Question/Issue:

1. Download the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) located at the following URL:
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7d4bc6d-15f3-4284-9123-679830d629f2&DisplayLang=en
   
   
2. Once downloaded, extract the contents of the image file to any folder.
    
3. Install (assume not installed) following components in sequence below on the system.
   
   a.  .NET Framework Setup
   b.  MSXML 6.0 Setup
   c.  Windows AIK Setup (install last).
    
4. Click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Windows AIK > Windows PE Tools Command Prompt
   
   
5. In command prompt, type the following command to setup up environment.
   
   C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools> copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86
   
   
6. To modify the boot.wim in the Ghost boot disk, backup and copy it to  c:\winpe_x86\
    
7. In command prompt, type the following command to check the boot index number (e.g. "Boot Index:  2") for the bootable image
   
   C:\winpe_x86> imagex /info c:\winpe_x86\boot.wim
   
   
8. Mount the bootable image.
   
   C:\winpe_x86> imagex /mountrw c:\winpe_x86\boot.wim <Boot Index> c:\winpe_x86\mount
   NOTE: Replace <Boot Index> with the boot index number in step 7.
   
   
9. Open "c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd".
   NOTE: The boot.wim is mounted on ram disk as x: drive when WinPE boots.
                 At that time, the startnet.cmd is in "x:\Windows\System32\" folder.
   
   

10. Following depicts how Ghost executable is started via the startnet.cmd.
    
    --- snip of startnet.cmd ---
    echo off
    if exist c:\ghost\unattend.xml (
    wpeinit /unattend=c:\ghost\unattend.xml
    ) else if exist x:\ghost\unattend.xml (
    wpeinit /unattend=x:\ghost\unattend.xml
    ) else (
    wpeinit
    set path=%path%;x:\ghost
    
    x:
    cd \ghost
    ghost32.exe /setosdrives /blind >> x:\ghost\startlog.txt
    start ghost32.exe
    )
    --- snip of startnet.cmd ---
    
    --- snip of unattend.xml ---
    ...
    

    <RunSynchronousCommand>
    <Order>1</Order>
    <Path>x:\ghost\start.bat</Path>
    <Description>Start the Symantec Ghost Client Agent</Description>
    </RunSynchronousCommand>
    
    ...
    --- snip of unattend.xml ---

    
    --- snip of start.bat ---
    ...
    
    x:
    cd \ghost
    ghost32.exe /setosdrives /blind >> x:\ghost\startlog.txt
    start ghost32.exe
    --- snip of start.bat --          

     

11. To manually modify Ghost option, skip this step.
    Otherwise, to finish view option, unmount the image without commit.
    
    C:\winpe_x86> imagex /unmount c:\winpe_x86\mount
    
    
12. Modify all "start ghost32.exe" in Step 10 above to read as follows
    
    start ghost32.exe -clone,mode=restore,src=image.gho,dst=1,szel -batch
     

13. Commit and unmount the image.
    
    C:\winpe_x86> imagex /unmount c:\winpe_x86\mount /commit
    NOTE: There may be an error such as "Cannot commit changes" and "data is invalid".
                  Ignore these errors as the data will actually be written correctly.

14. Replace the boot.wim file in the original Ghost boot disk with the modified file above.