MultiDrive

Download MultiDrive WinPE Image

Bootable WinPE image with MultiDrive pre-installed.

ZIP image

ZIP — write to USB with MultiDrive Restore

Download ZIP
SHA256:eefaae48598950ac85a3a46edfbea05f3abe83ccb0884843d9172d0ef475f686

ISO image

ISO — flash on a Windows PC with Rufus, Ventoy, or similar

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SHA256:2a6b58c8e2632ed2a1ba440f94a7df74cef78a7959438dfc98b26c8568f40094

How to use the downloaded image

You need a working Windows PC to create the bootable USB, whichever image you choose. If the PC you want to restore won't start, make the USB on another Windows computer.

ZIP (WinPE_MultiDrive_1.5.zip): use MultiDrive to write it to a USB drive:

  1. Install MultiDrive if you haven’t already.
  2. Plug a USB drive (2GB or larger) into your computer.
  3. Open MultiDrive and click Restore in the sidebar.
  4. Set Source to the downloaded file: WinPE_MultiDrive_1.5.zip
  5. Set Target to your USB drive.
  6. Click Restore and wait until the restore finishes.

ISO (WinPE_MultiDrive_1.5.iso): flash the file to a USB drive (or suitable media) with a tool such as Rufus or Ventoy on a Windows PC. You do not need MultiDrive for this step.

Then boot your PC from the USB drive. It will automatically launch MultiDrive after booting. Then you clone, back up, restore, or wipe your boot drive.

Full guide: Use WinPE to clone your Windows boot drive. To erase the system disk before selling or recycling, see how to fully wipe a computer.

WinPE download FAQ

MultiDrive WinPE is a bootable Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) that automatically launches MultiDrive after you start your computer.

It helps safely clone your original Windows boot drive because the Windows internal drive is not running. This means that file locks or background processes won't interfere with the cloning process.

WinPE is needed when the drive Windows is running from must be idle: cloning that disk, backing it up, restoring it from a backup, or wiping it. It also lets you restore the system drive when Windows won't boot. For data drives (non-boot), you can run MultiDrive in Windows. No WinPE required.

To wipe the system disk and the rest of the PC, follow how to fully wipe a computer.

No. You need a working Windows PC to create the MultiDrive WinPE USB, with either the ZIP or the ISO image. If the PC you want to restore won't boot, make the USB on another Windows computer.
If the USB drive doesn't show up in the boot menu or if Windows PE doesn't start, Secure Boot might be stopping it.

Enter BIOS/UEFI Setup and temporarily disable Secure Boot, then boot from the USB. After you finish cloning, you can turn Secure Boot back on.