Adding Acronis Plug-in to WinPE

To add Acronis Plug-in to WinPE:

Start the Bootable Media Builder.
To create a full-featured bootable media, specify an Acronis Cyber Protect license key. This key is used to determine which features will be included in the bootable media. No licenses will be revoked from any machines.
If you don't specify a license key, the resulting bootable media can only be used for recovery operations.
Select Bootable media type: Windows PE or Bootable media type: Windows PE (64-bit). A 64-bit media is required to boot a machine that uses Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

If you have selected Bootable media type: Windows PE, do the following first:
- Click Download the Plug-in for WinPE (32-bit).
- Save the plug-in to %PROGRAM_FILES%\Acronis\BootableComponents\WinPE32.
If you plan to recover an operating system to dissimilar hardware or to a virtual machine and want to ensure the system bootability, select the Include the Universal Restore tool... check box.
Select Create WinPE automatically.

The software runs the appropriate script and proceeds to the next window.
Select a language that will be used in the bootable media.
Select whether to enable or disable the remote connection to a machine booted from the media. If enabled, enter a user name and password to be specified in the command line if the acrocmd utility is running on a different machine. You can also leave these fields empty, then a remote connection via the command line interface will be possible without credentials.

These credentials are also required when you register the media on the management server from the Cyber Protect console.
Specify network settings for the machine network adapters or choose DHCP auto configuration.
Network settings are available only with the Acronis Cyber Protect Advanced and Acronis Cyber Protect Backup Advanced licenses. For a detailed feature comparison, see this knowledge base article.
[Optional] Select how to register the media on the management server on booting up. For more information about the registration settings, see Management server.
[Optional] Specify the Windows drivers to be added to Windows PE.

Once you boot a machine into Windows PE, the drivers can help you access the device where the backup is located. Add 32-bit drivers if you use a 32-bit WinPE distribution or 64-bit drivers if you use a 64-bit WinPE distribution.

Also, you will be able to point to the added drivers when configuring Universal Restore for Windows. For Universal Restore, add 32-bit or 64-bit drivers depending on whether you are planning to recover a 32-bit or a 64-bit Windows operating system.

To add the drivers:
- Click Add and specify the path to the necessary .inf file for a corresponding SCSI, RAID, SATA controller, network adapter, tape drive or other device.
- Repeat this procedure for each driver that you want to include in the resulting WinPE media.
Choose whether you want to create ISO or WIM image or upload the media on a server (WDS or RIS).
Specify the full path to the resulting image file including the file name, or specify the server and provide the user name and password to access it.
Check your settings in the summary screen, and then click Proceed.
Burn the .ISO to CD or DVD by using a third-party tool or prepare a bootable flash drive.

Once a machine boots into WinPE, the agent starts automatically.

To create a PE image (ISO file) from the resulting WIM file:

Replace the default boot.wim file in your Windows PE folder with the newly created WIM file. For the above example, type:
```
copy c:\AcronisMedia.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim
```
Use the Oscdimg tool. For the above example, type:
```
oscdimg -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe_x86\ISO c:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso
```
Do not copy and paste this example. Type the command manually, otherwise it will fail.

For more information on customizing Windows PE 2.x and 3.x, see the Windows Preinstallation Environment User's Guide (Winpe.chm). The information on customizing Windows PE 4.0 and later is available in the Microsoft TechNet Library.