Before Starting

Create the following directory structure (or alternatively, run 1_create_folders.cmd to automatically create all of the following folders) -

• C:\PXE\  - this folder (and subdirectories) will contain all programs and files used in the guide.
• C:\PXE\binl\  - only required if installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 via RIS.
• C:\PXE\binl\INF\  - only required if installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 via RIS.
• C:\PXE\binl\DRIVERS\  - only required if installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 via RIS.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\  - this will be used as the tftp root directory (all windows source files and bootable disk images will be copied to this directory or subdirectories).
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\2008\  - required if installing Windows 2008 from a network share.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\Boot\  - required if PXE booting WinPE 2.*/3.0. Also required if installing Windows Vista/7 (and possibly Windows 2008) from a network share.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\disks\  - to contain any bootable floppy disk images.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\menu.lst\  - to contain Grub4dos configuration file(s).
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\pe\  - required if booting XP/2003 based WinPE (PEBuilder, LiveXP, etc).
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\pxelinux.cfg\  - to contain PXELinux files.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\seven\  - required if installing Windows 7 from a network share.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\win2k\  - required if installing Windows 2000 via RIS.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\win2k3\  - required if installing Windows 2003 via RIS.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\winxp\  - required if installing Windows XP via RIS.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\vista\  - required if installing Windows Vista from a network share.
• C:\PXE\tools\  - to contain programs used throughout the guide (7za, gzar, etc).
• C:\PXE\tools\2k3_files\  - only required if booting XP/2003 based WinPE
• C:\PXE\tools\XP_ris_hack\  - only required if using grub4dos PXE loader (and some versions of Pxelinux) to install Windows XP via RIS.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\tftpd32\  - to contain tftpd32 files.
• C:\PXE\tftpboot\WinPE\  - only required if booting WinPE 2.*/3.0 or installing Windows Vista/2008/7 from a network share.