![]() ![]() * In this step you will create and customize WinPE for your disk. ![]() * clean ( I had to run this again for some reason even though it said it completed successfully the first time) * list part (to see if the partitions are all gone) If you have multiple hard drives you could end up wiping your second drive using this command. This set of commands assumes your USB key is detected as disk 1, you should double check that by doing a list of the disks before cleaning it. Start a command prompt and run the following. Note: This must be done from Windows Vista (Although this says it requires Windows Vista I have read that someone has gotten this to work on XP) This deployment oriented tool set contains Windows PE 2.0. Step 2.) Download and Install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) This is almost 1GB in size so it may take a while. You should get a USB 2.0 device of at least 512mb in size, but if you plan on putting a lot into a custom PE install or plan on using it to transfer data too then you are better served getting a larger size (2.0-4.0GB) ![]() You probably already have a few and if not you can purchase these just about anywhere, so I won’t tell you where to get one. ) Get USB Key ( I am using a 2GB PNY Attache key) Here is a quick step by step on how to do just that: Combine the capabilities of WinPE with the portability of a USB key and you just made a very powerful troubleshooting, imaging, and data recovery tool. USB keys can be found just about anywhere these days for next to nothing. Microsoft has wisely chosen to offer this to the masses as part of the Windows AIK. Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 2.0 is a slimed down version of Windows (hence all the MiniNT references) that used to be the exclusive domain of OEM’s providers. I now have the ability to check any disks for virus, ftp files off to another pc for recovery, as well as a few other utilities.īelow are the steps I followed to get my usb key working. The initial interface is just a command prompt, however I added some portable apps that run under winpe. In the end I ended up with a bootable USB key that boots into WINPE 2.0. However I did add some of my own comments about issues that I found during the process. I have to start by saying that I did not create these instructions initially. ![]()
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