Aomei WinPE hard drive boot
I am trying to create a WinPE external hard drive boot. Are all these files needed? Which files are only needed in the root of a hard drive?
am_pe_log.txt
amcf.lst
amldr
amldr.mbr
AMTAG.BIN
AomeiBootBackup.LOG
AomeiBootBackup.LOG1
AomeiBootBackup.LOG2
boot.ini ← In the boot.ini file, it has this path: C:\amldr="AOMEI BACKUPPER BOOT"
statistics.bin
SYSTAG.BIN
C:\Aomei\amboot.iso
am_pe_log.txt
amcf.lst
amldr
amldr.mbr
AMTAG.BIN
AomeiBootBackup.LOG
AomeiBootBackup.LOG1
AomeiBootBackup.LOG2
boot.ini ← In the boot.ini file, it has this path: C:\amldr="AOMEI BACKUPPER BOOT"
statistics.bin
SYSTAG.BIN
C:\Aomei\amboot.iso
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What I am asking is what files are really needed. In my opinion, I could delete AomeiBootBackup.LOGs as they are empty anyway. Delete also "am_pe_log.txt" and "statistics.bin" as I would say are not needed. These are hidden files and I have cleared all attributes as that is the way I want it to see it. Any others?
https://www.aomeitech.com/forum/discussion/2666/okboot-iso-file-what-is-it
7th post down has cut it to 4 files: amldr.mbr, amldr, amcf.lst, aomei\amboot.iso
I'll try it out.
If it doesn't list your external drive, maybe you can create the WinPE ISO, and then burn it to an external drive via a third-party tootl.
Yes but not the USB port. I am using an e-SATA external drive enclosure connected via e-SATA. Looks like this:
It also has a USB port, and I didn't think it would work. Thought it had to be a USB flash drive for some stupid reason. Hooked the external up via USB this time and Create Bootable Media via USB Boot Device recognized the hard drive and was able to create the bootable files. Tested it out and it booted fine. Unplugged the USB and put back the e-SATA cable and that also worked and booted OK. It is on a different drive letter other than the C: drive also which is what I wanted.
The files I listed at the top:
amcf.lst
amldr
amldr.mbr
Can you let me know what Aomei program in the Aomei folders actually creates these files please? I have corrupted them somehow and would like to use the program to create them again.
At the boot prompt:
Clicked Aomei Backupper then this happens:
Aomei modifies the boot.ini file temporally to this:
After that, it booted OK but to the Linux boot media. It would not recognize WinPE. I think with older operating systems, like XP and Windows 7, you need to install AIK also when installing Aomei.
" it booted OK but to the Linux boot media. It would not recognize WinPE. "---When it creates WinPE failed, then it will still boot into linux automatically.