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Unable to find info here [Framework] about above.. I got my o.g. F 12” working again, cuz the F 16” I bought a year ago was killed by BSOD less than 24 hrs ago.. Win10 on the twelve, Win11 on the 16. I think both are Pro.. I saw info here, a year ago, about WinPE, but cant find it now.. any …

Thx, so much.. I couldnt get Rufus to work, but I am not a techie, programmer, or coder, and I am a few years behind on the current tech. BSOD crippled my F 16" yesterday. it boots, I log in to Windows 11, and cant do anything, 'cuz Win is blind!! I cant see anything, or fix it, 'cuz Win cant see a…

No worries, attempting to repair and recover is of course the natural first step to try however you shouldn’t need a WinPE for this. The regular installation media created by using the Windows Media Creation tool allows you to access the Windows Repair Environment (WinRE) for repair and recovery ac…

wow! thx. i think i tried WinRE without success, but I will try it, mebe for second time.. but I must sleep now. after, I will take a look at Etcher, which I have not heard of before, and for which I say again, thank you. [shamrock, ‘cuz I dont do emoji’s] regards.. David

You’re welcome, good luck and good night!

so, V-R, Vic? looks like Etcher wont work until I can give it an ISO file? mebe that is why my attempt with Rufus failed. So I told Etcher to ‘clone drive’, which was hidden.. i selected and chose it, as either system or source drive? i am not sure which or if it even matters.. now it want…

heya Vic. I plugged in a USB A thumbdrive into a second USB C expansion port through a dongle {A to C], and it worked! working on it now. gonna format the thumbdrive and Etch it! you helped me to get here. regards..

You’re welcome! Yes that is correct, you need an ISO to write to the USB, which is the disk image of which you will later boot from. So if you did not have an ISO that would be a reason it did not work for you. If you choose to clone your drive you must use a target that has the same size or large…

so, i realize i dont want to clone my HD.. duh. so, how do i get an iso of Win10 or 11 and put it onto a bootable thumbdrive?

Help! cannot find info here on creating a WinPE rescue USB thumb drive

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Victor-Ray_Sobye September 25, 2025, 6:08pm 3

Are you perhaps looking for this? It has the basic steps to create a WinPE thumb drive to update the bios with links to the Microsoft documentation for creating and customizing a WinPE thumb drive.

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Help! cannot find info here on creating a WinPE rescue USB thumb drive

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