Da Vinci Planet » BartPE http://www.davinciplanet.com A blog on productivity tools, tips and hacks for Web professionals, including topics on search marketing (SEO and SEM), Web analytics and on-line trends Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 BartPE as a bootable USB app http://www.davinciplanet.com/bartpe-as-a-bootable-usb-app/ http://www.davinciplanet.com/bartpe-as-a-bootable-usb-app/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:10:03 +0000 Da Vinci http://www.davinciplanet.com/2006/11/07/bartpe-as-a-bootable-usb-app/ PC Magazine has an interesting article on making a bootable USB key using BartPE. There are obvious benefits for having a Windows liveCD or rescue disk, but if you are hooked onto your USB drive then you’ll know the value of having everything you need on one little portable drive rather than a bunch of CDs: USB drives are readily rewritable and small. Most new computers can boot from USB drives, but you should make sure to check your hardware. I am hoping for a portable VMware Player to solve these kinds of needs, but until then a bootable BartPE USB key is cool. B.t.w. Flashboot costs around $27, so use this solution if you want it free.

]]> http://www.davinciplanet.com/bartpe-as-a-bootable-usb-app/feed/ 1 BartPE bootable windows liveCD http://www.davinciplanet.com/bartpe-bootable-live-windows-cddvd/ http://www.davinciplanet.com/bartpe-bootable-live-windows-cddvd/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:58:48 +0000 Da Vinci http://www.davinciplanet.com/2006/10/21/bartpe-bootable-live-windows-cddvd/ Looking at my Google Analytics reports I noticed that a lot of people are finding my site by searching for terms like “WinXP virtual appliance” and “windows live CD”. My guess is that they’re hoping to find a free download. Well, they are available – but, they’re not legal. Besides not being legal you shouldn’t trust them because it can’t be from a trusted source and who knows what’s installed on there. If it was a trusted source – like a friend – then it’s an illegal copy but hey at least you trust it ;)

However, you can create your own VMware Windows virtual appliance or live CD if you had a windows installation CD. You really need a fresh Windows installation CD (with an unused license) to create a legal Windows VMware virtual appliance. However, you can legally create a Windows live CD from your original Windows installation CD using BartPE. But wait, you can run a live CD virtual appliance so then you do have a way to get a free WinXP virtual appliance!

Bart’s Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) is a hack of the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE). Windows PE is only available to OEM users and BartPE’s creator was kind enough to make a (legal and more flexible) version that we all can use. Bart’s PE Builder helps you build a “BartPE” bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, with a complete Win32 environment with network support.

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