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You've booted an ISO of Bart "into my VM box", does that mean you've got an existing virtual machine which you've (somehow) configured to boot from the Bart ISO rather than from the system on it's hard drive? If so, if you're booting an existing computer (real or virtual) off of the Bart CD rather than it's disk-based operating system, then that's exactly what Bart PE was designed for. Once you've booted into Bart, you can use Bart to read the hard drive, run virus scans, backup to network drives, etc. quote:quote: Application plugins I've personally used are Ghost32 I am very interested in this? Would you be kind enough to explain to me like I am a dumb 10 year old... Version 8 and later of Ghost Enterprise has a utility ("Ghost32") which runs under XP and can be used to make a Ghost image of a drive or partition. If you get this onto your Bart PE CD, you can map a network drive in Bart and then use Ghost32 to image disks or partitions on the system to a disk space somewhere on the network. Very handy for environments where you don't have the full-blown Ghost installed. The catch however is that you need a license of Ghost Enterprise in order to get your hands on the Ghost32 utility used in the Bart PE plugin. dim Ars Praefectus Add bookmark #8 Ok.. here is what I did.I created a new virtual machine and booted off the bartPE.. But what I should do is have the VMmachine open and mount the ISO to boot off of that. I will try that.What is the advantage of running BartPE with Ghost on it? The reason this comes up is b/c I interviewed for a global desktop engineer job and the

Dim Ars Praefectus Add bookmark #1 So.. I am very interested in learning about BartPE and winPE since Vista will be on WinPE 2.0. If I want to create an image using BartPE, what are the steps to do this.I have downloaded BartPE and have shown it the install files of a copied windows install on my disk.It created a BootCD Image which I have loaded as an ISO in Vmware. I have booted it up, now I am confused what do to. Is there a good help file on this stuff, I have reviewed I don't know what exactly too look for..Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanksdim Add bookmark #2 I wrote a how-to of sorts a couple of years ago, Bart PE How-to.What is your problem, exactly? If you've got a bootable Bart PC CD, you've basically succeeded. Do you have a question about the interface or apps w/in Bart PE? dim Ars Praefectus Add bookmark #3 QtDevSvr -Ok.. Let me start with the questionsquote:II. What can Bart PE do?1. Load under a running instance of Windows 2000 or XP, allowing a fast, easy way to access a number of support tools in the field without having to download and install them.2. Boot on any system capable of booting XP, and thereby provide a clean environment from which to run virus or malware scanners, create backups or perform data recovery, and other chores. For example, with the addition of Ghost32 to your Bart PE CD, you can perform Ghost'ed backups of drives or partitions on the local host to any free disk space on the network. Just map your target drive in the GUI, launch Ghost32, and make the backup. Because the job is running on a 32-bit host with XP drivers, rather than16-bit DOS and DOS drivers,

Controllers). There are ready-to-go downloads at the Bart PE enthusiast sites which have these plugins—just download and overlay on the default Bart PE extract. Application plugins I've personally used are Ghost32 (requires access to Ghost enterprise), Firefox, Filezilla, Nero, Putty, VNC, Restoration, McAfee stinger, AdAware, GetDataBack, Foundstone, etc. You can author your own Bart PE install files for any of these as well as any app bootable within the basic XP environment of Bart PE, but in all cases I've personally used the plugin files made by others. dim Ars Praefectus Add bookmark #6 quote:BartPE is meant for troubleshooting, more than anything. You can use it to boot a machine that has a screwed-up/virus infected/spyware-laden Windows install and fix stuff. ^^I am totally confused.. What do you mean? I have created this BartPE Iso, and I have booted it into my VM box. Now what? Lets say I had a box that was infected through the brim with spyware or a box that I needed to recover data on ? Is that all possible?quote: Application plugins I've personally used are Ghost32 I am very interested in this? Would you be kind enough to explain to me like I am a dumb 10 year old...Sorry .. I am trying to understand this.. Add bookmark #7 quote:Originally posted by dim:quote:BartPE is meant for troubleshooting, more than anything. You can use it to boot a machine that has a screwed-up/virus infected/spyware-laden Windows install and fix stuff. ^^I am totally confused.. What do you mean? I have created this BartPE Iso, and I have booted it into my VM box. Now what? Lets say I had a box that was infected through the brim with spyware or a box that I needed to recover data on ? Is that all possible? When you say

The task can run 2-3X faster than standard Ghost. I am very interested in learning how to build a custom XP image using BartPE. I hear there are people that put it on a USB drive and boot off of a USB drive and then I guess that calls the server to download the image?I am looking at understanding how people customize images using BartPE.. molo Ars Legatus Legionis Add bookmark #4 Well, I think you approaching BartPE in the wrong way.It's not MEANT to be a fully-functional Windows environment. With the right plug-ins, you can get pretty CLOSE to having "Windows on a CD", but it's kind of pointless.BartPE is meant for troubleshooting, more than anything. You can use it to boot a machine that has a screwed-up/virus infected/spyware-laden Windows install and fix stuff.It *is* tempting to go nuts with all the plug-ins and have CD-burners and browsers and all kinds of shit on your BartPE CD, but you'll never use that stuff. So, basically, you've seen all there is to see. Add bookmark #5 quote:I am very interested in learning how to build a custom XP image using BartPE. I hear there are people that put it on a USB drive and boot off of a USB drive and then I guess that calls the server to download the image? Actually the entire bootable image was on the USB drive. However, Bart himself has stated that certain limitations make the whole USB drive approach too flaky to rely on. The Bart PE users I'm aware of use Bart PE CD's.Customization involves first getting a bootable burn using the default Bart PE download. Assuming you've got that working, then customization amounts to adding the additional plugins you want. First stop would be plugins for newer hardware (NIC's & disk

Taken from WikipediaBartPE (aka Bart's Preinstalled Environment) was a lightweight variant of the 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, similar to Windows Preinstallation Environment, which could be run from a Live CD or Live USB drive. The BartPE system image is created using PE Builder, a freeware program created by Bart Lagerweij. It requires a legal copy of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Additional applications can be included in the image using plugins.As it often resides on a Live CD or USB drive, BartPE allows a user to boot Windows, even if a hardware or software fault has disabled the installed operating system(s) on the internal hard drive – for instance, to recover files. It can also be used to scan for and remove rootkits, viruses and spyware (that have infected boot files), or to reset a lost administrator password.PE Builder[]PE Builder (also known as Bart PE Builder) is the software used to create the BartPE system images.Description[]As with Windows Preinstallation Environment, BartPE operates by loading system registry files into RAM, and not writing any registry changes back to boot media. Thus, both operating systems require no hard drive or network access. This also allows them to be run from non-writable media such as a CD-ROM.Since each instance of BartPE is a new installation, the BartPE "boot" disk needs original Windows setup files in order to operate. The Bart PE Builder application interprets and condenses files from a Windows setup CD to create the BartPE installation. It can build from a Windows XP Pro or Home Edition CD, or from a preinstalled Windows XP version (without a CD).Additional applications can be included in the BartPE setup through the use of "plugins". A plugin contains setup information for a specific application, so that it can be included on the media and installed along with Windows at each BartPE boot. Currently there are a few hundred plugins available in addition to the dozen-odd that are included by default with BartPE. Since BartPE represents a totally independent operating environment, the most obvious application examples involve backup, restoration, diagnosis and error-correction of systems with malfunctioning primary storage drives. Plugin programs can nominally be added to the capacity of the BartPE media.BartPE is known to have certain incompatibilities with the Windows XP CDs shipped with most Dell PCs. The Dell versions include changes to the Windows setup files that can cause the BartPE build process to fail. 2 patches are currently available to correct the known problems, one to replace SETUPREG.HIV and the other to load a standard iastor.sys.See also[]Windows PE, the official Microsoft Windows Preinstallation EnvironmentWinBuilder, a free application designed to build and customize live CDs based on Windows PEWindows To GoList of live CDsExternal Links[]BartPE official homepage - Site no longer active in Feb 2017

UBCD4WIN: Bootable repair disk The "Ultimate Boot CD for Windows" is a free bootable live CD is a complex and reliable tool for verifying and analyzing Windows systems, repairing problems, data recovery and backup, inspecting registry, malware cleaning and much more.UBCD4Win is based on Bart PE, a Preinstalled Environment builder tool used to create bootable versions of Windows.UBCD4Win contains a collection of free Windows applications and offers a solution for almost any computer problem. It is a reliable tool in case of a disaster containing many useful features like data recovery, restore partitions, registry repair, modify NTFS volumes and create new ones, antivirus scans for hard drives, communicate with remote machines using SSH or VHC etc.Requirements:- 100Mhz CPU- 128Mb RAM- 500Mb Hard drive with at least 100Mb free- 2Mb VGA graphics card- Keyboard and MouseNote: Some antivirus and antispyware programs flag UBCD4WIN as being infected/malware, although the application is perfectly safe and does not pose a threat to your system. This is called a 'false positive'.