It is included in Windows ADK for Windows 10 1607. It is included in Windows ADK for Windows 10 1511. It is included in Windows ADK for Windows 10. It is an update for version 5.0 that is applied manually. It is included in Windows ADK for Windows 8.1. It is included in WADK for Windows 8.0.īuilt from Windows 8.1 code base.

It is included in a WAIK supplementary update provided by Microsoft.īuilt from Windows 8 code base. Other new features include the capability for a rewritable RAM disk since WinPE version 1.x only has a recordable RAM disk.īuilt from Windows 7 code base.

It's possible to modify the default startup disc to have access to a few plug-ins like Windows Management Instrumentation, Windows Scripting Host, additional drivers and other 32-bit applications (or 64-bit applications for 64-bit versions). This means that the download is now 992 MB in size instead of 60 MB from the previous versions. This version differs from the other versions since it doesn't need the disc to load all the files. The first release of Windows Preinstallation Environment, built from Windows XP RTM īuilt from Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 Ĭalled Windows PE 2004 built from Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Ĭalled Windows PE 2005 built from Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 īuilt from the first edition of Windows Vista. The following versions are known to exist: It was originally designed and built by a small team of engineers in Microsoft's Windows Deployment team, including Vijay Jayaseelan, Ryan Burkhardt, and Richard Bond. Version 2.0 introduced a number of improvements and extended the availability of WinPE to all customers, not just corporate enterprise customers by downloading and installing Microsoft's Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The package can also be used as the base of a forensics investigation to either capture a disk image or run analysis tools without mounting any available disks and thus changing state. Many customized WinPE boot CDs packaged with third-party applications for different uses are now available from volunteers via the Internet. The package can be used for developer testing or as a recovery CD/ DVD for system administrators.

Platform for running third-party 32-bit or 64-bit disk cloning utilities.

Recovery platform to run 32-bit or 64-bit recovery tools such as Winternals ERD Commander or Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE).

Deployment of workstations and servers in large corporations as well as pre-installation by system builders of workstations and servers to be sold to end users.

WinPE was originally intended to be used only as a pre-installation platform for deploying Microsoft Windows operating systems, specifically to replace MS-DOS in this respect.

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