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Blancco Preinstall WinPE Process:
1) The target machine is booted to WinPE OS (for example by PXE/USB/CD)
2) BlanccoPreinstall2BlanccoPreinstall.exe is executed (from the WinPE boot media, local drive or network drive). The Preinstall can be launched from the command line or automatically with a script, pointing to the Blancco erasure client ISO image on the WinPE boot media, local or network drive.
3) Blancco Preinstall installs Blancco erasure client software on the local hard drive and additionally also automatically reboots or shuts down depending on the used parameters.
4) The computer boots from the local drive to Blancco Drive Eraser software (which runs independently on its own Blancco operating system)
5) Depending on the configured ISO image settings, Blancco will detect the connected hard drives on the target machine, connect to the Management Console / Blancco Cloud for licenses, erase the drives and send the report back to the Management Console or save the report on a local USB drive.
Example. In this example both BlanccoPreinstall2BlanccoPreinstall.exe and the ISO image are on the same X: drive (for example on the WinPE ISO image or on a network drive). The image parameter sets the path to the ISO image (actual erasure software). The --force parameter will suppress the warnings and popup messages during the Preinstall launch and the --reboot parameter reboots the machine after the Preinstall launch, after installing Blancco on the HDD. Please find more detailed instructions in the Preinstall user manual page 10.
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Blancco PreInstall files (contains 32 and 64-bit BlanccoPreinstall2BlanccoPreinstall.exe files)
a. The win32\BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe is for general use
b. The x64\BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe is for 64bit WinPE.
Two use case examples below:
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EXAMPLE 1. In this example we have WinPE media on a boot media (CD/USB), and Blancco2Preinstall2BlanccoPreinstall.exe and Blancco ISO image in the same folder on the boot drive or on another USB drive.
To boot Blancco in WinPE environment:
1) Copy BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe and the Blancco ISO image file (Blancco.iso in this example) on a USB stick or on the WinPE boot media.
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5) Enter a command to install the software: (x:\BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe --image="x:\Blancco.iso" --force --reboot).
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Blancco PreInstall can be also installed from the command prompt or using a script that is built into the WinPE image. The command should be as follows:
BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe --image=<path to Blancco iso file> <additional parameters>
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EXAMPLE 2. In this example we execute Blancco PreInstall which is located in the root of WinPE image and define full path to a Blancco image that locates on the network drive X (network drive needs to be mapped separately via net map command) using /image parameter. We also define force parameter to skip all confirmation popups.
“%SYSTEMDRIVE%\BlanccoPreInstall2BlanccoPreInstall.exe” --image=“x:\Blancco_images\Blancco.iso” --force --reboot
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