Winbuilder Alternatives

Winbuilder is described as '"WinBuilder is an engine designed to build and customize boot disks (Live CDs) based on Microsoft Windows (WinPE). WinBuilder powers several projects that build customized boot disks according to the Windows source that you have available."' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Winbuilder for Windows, Linux, Wine, Windows Preinstallation Environment and Mac. The best Winbuilder alternative is BartPE, which is free. Other great apps like Winbuilder are Windows Preinstallation Environment, Win10XPE, Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit and AppleJack.

Winbuilder alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators but may also be System Cleaners or File Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Winbuilder.

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Winbuilder

Free • Proprietary
Windows

"WinBuilder is an engine designed to build and customize boot disks (Live CDs) based on Microsoft Windows (WinPE)....

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BartPE
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Free • Proprietary
Operating System
Windows
33 BartPE alternatives
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.
- - BartPE is the most popular Windows alternative to Winbuilder.
- - BartPE is the most popular free alternative to Winbuilder.
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Preinstalled Environment builder
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
Windows Preinstallation Environment
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 Windows Preinstallation Environment alternatives
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.
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Windows Preinstallation Environment Features
1. NTFS Partition RecoveryWindows Preinstallation Environment can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
2. PortableWindows Preinstallation Environment can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. LightweightWindows Preinstallation Environment consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Windows repair
Win10XPE
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
11 Win10XPE alternatives
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.
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Win10XPE Features
Create bootable CD
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
10 Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit alternatives
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.
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit has no features, suggest some!
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AppleJack
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Free • Open Source
System Cleaner
Mac
255 AppleJack alternatives
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.
- - AppleJack is the most popular Mac alternative to Winbuilder.
- - AppleJack is the most popular Open Source alternative to Winbuilder.
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Discontinued
This project has not had an updated release since about 2010, and does not work on macOS Catalina
PEBakery
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Free • Open Source
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
7 PEBakery alternatives
PEBakery is a script engine that specializes in customizing the Windows Preinstalled Environment (WinPE/WinRE).
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PEBakery Features
Windows repair
Rescue cd
AOMEI PE Builder
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
Windows Preinstallation Environment
13 AOMEI PE Builder alternatives
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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BootMed
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Recovery Tool
Windows
Linux
Wine
23 BootMed alternatives
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.
- - BootMed is the most popular Linux alternative to Winbuilder.
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BootMed Features
1. Password RecoveryBootMed can help you recover your passwords for software applications and hardware devices.
2. PortableBootMed can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Rescue cd
Discontinued
Official site is offline.
Windows AIK
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 Windows AIK alternatives
The Windows® Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK) is a collection of tools and documentation designed to help IT Professionals deploy Windows.
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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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Make_PE3
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
11 Make_PE3 alternatives
Make-PE3 - Program to Create Portable Windows 7 PE.
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LiveSystem pro
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Free • Proprietary
Bootable USB Creator
Windows
25 LiveSystem pro alternatives
LiveSystem pro is a proprietary freeware which provides the possibility to create a rescue system based
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PhoenixPE
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Free • Open Source
Windows
9 PhoenixPE alternatives
PhoenixPE is a WinPE Rescue/Recovery Environment based on Win10/Win11. It can be booted via USB, CD/DVD, PXE/Network, or hard disk.
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BartPE Features

Windows Preinstallation Environment Features

Win10XPE Features

PEBakery Features

BootMed Features

Make_PE3 Features