[Intro]
Building your Windows PE
Anything can happen in life: at one moment Windows may not boot, and there (for example) may be important files for you You need to transfer those files and restore the system.
To create your Windows PE there are many different programs and different ways. And I want to consider the easiest (in my opinion) way
But let's first understand what Windows PE is.
(please pause to read, thanks) Windows PE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) is a special lightweight version of Windows that can be booted from CD / DVD, USB, or over the network. If you have a disk with Windows PE, you can start the computer and restore the existing system to work if it is damaged.
(please pause to read, thanks) Having booted into that system, we get full access to the hard disks of the computer, the registry, settings and drivers of that system, therefore, we can replace the damaged system files with the original ones or, for example, perform some operations with disk partitions.
(please pause to read, thanks) There are many assemblies of Windows PE that were created by other people and in which a huge amount of software has been added for recovering forgotten account passwords in the installed system, editing the registry of the installed system, recovering deleted files, and more. Almost every assembly of Windows PE contains the desktop, icons and Start menu we are used to. Also, if you didn't know, Windows PE is used to run the installer for Windows Vista and above.
Well, now, let's try to create :)
Yes, third-party software is used here and through it we will try create your Windows PE
The program is absolutely freeware
Here you will be asked to choose the bit depth of your the future Windows PE image. I will choose x64 for example
Here you can select the programs offered But of course you can add your own. I am for example add VLC media player
And here is the VLC itself, which I want to add
Here we can write it directly to a USB flash drive or make an ISO image
It will take some time to create.
Our image was created and recorded on a USB flash drive. Even the files recorded there correspond to this.
Now, let's check it out on a real PC :)
It starts quickly from a flash drive.
And so, there is a familiar desktop and icons. Start Menu here replaced with the StartIsBack program
Start menu itself is built very minimal, and the list of programs there it is done according to the same principle.
Here is all the software that we specified when creating
Also integrated software for editing sections of the railway and archiving information
A notepad with a notepad, nothing unusual.
There is also a UserTools folder, opening which we will see all the software that we added manually.
I added VLC as an example and it works
As for me, a USB flash drive with Windows PE is really a necessary thing. It will come in handy, you never know :)
As you can see, this Windows PE is built on Windows 10 build 1607
Well, that's all. He showed me how I could. See you :)
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