Bart PE is a Live CD version of the Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2003 operating systems. A LiveCD is an operating system (usually containing other software as well) stored on a bootable CD-ROM that can be executed from it, without installation on a hard drive. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) (HKSE: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... As of 2005, Windows XP is the current client version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. ... Windows Server 2003 Desktop The successor to Windows 2000 Server, Microsofts Windows Server 2003 (codename Whistler Server, also known as Windows NT 5. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ...

Bart PE allows a user to boot Windows XP/2003 from a CD-ROM regardless of the condition of the installed operating systems on the internal hard drive. This means that the user can, for instance, recover data from a failed operating system installation, or reset a lost administrator password. A BOOTING is any exercise of the verb to boot. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) was established in 2002 by Bono (Paul Hewson) of the Rock band U2, and Bobby Shriver, along with activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, as an organisaton focused on Justice, not charity. ... Installation is the process of putting a program in a computer system such that the program works as desired. ... The term system administrator (abbreviation: sysadmin) designates a job position of engineers involved in computer systems. ... A password is a form of secret authentication data that is used to control access to a resource. ...

A user can create his own installation of Bart PE using the installation disk of the operating system in question and the program PE Builder. PE Builder is available on the Bart PE homepage (see link below). Installation is the process of putting a program in a computer system such that the program works as desired. ... // A computer program or software program (usually abbreviated to a program) is a step-by-step list of instructions written for a particular computer architecture in a particular computer programming language. ... Homepage or Home may refer to: the start page or main web page of a website the website of a group or individual the page that is displayed when you enter only a domain name as URL (e. ...

Bart PE vs. WinPE

Bart PE is similar to WinPE but they differ in several aspects: WinPE is an acronym that stands for Windows Preinstallation Environment. It is a light-weight version of Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 that is used for the deployment of workstations and servers by large corporations. ... WinPE is an acronym that stands for Windows Preinstallation Environment. It is a light-weight version of Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 that is used for the deployment of workstations and servers by large corporations. ...

• Bart PE is not endorsed or supported by Microsoft. WinPE is an official Microsoft product.
• Bart PE has a graphical user interface. WinPE has a command line interface.
• The tools needed to make a Bart PE installation are free software. WinPE is available only to Microsoft OEM users.
• Bart PE allows unlimited custom plugins. WinPE has a limited range of plugins options.

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Licensing issues

In order to make a Bart PE installation, the user must have a properly licensed copy of the operating system. Bart PE does not grant users who do not have a proper Windows XP/2003 license the right to use a Bart PE installation.

Also, according to the Microsoft EULA for Windows XP/2003, a user may not simultaneously use more installations of these operating systems than the user has license(s) for. This also goes for Bart PE. In practice this means that the user may not use, for instance, a single license installation on one computer while simultaneously using a Bart PE installation (created using that license) on another computer. A software license is a type of proprietary or gratiuitious license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ...

External links

Bart PE official homepage