The WinPE Boot license is typically an add-on to the main Passware Kit Forensic license. Without it, you cannot create a bootable forensic environment.
Scenario: Suspect Windows 10 laptop, BitLocker-encrypted C: drive, user password unknown. No memory dump available (fully powered off). passware kit forensic 202121 winpe boot l
Using Passware WinPE 2021:
Better approach (if possible): First boot the original OS, suspend to RAM, then cold-boot and capture memory. VMK extraction takes <5 minutes. The WinPE Boot license is typically an add-on
If your keyword specifies “boot l” as in drive L:, it likely means one of two forensic scenarios: Better approach (if possible): First boot the original
Scenario A: The target computer has a second internal drive (e.g., an SSD for data) that mounts as L: in the original OS. Booting into WinPE makes that same physical disk appear as a raw device. Use Passware to image or decrypt it directly to an external E: drive.
Scenario B: You are using a live USB with Persistence and have manually mounted an evidence drive as L: via mountvol L: \Device\HarddiskVolume3. This is common when dealing with VMDK or E01 image mounts. Passware treats L: as any other logical volume.