Windows 10: Intel Optane Memory

I'm waiting for an Intel Optane Memory Module to arrive.

In the meantime I'm following up

3 Installation Media Preperation (Recommended Optional Step) in

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/su...stallation.pdf

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/su...stallation.pdf

I get as far as Mount the Windows* Recovery Image:

dism/mountimage/imagefile:c:\Win10USB\windows\windows\system32\recovery\w inre.wim /Index:1 /mountdir:winre

and get

mountimage/imagefile is unknown.

Any ideas to get this working.

:)

 

IAStorUI error - PCIe SSD is offline

HP Envy 750-624

HP - ENVY Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive + Intel Optane Memory

 

How to change a legacy Boot W10 diskt to use UEFI Boot

Did you follow these steps? Seems like a complete solution:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support...

 

Try mount-image instead of mountimage.

 

No luck

error 87.

 

I believe you also need a space before all / option delimiters.

 

Hi,

Just read the preparation steps Intel recommends for installing the Optane module.
They sure make it very complicated. Especially considering all compatible machines are bound to support UEFI and GPT natively.
Therefore I'd recommend skipping the creation of that recovery stuff and simply mount your Win 10 ISO and copy its contents to an empty USB stick.
Then copy the Optane drivers to it in a dedicated folder.

Of course, before you begin always take an image of your system using MR Free or similar.

BTW: The correct command sysntax is shown in Intel's pdf's command prompt's screenshot. Should you want to persue that route.



Cheers, *Wink

 

Success. I had labelled my directory "winpe" instead of "winre".

 

Glad you got it sorted.
*Thumbs

 

Are there any issues creating and restoring Macrium Reflect systems images on a system with Intel Optane memory? My understanding is that Intel Optane memory remembers how you use the system. I was wondering how Macrium Reflect would restore that information.

 

Hi,
@radiowaves: Although I haven't actually tried it out I do not expect any problems restoring an image created by MR Free. The Optane software keeps track of what's on the Optane module and stores that on the system disk so that should work just fine.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thanks fdegrove. I didn’t know that the Optane software stores the content of the Optane module on the system disk. I agree that Macrium should be able to handle the system disk part with no problem. But I’m still wondering how the contents of the Optane cache itself is restored. Does the Optane software do it after the restore completes or does the imaging software do it as part of the restore?

 

I don't have Optane memory, But I do use MR always. Certain system files are not backed up by MR (or any other backup software) because they are basically useless when a restore is done. Examples......pagefil.sys, hiberfil.sys, etc. They are all "caches" in a way. When the MR image is restored, it is booted up and any previous pictures of memory, or page file, etc. would mean nothing. So, I doubt the Optane cache is either backed up or restored, simply re-created by the software for the booted OS.

 

Hi,

Exactly.
MR does not see the Optane module and neither does Windows. It's the Intel Optane RST software that controls what's on the module.
When you do a restore this caching software has the same status as when the image was made so it takes it from there.
If there's a delta between the two I have no clue about how it handles that but I guess it clears whatever superfluous content is on the caching module. I.e. the delta.

Cheers, *Wink

 

will the usb stick be bootable if I just copy from the mounted iSo. And how do I inject the drivers whilst installing?