I used to use 32bit WinPE to deploy both 64bit and 32bit OSes. But something happened a few months back where I had to switch so that the bitness of WinPE matched the OS being deployed. I think it was caused by driver injection problems, but I can't remember exactly. I feel like I read the advice on DeploymentResearch.com, but I can't find the post now. Anyway, matching the bitness fixed my problem.
Now I am in a little trouble with this because I would like to update the BIOS on Dell computers during OS Deployment and it looks like Dell only has 32 bit versions of the BIOS updates available. I think I cannot run a 32bit executable to update BIOS while I am booted into a 64bit WinPE version. I could briefly boot into a 32bit WinPE boot disk while updating the BIOS and then continue on in WinPE 64bit, but the only two options for rebooting are into the Full OS or into the WinPE boot disk assigned to the Task Sequence. Is there a way for me to reboot into a specified WinPE image, update the BIOS, and then reboot back into the WinPE that is assigned to the task sequence? Is there a way out of this problem? One thing I can think of would be to do the BIOS update as a prehook before the real Task Sequence starts... ________________________________ Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ________________________________
