How to create a Windows pre-installation environment, bootable, USB, flash Drive, or iso. If you need a recovery or deployment tool for Windows 10 or 11 Windows pre-installation environment or WIN, PE is your best friend. In this video we'll walk you through how to create a Windows pe bootable USB Flash Drive or is SO image step by step. You'll also learn how to customize WIN PE and troubleshoot common issues. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja one's IT Video Hub and our YouTube channel. For more tech content like this Creating a win PE BOOTABLE USB Drive and Windows 10 and Windows 11 first you'll need a USB drive to install Windows pe. This process will erase everything on the drive, so back up any important files beforehand. The USB should have enough storage to accommodate Windows PE and any additional files you plan to access while using the pre-installation environment. The next thing you'll need to do is install the Windows assessment and deployment kit. To do this, go to Microsoft's AD K installation page and download both the latest A DK and the Windows PE add-on run AK setup dot I xe. To install the windows A DK, make sure to install it to the computer. Click next until you reach the select the features you want to install screen, then check only deployment tools and press install. Next, run a DK WIN PE setup dot xe. To install the windows PE add-on, select the option to install it on this computer. Click next until you reach the select the features you want to install. Screen once more, check windows. Pre-installation environment, windows pe. Then click install. Once done, choose close. Now let's build the bootable media first. Run the deployment and imaging tools environment as an administrator from the start menu. To copy win PE files to a staging folder. Run this for 64 bit and run this for 32 bit. Replace C WIN PE X 64 with your staging path. Just make sure it isn't your USB To create the bootable windows PE USB drive. Run this. Replace C back slash win PE X 64 with your staging path and E with the correct drive letter for your USB To create a bootable windows PE ISO image instead of A USB drive run. Replace C slash win PE X 64. Do ISO with the path to where you wanna write the new ISO image file. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to create a Windows pre-installation environment, bootable, USB, flash drive, or ISO linked in the description below.