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Vista Installation (Exam 70-620)
Working with Windows PE
Windows Pre-installation Environment is supplied with Windows Vista and allows booting from which media types?
(choose all correct answers)
- USB flash drives
- Windows Deployment Services
- CD
- DVD
All of the above. Windows PE can be copied to various media types and allows booting from USB flash drives, Windows Deployment Services, CD and DVD.
Windows PE is a minimal Windows operating system that provides limited services based on the Vista kernel. It also provides the minimal set of features required to run Vista setup, install Vista from the network and validate hardware.
Some examples of what you can do when booted with Windows PE include: create and format disk partitions including NTFS; access network shares to install Vista; and customize the installation of Vista.
Tip:
You can download a copy of Windows PE from Microsoft.com.
Tech Reference:
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What is Windows PE?
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