HP

HP provides a WinPE driver pack (SoftPaq) for injecting HP hardware drivers into WinPE boot images, enabling network and storage connectivity during OS deployment on HP devices.

Property	Value
Publisher	HP Inc.
Architecture	amd64
Platform	WinPE
Source	HP WinPE Driver Pack
Expand command	"{FileName}" /s /e /f "{DestinationPath}" (HP SoftPaq self-extractor)

HP Client Windows PE Driver Packs | HP Client Management Solutionsftp.ext.hp.com

Overview

HP distributes its WinPE driver pack as a SoftPaq self-extracting executable. The pack covers HP EliteBook, ProBook, ZBook, EliteDesk, ProDesk, and Z workstation hardware. OSDeploy downloads the SoftPaq, extracts it using the HP self-extractor switches, and injects the drivers at boot image build time.

Download with OSDeploy

Use Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers to refresh the HP driver catalog and download the driver pack.

Download HP packages:

Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Name 'hp'

Download only (skip expansion):

Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Name 'hp' -DownloadOnly

View downloaded HP driver folders in the library:

Get-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Architecture amd64

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Manual Download

Visit the HP WinPE Driver Pack page and download the latest SoftPaq:

https://ftp.ext.hp.com/pub/caps-softpaq/cmit/HP_WinPE_DriverPack.html

Extract the SoftPaq to your driver staging folder:

$DestinationPath = 'C:\WinPEDrivers\HP'
New-Item -Path $DestinationPath -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
& "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\HPWinPEDriverPack.exe" /s /e /f $DestinationPath

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Related

• HP WinPE Driver Pack

• Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers

• Get-OSDeployCoreDrivers

• WinPE Drivers overview