Logging: Copy WinPE Log Files for Auditing & Troubleshooting

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Description A new file or functionality to an existing file needs to be created in order to copy the log files from a Task Sequence failure that occurs during the WinPE portion of the process.

Purpose This will provide greater logging output for failures that occur prior to booting into the installed Operating System.

Directories	Directory	Description	Notes
X:\Windows\Temp\SMSTSLog	Contains standard log files for Task Sequence operation	None
X:\Windows\SMSTSLog	Appears to be a copy of the above and stops being written to once partitioning of the disk is completed	May do a check for this first and if exists but above doesn't, copy this, otherwise only copy above
C:_SMSTaskSequence\Logs\smsts.log	Also appears to be a copy of the top directory of log files and does not contain the errors or any subsequent data past a certain point	Include in the logic to check if exists and only process if the most primary one above does not exist
X:\Windows\Logs\	Contains logs for CBS, DISM, and Net Setup	None

References Windows Setup Log File Locations | Microsoft Learn