Installing Windows Server 2008 x86 editions locally from a USB key

This procedure describes how to install Windows Server 2008 x86 editions locally from a USB key.

1. Insert the USB key into the source server.
2. Set the Windows Product Key by using the variable TK_NOS_ProductKey in the .ini file provided for the Windows Server 2008 edition that you are deploying. You can also set the product key by customizing the answer file located at sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE\AnswerFiles\win2008_x64_EE.xml.
3. Open a command prompt and change directory to: sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE.
4. Run the SGTKWinPE.cmd command by using the provided .ini file that corresponds to the version of the operating system you are deploying.
   This table provides a list of Windows PE 2.1 editions and their INI file names.

   Table 1. Windows PE 2.1 editions and their INI file names

   Windows PE 2.1 edition	INI file name
   Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_DE.ini
   Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_EE.ini
   Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_SE.ini
   Windows Server 2008 Web Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_WE.ini
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Enterprise Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_EE_no_hv.ini
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V DataCenter Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_DE_no_hv.ini
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Standard Edition	ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_SE_no_hv.ini

   The Windows PE ISO image is created in the output directory that corresponds to your Windows version. For example, SGTKWinPE.CMD ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_version.ini.

   This table provides a list of Windows Server 2008 editions and their ISO images.

   Table 2. Windows Server 2008 editions and their ISO images

   Windows edition	ISO image
   Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_DE\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_EE\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_SE\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 Web Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_WE\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Datacenter Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_DE_no_hv\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Enterprise Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_EE_no_hv\ WinPE_x86.iso
   Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Standard Edition	sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_SE_no_hv\ WinPE_x86.iso

5. Copy the contents from the resulting sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\ directory to your USB key.
6. Boot the target system from the USB key, and follow the prompts to complete the deployment.