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This guide contains updated content as of October 2009. For more information about what was updated, see New Features in Windows PE. |
Windows® Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) is a minimal operating system designed to prepare a computer for Windows installation. It can be used to:
- Start a computer with no operating system (a
bare-metal system)
- Partition and format hard drives
- Copy disk images or initiate
Windows Setup from a network share
Windows PE is available as a stand-alone product to customers with the proper licensing agreement. It is an integrated component of many Windows Setup and recovery technologies, including Setup for Windows® 7and Windows Deployment Services (WDS).
Windows PE 3.0 is the latest release based on the Windows 7 operating system.
In This Section
An Overview of the Windows PE Kit
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