first time build issues

Morning all. I have used UBCD4WIN for many years but have hit a wall with compatibility in new laptops. So, I am trying to build my first ISO with Win7PE SE and can not get it to work right. I have read the Tutorial and tried to follow it verbatium, but I seem to be failing somewhere. There are obvious differences in the tutorial and the current version. The download gave me both Win7PESE80_Builder and Win7PESE82_Builder and I have tried both. I have made about 4 ISO versions and none of them will boot past the "Windows is loading files..." screen.
I have used Win7 Pro ISO as my source, and yesterday I tried to used the Digital River X17-59463.ISO of Win7 Ultimate as Lancelot mentioned in another thread.

The only error I see in my logs is the following.
(Manager.script) FileCopy - Failed to copy [%BaseDir%\Temp\Win7PESE\TempExtractFolder\Plop_Boot_Manager\plpbt-5.0.14\plpbt.bin] to: [%BaseDir%\Target\Win7PESE\Boot\IMG\PLPBT.BIN]: The system cannot find the path specified.
But that file is on both the source and the USB drive in that folder and they are the same size.

I see these warnings also.
 [Warning]  (BitLocker) BitLocker was not found in the current source
 [Warning]  (Manager.script) Halt
 [Warning]  (Support_Log.script) More Information (NOT Warning):


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you use a short path for your build folder and target?
Is any antivirus active?
Those are the first things to check... Then feel free to ask again.

yes, path C:\Win7PE
Anitvirus was active first build. not in the last 3.

Are you booting from usb? Have you tried different brands/ types?
Are your bios settings for booting from usb set correctly?
Sorry to hear you haven't had success yet, I hope others will offer hints as well...

Yes I am booting from USB. I have tried two dirrerent drives. But, I have also written the ISO to cd and DVD and neither of those worked either.
What bios settings should be set? I am trieing to boot on a Lenovo computer, open the boot menu, and select the USB drive. It loads to the "Windows is loading files..." screen and stops.

Looking at the tutorial, I notice differences in my Winbuilder version than the one I have made a screen shot of here.
Tutorial only has Win7PE SE in the tree on the left.


Mine has two items there.

ok, So I am going to detail what I am doing from the beginning based on the tutorial as I seem to get the same result every time.
My computer is Win7 Pro 64bit with Symantec Endpoint Protection v12 installed. Services stopped for Symantec SEP. I am trying to build a x86
I have downloaded both small and complete packages from newbielink:http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/Compressed/ [nonactive]
small is in C:\Win7PE complete is in C:\Winbuilder


WAIK is installed to C:\Program Files\Windows AIK and copied the files mentioned in the tutorial to C:\WinBuilder\Projects\Tools\Win7PE_SE\x64
Drive packs downloaded and extracted to C:\WinBuilder\Workbench\Common\Drivers_x86
Copied Windows 7 source media to C:\Win7Ux86

I am a local admin on the computer, and the domain, but i right click on the Win7PESE82_Builder.exe and select run as admin. UAC is turned off.

step 4c - the win7pe.winbuilder.net/se option is not there, so I am using the win7pe.winbuilder.net/projects selection assuming they are the same.


step 5 - copied BCDEDIT.exe to C:\WinBuilder \Projects\Tools\Win7PE_SE\x64\
copied these imagex.exe, wimgapi.dll , wimmount.inf , wimmount.sys , wimserv.exe to C:\WinBuilder\Projects\Tools\Win7PE_SE\x64 and x86

Why not try a standard build first. Just extract the small or complete package, let winbuilder worry about the waik files (Build/ Retrieve tools). Just try to make the first build as basic as possible, then expand later.
Only use a standard package with a 100% good source (sha1 checked?).

Yes, as Atari said, forget all your steps (Copy bcdedit, imagex.exe, wimgapi.dll,...)
The standard package with an untouched Windows 7 source, checked, is enough.
In a first step, unpack latest Win7PE_SE package without changing anything, select your Windows 7 in source tab, Source directory %SourceDir% and clic the big blue Play button.
It should work as for the others

After starting successfully, you can customize then