https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows预先安装环境
Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline. It is intended to replace MS-DOS boot disks and can be booted via USB flash drive, PXE, iPXE,[1]CD-ROM, or hard disk. Traditionally used by large corporations and OEMs (to preinstall Windows client operating systems on PCs during manufacturing), it is now widely available free of charge via the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
- WinPE是简化版的Microsoft Windows,放在一片可直接引导的CD或DVD光盘,特点是引导时出现此版本Windows PE简化自之原版本的引导画面,以及出现简单的图形接口(GUI),亦能运行Internet Explorer。
- WinPE支持网络,但只附带以下工具:命令提示符、记事本和一些命令提示符的维护工具。
- WinPE初衷只是方便企业制造自定义的Microsoft Windows,因此市面上并没有而且不可能出售(但允许无偿外发)。
- 在微软的批准下,其他软件公司可附上自己的软件于WinPE,令引导电脑时候运行有关的程序。这些软件通常是系统维护,在电脑不能正常运作的情况下,可运用有关的系统维护软件修复电脑。维护软件包括SymantecNorton Ghost等等。
- Windows Vista,Windows 7,Windows 8的安装程序,亦是基于WinPE。