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- Download the Windows PE hotfix to your c: drive from the Microsoft Support site at http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=982018&kbln=en-us.
- KB Article Number(s): 982018
Language: All (Global)
Platform: i386
Location: (http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows%207/WindowsServer%202008%20R2/sp1/Fix317030/7600/free/413475_intl_i386_zip.exe)
3. Unzip the download file by double-clicking on it.
4. The Windows6.1-KB982018-x86.MSU file should appear in your c: drive. Expand this file:
a. Launch the command prompt with Administrator rights.
b. At the prompt, enter the following:
expand.exe c:\Windows6.1-KB982018-x86.MSU –f:*.* c:\
5. Select Start All Programs Windows OPK or Windows AIK.
6. Right-click Deployment Tools Command Prompt and then select Run as administrator.
7. At the prompt, expand the Windows PE image by mounting master.wim to be updated into a location by entering the following:
For WIN 7 -
- DISM \Mount-Wim /Wimfile:E:\images\master.wim /index:1 /Mountdir:C:\MyDir\Mount
IF AIK running on XP or Win 2003, then use
- imagex.exe /mountrw c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim 1 c:\winpe_x86\mount
8. Create a scratch directory:
mkdir c:\winpe_x86\sandbox
9. Apply the hotfix to your master.wim image:
Dism.exe /image=c:\winpe_x86\mount /ScratchDir=c:\winpe_x86\sandbox /Apply-Unattend=c:\Windows6.1-KB982018-x86.xml
10. Commit the Windows PE image by un-mounting boot.wim to be updated into a location by entering the following:
For WIN 7 -
- DISM /Unmount-Wim /Mountdir:C:\MyDir\Mount /Commit
IF AIK running on XP or Win 2003, then use
- imagex.exe /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018
This KB article introduces new storage infrastructure to support querying for the physical sector size of the storage device. Additionally, this KB article introduces support in certain key system components for these kinds of disks in order to improve performance, reliability, and general interoperability.
Tested on:
HP 8460p
HP 8560w
Dell E6410
hp 2540p
hp 8440p