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MAKING A BOOTABLE DEVICE
USB Stick
CD ROM
Floppy Disk
System Analyser Files
Utilities
USB Stick
Making an USB-stick bootable:
To make an USB stick bootable you can use this utility:
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool version 2.2.3 or (version 2.0.6, Windows and Dos))
(!!! This utility deletes all the files on the USB stick, Backup to files first !!!)
You need a boot floppy made with FLOPPY DISK
Only the IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM are copied.
(Or download these files: dos files)
If you want to do it yourself:
The stick has to have an ACTIVE primary partition.
With SYS or FORMAT /S you can transfer the system files to the stick
To let your computer boot from the USB stick:
Under construction…
If booting of a stick does not work:
You can always use the stick together with a bootable CD-ROM or floppy
If the USB stick is not usable after boot with CD-ROM or floppy, then this is a solution:
You have the add a CONFIG.SYS and 2 or 3 files to your CD-ROM or floppy:
USBASPI.SYS and DI1000DD.SYS
With the DOS of Windows98se you need (if there is to less memory) HIMEM.SYS
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CD ROM
I cannot describe all the burn programs
In short this what you have to do:
Put a bootable 1.44 floppy with the files you need in drive A:
Put a CD-R(W) in the CD-writer (I use an 8cm CD-RW)
In the Burn program select: CD-ROM boot
Select: source of boot image: A:\
Burn the CD.
This is the most simple way to make a bootable CD
After booting your CD acts as an 1.44 floppy
You can use also a bootable USB-stick as source or a bootable Hard disk partition.
As long as the size fits the CD-ROM.
Floppy Disk
(I prefer the DOS of Windows: Me, XP, Vista, 2003)
Put a 1.44 Floppy in drive A:
Making a DOS boot disk in Windows XP, 2003 or VISTA
Open the Explorer
Select: the floppy drive
Right-click
Select: Format
Select: Create an MS-DOS startup disk
You need at least the: IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM
You can delete the files you do not need.
If you do not have an US keyboard, then you need the KEYB.COM file.
You can put that in AUTOEXEC.BAT
KEYB xx (xx = the keyboard country code)
Making a DOS boot disk in Windows ME
Go to the Control Panel
Select: Add/Remove programs
Select: Startup Disk
Select: Create Disk
You need at least the: IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM
You can delete the files you do not need.
If you do not have an US keyboard, then you need the KEYB.COM file.
You can put that in AUTOEXEC.BAT
KEYB xx (xx = the keyboard country code)
Making a DOS boot disk in Windows 98se
Method 1:
Open the Explorer
Select the floppy drive
Right-click
Select: Format
Select a format option: Quick or Full.
Check: Copy system files in Other options.
You need at least the: IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM
The drvspace.bin normally is not necessary
Method 2:
Go to the Control Panel
Select: Add/Remove programs
Select: Startup Disk
Select: Create Disk
You need at least the: IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM
You can delete the files you do not need.
Method 3:
In DOS or a Dosbox:
Go to C:\
Execute: SYS A:
Or if you also want to format the floppy: FORMAT A:/S
Check if the COMMAND.COM is also copied.
You can copy that from C:\windows\
(COPY C:\windows\command.com A:)
Sometimes you need HIMEM.SYS (to drive part of DOS high to preserve memory)
or also EMM386.EXE (not recommended)
You can copy them from c:\windows\
If you do not have an US keyboard, then you need the KEYB.COM file.
You can put that in AUTOEXEC.BAT
KEYB xx (xx = the keyboard country code)
Making a DOS boot disk in Windows NT or 2000
Not possible
If you want to use the CD-ROM
You need 2 files: MSCDEX.EXE and a CD-ROM driver like OAKCDROM.SYS
You have te add a line in CONFIG.SYS : DEVICE = OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000
You have te add a line in AUTOEXEC.BAT : MSCDEX /D:MSCD000
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System Analyser Files
The files you need on the bootable device:
The shareware version:
SA53S.COM
SA53S.XXX
SA53S.LIC
SA53S.PIF If you want to use it in windows
SA53S.DO0 If you want to use the Help 2
The Registered version:
SA53.COM
SA53.XXX
SA53.LIC
SA53.AWD
SA53.PCI
SA53.PCL
SA53.PMP
SA53.PNP
SA53.SMB
SA53.VID
SA53.PIF If you want to use it in windows
SA53.DO0 If you want to use the Help 2
SA53.INI If you want to suppress result groups from the result file
SAREP.COM If you want to suppress lines of the result file
SAREP.INI Settings for the SAREP.COM
SAXML.COM If you want to translates the result file to the XML format
Utilities
Under construction…
File browsers:
Volkov Commander version 4 (short)
(Volkov Commander version 4 (full))
This is a very small Norton Commander clone
Volkov Commander version 4.99 + doslfn (short)
(Volkov Commander version 4.99 (Full))
(Doslfn (full))
This version needs xms or swap file
With the Plug-in it can read long file names
Volkov Commander sites
Partition manager:
Easeus Partition Manager Home Edition
DOS NTFS programs:
NtfsDos www.sysinternals.com
ReadNtfs www.ntfs.com
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