Unpacking The Image And Tools For Deployment; Deploying With Pxe - HP EliteBook 745 G2 Maintenance And Service Manual

1. Connect your USB flash device (drive key) to your personal computer. Ensure that only one USB flash
device is connected to the system.
2. Click USB Format.
3. Select the USB drive from the list, using the up and down arrows to display the correct drive letter. (If
the USB drive does not appear in the list, click Update Drives, then scroll through the list again.)
During the next step, the USB drive will be reformatted and all data on it will be erased before the
bootable image is copied to it. To prevent loss of data, be sure that you have saved any data from the
USB drive to another drive.
4. Click Format. Connect the bootable USB flash device to the computer. Only one bootable USB device
may be attached to the computer during this process.
NOTE:
5. Restart the computer.
6. When prompted Do you want to continue? [Y/N] click Y to begin the image restore process on the
computer.

Unpacking the Image and Tools for Deployment

Click Deployment.
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The components that comprise the recovery image (DSKIMG.BIN) are unbundled.
When this process is complete, the four most important files include: IBRPE.EXE (the image restoration
utility), FLASH.IBR (the OS image), the ReadMe.TXT file, and boot.wim (the pre-install environment).

Deploying with PXE

1. Ensure that IBRPE.EXE and FLASH.IBR file exist.
2. Add the following command to execute IBRPE in WinPE environment: [full path]\IBRPE.EXE
[full path]\FLASH.IBR HD0
To view the IBR command line options: At the command prompt, type IBR.EXE /? and press Enter.
See your documentation if using a different PXE server, such as Altiris Deployment Solution.
88 Chapter 10 Restoring the Flash Image
Do not use USB 3.0 devices.
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