"At times you may run into a situation, where your system fails to respond correctly. Under such circumstances you may find booting into another OS as your best option."—Anand Khanse, TheWindowsClub.com (October 7, 2014)
"The PE Builder has been packed with Partition Assistant Standard and AOMEI Backupper Standard software, meaning you can use the bootable CD/USB to manage your hard drive and backup your data without booting into Windows operating system. In other words, if your PC is not bootable, you can use this free tool to backup your data before attempting to reinstall Windows. ... The other cool factor is that you can use the bootable media built by PE Builder to remove viruses and other suspicious files from your PC, as it lets you connect to the internet and scan your PC using an antivirus of your choice."—admin, IntoWindows.com (Sep 25th, 2014)
"Provides a way of booting a Windows environment to diagnose and/or restore a crashed system."—Stephen Chapman, felgall.comAOMEI PE Builder is a free program for Windows that allows you to create a preinstallation environment.
The PE is a simplified operating system based on a version of the Windows kernel that helps you install, deploy or repair Windows without having to install Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
AOMEIPEBuilderPortable_1.5.paf
Size: 171 MB (179,912,704 bytes) Packed Size: 38.6 MB (40,505,344 bytes)
Size: 171 MB (179,912,704 bytes) Packed Size: 38.6 MB (40,505,344 bytes)
AOMEIPEBuilder64Portable_1.5_64-bit.paf
Size: 218 MB (228,974,592 bytes) Packed Size: 51.8 MB (54,333,440 bytes)
Size: 218 MB (228,974,592 bytes) Packed Size: 51.8 MB (54,333,440 bytes)
Notes (included in the help.htm):
» Requires administrator privilege.[]
» Requires administrator privilege.[]