Acronis Backup 11.7/11.5: How to Create a WinPE Bootable Media with ADK (PE 4.0 or PE 5.0) for Windows 8/8.1

Creating a bootable media with WinPE you are able to add drivers to the bootable environment. Bootable Media Builder supports both 32-bit and 64-bit WinPE distributions. The 32-bit WinPE distributions can also work on 64-bit hardware. However, you need a 64-bit distribution to boot a machine that uses Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

(!) PE images based on WinPE 4.0/5.0 require approximately 1 GB of RAM to work.

To be able to create or modify PE images, install Bootable Builder on a machine where Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is installed. If you do not have a machine with ADK, prepare it as follows:

Download and install ADK (PE 4.0/PE 5.0) for Windows 8