think youll be doing anything with that extra CD, I believe its mainly for when system builders build PC's and sell them to others.
- I think there are tools in there to run sysprep and stuff
 
dbwillis said:
I dont think youll be doing anything with that extra CD, I believe its mainly for when system builders build PC's and sell them to others.
- I think there are tools in there to run sysprep and stuff
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Yep. It's a bunch of tools to assist in creating images for PC manufacturers.
 
Windows PE is used by OEMs to build proprietary installation discs for their products (read: Dell, HP). It is essentially a stripped-down Win OS that allows the builder to fully customize the installation CD to the machine it's being built for.

As an example, I would create an unattended install CD for WinXP using the WinPE utilities to format and partition the hard drive the way I want, copy the contents of the Win Install CD to the hard drive and then run installation from there-- It makes for a faster install and eliminates the need to have an installation CD handy later on (instead of calling for a CD when installing new hardware, for instance, the OS looks in the original installation folder that is on-disk).
 
WinPE is also useful for troubleshooting, ie systems that wont boot into windows, you can boot from PE and then map to another PC and recover your files before reformatting/reinstalling the OS
 
Dngrsone said:
Windows PE is used by OEMs to build proprietary installation discs for their products (read: Dell, HP). It is essentially a stripped-down Win OS that allows the builder to fully customize the installation CD to the machine it's being built for.
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Windows PE is *not* part of the generic OEM preinstallation kit. While it may be used by larger OEMs, the OP's disc set does not contain Windows PE.
 
SJConsultant said:
Windows PE is *not* part of the generic OEM preinstallation kit. While it may be used by larger OEMs, the OP's disc set does not contain Windows PE.
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Actually SJC if he has the OEM Preinstall Kit CD that comes with OEM 3 packs he has WinPE in xpsp2.

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Ranma_Sao said:
Actually SJC if he has the OEM Preinstall Kit CD that comes with OEM 3 packs he has WinPE in xpsp2.

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Has that been a recent change? I had used a 3 pack not too long ago and did not receive PE as part of the pack.

If it has been a recent change, I stand/sit corrected. :D
 
Ranma_Sao said:
Actually SJC if he has the OEM Preinstall Kit CD that comes with OEM 3 packs he has WinPE in xpsp2.

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I'm guessing it's not available for download (legally) in order to setup a troubleshooting disc? I have an old license for ERD Commander, but if WinPE was available, I'd like to take a look at that.
 
Unfortunatly Djnes, no matter how many times I begged for such a thing it is still not allowed. :(

And yes it was a "recent" change as it was added with XPSP2 3 Packs.
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