Windows Rescue Media Bootable Cd' title='Windows Rescue Media Bootable Cd' />Been using this CD for some time now to start broken Windows PCs, very useful. I would not say it does the job every time but probably 95 of the 50 or so times I. Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive for Hirens Boot CD diagnostic and recovery toolset ERD Commander replacement. Recover data, fix a damaged PC etc. JPG' alt='Windows Rescue Media Bootable Cd' title='Windows Rescue Media Bootable Cd' />Guide to creating a bootable CD with a live Windows system for rescue purposes. Create a bootable Windows PE 3. USB drive with rescue tools Part 1 4sysops. Learn how to create a bootable Windows PE 3. USB drive. First you you create the bootable USB stick, then you copy the Win. PE 3. 0 files to the drive. Includes sortable tabular listing. Shows name, size, and primary functions. This is a guide about Lenovo recovery disks for the following versions of Windows Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. A recovery. Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP with more than 3. IT management and system administration. Latest posts by Michael Pietroforte see allUpdate There is now an easier way to create Windows PE boot media. For Windows PE 1. Windows based on Windows 2. XP, you needed an SA Software Assurance, OEM, or ISV license. When Windows Vista was released everyone had access to Windows PE 2. This also applies to the Windows 7 based edition, Windows PE 3. Windows PE Preinstallation Environment was originally designed to deploy Windows. However, it is also useful in creating your own customized rescue boot media. In this article, I will describe how you can create a bootable Windows PE 3. Win. PE USB stick, and, in my next post, I will show how to add your own rescue tools and how to keep your rescue stick up to date without much hassle. You will see that the procedure described here is much more convenient than most solutions youll find on the web. Create a bootable USB drive Before you get started, you have to make your flash drive bootable. I have already described this procedure in my post about the Windows 7 USBDVD Download Tool. For your convenience here is the command sequence, which you should run on a command prompt with admin rights diskpartlist diskselect disk cleancreate partition primaryselect partition 1activeformat quick fsfat. Replace with the drive number of your USB drive. Be careful to choose the right disk in 3 because this procedure will erase the whole drive Copy the Win. PE 3. USB drive Win. PE 3. Windows Automated Installation Kit WAIK for Windows 7, which you can download here. Once you have installed the WAIK, youll find a folder of the Windows AIK on the Windows Start Menu. Launch the Deployment Tools Command Prompt and enter this command copype. Then, copy winpe. ISOsourcesboot. Now, copy Win. PE to your USB drive xcopy C winpex. G In this example, G is the drive letter of your flash drive. Now you should be able to boot from your Win. PE 3. 0 USB drive. In my next post, I will outline the interesting partthat is, how to prepare your USB drive so that you can add new tools without starting again from scratch. Win the monthly 4sysops member prize for IT pros. Related Posts. Removing a corrupted Canon print driver. What Does Adobe Camera Raw Downloader. Change keyboard layout language for the login scre. Avira Rescue System v. Review A Free Bootable AV ToolAmong other utilities, Avira Rescue System provides a free bootable antivirus program that you can run from a disc before the operating system starts up. Because Avira Rescue System is based on the Ubuntu operating system, it means theres a familiar, point and click desktop interface you can use to operate the programs. Download Avira Rescue SystemAvira. Download TipsNote This review is of Avira Rescue System version 1. September 1. 9, 2. Please let me know if theres a newer version I need to review. Avira Rescue System Pros Cons. Theres not much to dislike about Avira Rescue System Pros. Regular, graphical user interface. Updates are performed automatically before every scan. Scans compressed files. Includes other free tools. Cons. Large download over 6. MBNo custom scan options. Install Avira Rescue System. There are two ways you can install Avira Rescue System, but the first is the easiest and quickest method. On the download page is two links that look almost identical aside from the word EXE and ISO. Download the EXE version for the quicker install of the two. This version includes a built in ISO burner, which means you dont have to run a separate program just to burn Avira Rescue System to a disc. The ISO version doesnt include the image burning software, which means you must use an image burner to put Avira Rescue System on a CD or DVD. See How To Burn an ISO Image File to a DVD, CD, or BD if you need help. No matter which method you use, youll then need to boot to Avira Rescue System before the operating system starts. See How To Boot From a CD, DVD, or BD Disc for more information. My Thoughts on Avira Rescue System. I love how easy it is to use Avira Rescue System even though more tools are included than in most similar bootable antivirus programs. For example, the wizard walks you through the steps to start a scan without any issues. However, if you want more, theres a simple menu to the left that lets you access additional tools like a web browser, Windows Registry Editor, and disk partitioning tool. Updates are important for all antivirus programs, and fortunately, Avira Rescue System will update itself before running a scan, and do so automatically so you dont have to worry about it. While this is a handy feature, its too bad there arent any offline update options in case you dont have an active Internet connection like there is with AVG Rescue CD. While Avira Rescue System is scanning, you can see the number of viruses found in real time along with the number of files scanned and the elapsed time, much like an antivirus program youd run on your desktop. Some bootable antivirus programs let you scan particular parts of your computer, such as just the registry or particular folders. Avira Rescue System will scan the whole computer, though, without any custom options. Download Avira Rescue SystemAvira.