black_13 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 What is the relationship between windows pe and widows xp embedded?At the place I work at I have been tasked with building either bootablecd or the equivalent on DOC/DOM device. while doing some researchI came accross windows pe and barts pe. Can I use windows xpembedded tools to creat something similar to windows pe or theimage created by barts pe?Also if these questions are off topic for this forumI appologize and will take the questions to the properforum if need be.black_13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getwired Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Technically, there isn't one. WinPE and XP Embedded were created by two totally different teams at Microsoft for two totally different purposes. (Ironically the two teams today are now the same.)It is definitely possible to create an XPE image that looks and acts very similar to WinPE - and it's actually much easier to create a smaller version of XP Embedded than it is to streamline WinPE. Here again, bear in mind that WinPE was designed for a "white box" world where it needs to boot on anything. XP Embedded was designed for "black box" use, where the device manufactur (set-top box, point of sale device, thin client, etc) has complete understanding and control over the devices in the system.Bear in mind technically BartPE is WinPE - albeit a reverse-engineered version with a better build process - if one works for you, the other will.As to deciding which one you want to use, it basically comes down to:are you Are you building a system that needs a run-time copy of Windows included in it? If so, it's going to need Windows XP Embedded.Or are you building an environment/software product that you will need to distribute a copy of Windows with? Then you will need to use WinPE.Both have licensing programs for redistribution. Note there is no legal way for anyone to redisitribute BartPE.HTH, and feel free to reply if I didn't answer your question(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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