Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)

Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) is a compress version of Microsoft Windows Operating System. It will be a replacement of a bootable DOS diskette. It is use to ease of installation, deployment, troubleshoot and others.

Microsoft has officially said the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) is a powerful replacement for the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system in deployment processes, test and diagnostic tools development, and system recovery processes. Windows PE is a minimal Windows system that provides limited services based on the Windows XP Professional and the Windows Server 2003 kernels. It also provides the minimal set of features required to run Windows Setup, access and install operating systems from the network, script basic repetitive tasks, and validate hardware. For more details about Windows PE, please visit Microsoft overview of the product at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/winpreinst/WindowsPE_over.mspx