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 WinSetupFromUSB, KDE ISO Image Writer, Easy2Boot and Fedora Media Writer.

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  1. macUSB icon
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    The easiest way to create legacy macOS bootable drives on modern Macs. Revive old Intel Macs using your Apple Silicon machine — no terminal knowledge required.

    51 macUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • macUSB is the most popular Mac alternative to BartPE.

    • macUSB is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BartPE.

    • macUSB is Free and Open SourceBartPE is Free and Proprietary
    • macUSB is LightweightBartPE is not according to our users
  2. 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.

    49 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WinSetupFromUSB is the most popular Windows alternative to BartPE.

    • WinSetupFromUSB is Free and ProprietaryBartPE is also Free and Proprietary
  3. Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk.

    52 KDE ISO Image Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
    • KDE ISO Image Writer is the most popular Linux alternative to BartPE.

    • KDE ISO Image Writer is Free and Open SourceBartPE is Free and Proprietary
    • KDE ISO Image Writer is LightweightBartPE is not according to our users
  4. 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...

    48 Fedora Media Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. 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...

    52 WinToUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. 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.

    94 Knoppix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Flash disk images onto your drives with ease. Select an image, insert your drive, and you're good to go!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. Popsicle icon
     3 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.

    51 Popsicle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. mkusb icon
     3 likes

    (Straight up rufus for Linux users ) The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. 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.

    10 Windows Preinstallation Environment alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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