

If everything goes well, the message “Operation Completed Successfully!” should appear. Finally browse to the Source Path of the WinPE files, in this example located at D:\WINPE.Ĭlick “Start” and answer the following two questions “Continue?” with “Yes”.Īll existing volumes and data will be lost!ĭepending on the write speed of your USB Flash drive it may take a while to copy all WinPE files. Check USB Removable, Enable Disk Format and Enable File Copy. It should show up under Destination Drive. Format USB Flash Drive and copy filesĬonnect a USB Flash Drive with at least 4GB of storage to your PC and start PeToUSB. Do not save the file under a new name or in another folder! 3.

… and save the changes (Command: File > Save). This step is very important to start Ghost automatically after booting into the Windows Preinstallation Environment from the USB Flash Drive.ĭoubleclick to open the file WINPESHL.INI located in D:\WINPE\I386\SYSTEM32 and change … Choose Symantec Ghost as start application Click “OK” and all files from WINPE.ISO will be extracted. Open WinRAR and select the file WINPE.ISO from the Support DVD.Ĭlick “Extract To” and choose D:\WINPE as destination path. Extract all files from WINPE.ISOĬreate a new folder with the name WINPE in the root directory of a drive. PeToUSB will format the USB Flash Drive, make it bootable and then copy the extracted files from WINPE.ISO to the drive. WinZip or 7-zip may also be used (not tested).

WinRAR will extract the content from WINPE.ISO to the hard disk. It also contains the file GHOST32.EXE, which actually is version 11.0 of the well known backup software Symantec Ghost.ĮEEPCAH.GHO contains the image of the complete hard disk after factory install and can be restored using Symantec Ghost. WINPE.ISO contains a lightweight version of Windows XP, called WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) and can be booted for example from an USB Flash Drive. EEEPCAH.GHO (in the “Recovery” folder of the DVD).WINPE.ISO (in the root directory of the DVD).You will find nearly everything you need on the 1000H XP Support DVD. A 64-bit version of Windows Vista can not be used! I’ve tested this guide with a 32-bit version of Windows XP. a USB Flash Drive with at least 4GB of storage.There is also no need to build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) from an Original Windows XP CD. This guide will show you how to restore the Eee PC 1000H (with Windows XP Home SP3) to factory default without the use of an external DVD-Drive.
