Boot Images

A boot image contains the Windows Deployment Services client and the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), which is basically a mini operating system used to connect the system to the WDS server and provide the means to select and install a WDS installation image. The boot image included in the Windows Server 2012 installation media as an example, is appropriately named boot.wim and can be used to boot systems that will install Windows Vista SP1 Windows 2008 or greater server and workstation x64 operation system. The Windows Server 2012 boot image can also be used to install images using multicast transmissions. If x86 images will be deployed, it is a best practice to boot those systems using the compatible x86 Windows ...

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