BartPE Alternatives

BartPE is described as 'Barts PE Builder helps you build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BartPE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Winbuilder apps. The best BartPE alternative is macUSB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BartPE are Easy2Boot, WinSetupFromUSB, KDE ISO Image Writer and Popsicle.

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  1. macUSB icon
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    macUSB is a free and open-source macOS app for creating bootable USB media for macOS, Linux, and Windows. It is designed as an all-in-one tool that guides the user through the entire process step by step, while supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

    54 macUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  2. Easy2Boot icon
     38 likes

    Flexible and configurable USB drive multiboot solution which also supports UEFI booting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. WinSetupFromUSB icon
     52 likes

    WinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.

    50 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Popsicle icon
     5 likes

    Write an ISO or other image to multiple USB devices all at once. Easily preparing a bunch of flash drives of your favorite OS with just a couple of clicks.

    53 Popsicle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. dd-Etcher icon
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    A minimal image flasher for macOS (and soon Linux). Think Balena Etcher, but without the telemetry, the bloat, or the bundled Chromium. It wraps the reliable dd(1) shell tool directly under the hood.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

    51 Fedora Media Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. WinToUSB icon
     16 likes

    WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...

    53 WinToUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Knoppix icon
     29 likes

    Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive.

    92 Knoppix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. mintstick icon
     8 likes

    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
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  10. Bootqt icon
     2 likes

    Bootqt is a simple app for making a bootable USB drive from an ISO or IMG file. It is written in Python and uses Qt technologies to provide an easy to use graphical user interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. IWantLinux icon
     1 like

    IWantLinux is a simple, beginner-friendly tool for Windows that helps you get started with Linux. Choose a distro from a curated list, and IWantLinux will download it and write it to a USB drive — ready to boot.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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