Windows Live Session
Table of Contents
What is Windows PE
Windows PE is small bootable Windows environment made for r/Techsupport. This PE has a full GUI and select tools for basic troubleshooting or data recovery in a UI more familiar to users than Linux.
Obtaining media
r/Techsupport Windows PE
Creating bootable media
This will require a USB that is at least the size of the ISO you downloaded.
All methods of creating boot media are destructive and will WIPE the USB flasdrive or external disk.
Windows
- Download and run Rufus
- Select “ISO Image” and then browse for the ISO image.
- Select which flash drive you want to put the installer on.
- Select the target system type,
GPT/UEFI
orMBR/BIOS
- For modern systems
GPT/UEFI
is preferred. For legacy systems useMBR/BIOS
- For modern systems
- Click “Start” and wait for it to finish.
MacOS
- Download and run Etcher
- Select your downloaded ISO
- Select your target drive
- Click “Flash” and wait for it to finish.
Linux
- Run
lsblk
to list all disks in your system, identify your flash drive by size. It will look something like/dev/sd[letter]
The following command is dangerous. Ensure it is run against the correct disk
- Use
dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/sd[letter]
to create a bootable drive from the ISO. - Wait until dd finishes. dd does not display progress, but when it finishes, the terminal will display the next prompt.
Boot the live media
- Press your ‘Boot menu’ key when you power on the machine to access your boot options.
- You may need to go through BIOS and change boot priority if you cannot find or hit the boot options key during boot.
- Choose your USB