AOMEI PE Builder Alternatives

AOMEI PE Builder is described as 'Freeware designed to make a Windows PE bootable USB drive or CD/DVD disc, which will boot into a complete Win32 environment for PC maintenance tasks' and is a bootable usb creator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AOMEI PE Builder for Windows, Winbuilder, Mac, Linux and Wine. The best AOMEI PE Builder alternative is Win10XPE, which is free. Other great apps like AOMEI PE Builder are PEBakery, Windows Preinstallation Environment, BartPE and BootMed.

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AOMEI PE Builder is a freeware designed to make a Windows PE bootable USB drive or CD/DVD disc, which will boot into a complete Win32 environment for PC maintenance tasks.

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AOMEI PE Builder alternatives page was last updated Dec 29, 2022
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  1. Win10XPE

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    Win10XPE will help you build a lightweight desktop Windows 10 or Windows 11 Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) for performing tasks or troubleshooting a Windows OS while it is Offline or for installing a Windows OS.

    11 Win10XPE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Win10XPE Features

    1.  Create bootable CD
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    • Win10XPE is the most popular Windows alternative to AOMEI PE Builder.

    • Win10XPE is the most popular free alternative to AOMEI PE Builder.

    • Win10XPE is Free and ProprietaryAOMEI PE Builder is also Free and Proprietary
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    PEBakery

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    PEBakery is a script engine that specializes in customizing the Windows Preinstalled Environment (WinPE/WinRE).

    7 PEBakery alternatives
    PEBakery Nightly (20190404)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PEBakery Features

    1.  Windows repair
    2.  Rescue cd
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    • PEBakery is the most popular Open Source alternative to AOMEI PE Builder.

    • PEBakery is Free and Open SourceAOMEI PE Builder is Free and Proprietary
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    Windows Preinstallation Environment

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    Windows Preinstallation Environment 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.

    11 Windows Preinstallation Environment alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Portable
    3.  Windows repair
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    BartPE

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    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.

    34 BartPE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BartPE Features

    1.  Preinstalled Environment builder
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    Discontinued

    The project has been removed from the posted site. Last version, 3.1.10a, released on February 17, 2006, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine

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    BootMed

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    The BootMed Live CD is an Ubuntu Remix for those new to Linux. It's main goal is to help the average Windows user to recover a computer that will not boot. BootMed can help you remove viruses from a computer that will not boot, recover deleted files and partitions.

    23 BootMed alternatives
    BootMed screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    BootMed Features

    1.  Password Recovery
    2.  Portable
    3.  Rescue cd
    Discontinued

    Official site is offline.

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    • BootMed is the most popular Linux alternative to AOMEI PE Builder.

    • BootMed is Freemium and ProprietaryAOMEI PE Builder is Free and Proprietary
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    PhoenixPE

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    PhoenixPE is a WinPE Rescue/Recovery Environment based on Win10/Win11. It can be booted via USB, CD/DVD, PXE/Network, or hard disk.

    10 PhoenixPE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit icon
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    Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

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    The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) is a collection of tools that you can use to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems to new computers.

    10 Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit iconAOMEI PE Builder Icon

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  10. AppleJack

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    AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use.

    247 AppleJack alternatives
    screen shot of AppleJack running in single user mode

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Discontinued

    This project has not had an updated release since about 2010, and does not work on macOS Catalina

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    • AppleJack is the most popular Mac alternative to AOMEI PE Builder.

    • AppleJack is Free and Open SourceAOMEI PE Builder is Free and Proprietary
  11. Win8PE SE icon
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    Win8PE SE

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    Win8PE SE project is based on PE4 environment and will use a Windows 8 (SP0) x86 or x64 DVD.

    9 Win8PE SE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Winbuilder
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    Win7PE SE

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    Live CD/DVD that can be built from either Windows 7 or Windows Vista sources.

    9 Win7PE SE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Winbuilder
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  13. Make_PE3

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    Make-PE3 - Program to Create Portable Windows 7 PE.

    11 Make_PE3 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Windows AIK

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    The Windows® Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK) is a collection of tools and documentation designed to help IT Professionals deploy Windows.

    12 Windows AIK alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Replaced by Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)For your consideration, AIK is the last version to support XP, and therefore might still be relevant.

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