

After mounting the image, you can add any specific RAID or storage drivers, in order for your hard drive to be recognized by the WinPE bootdisk.If you need to make changes to the WinPE boot image, you need to mount the image before adding drivers or other third-party apps:ĭism /mount-image /imagefile:c:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\winpe\mount.This step will copy the boot files and the Windows PE boot image (boot.wim) to the folder c:\winpe\media. If you want to make a 32-bit WinPE bootdisk, just replace amd64 with x86. Create an empty folder such as c:\winpe, and then type this command: After installing, launch the Deployment Tools and Imaging Environment.When you install the ADK, you only need to select these two features: Deployment Tools and Windows Preinstallation Environment. WinPE 5.0 is part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1, which you can download here.How to Create Windows 8.1 PE Boot CD/USB Drive? In this tutorial we’ll show you how to manually create a bootable WinPE 5.0 CD/USB drive. This feature makes WinPE appealing for data recovery and system maintenance purposes. WinPE does not require a hard drive to boot, it can run solely from a CD drive using the memory for dynamic data. It has the bare minimum drivers and files just enough to run the installer and the repair tools.

WinPE (Windows PE) is a stripped down version of Windows.
