winpe

The Windows ADK and WinPE separation still trips up experienced admins and newcomers alike, but getting the pair installed correctly — online or offline — is straightforward once you understand the version, order, and tooling details that Microsoft expects. Background / Overview The Windows...

WinToHDD 6.8 arrives as a modest but practical update to Hasleo’s Windows deployment toolkit, promising improved reliability for creating WinPE media, a more robust activation flow, and a handful of bug fixes — while keeping the same headline capabilities that make the app attractive to home...

If your Windows 10 or 11 C: drive is running out of space and there's unallocated room elsewhere on the same disk, you can reclaim it — but not always the way you'd expect. Windows built‑in tools require the unallocated space to be immediately to the right of the partition you want to expand...

I built a single, portable USB rescue toolkit that boots a full Windows-based recovery environment (PhoenixPE) and a collection of specialized ISOs via Ventoy—giving me password resets, malware removal, disk imaging, memory testing, and a working desktop for troubleshooting without touching the...

Microsoft has steadily maintained its reputation for supporting Windows 10 long-term, especially in the face of its successor's momentum and the evolving demands on desktop operating systems. With the June 2025 Patch Tuesday, the company further solidified its commitment by rolling out several...

A Bold Leap on Your Wrist: Windows on ARM Meets Smartwatch Technology In a surprising twist that could only be described as straight out of a tech thriller, a determined developer has successfully ported Windows on ARM to a device you might normally glance at while checking the time—a...

Hello, I am using Paragon Backup & Recovery Community / Free. When I create USB Recovery stick, it says cannot find ADK. I actually already have ADK and WinPE add-on already installed, so that a software from a different company can make WinPE USB. But, to be thorough, I installed it again...

How do I install PortableApps platform in Aomei WinPE? Please only reply if you have personally already done it, I am not asking for theories or suggestions. Thank you. https://www.ubackup.com/pe-builder.html https://portableapps.com/

is it possible to Delete Hd's through WDS ? im working in pc produktion and we need some Way delete the HD's in the pc's. i read somewhere that it's possible to make a custom WinPE file to do this in a WDS. environment ? if it is possible then plz post a link for me :)

Hi! I got problem after modifying startup services of Windows 10.20H2 Pro x64. I forgot single value and tried in command line of Windows recovery to start programs allowing to repair my problem. But it needs higher permissions and even WinPE supports not starting other than 64bit...

I used a utility for years without problems on Win7 and Win10. Recently I wanted to add it now to an USB flash drive which boots into a Windows 10 WinPE environment. Unfortunately the tool crashes with the popup notification: "The code execution cannot proceed because hhctrl.ocx was not...

Assume I have a running portable program on my Windows 10 system. Its works. Now I want to run it from USB flash drive on various computers without leaving traces. At first the USB flash drive should boot a Windows 10 system from it. Then afterwards automatically start the target program (in...

hello forum. i've allready made 'my' w10pe sometime ago only for dism capture purposes. now, i need to add cleanmgr 'DiskCleanUp' to wpe. like other apps, i've copied the .exe, .mui and the .mun to their respective folders. i've Add-Package WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab to the wpe. but can't get...

I´m currently working on the parallel installation of WinPE x64 and WinPE x86 on an UEFI machine. Up to now, I´ve managed to generate the needed WinPE image for x64 and x86 by using the Windows Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment. I was also able to install the WinPE x64 version in...

Hello guys, i have to install WinPE on a bootable device in order to get rid of "Segurazo", I couldn't deinstall it on any other way. Tryed most known programms to get rid of that shit. Well you wonder why i want to get rid of it? It's running in the background and i can't delete it - tells me...

Hi all. I'm new to the forum. I've been installing Windows for many years and I've seen this issue before with malware infected Windows installation files on Windows 7. If the installation is tainted, a cmd window will flash briefly before the install launch page. I have the same issue...

There are many guides out there which tell me how to create an WinPE bootable USB flash drive. Unfortunately when I boot from such an USB flash drive later and create e.g. some shortcuts (to additional prgms) on desktop/TaskBar then these shortcuts gets lost after shutdown. This is because the...

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, I have a 32-bit WinPE into which I have integrated MSDART tools and some 3rd party remote control software as well as some utilities provided by a vendor which supports our hard drive encryption solution. The long and short of it is that there are occasions in...

Hi. I plan to buy Macrium Reflect Pro (MR). I tested latest build 5529 (version 5.1) trial a couple of days now. Some questions came up ... I use Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10 on a GPT HDD inside a UEFI system. 1. Can I backup the GPT structure of the HDD, meaning I can restore on bare metal? 2...

We have a modified ISO of Windows 7, used to deploy a customized Windows 7 Enterprise operating system. We have a number of Toughbooks that need the operating system installed. We can currently install it using a DVD. I'd like to install it using a switch we have, using one of the laptops we...