# External Logs

This feature is useful for gathering the hardware information about a device, or to determine if additional drivers need to be added to the WinPE Boot Image.

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## OSDCloud Comparison

| Function            | Module       | Version  | Status      |
| ------------------- | ------------ | -------- | ----------- |
| **Deploy-OSDCloud** | **OSDCloud** | 26.3.4.2 | **Enabled** |
| Start-OSDCloud\*    | OSD          | -        | Not Planned |

## Feature

In WinPE, OSDCloud will natively generate log files at `X:\Windows\Temp\osdcloud-logs`

Creating a folder on a connected drive named `OSDCloudLogs` will copy log files generated by `Initialize-OSDCloudDevice` to the following path:

```
<DriveLetter>:\OSDCloudLogs\<SerialNumber>
```

{% hint style="info" %}
The `Initialize-OSDCloudDevice` private function is run automatically when executing `Deploy-OSDCloud`
{% endhint %}

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