When using Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE), it is important to know how to safely restart or shutdown your system. PE is a lightweight version of Windows that is used for system recovery, repair, and installation. It is designed to be used in limited circumstances and is not intended for everyday use.
Shutting down or restarting your system in PE can be tricky, as the system does not have the same shutdown options as a full-featured version of Windows. To safely shut down or reboot a Windows PE environment, you must use the command line.
The Windows PE shutdown command is shutdown.exe. To shutdown the system, you can use the following syntax:
shutdown.exe -s -t
The command will shut down the system in the specified amount of seconds. For example, to shut down the system in 15 seconds, you would use the following command:
shutdown.exe -s -t 15
To restart the system, you can use the following command:
shutdown.exe -r -t
This command will restart the system in the specified amount of seconds. For example, to restart the system in 15 seconds, you would use the following command:
shutdown.exe -r -t 15
It is important to note that the shutdown and restart commands will only work if the system is running in an administrative context. If the system is running in a limited context, the commands will not work.
If you want to cancel a shutdown or restart, you can use the following command:
shutdown.exe -a
This command will cancel any pending shutdown or restart commands.
When using Windows PE, it is important to know how to safely shut down or restart the system. The shutdown and restart commands can be used to shut down or restart the system in an administrative context. The shutdown and restart commands should be used with caution, as they will immediately shut down or restart the system without warning. If you need to cancel a shutdown or restart command, the shutdown.exe -a command can be used to cancel any pending commands.
