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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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RE: or you could try...

by TaterSalad on Wed 7th Feb 2007 14:52 UTC in reply to "or you could try..."

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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..."

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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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RE[3]: or you could try...

by helf on Wed 7th Feb 2007 18:23 in reply to "RE[2]: or you could try..."

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2005-07-06

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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