Track PSImage Imaging and Add Windows PE Drivers

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View imaging history

Browse to the logs folder on the PSImage share or the Imaging volume of the USB thumb drive, right-click search_history.ps1, and choose Run with PowerShell. Expand the window horizontally if the query results are clipped. Transcripts of each image restore operation are saved as .log files in \logs\restore. The start and end times shown there cover the image restoration only, not the post-imaging phase.

PSImage writes the beginning and ending imaging times to HKLM\Software\PSImage on the reimaged client. This duration covers only the post-imaging phase. The same Registry key records the restored image name. Custom Field data from image_mappings.txt is also written there when another imaging method is used instead of a Fileset.

PSImage writes the post-imaging log to C:\Windows\Temp\psimage.log on the restored client. When you add custom actions to to_do.bat, direct their output to this log for troubleshooting.

Adding drivers to boot.wim

If you find that there is no network access or degraded network access when booted into Windows PE, you may need to inject the appropriate Windows 10 NIC drivers for some of your PC models.

1. Create C:\Windows\Temp\drivers.
2. On a working PC of the model you are having an issue with boot into Windows and open a CMD prompt with admin privileges to export all 3rd party drivers. If you have already extracted drivers for this PC model then just check the models folder on your psimage share for the ethernet NIC driver.

   dism /online /export-driver /destination:c:\windows\temp\drivers
   

3. View c:\windows\temp\drivers or \\psimage\models and check folder names to determine which one holds the ethernet NIC drivers for your PC. Copy the folder containing your ethernet NIC driver to your desktop.
4. Mount your boot.wim image using the instructions from Building Your Imaging Environment (PSImage).
5. Inject the drivers for your ethernet NIC with

   dism /image:C:\WinPE_amd64\mount /add-driver /driver:"C:\fully\qualified\path\to\driver\folder" /recurse
   

6. Unmount and commit your changes to boot.wim using the instructions from Building Your Imaging Environment (PSImage).