<s>
BartPE	B-Application
(	O
Bart	B-Application
's	I-Application
Preinstalled	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
tool	O
that	O
customizes	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
into	O
a	O
lightweight	O
environment	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
Preinstallation	O
Environment	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
run	O
from	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
or	O
Live	O
USB	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BartPE	B-Application
system	B-Operating_System
image	I-Operating_System
is	O
created	O
using	O
PE	B-Application
Builder	I-Application
,	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
program	B-Application
created	O
by	O
Bart	B-Application
Lagerweij	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
a	O
legal	O
copy	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
image	O
using	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
often	O
resides	O
on	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
or	O
USB	O
drive	O
,	O
BartPE	B-Application
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
boot	B-Operating_System
Windows	B-Application
,	O
even	O
if	O
a	O
hardware	O
or	O
software	O
fault	O
has	O
disabled	O
the	O
installed	O
operating	O
system(s )	O
on	O
the	O
internal	B-Device
hard	I-Device
drive	I-Device
–	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
to	O
recover	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
scan	O
for	O
and	O
remove	O
rootkits	O
,	O
computer	O
viruses	O
and	O
spyware	O
(	O
that	O
have	O
infected	O
boot	B-Operating_System
files	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
reset	O
a	O
lost	O
administrator	B-Application
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
bootable	B-Operating_System
floppy	I-Operating_System
disk	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
help	O
recover	O
a	O
failing	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
one	O
major	O
limitation	O
on	O
using	O
a	O
floppy	O
disk	O
that	O
booted	O
a	O
standalone	O
copy	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
was	O
that	O
"	O
DOS	B-Device
ca	O
n't	O
handle	O
NTFS	B-Application
hard-drive	B-Device
partitions.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BartPE	B-Application
is	O
a	O
reasonable	O
first	O
choice	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
users	O
:	O
it	O
's	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
#2	O
in	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
alternatives	O
;	O
#1	O
is	O
Linux-oriented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PE	B-Application
Builder	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Bart	B-Application
PE	B-Application
Builder	I-Application
)	O
is	O
the	O
software	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
system	B-Operating_System
images	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Preinstallation	O
Environment	O
,	O
BartPE	B-Application
operates	O
by	O
loading	O
system	O
registry	O
files	O
into	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
not	O
writing	O
any	O
registry	O
changes	O
back	O
to	O
boot	B-Operating_System
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
neither	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
requires	O
an	O
operational	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
or	O
network	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
from	O
non-writable	O
media	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
each	O
instance	O
of	O
BartPE	B-Application
is	O
a	O
new	O
installation	O
,	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
"	O
boot	B-Operating_System
"	O
disk	O
needs	O
original	O
Windows	B-Application
Setup	I-Application
files	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
operate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bart	B-Application
PE	I-Application
Builder	O
application	O
interprets	O
and	O
condenses	O
files	O
from	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
setup	I-Application
CD	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
built	O
from	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Pro	O
or	O
Home	O
Edition	O
CD	O
,	O
or	O
from	O
a	O
preinstalled	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
version	I-Application
(	O
without	O
a	O
CD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
setup	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
"	O
plugins	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plugin	B-Application
contains	O
setup	O
information	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
application	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
media	O
and	O
installed	O
along	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
at	O
each	O
BartPE	B-Application
boot	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
hundred	O
plugins	B-Application
available	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
dozen-odd	O
that	O
are	O
included	O
by	O
default	O
with	O
BartPE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
BartPE	B-Application
represents	O
a	O
totally	O
independent	O
operating	O
environment	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
obvious	O
application	O
examples	O
involve	O
backup	B-Protocol
,	O
restoration	O
,	O
diagnosis	O
and	O
error-correction	O
of	O
systems	O
with	O
malfunctioning	O
primary	O
storage	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugin	B-Application
programs	O
can	O
nominally	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
capacity	O
of	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BartPE	B-Application
is	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
certain	O
incompatibilities	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
CDs	O
shipped	O
with	O
most	O
Dell	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dell	O
versions	O
include	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
setup	I-Application
files	O
that	O
can	O
cause	O
the	O
BartPE	B-Application
build	O
process	O
to	O
fail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BartPE	B-Application
cannot	O
create	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
Live	O
DVDs	O
.	O
</s>
