For both platforms the code for NTFS capture and extraction is complete enough
that it is possible to apply an image from the "install.wim" contained in recent
-Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to an NTFS
-filesystem, and then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration
-Data. In addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a
-WIM file, and then re-applied later.
+Windows installation media (Vista or later) directly to an NTFS filesystem, and
+then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration Data. In
+addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a WIM file,
+and then re-applied later.
WINDOWS PE
perform maintenance. It is the operating system that runs when you boot from
the Windows installation media.
-You can find Windows PE on the installation DVD for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or
-Windows 8, in the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the
-Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from
-Microsoft, inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on
-Windows, or on UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or
-`p7zip' programs.
+You can find Windows PE on the installation media for Windows (Vista or later)
+as the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the Windows
+Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from Microsoft,
+inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on Windows, or on
+UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or `p7zip' programs.
In addition, Windows installations and recovery partitions frequently contain a
WIM containing an image of the Windows Recovery Environment, which is similar to