Boot Image is a software component implemented by Praim required to perform Windows device image management i.e. capture, restore and clone devices' images.
Windows releases involving Boot Image
Boot Image is required for the device image management by the following Windows versions:
- Windows 10 IoT devices (version 1.0.1 and higher)
- Windows Embedded Standard 7 devices (version 4.0.0 and higher).
ThinOX devices or older Windows versions then ones listed above do not use Boot Image software.
Features requiring Boot Image software are available in the device contextual menu, Device Update. For more detail see Contextual Menu - Device Update (Windows Devices only).
Currently, Boot Image consist of two files, one for Windows 10 IoT and one for Windows Embedded Standard 7.
For more detail about Boot Image see Device Images Manager Menu.
Boot image software evolves over time due to availability of new Praim device models or to include Windows operating system evolution.
For this reason, ThinMan verifies periodically if a Boot Image update is available on Praim download servers.
Each time ThinMan local console is started or at least once a day, if a Boot Image update is detected the following box appears:
Praim recommends downloading Boot Image update files.
Clicking Yes starts the download.
On the Task Window of the Local Console, you can see the progress of the files downloading. Once the status is Ready the download has completed.
The Boot Image update files will be stored into ThinMan Boot Image Repository folder.
When the Boot Image update download finishes no other operations are required.
Boot Image manual update
In case ThinMan server is unable to download Boot Image update file through an internet connection, the Boot Image manual update procedure is available here.
When a device image feature requiring Boot Image is invoked, ThinMan will use the most recent Boot Image release available in the ThinMan Package Repository.
Boot Image file Location
Boot Image files will be stored only into ThinMan Boot Image Repository. It is a server-side software module and must not be deployed to the clients.
In order to access the Boot Image Repository folder, click menu Tools → Device Images Manager
Then click on Open Repository button.
Boot Image Repository opens, listing all files stored and showing relevant information including version, file status and download date.
Enlarging Model column, it is possible display the whole list of the models supported by the Boot Image file.
A Boot Image version includes all models and features covered from earlier versions for the same Windows version (WES7 or W10 IoT).
For instance, Boot Image file version 1.1.6 for Windows 10 IoT covers all models covered by Boot Image for Windows 10 IoT 1.1.4 version: for this reason only the most recent Boot Image file version is used.
Earlier version, now useless, may be deleted from the Boot Image Repository: select the file in the Boot Image repository and click on Remove button.