Creating a Windows PE (WinPE) Image for SEE Recovery
1. Open Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment (Run As Administrator)
If you don’t have to obtain and install from the following link
Download WinPE: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652
2. Creating Image
- For 32-bit Windows environment
copype.cmd x86 C:\winpe
- For 64-bit
copype.cmd amd64 C:\winpe
Above Commands creates the windows PE Image at C:\winpe
3. Installing the Symantec Endpoint Encryption Drive Encryption tools
To install SEE Tools
From computer running Drive Encryption, copy the following files and paste them to c:\eede folder ( Create eede folder in C: Drive If You Can't Fine It )
- C:\Program Files\Symantec\Endpoint Encryption Clients\Drive Encryption\*
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\eed*.sys
- %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\shfolder.dll ( If you are running > 11.0.1 )
Make the winpe folder your current working directory using the following command
cd c:\winpe
4. Now Download the eede.zip folder from the following link
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.TECH223783.html
5. Extract eede.zip into c:\winpe and run following command
eedpe.bat winpe.wim c:\eede
6. Copy the file c:\winpe\winpe.wim to c:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim
Overwrite the old boot.wim file.
To do this Run Following Command
Xcopy /y c:\winpe\winpe.wim c:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim
7. Creating a bootable ISO file and USB flash drive
- Open Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment Command prompt ( Run As Administrator )
Run the following command to create ISO
MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE E: (Where E: is USB Drive )
Press Enter
Press Y and Enter
Done, be patient It will take some time.
Verify the working of the bootable disk via booting from it once.