Full image of a system
Full image of a system
It’s really hard to believe that your recovery media requires drivers to connect to the machine’s hardware. If you haven’t used a cutting-edge system before, this might be a new concept for you. Windows PE is regularly updated with more drivers for newer devices. Using outdated hardware paired with the latest PE version usually provides basic support. If you’re unsure about this idea, I’m sorry, but there’s not much more I can clarify. Devices don’t just function automatically; they depend on drivers to operate. For instance, on my Z170 motherboard, trying to boot a Windows PE image from 1607 or earlier leaves me stuck in the box networking mode because it lacks drivers for the i-219 adapter. If I hadn’t manually installed the driver last year, restoring the image from a network share within PE would have been impossible. That’s why this feature matters so much—and you’ve probably missed it before. Do you understand? I specifically highlighted Ryzen and Threadripper because 1709 PE images don’t include chipset drivers for these chipsets, making disk access impossible without manual integration.