Creating a WinPE-based bootable media

Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a minimal Windows system based on the Windows Vista, the Windows Server 2008, or the Windows 7 kernels. WinPE is commonly used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and corporations for deployment, test, diagnostic and system repair purposes.

Similarly to creating an Acronis bootable media, you can create a bootable media that is based on WinPE and includes bootable components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4.

You may want to use a WinPE-based media instead of an Acronis bootable media for the following purposes:

• Performing imaging or deployment to machines whose hardware is not properly recognized from the Acronis bootable media (which is based on a Linux kernel)
• Performing deployment in the command-line mode; for example, to deploy different master images to different target machines
• Sending e-mail notifications about deployment

Note: PE-based bootable media cannot be started in the UEFI mode.