BartPE

[4breezes]

I've been thinking that it might be wise to have a BartPE disk stashed away for those bad days when I really screw up. I understand that it can be used on any OS from W2K to newer. However, everything I've read seems to say that the BartPE disk is made with an XP OS disk.

Is that true? Can it be made with only XP? Or could I perhaps make one with my W2K OS disk? You see, nobody in the family has an XP disk. We're running W2K on two machines, W98 on one machine, and XP on my daughter's Dell. But Dell does not give you anything more than a recovery disk, not a full Os disk.

Hence my question. Can I make a BartPE using my W2K disk?

[Kandar]

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

The PE Builder program (pebuilder.exe) runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE. It does not run on Windows NT4/ME/9x.

[Sterling_Aug]

Originally Posted by Kandar

The PE Builder program (pebuilder.exe) runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE. It does not run on Windows NT4/ME/9x.

The above statement is misleading. Even though the BartPE disk will not autorun from within WinNT, ME, and 9X, it will however boot a system that has those OSes installed and allow you to fix problems. The key is "autorun from within" the host OS.

I have used my BartPE disk to fix WinNT, WinME, Win95, 98, Linux, Server2003, or any other OS around.


There is a BIG difference between running BartPE and building BartPE.


Requirements to build:

1. The files from your Windows Installation CD-Rom.
Supported Windows versions are:
* Windows XP Home Edition (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
* Windows XP Professional (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
* Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
* Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
* Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
2. PE Builder runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE systems.
3. CD/DVD writer if you want to creat a bootable CD/DVD.


Even though you can run BartPE on a Win2K system, the Win2K CD does not have the required files to allow you to build a BartPE disk from them. You MUST have a WinXP or above CD to build BartPE. I have been able to make a BartPE disk using a Dell WinXP-SP2 OEM CD, but it is not recommended.

I have been building and using BartPE disks for the past 4 years now and I find it an absolute necessity when working on any system. I use it to clean viruses and spyware, backup and recover files from damaged hard drives, edit registries, change user passwords when they can't log in, and a number of other things. My current BartPE build does not even fit on a CD anymore, it will only fit on a DVD. I have over 70+ utilities and programs on my disk now.

[Midknyte]

1. dell does give you an OS disk, but it is bios coded for dell systems.

2. you cannot make a bartpe disk with w2k. period.

[4breezes]

Many thanks. I suspected the XP disk was a requirement, but wanted to verify. Thats how I read the site where I can d/l the builder. I'll have to start looking for that disk now.

[Kandar]

Originally Posted by Sterling_Aug

The above statement is misleading. Even though the BartPE disk will not autorun from within WinNT, ME, and 9X, it will however boot a system that has those OSes installed and allow you to fix problems. The key is "autorun from within" the host OS.

I see your point. I quoted straight from the site and linked to the souce. I read it as saying that it would RUN on these systems but I should have quoted the other piece of the text specific to building requirements as well.

My appologies.

[Sterling_Aug]

Originally Posted by Kandar

I see your point. I quoted straight from the site and linked to the souce. I read it as saying that it would RUN on these systems but I should have quoted the other piece of the text specific to building requirements as well.

My appologies.

Hey K, no problemo!. I just want everyone to get the full benefit out of BartPE and to use it as often as possible. I consider it to be my MAIN tech support tool and the best of all time. UBCD is good for simple. quick and dirty things, but I have built up my BartPE disk to blow away UBCD for total usefulness in all situations.