Note #1: the command will re-formats the drive, meaning that all data on the USB device will be lost, so back up your data first before doing this. Plug in the USB drive that you want to build the bootable WinPE, and run MakeWinPEMedia command. Such as, create an x86 copy of WinPE in winpe_x86 folder under z:\desktop\temp. Option 2 – navigate to Start → Windows Kits under W category → right-click Deployment and Imaging Tool → More → Run as Administrator.Ĭreate a working copy of the Windows PE files on your local computer, specify the platform: copype Option 1 – search “ Deployment and Imaging” in the Start menu, right-click the result and choose Run as administrator. Then, launch Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment in an elevated command prompt window. And that’s when I discovered the process of making a Windows 10-based WinPE USB Bootable Drive is so much easier.įirst of all, download and install Windows ADK on your computer and make sure Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit is selected during the installation. Instead of troubleshooting to fix it, I decided to get a more recent version of WinPE.
I can still boot into the WinPE environment but the keyboard and mouse stopped working there, and that made this bootable WinPE disk completely useless.
For some reason, a Windows 7-based WinPE bootable USB drive I built years ago stopped working on the new desktops I purchased recently.
