Instructions on how to install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 into an existing WinPE environment

This article applies to:

• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows (Standalone)
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Small Business Server Edition
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation (Standalone)
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Virtual Edition

Introduction

These are instructions on how to add Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 to an existing WinPE environment (without using Acronis WinPE Builder).

If you would rather use Acronis WinPE Builder to create a new ISO, please see:

• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 WinPE ISO Plug-In
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: Adding Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 1.x
• Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: Adding Acronis Plug-in to WinPE 2.x

Solution

1. Install Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 on Windows 32 bit;
2. Make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed, as you will need it for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007;

3. Download and install BDD 2007;
4. Download and install Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK);
5. Copy the WinPE 2.0 files by issuing the following command (Start-Run -> cmd):

   C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\copype.cmd x86 C:\WinPE

6. Mount the boot.wim file in read-write mode:

   C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe /mountrw C:\WinPE\ISO\Sources\boot.wim 1 C:\WinPE\mount

7. Copy Acronis files:

   From C:\Program Files\Acronis\WinPE\WinPE\Files to C:\WinPE\mount\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery copy the following files:

   • TrueImage.exe
   • trueimage_starter.exe
   • f11.cfg
   • kernel.dat
   • ramdisk.dat
   • bootwiz.bin
   • ActiveRestoreEngine.dgl
   • ActiveRestoreEngine64.dgl
   • ActiveRestoreHdd.dgl
   • ActiveRestoreNotifier.dgl
   • ActiveRestoreService.dgl
   • BootAgentActiveRestoreDos.run
   • hddhook.com
   • timounter.dll
   • mouse.com
   • libcrypto9.dll
   • libssl9.dll
   • fnls.dll
   • ftrace.dll
   • icu38.dll
   • icudt38.dll
   • rpc_client.dll
   • gc.dll
   • resource.dll
   • thread_pool.dll
   • fox.dll
   • ntmsapia.dll
   • core_workers_shared_context.dll
   • events_trace.dll
   • BackupAndRecoveryService.exe
   • TrueImageCmd.exe
   • autosid.exe
   • autosid64.exe

   From C:\Program Files\Acronis\WinPE\WinPE\Files\Drivers\Microsoft.VC80.CRT to C:\WinPE\mount\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery copy the following files:

   • Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
   • msvcm80.dll
   • msvcp80.dll
   • msvcr80.dll

   From C:\Program Files\Acronis\WinPE\WinPE\Files to C:\WinPE\mount\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\mms copy the following files:

   • mms.exe
   • mms.config
   • ASZReleaserAddon.dll
   • LicenseAddonATIE10.dll
   • DiskBundle.dll
   • DiskBundleEx.dll
   • MachineInstanceProvider.dll

   From C:\Program Files\Acronis\WinPE\WinPE\Files\Drivers\Microsoft.VC80.CRT to C:\WinPE\mount\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\mms copy the following files:

   • Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
   • msvcm80.dll
   • msvcp80.dll
   • msvcr80.dll

   From C:\Program Files\Acronis\WinPE\WinPE\Files to C:\WinPE\mount\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\a43 copy the following files:

   • a43.exe
   • a43.dat
   • A43help.txt
   • unrar.dll

   From C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\SnapAPI to C:\WinPE\mount\Windows\system32\ copy the following file:

   • snapapi.dll

   From C:\Windows\system32 to C:\WinPE\mount\Windows\system32 copy the following files:

   • msvcp71.dll
   • msvcr71.dll
   • ntmsapi.dll

   From C:\Windows\system32\drivers to C:\WinPE\mount\Windows\system32\drivers copy the following file:

   • snapman.sys
8. Open Windows Registry Editor (Start-Run -> regedit) and do the following:
   • Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and load the following hive (File -> Load hive):

     C:\WinPE\mount\Windows\system32\config\software

   • Once the hive is loaded, create the following registry keys and values:
     

     Key name	Value name	Value type	Value
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\TrueImageEnterprise\Settings	WorkingDir	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	resource.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\resource.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	icu38.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\icu38.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	libcrypto9.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\libcrypto9.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	thread_pool.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\thread_pool.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	gc.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\gc.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	libssl9.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\libssl9.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	rpc_client.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\rpc_client.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	timounter.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\timounter.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	fnls.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\fnls.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	ftrace.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\ftrace.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	core_workers_shared_context.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\core_workers_shared_context.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	events_trace.dll	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\events_trace.dll
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	autosid.exe	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\autosid.exe
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\CommonComponents	autosid64.exe	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\autosid64.exe
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\Schedule2\Substitute	BackupAndRecoveryService	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\BackupAndRecoveryService.exe
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\Winpe	A43	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\a43\a43.exe
     Copy all values from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery on host machine to the same key on WinPE

   • Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and load the following hive:

     C:\WinPE\mount\Windows\system32\config\system

   • Once the hive is loaded, create the following registry keys and values:
     

     Key name	Value name	Value type	Value
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}	UpperFilters	REG_MULTI_SZ	snapman [add to multistring]]
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{71A27CDD-812A-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}	UpperFilters	REG_MULTI_SZ	snapman [add to multistring]
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\snapman	ErrorControl	REG_DWORD	1
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\snapman	ImagePath	REG_EXPAND_SZ	system32\drivers\snapman.sys
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\snapman	DisplayName	REG_SZ	Acronis Snapshots Manager
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\snapman	Start	REG_DWORD	0
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001\Services\snapman	Type	REG_DWORD	1
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	Error Control	REG_DWORD	1
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	ImagePath	REG_SZ	\Program Files\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\mms\mms.exe
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	Start	REG_DWORD	2
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	Type	REG_DWORD	10(16)
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	Description	REG_SZ	Allows monitoring and managing group tasks on networked computers.
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	DisplayName	REG_SZ	mms
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\mms	Objectname	REG_SZ	LocalSystem
     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\AllowStart\mms

   • Unload the hives.
9. Unmount the boot.wim file:

   C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe /unmount /commit C:\WinPE\mount

10. Create the ISO image:

    C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\oscdimg.exe -n -b"C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\etfsboot.com" C:\WinPE\ISO C:\WinPE\test.iso

11. Burn the ISO image. See Burning an ISO Image.

More information

After you boot from the ISO image, run TrueImage_starter.exe to start the product.

See also Microsoft TechNet Article: Windows PE Customization.