Windows PE was introduced by Microsoft in 2002 to provide a live Windows environment that can be booted from an external medium (CD-ROM or USB drive) on any hardware.Īs an operating system that cannot be permanently modified (remember that a CD is read-only), it has a wide range of usage scenarios ranging from system inspection/recovery tasks over kiosk mode applications to any situation where a customized environment is needed. Plugins for BartPE/ Windows PE/ WinBuilder that add applications and system components to the preinstalled Windows environment bootable from CD/USB.
