Wizard Kit

A collection of scripts to help technicians service Windows systems.

Main Kit

Build Requirements

• PowerShell 3.0 or newer¹
• 10 Gb disk space

Initial Setup

• Replace artwork as desired
• Run Build Kit.cmd which will do the following:
  • Download 7-Zip, ConEmu, Notepad++, and Python (including wheel packages)
  • Open main.py in Notepad++ for configuration
  • Update the rest of the tools with the .bin\Scripts\update_kit.py script

Layout

• Root
  • Main script launchers:
• .bin
  • Extracted programs: As compressed tools are run they will be extracted here.
  • Scripts
    • "Real" scripts live here and are run via their respective launchers.
• .cbin
  • This folder holds the compressed and encrypted tool archives.
  • They are extracted at runtime as needed.
• Data Recovery
  • This folder is not copied by Copy WizardKit.cmd to help discourage
  • recovering data to the same drive.
• Data Transfers
• Diagnostics
• Drivers
• Installers
• Misc
• Repairs
• Uninstallers

Live Linux

Build Requirements

• Arch Linux
• 6 Gb disk space

Initial Setup

• Replace artwork as desired
• Install Arch Linux in a virtual machine (VirtualBox is a good option for Windows systems).
  • See the installation guide for details.
• Add a standard user to the Arch Linux installation.
  • See the wiki page for details.
• Install git # pacman -Syu git
• (Recommended) Install and configure sudo
  • See the wiki page for details.
• Login to the user added above
• Download the Github repo $ git clone https://github.com/2Shirt/WizardKit.git
• Run the build script
  • $ cd WizardKit
  • $ ./Build\ Linux -b
  • The build script does the following:
    • Installs missing dependencies via pacman
    • Opens main.py in nano for configuration
    • Downloads, builds, and adds AUR packages to a local repo
    • Builds the Live Linux ISO

Notes

• The WinPE boot options require files to be copied from a completed WinPE build.
  • This is done below for the Combined UFD

Windows PE

Build Requirements

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 10
  • Deployment Tools
  • Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
  • All other features are not required
• PowerShell 3.0 or newer
• 8 Gb disk space

Initial Setup

• Replace artwork as desired
• Run Build PE.cmd which will do the following:
  • Load the WADK environment
  • Open main.py in notepad for configuration
  • Download all tools
  • Build both 32-bit & 64-bit PE images (exported as ISO files)

Combined Wizard Kit

Build Requirements

• 64-bit system or virtual machine
• 4 Gb RAM
• 8 Gb USB flash drive (16 Gb or larger recommended)

Overview

There's a build-ufd script which does the following:

• Checks for the presence if the Linux ISO and the (64-bit) WinPE ISO.
• Formats the selected UFD using FAT32.
  • All data will be deleted from the UFD resulting in DATA LOSS.
• Copies the required files from the Linux ISO, WinPE ISO, and Main Kit folder to the UFD.
• Installs Syslinux to the UFD making it bootable on legacy systems.
• Sets the boot files/folders to be hidden under Windows.

Setup

• Boot to a Live Linux ISO built following the instructions above.
  • You can apply it to a UFD using rufus for physical systems.
  • Virtual machines should be able to use the Linux ISO directly.
• Mount the device(s) or network share(s) that contain the Linux ISO, WinPE ISO, and Main Kit folder.
• Connect the UFD but don't mount it.
• Get the device name of the UFD.
  • You can use $ hw-drive-info to help.
• $ sudo build-ufd --ufd-device [device] --linux-iso [path] --main-kit [path] --winpe-iso [path]
  • 2nd Warning: All data will be erased from the UFD resulting in DATA LOSS.
  • NOTE: The Main Kit folder will be renamed on the UFD using $KIT_NAME_FULL
    • $KIT_NAME_FULL defaults to "Wizard Kit" but can be changed in main.py
  • You can include extra items by using the --extra-dir option
    • (e.g. $ sudo build-ufd --ufd-device [device] --linux-iso [path] --main-kit [path] --winpe-iso [path] --extra-dir [path])
  • To include images for the WinPE Setup section, put the files in "Extras/images".
    • WinPE Setup will recognize ESD, WIM, and SWM² images.
    • The filenames should be "Win7", "Win8", or "Win10"

Notes

1. PowerShell 6.0 on Windows 7 is not supported by the build script.
2. See wimlib-imagex for details about split WIM images.