Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Feb 2007 09:07 UTC, submitted by jayson.knight
"Windows Preinstallation Environment 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. Microsoft has wisely chosen to offer this to the masses as part of the Windows AIK. USB keys can be found just about anywhere these days for next to nothing. 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. Here is a quick step by step on how to do just that."
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2006-02-27
or you could create a usb key that would dualboot a linux distro and windows PE.
I'd actually find that pretty useful.
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This has got to be one of the smartest things I've read on a message board in a loooong time.