GANDALF’S WINDOWS 10PE X64 REDSTONE 3 (X64) (07-10-2018)
SYSTEM RESCUE BOOT USB STICK. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A PRE-BUILT WINDOWS PE, LOOK NO FURTHER AND JUST USE GANDALF’S WINDOWS PE BECAUSE IT IS PACKED WITH MANY USEFUL PROGRAMS. IT HAS A DESKTOP, EXPLORER, START MENU, COMPRESSION TOOLS, IMAGE VIEWER, HARD DRIVE TOOLS, VIDEO PLAYER, REMOTE ACCESS TOOLS, AND MANY MORE.
WINDOWS PE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE MINI-WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT ONE CAN RUN FROM A USB FLASH MEMORY STICK. THEY ARE EXTREMELY HANDY PARTICULARLY WHEN FIXING A BROKEN WINDOWS SYSTEM. I JUST FIXED A PC SUFFERING FROM A BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH BY USING ONE. AT THE MOMENT, ONE OF THE MOST HANDY WINDOWS PE DISTRIBUTIONS IS GANDALF’S WIN10 PE REDSTONE. THIS “REDSTONE” DISTRIBUTION PACKS ABOUT 5GB OF VERY USEFUL PROGRAMS AND A FULLY FUNCTIONAL SUPER SMOOTH VERSION OF WINDOWS 10 INTO ONE ISO THAT CAN BE INSTALLED ON AND BOOTED FROM A USB DRIVE.
HAVING THIS AVAILABLE ON A BOOTABLE USB STICK IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG ON YOUR WINDOWS SYSTEM IS SUPER HANDY AND HAS SAVED ME COUNTLESS TIMES. THIS TUTORIAL WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD A MULTI-BOOT USB STICK THAT WILL ADD GANDALF’S WIN10 PE DISTRO BUT IS ALSO CAPABLE OF ADDING ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS ON THE SAME STICK. IN ADDITION IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO INSTALL GANDALF’S WIN10 PE ON YOUR BOOT MENU. SO IF YOUR WINDOWS SYSTEM GOES SOUTH YOU HAVE A VERY USEFUL TOOLKIT AVAILABLE AS AN OPTION ON THE BOOT SCREEN WITHOUT EVEN NEEDING YOUR USB STICK.
TOOLS/UTILITIES INCLUDED ON THIS PE:
7-ZIP: ARCHIVER AND ARCHIVE MANAGER
DEFRAGGLER: DISK DEFRAGMENTER
WINRAR: POWERFUL ARCHIVER AND ARCHIVE MANAGER
ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE: BACKUP AND DISK IMAGING SOLUTION
MS PAINT AND WORPAD: MICROSOFT’S BASIC IMAGE AND TEXT EDITORS
MACRIUM REFLECT: BACKUP AND DISK IMAGING SOLUTION
CCLEANER: SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION, PRIVACY AND CLEANING TOOL
MEDIA PLAYER CLASSIC: CLASSIC WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
HWINFO: HARDWARE INFORMATION AND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
SNIPPING TOOL: SCREEN CAPTURE APPLICATION.
WINDOWS DEFENDER: MICROSOFT’S EXCELLENT ANTIVIRUS APP
TEAMVIEWER: REMOTE CONTROL SOLUTION
DOUBLE DRIVE: DRIVER BACKUP APPLICATION
WINMERGE: FILE COMPARISON TOOL
OPERA: WEB BROWSER, FAST, SIMPLE AND SAFE WAY TO GET AROUND ON THE WEB
GETRIGHT: DOWNLOAD MANAGER
NTPWEDIT: CHANGE OR REMOVE PASSWORDS FOR LOCAL SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
AOMEI PARTITION ASSISTANT: PARTITIONING SOLUTION
PARTITION WIZARD
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
VIRTUAL MAGNIFYING GLASS
DISKCRYPTOR: DISK ENCRYPTION APPLICATION SIMILAR TO BITLOCKER
BITLOCKER: MICROSOFT’S DISK ENCRYPTION APPLICATION
POWERSHELL: POWERFUL AUTOMATION TOOL IS BOTH A SHELL AND A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
ULTRAISO: DIRECTLY EDIT ISO FILES, MAKE IMAGES FROM CD/DVD-ROM
UNLOCKER: UNLOCKER HELPS DELETE LOCKED FILES WITH ERROR MESSAGES
GIMAGEX: A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR THE IMAGEX TOOL
SUPERANTISPYWARE: FREE MALWARE REMOVER
MAGIC JELLY BEAN KEY FINDER: A UTILITY THAT RETRIEVES YOUR PRODUCT KEYS
HIJACKTHIS: SPOT HOME PAGE HIJACKERS AND STARTUP PROGRAMS
GHOST: THE CLASSIC IMAGING TOOL
SKYPE: PROVIDES VIDEO CHAT AND VOICE CALLS
VNC VIEWER: REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE
SYSINTERNAL SUITE TROUBLESHOOTING UTILITIES
VLC MEDIA PLAYER: OPEN-SOURCE CROSS-PLATFORM MULTIMEDIA PLAYER
IRFANVIEW IMAGE VIEWER
FASTSTONE IMAGE VIEWER: USER-FRIENDLY IMAGE BROWSER, CONVERTER AND EDITOR
MOZILLA FIREFOX: ANOTHER GREAT BROWSER
EASY BCD: BOOT MANAGEMENT TOOL AND BCD EDITOR
SNIPPING TOOL: TAKE SNAPSHOTS
DRIVE SNAPSHOT: DISK IMAGING SOLUTION
MYLAN VIEWER: NETWORK/IP SCANNER
RUFUS: UTILITY TO FORMAT AND CREATE BOOTABLE USB FLASH DRIVES
WISE DATA RECOVERY: RECOVERY PROGRAM TO GET BACK DELETED PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS, ETC.
WINTOOLKIT: CUSTOMIZE YOUR WINDOWS INSTALLATION
IMGBURN: CD BURNING TOOL
TREESIZE: QUICKLY SCAN DIRECTORY SIZES AND FIND SPACE HOGS
KLITE CODEC PACK BASIC
RECOVERKEYS: RETRIEVES YOUR PRODUCT KEYS
REMOTE DESKTOP: LATEST VERSION OF WINDOWS REMOTE DESKTOP
DISMGUI: DISM WITH A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE
KLITE CODEC PACK BASIC
GOOGLE CHROME: GREAT BROWSER
POWERSHELL: AUTOMATION SCRIPTING
… AND MORE
NEW AND UPDATED IN THIS RELEASE:
WINRAR 5.6
7ZIP 18.05
PINGPLOTTER 5
AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRAGGER 8.0.12.0
LAZESOFT RECOVERY SUITE 4.23
TASK MANAGER DELUXE 2.28.1.0
RUFUS 3.1
DEFRAGGLER 2.22.
HDD EXPERT 1.18.1.40
DIRECTORY LISTER 2.28
BUILD NOTES:
MICROSOFT .NET 3 & 4 ISSUES NOT BEING DETECTED SHOULD NOW BE WORKING ON APPS REQUIRING THEM (THIS FIX ADDED OVER 1GB TO THE ISO SIZE)
USE TERMINALS RDP FOR RDP CONNECTIONS
DID NOT UPDATE CHROME AND OPERA AS MOST RECENT VERSIONS NOT WORKING IN THE PE
BOOT SELECTION TO CHOICE OF ADMIN OR SYSTEM ACCOUNTS DEFAULTS TO SYSTEM AFTER 3 SECONDS
MACRIUM REFLECT WILL REMOVE THE Y DRIVE AND SET IT AS NEXT LOGICAL DRIVE. JUST USE REMOUNT CDDRIVE Y FOUND IN WINDOWS SYSTEMS FOLDER.
