Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE)

Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a stripped-down operating system that is used to deploy Windows 10 or for the recovery environment. Microsoft does not make it available as an ISO download; rather, you have to create the bootable media yourself. To create Windows PE media, you'll have to install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) with the Deployment tools option, and then install the Windows PE add-on. You can download the ADK and WinPE add-on from the Microsoft official site. After you've downloaded and installed the ADK, you can create bootable WinPE media. See WinPE: Create USB Bootable drive to learn how to create a bootable WinPE USB drive, CD, ISO, or VHD. Additionally, there are open source projects like Win10XPE, WPE4Live, Rack OS, WTE, Disk Command, Microsizing package for BartPE Utility, and Sherpya Windows PE Stuff which provide files to create WinPE media.

Citations :

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/winpe-intro

  2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/download-winpe--windows-pe

  3. https://sourceforge.net/directory/?q=winpe

  4. https://www.minitool.com/lib/windows-pe.html

  5. https://4sysops.com/archives/winpe-for-windows-10-create-an-iso-or-a-usb-stick/

Further reading:

https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/winpe-iso-datei.2106462/ https://github.com/PhoenixPE/PhoenixPE https://github.com/pebakery/pebakery https://archive.org/details/windows-11-pe https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/c-t-Notfall-Windows-2023-7346497.html

https://github.com/r-Techsupport/rTS_WinPe/releases/latest/download/rTS_WinPE.iso