Windows Live Session

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

Download

Source files for rTS_WinPE

Creating bootable media

This will require a USB that is at least the size of the ISO you downloaded.

Caution

All methods of creating boot media are destructive and will WIPE the USB flash drive 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 or MBR/BIOS
- For modern systems GPT/UEFI is preferred. For legacy systems use MBR/BIOS
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.

Ventoy (Windows and Linux)

Follow our Ventoy guide to make one flash drive that can boot multiple ISO files, this is a more advanced method but suitable for power users who may not have heard about it before.

Boot the live media

Press your Boot override 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