(08-30-2024, 11:49 PM)Fergie86 Wrote: Maybe, as a newbie to this forum, I may be obtuse and overlooking the obvious. If so, I would be grateful if someone can undeceive me. 

My problem is the following:

I have always preferred making System Backups after having booted my computer from a bootable USB drive. So whenever there is a new update of Hasleo Backup Suite, first thing I do create go to Tools in the Navigation Bar and click Emergency Disk. Finally I copy the resulting  ISO File to a bootable USB drive (created with Ventoy).  bootable WinPE media

This worked a real treat, until the recent update of HBS to version 4.9.1 In this latest version, when I click  Tools, next Emergency Disk, for some reason, I no longer get the option "Add a driver"nor the option "Download WinPe Components"; these two options are simply invisible. The Emergency Disk Tool Tool unceremoniously skips these two optiions ,though in the end it does produce an ISO File. 

When I copy this ISO File to my bootable USB drive and then reboot my computer from this bootable USB drive, I can run Hasleo Backup Suite, but almost immediately after I have started the programme, it spontaneously aborts itself and gives up the ghost.

Is there anyone who can explain this behaviour of the Emergency Disk Tool of Hasleo Backup Suite, or even someone who has similar experiences? incidentally, when looking in Explorer at my HASLEO folder, it also strikes me that the size of the ISO File created by the Emergency Disk Tool of HBS version 4.9.1 is considerably smaller (something like 380 Mb) compared with the ISO Files created by earlier versions of HBS. Could this difference in size be due to no WinPE components being incorporated into the ISO file produced by HBS 4.9.1? Your guess is as good as mine .........

(09-03-2024, 12:43 AM)Fergie86 Wrote: Thank you very much for your answer! That was very enlightening, I have definitely learnt something new - but unfortunately, your anwer solves only part of my problem. I'll try to explain (I hope you can bear with me ....)

I have moved the existing winpe.iso from the C:\Program Files\Hasleo\Hasleo Backup Suite\bin to another directory as you suggested. When I now start the Emergency Disk Tool, I do actually get get the options "Add a driver" and "Download WinPE Components". So that is a  step in the right direction!

To make absolutely sure, I have downloaded "WinPE Components" by using he HASLEO WinPEDownloader and saved the WinPE Components ("Offline WinPE Package") as an *.OPE file. However, when I now run the Emergency Disk Tool and check the option "Download WinPE Components", I simply can't find an option which would enable me to select the OPE file I have just downloaded and inject it into the bootable WinPE file.

Am I being obtuse or short-sighted again? How do I point the Emergency Disk Tool at the relevant OPE file?

Many thanks in advance!

(09-03-2024, 07:17 PM)admin Wrote:

(09-03-2024, 12:43 AM)Fergie86 Wrote: Thank you very much for your answer! That was very enlightening, I have definitely learnt something new - but unfortunately, your anwer solves only part of my problem. I'll try to explain (I hope you can bear with me ....)

I have moved the existing winpe.iso from the C:\Program Files\Hasleo\Hasleo Backup Suite\bin to another directory as you suggested. When I now start the Emergency Disk Tool, I do actually get get the options "Add a driver" and "Download WinPE Components". So that is a  step in the right direction!

To make absolutely sure, I have downloaded "WinPE Components" by using he HASLEO WinPEDownloader and saved the WinPE Components ("Offline WinPE Package") as an *.OPE file. However, when I now run the Emergency Disk Tool and check the option "Download WinPE Components", I simply can't find an option which would enable me to select the OPE file I have just downloaded and inject it into the bootable WinPE file.

Am I being obtuse or short-sighted again? How do I point the Emergency Disk Tool at the relevant OPE file?

Many thanks in advance!

After checking the “Download WinPE components” option, please click “Next”, you can choose to download Windows components from Microsoft official website or from offline WinPE package (OPE file) in the next window.

(09-04-2024, 12:22 AM)Fergie86 Wrote: Thank you very much for your prompt reply! However, your solution to my problem does not work, unfortunately.

When I click "Next" I simply do NOT get any "next window" in which I can add driver(s) or (most relevant to me) I can download  the WinPE Components (let alone inject them into the bootable tWinPE ISO file) either from the Microsoft web site or from the  offline WinPE package (OPE file). 

When I click "Next" (the "Next" I can click is, in fact, the only "button" I CAN click, there is no other '"clickable" option), the Emergency Disk Tool starts right away and all I can do is watch as the programme runs its course.