Last updated: December 29, 2022
If you used to use Hiren's boot CD (which is no longer maintained) or Medicine for troubleshoot computers, here is WINPE 10-8, a good alternative.
What is WIN PE 10-8?
WINPE 10-8 is a bootable utility that includes a suite of tools for troubleshoot and analyze a PC easily like Hiren's Boot CD, but much more complete.
Regularly updated and extremely complete (4,04 GB), this Live DVD compiled by a Russian computer scientist is undoubtedly the best.
What can we do with WIN PE 10-8?
WIN PE 10-8 allows you to do the following functions:
- malware hunting,
- repair hard drives,
- put installations back on their feet Windows messed up,
- make disk images,
- check memory,
- recover passwords.
You will also find there
- of backup software,
- computer maintenance,
- hard drives and partitions,
- diagnoses,
- software from data recovery,
- Network Audit Software,
- recovery apps damaged files,
- antivirus, drivers, etc.
How to use WIN PE 10-8?
WIN PE 10-8 offers a complete system based on Windows. Once in place on a USB stick or DVD, you can boot up the computer and access all these wonderful tools.
To do this, follow these steps:
Step 1: download and install
First of all, download Win PE 10-8 ISO image. Then unzip the archive. Password: shooter.
After downloading, you must create a WIN PE 10-8 bootable USB key in order to start (boot) your PC on it. For that, follow the instructions in this article.
Finally everything is ready to use WIN PE 10-8 on your PC. It is then necessary to boot your PC on the USB key. To do this, press Del, F1, F2 or F8 (depending on your motherboard model) just after turning on the PC.
Find the Boot Sequence option and change the order to putting your DVD drive or USB port first.
Step 2: Menu and launch
After booting from the USB key, you will have different types of options:
- run in 32 or 64 bit mode (x86 or x64),
- try to boot from the partition Windows present in your hard drive (for backups, disinfection, etc.),
- launch Grub4Dos (a software allowing to easily configure a multiboot) or a software under DOS.
In my case, I will choose “ start the system in 64-bit mode » since my processor allows it.
You see that the system looks like Windows with its windows, its start menu and its taskbar. At the bottom right connect the PC to the Internet and configure your keyboard in French.