(10-17-2025, 09:25 AM)Froggie Wrote: Trying to clear my head a bit from the early days...
At what point is the HBS Emergency Disk built using the System's existing WinRE-base WIM rather than the MicroSloth downloaded (PE-based I believe) WIM.
I assume using the off-line (OPE) version is PE-based.
Any help, greatly appreciated!
By default, HBS searches for the system's built-in WinRE on the disk. If found, WinPE will be created based on the found WinRE. Otherwise, the user needs to download the basic WinPE components from Microsoft and create WinPE. The off-line (OPE) version is actually based on WinPE components downloaded from Microsoft.
Just FYI, the USB drivers in the WinRE included with the latest Windows 11 25H2 update (KB5066835) seem to have issues. WinPE created from this WinRE may fail to recognize all USB devices, including keyboards, mice, and storage drives. Therefore, if USB devices are not working properly, please recreate WinPE and choose to download the WinPE components from Microsoft.