Hello!
I heard somewhere that Microsoft had loosened the restrictions of who can get WinPE.
Does this mean, that I now can download WinPE for free? If yes, where can I download it?

Best regards,

Colin Finck

Absolutely! Screw bartPE!

Linky: http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/worldwi..._x86fre_opk.zip

Thanks for your link. Will try that.

Best regards,

Colin Finck

Hey, its not my link, thank the friendly folk at Microsoft™

But I did not find any information about this on the Microsoft website. Can you also give me a link to a Microsoft webpage, which lists this download?

Best regards,

Colin Finck

He probably can, but then he'll have to share the password used to access it. WinPE is not freely downloadable.

Dont be stupid, do you reallly think that I'd share one of my msdn Technet downloads with everyone?!? Infact, all downloads are encrypted secretly hidden, you would NEED my password to get it at all, or dont you think one person witld provide iso links for us all

here is another one: http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/secreti...indowsxppro.iso




IT IS FREE NOW!

Quoted from OEM System Builder Packaging, Licensing, and COA Changes Frequently Asked Questions:



http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=0&p=393222
click that link for info from the msfn people. they can probably explain this better than I can.

It's WIndows PE 2004 BUT NOT the latest Windows PE 2005 or even Windows PE 2.0 !

Correct, its the XP opk, 2004.

2005 is the Windows Server 2003 OPK, which wouldnt be much use to most,
and AFAIK winpe 2.0 isnt even released yet

No, 2005 is the OPK which is able to build from Windows Server 2003 SP1. It contains RAMDisk boot and WinPE on UFD support - not supported with the 2004 release. The version has little to do with the OS it's deploying - rather it is when the features could be crammed in for deploying client or server versions of Windows.

Hmm, i didnt know that; so the 2004 opk will function with win2003, just not with SP1?

Correct.

Thanks for the helpful hint!

thx

I tried to download but the link is not working, can you help? Thank you.

What do you expect. This is a 3 year old thread. Its been superceeded by the WAIK which is available from www.microsoft.com. DO a search for WAIK.

Did you happen to notice how this thread is almost exactly THREE YEARS old?

In the meantime there was a tragical board update that made all old links invalid:
However the link is this one:
http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/worldwi..._x86fre_opk.zip

You'll need to register.

Cannot say if it's still available, WinPE 1.x is replaced by newer 2.x version based on Vista.

jaclaz

Hello,
Windows Vista Recovery Disc Down Load:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vist...-disc-download/


use imgBurn to make a bootable CD
http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning...+to+a+CD+or+DVD

Regards Ben

Thanks fro the link. It's a bit old too - 18 Jan 08 - but I've not seen it before.

"Microsoft seems to have realized this problem, and have thankfully made a recovery disc for this purpose.

...

NeoSmart Technologies is hosting a copy of the Windows Vista Recovery Disc for your convenience. It is a 120 MiB download, and in the standard ISO format."

Did you find any other link to (or any other info about) this so-called "recovery disc" made by Microsoft?

Regards

Old news.

Gray area.

Read here:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20993
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=20993&st=4

The matter was discussed extensively among Admin and Mods of the Board, and the theory I sketched in the referenced thread was accepted by the Admin.

For all we know, it is Legal and acceptable as link posted on the board.

jaclaz

Well, I'll be! ... ... Looked like "ol' wares" to me. Did a bit of searching... here's one explanation of how it came to be under a free license. Still a bit grey IMHO.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html

There's also a different download link on the page.

Thanks

Also, FYI, with a little tweak :
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080324/...-vista-sp1-rtm/

it is possible to build your own, from your own Vista SP1:
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070929/...-recovery-disc/

Still gray area, though.

I have somewhat the feeling that the above is a rip-off of this:
http://c4consulting.com.au/soluctions/vist...0SOLUCTIONS.htm

or viceversa.

Starting post is on Microsoft Technet:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums...2-246f4079d0ed/

But there are several other places where this info is spread:
http://techfreaks.in/forum/f7/make-your-ow...overy-disc-980/
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-c...overy-disc.html


..and it seems like Windows7 has it back:
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-se...artition-2.html


and also as "auto-elevated":
http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/02/05/li...vated-binaries/

jaclaz

Hello,

these are new anduseful information regarding Vista and Windows 7which is (Vista+SP1+SP2+another £150 in MS pocket)

here is a vista PE specially Hacked to repair Advent,EIsystem and Philips-Freevent vista OS
the link to ISO
http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx...4-2af1d2419acb}


the fix is in TGM directory
and it loads from winpeshl.ini in x:\windows\system32
you need to mount it using 2mount.bat
and put a43.exe in there and change the file to load a43.exe file manager instead of fixboot.exe
then you can work with it
the boot.wim is nearly 200mb but when you build the ISo using 6buildiso.bat
it increases to 1.2GB so you need to use -m to change it to DVD instead of CD
=========================================
how to make a Custom Vista DVD)
Reference WAIK PE maker:
change 6makeiso.bat slightly
the -m parameter OSCDIMG removes limitation of Cd size
so it can make a DVD image size
put Boot.wim and install.wim in resources directory
and winpe.wim in waik has been changed by same Boot.wim(from DVD) and renamed WINPE.wim
===========================================
Ben

Hello,

these are new anduseful information regarding Vista and Windows 7which is (Vista+SP1+SP2+another £150 in MS pocket)

here is a vista PE specially Hacked to repair Advent,EIsystem and Philips-Freevent vista OS
the link to ISO
http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx...4-2af1d2419acb}


the fix is in TGM directory
and it loads from winpeshl.ini in x:\windows\system32
you need to mount it using 2mount.bat
ref:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18758

and put a43.exe in there and change the file to load a43.exe file manager instead of fixboot.exe
then you can work with it
the boot.wim is nearly 200mb but when you build the ISo using 6buildiso.bat
it increases to 1.2GB so you need to use -m to change it to DVD instead of CD
=========================================
how to make a Custom Vista DVD)
Reference WAIK PE maker:
change 6makeiso.bat slightly
ref:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18758

the -m parameter OSCDIMG removes limitation of Cd size
so it can make a DVD image size
put Boot.wim and install.wim in resources directory
and winpe.wim in waik has been changed by same Boot.wim(from DVD) and renamed WINPE.wim
===========================================
the nice thing about this DVD is that it has system restore
which the othere PE (cd size ) has not got.

Ben