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BartPE (Bart's Preinstalled Environment)<BR>
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This is basically a bootable live Window$ environment that can be built on optical disk or USB storage. We used to make custom disks at XM for system maintenance including Ghosting certain troublesome systems.<BR>
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<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BartPE">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BartPE</A><BR>
BartPE <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/">http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/</A><BR>
BartPE Builder<BR>
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Google "bartpe" and you'll find plenty of stuff on the topic. I think there were some licensing issues for using the M$ build of the PE environment but don't recall off the top of my head.<BR>
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It's been a while since I've flashed a BIOS but that can be accomplished from a DOS bootable disk if I recall. Window$ not required....<BR>
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Thankfully I find that a good live distro takes care of more problems than a BartPE disk does. I've had WAY more need for Linux to fix Window$ rather than an M$ tool to fix a borked M$ build. <BR>
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RinL<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Ron Frazier <<A HREF="mailto:Ron%20Frazier%20%3catllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com%3e">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: [ale] A reason NOT to remove Windows from a laptop<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:12:59 -0500<BR>
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Hi all. I have a Dell laptop which I dual boot between Windows and
Ubuntu. I do about 95% of my activities in Ubuntu, but have a few that
require Windows. I also support some family and friends which use
Windows.
FYI, I just discovered another reason to leave Windows on there. I
decided to update the BIOS on the machine to the latest version. I
discovered that the BIOS flash update program from the Dell website is
designed to run under Windows. So, it's a good thing I hadn't erased
Windows or I couldn't update the BIOS.
Just thought I'd pass that along.
Ron
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