Re: Bootable CD,s and DVD,s

de Huss 04/29/2006 05:11

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<44531977$0$516$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.
au>, Maurice Helwig <moritz@spin.net.au> writes
>I have a number of utilities on bootable floppy disks. Is it possible
>to put them on CD,s or DVD,s or maybe all on one disk. Another
>possibility is to put them all on a bootable memory stick.
>Is there any freeware that can be used to do this easily. My wife is
>getting a laptop computer with no FD drive.
>
>Any help would be appreciated
>
>Maurice Helwig
>
>moritzATspinDOTnetDOTau

Just found a useful item that is still available.

Home page for the advice:

http://www.sysanalyser.com/floppydisk.htm#_USB-STICK

First make a bootable floppy:

http://www.sysanalyser.com/floppydisk.htm#_FLOPPY_DISK

Then use this:

http://www.sysanalyser.com/sp27213.exe

The one I favour was mentioned here:

http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2004/10/utility_to_make_usb_flash_driv.html

but the download link is now dead, since I downloaded the files in mid
March.

Searching HPs site doesn't help:

http://search.hp.com/query.html?qt=HPUSBFW_BOOTFILES.zip&col=hpcom+ccen&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hp.com%2Ferror.html

I know it was there. I downloaded it.

Perhaps one of the results from here will have it:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html

You can boot from a floppy and read NTFS files using this:

http://www.datapol.de/dpe/recovery/ntfs/index.html

http://www.wsdownload.de/download/ntfs4dos/ntfsinst.exe

There's a splash screen but, if you install it on a floppy and then
extract readntfs.exe, it goes nicely on your DOS USB stick and it won't
nag you because you aren't using their shell, which is the source of
this discomfort. :-)

So much for the DOS option.

If you make a Bart PE USB stick you won't need any of these. It's free
and the range of free plugins is truly something to behold. The only
problem is that you will need a windows installation disc, rather than
an image restore discs.

There is also a range of commercial plugins, like Acronis Version 8, the
power of which is worth the money.

It means that, short of a disc crash, I am not at the mercy of experts.
It gave me the sort of power that I have not had since using a DOS based
system with a tape streamer.
--
Huss