The best alternative to BartPE is Knoppix, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to BartPE and seven of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to BartPE are Windows Preinstallation Environment, PEBakery, Win7PE SE and LiveXP.
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.
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE, WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or install, deploy, and repair Windows while it is offline.
PEBakery is a script engine that specializes in customizing the Windows Preinstalled Environment (WinPE/WinRE).
LiveXP is a very flexible PE 1x, using Explorer as shell, supporting SATA/IDE drives, USB devices, and many other features and tweaks. This project is based on PE environment and will use a Windows ™ XP/2003 Install CD.
Win8PE SE project is based on PE4 environment and will use a Windows 8 (SP0) x86 or x64 DVD.
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