Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Feb 2007 09:07 UTC, submitted by jayson.knight
Windows "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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or you could try...
by bolomkxxviii on Wed 7th Feb 2007 11:41 UTC
bolomkxxviii
Member since:
2006-05-19

Knoppix for free and have a "very powerful troubleshooting, imaging, and data recovery tool"

RE: or you could try...
by batdan on Wed 7th Feb 2007 12:26 in reply to "or you could try..."
batdan Member since:
2007-01-12

or if you really must use windows try BartPE with PE2USB.

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RE: or you could try...
by TaterSalad on Wed 7th Feb 2007 14:52 in reply to "or you could try..."
TaterSalad Member since:
2005-07-06

Or we could stick with windows to run windows applications. Not everyone wants to use linux.

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RE[2]: or you could try...
by MattPie on Wed 7th Feb 2007 15:16 in reply to "RE: or you could try..."
MattPie Member since:
2006-04-18

Or we could stick with windows to run windows applications. Not everyone wants to use linux.

True, true. It's probably best to know both for when one is lacking, such as drivers for 3com cards in Windows, or as you mentioned running Windows apps.

My coworker recently used Knoppix to download 3com drivers to a freshly installed Windows machine. Stupid 3com...

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