Windows in Your Pocket (Classic)
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1. For the first variant there is no menu entry named Boot Navigate to the sub menu named Advanced BIOS Features Navigate to the item named Boot Device Select and designate the USB flash drive as the first device in the Boot Device Priority list by selecting 1st as its value Then hit the Esc key and set both the Quick Boot and Full Screen LOGO Show items to Disabled this lets you see the BIOS messages during startup on the monitor Exit the BIOS Setup utility using the Save and Exit Setup item in the main menu For the second variant use the Boot menu to select the USB flash drive It will show up under one of the following headings Hard Disk Drive Removable Device or Removable Storage Device Next select the USB flash drive as ist Drive in the first position then hit the Esc key That device should appear in the menu named Boot Device Priority which might also show up as Boot Sequence Inside that menu designate the USB flash drive as the 1st Boot Device hit the Esc key and save all changes in the Exit menu by selecting Exit and Save Changes The Phoenix BIOS that s so popular in notebook computers also lists the USB flash drive in its Boot menu which might also appear as Boot Device Priority In this case the flash drive may show up as an entry in the HDD or Removable Devices sub menu Select the device class Hard Drive or HDD for example and use the F6 key to move the flash driv2. Revised September 9 2005 Page 8 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Total Commander The program known as Total Commander Shareware 34 28 is a Swiss army knife like utility with built in file management compression FTP and image viewing components Install this software then copy all files from its program folder into the folder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin total commander files If you re a registered user of Total Commander you ll also find a file named wincmd key in its folder Copy this file into C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin total commander files Then use a text editor to open the file named totalcmd inf in the plugin total commander folder and delete the semi colon at the start of the line that reads files wincmd key a note because the quoted value includes a double quote mark we used single quotes to designate this particular literal string More Tools Mozilla Firefox Qetei Geabeten Arsik Gehe esetekhen Extras tile g A fla i e Programmelpebulders1 Sokagnighosteighos O co GL L fikes c Program qhost ghost htm g PE Builder v3 plugin Ghost v8 0 Ghost32 version 8 01 is certiied to run on Microso Windows Premstallation Environment WmPE But it also works on BartPE Ghost32 is not free buy it from Symantec To activate support for CD or DVD waite you also need to enabled the ASPI plugin Before you ca
3. either want to obtain the free Update CD for Service Pack 2 or download the 256 MB file for this service pack from Microsoft com downloads Download the version called Windows XP Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers If you want the download for a language other than English select the language from the Change Language pull down menu then click Download Save this file which shows up in Internet Explorer as Windows XP KB835935 SP2 ENU exe in a file named xpsp2 exe into the C sp2 folder If you ve got the SP2 CD copy the file named xpsp2 exe into that folder instead Open a command window using the Start Run menu entries then type cmd into the Open text box and click the OK button You can then extract the contents of the service pack by typing the following instruction at the command line Revised September 9 2005 Page 5 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide C sp2 xpsp2 exe u x c sp2 sp2 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Setup Wizard Updating Your System Please wait while setup inspects your current configuration archives Ea your current files and updates your files Inspecting your current configuration Details Performing inventory f Updating The XP Setup Files You can update all of the XP Setup files in the C sp2 winxp folder with the following command line instruction C sp2 sp2 i386 update update exe s c sp2 winxp The Setup Assistant activat
4. file system The partition format on a hard disk drives either from a File Allocation Table or a Master File Table and specifies which files are stored on which sectors A FAT formatted drive can be up to a maximum of 2 GB in size Plug in This combination of an executable program s files and a configuration file serves as the installation driver for a system tool in the PE Builder environment But the programs available when Bart PE is running are not installed after the fact as in a normal Windows runtime environment The user must specify all such items before PE Builder generates the mini operating system known as Bart PE RAM disk This software uses the main memory on a PC as a virtual drive It provides a workaround for PCs that initialize USB flash drives as part of their boot processes When such a workaround is needed the PC boots from the RAM disk instead of the flash drive Revised September 9 2005 Page 14 of 14
5. launch this process Once complete you must then copied the Windows XP boot files to the USB flash drive namely Ssystemdrive boot ini systemdrive ntldr and systemdrive ntdetect if you Know the drive ID where these files live use that instead it s normally C To make Windows Explorer display these files they re ordinarily hidden choose Folder Options from the Tools menu then click the View tab in the Folder Options window Finally in the Advanced Setting pick list click the radio button underneath Hidden Files and folders that reads Show hidden files and folders Finally uncheck the box next to Hide protected operating systems Recommended so you can select and copy these all important Windows XP files to the flash drive The USB flash drive is now ready to boot your system Next you learn how to instruct your PC to boot from a USB flash drive Set The System s Boot Device Sequence AMI BIOS For most versions managing a PC s boot device sequence appears under the Advanced BIOS Features menu AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY VERS Advanced BIOS Features Quick Boot Enabled gt Boot Device Select Full Screen LOGO Show Disabled S M A R T for Hard Disks Enabled BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Password Check Setup Boot To 05 2 No If your PC has a relatively new motherboard its BIOS will already include the functions necessary to support USB attached boot media If
6. so you need only make the right selections in that BIOS menu to boot from a USB flash drive Older PCs on the other hand won t accept USB drives as valid boot devices This means a BIOS update that supports USB boot options is necessary You can find information about where to obtain such updates from your PC s or motherboard s user manual on the driver CD included with the PC or motherboard or on the vendor s Website Revised September 9 2005 Page 3 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Normally the hard disk precedes the USB flash drive which falls under the heading of USB HDD in most BIOS menus in the boot order If the hard disk contains a viable boot sector the PC will start up automatically using the information it contains Only when the hard disk suffers from a boot sector defect or an operating system can t be found will the PC boot from the USB flash drive instead Change this boot order Plug the flash drive in boot the computer and enter the BIOS setup utility Normally this means holding down the DEL or F2 key just as the computer powers up and begins the boot process If you read the initial startup screen on your PC carefully it will tell you exactly what you must do to access and alter your BIOS settings If your PC uses AMI BIOS from American Megatrends there are two possible ways to alter the boot device sequence Each varies depending on the version of AMI BIOS that s installed
7. SB Flash Drive Using the Bart PE program This command line tool copies the configured version of Windows to the USB flash drive Start the batch file named peinst cmd You ll find it in the C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin peinst folder It copies the files you generated using PE Builder onto the USB flash drive as well as the Windows boot files Open Windows Explorer and erase all files on the USB flash drive Type 1 at the command line then in response to the Enter Source Path prompt type the location of the generated Windows files C Program Files pebuilder313 bartpe Enter 2 at the command line and provide the drive letter for the USB flash drive for example E Start the installation by typing 5 then 1 The notification Installation completed appears when that process is complete The USB flash drive is ready for use If the PC won t boot from this drive install a RAM disk as explained under the heading RAM Disk for boot problems that appears later in this article CMAINI 1 gt Change source path C Programme pebuilder313 Bart PE Path to BartPE source files 2 gt Change target path e Path where BartPE will be installed 3 gt List or format volume lt s gt use for formatting USB Flash Devices 4 gt Create delete partition lt s gt use for partitioning a harddisk 5 gt Install BartPE to e Install BartPE files Q gt Quit Enter your choice 5 CINSTALLI 1 gt Ins
8. Stick Windows Update the program Copy the files named defs ref and ad aware exe in the plug in subfolder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin adawarese files Drive Snapshot The Drive Snapshot imaging tool belongs to the standard collection of programs that PE Builder installs This particular version is an evaluation copy that only works for a certain limited trial period After the trial period elapses you can still restore drive images you ve already captured but it won t let you make any new snapshots thereafter To make the tool work without such restrictions you need a full version of the snapshot exe file You can download this from www drivesnapshot de en and copy it into plug in directory named C Program Files pebuilder31 3 plugin snapshot Firefox A slimmed down version of the Firefox Web browser Open Source was developed especially for PE Builder and the mini Windows Bart PE implementation Click under the heading that reads Computer USB Stick Windows to download this program Unpack the contents of the file named firefox 2 2 zip into the plug in directory named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin and the necessary sub folders will be set up for you automatically McAfee Stinger McAfee s Stinger virus scanner freeware keeps track of the most dangerous Trojans and worms and gets rid of malware Copy the file named s t i n g e r exe into the folder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin stinger
9. Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Introduction All it takes is a minor error in the Windows Registry or a virus infection and your operating system can become unbootable But with a properly configured USB flash drive on hand you ll always have a compatible replacement no further away than your pocket or keychain In addition the flash drive can also provide a secure browser and virus scanner and lets you take your favorite DVD burning and Office software with you wherever you may go All that s needed is a bootable USB Flash drive with at least 256 MB of storage capacity and a Windows Setup CD Using the program Bart PE Builder Freeware you can install Windows XP on the flash drive along with other software as needed and as available space permits Compact Bart Lagerweij s free utility PE Builder condenses the original setup data for Windows XP into a slender operating system that is ready to run from a CD or a USB flash drive This compact portable version of Windows includes all the important system tools for dealing with a PC emergency You can even add other programs to this collection such as the media writing tool Nero Burning ROM or an anti spyware package such as Ad Aware SE Personal during the installation process Expanding The Role Of USB Flash Drives Flash drives aren t always recognized during the PC boot process The USB flash drive controller and the PC s BIOS must be properly intro
10. appear in the sub folder named C Program Files plugin among which for example you ll find the file manager a43 inside a further subfolder named a43 files The file named a43 inf contains data otherwise found in the Windows Registry For some such subfolders in the plugin folder you ll find the program files to be missing These belong to third party tools such as Ad Aware or Nero Burning ROM that PE Builder doesn t install by default But these subfolders do contain the necessary INF files that PE Builder can use should you decide to include these programs in what s written to the USB flash drive yourself Here s how that works ie Setup PE Builder Select Destination Location Where should PE Builder be installed cJ Setup will install PE Builder into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse C Program Files pebuilder313 Brow At least 4 8 MB of free disk space is required Ce Je L Nero Burning ROM First install the DVD burning program Nero on your PC Next copy all the files from the installation folder usually this will be C Program Files ahead Nero into the PE Builder subfolder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin nero burning rom files Now open the file named penero inf with a text editor in the plug in folder named nero burning rom and look for the area where the Nero version you ve downloaded is identified 5 x or 6 x R
11. at drive immediately thereafter RAM Disk For Boot Problems When the computer won t boot from the USB flash drive it s often because the motherboard initializes all USB ports during start up A RAM disk often provides an effective remedy in such cases A RAM disk works like a virtual disk drive and copies all of the files from the flash drive during boot up before it s fully initialized That RAM disk also replaces the flash drive as the boot medium To use a RAM disk you need Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 free and the program Pe2usb cmd Freeware Download Service Pack 1 it s approximately 350 MB in size into a folder of your choosing for example C server2003sp1 Create a subdirectory in your PE Builder folder C Program Files pebuilder31 3 named srsp1 and copy the file named C server2003sp1 i386 setupldr bin into that directory Revised September 9 2005 Page 13 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Open a Command window using the Start Run menu sequence typing cmd into the Open dialog box then click OK Extract the file named ramdisk sy_ into the same folder as follows expand r C server2003sp1 i386 ramdisk sy_ pebuilder313 srsp1 Reformat your flask drive To do this click through the following menu sequence Start All Programs HP Company then select the USB Disk Storage Format Tool Select the USB flash drive from the Device list select FAT at the file syste
12. duced to one another That said nearly all flash drives and PC can be configured so that the PC can boot from the flash drive You Need This XP On The USB Pen Drive In most cases any compatible USB flash drive makes a suitable target for Windows XP installation But the following system requirements must also be met Revised September 9 2005 Page 1 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide A USB flash drive with at least 256 MB of storage is enough for the uses described in this article Additional system tools or applications require more space The upper bound limits for storage in this case is 2 GB a byproduct of the tool s use of FAT16 for the local file system Most new motherboards recognize USB flash drives as valid boot media But conventional motherboards that are more than two years old aren t likely to boot from a USB flash drive But in many cases this omission can be remedied through a BIOS update for that board 1 5 GB of unused disk space is the maximum needed for the tool to do its job particularly if you want to pre install Service Pack 2 and RAM disk capabilities 190 MB of unused space is all that s needed to use PE Builder and the applications described in this article however Additional plug ins will increase storage requirements as will additional tools or software 512 MB of USB flash drive storage space is needed only if boot up works from a RAM disk Otherwise 256 MB
13. e to the top of that list Exit the BIOS Setup program by striking the F10 key followed by the Enter key to save all settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Emulation Type Hard Disk Auto Revised September 9 2005 Page 4 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Test Your Settings Whatever BIOS your PC may use it s important to make sure all of its USB options are activated These may include USB Legacy Support and USB 2 0 Controller Whenever possible you should also extend the setting that governs the timeout period for how long the BIOS will wait for a response from the USB flash drive Some of these devices take a half minute or more to respond to a boot up instruction from the motherboard Thus if you see a BIOS option that reads something like USB Mass Storage Reset Delay set that value as high as it will go whenever boot up problems should occur Many motherboards offer options to change the emulation type for certain devices including USB flash drives The default setting for Emulation Type is usually Auto If this causes problems try other settings instead First try Hard Disk then try Forced FDD then try Floppy as your last option For each new setting for emulation type your computer must reboot for it to take effect Also you must reset the boot device sequence or priority in the BIOS each time as well Many older USB flash drives especially those that belong to the first gen
14. emote all semi colons from the entry named Software AddReg and delete all three numbers that follow as well Replace those values with your user name the company name and the serial number for your copy of the software Save the file then exit the text editor Revised September 9 2005 Page 7 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide E penero inf Editor Datei Bearbeiten Format Ansicht nero inf PE Builder v3 plug in INF file for Nero Burning Rom 5 5 x and 6 x Created by Bart Lagerweij version Signature windows NT PEBui Ider Name Nero Burning Rom Enable 1 Help penera htm Nero v5 x 2 R uncomment the 4 lines below to include registration Make sure you also uncomment the Software Addreq line software Addreg 0x1 ahead Nero Burning Rom Info User Your name 0x1 ahead Nero Burning Rom Info Company Your company name Oxl ahead Nero Burning Rom Info Serial5 nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnn 1 Nero v6 x Uncomment the 4 lines below to include registration Make sure you also uncomment the software addReg Tine ro Burnin nfo User Your name gt Your company name ahe O Burning Rt nfo Serial6 Your Nero v6 seria winntDirectories a Programs Nero 2 Ad Aware SE Personal Install the anti spyware program Ad Aware SE Personal Freeware You ll find it under the heading Computer USB
15. eration of USB 2 0 memory devices have problems with data transfer between the flash drive controller and the BIOS If boot up won t work with the flash drive set to High Speed Mode try the slower Full Speed Mode option instead if the BIOS offers that choice This slows the data transfer rate from a maximum of 60 MB s to less than 1 5 MB s which makes Windows boot up at a terribly leisurely pace Your next step should be to make a BIOS update so that the PC will also boot using the far faster High Speed Mode Add Service Pack 2 The PE Builder program that installs Windows XP onto your USB flash drive requires an actual Windows XP CD If you already have a Windows XP CD that integrates Service Pack 2 skip this section and jump ahead to the heading that reads Adding Utilities Pre installing Updates Create a new folder on your hard disk something like C sp2 winxp will do nicely Use Windows Explorer to copy the entire contents of your Windows CD into that folder To make sure that hidden files and system files are also copied make sure that you ve set Folder Options in Explorer to Show hidden files and folders and have unchecked the box next to Hide protected operating system files Recommended as described earlier in this article Create a second folder named C sp2 sp2 for the update files as well Download The Service Pack Installing Service Pack 2 The Setup Assistant activates all the Setup files from Windows XP You ll
16. es all of the updated XP Setup files as part of which the file named wWin51ip SP2 appears in the C sp2 winxp folder Double click the file named C sp2 winxp README HTM to open that file in your default Web browser This file should contain the statement that This release of Windows Microsoft Windows XP includes Service Pack 2 SP2 on versions of Windows XP that integrate SP 2 and on versions of Windows MCE 2005 this text appears when you click the hyperlink that reads Important Information About This Version of Microsoft XP Adding Utilities Windows XP normally requires more than 1 GB of storage space on a hard disk To enable the operating system to fit on a 256 MB USB flash drive all non essential components must be stripped away The freeware program PE Builder handles the selection of XP components in this case It installs something called Bart PE a much reduced version of Windows XP that also includes system utilities PE Builder PE Builder Setup If possible install PE Builder in a folder called C Program Files pebuilder313 Revised September 9 2005 Page 6 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Install PE Builder You ll find the program listed under Computer USB Stick Windows Accept the default installation path namely C Program files pebuilder313 The PE Builder program includes many useful system tools which it writes to the USB flash drive along with Windows XP These
17. is big enough Access to a USB 2 0 port is not mandatory though booting with a USB 1 1 port takes about five times longer A Windows XP Setup CD works fine as a foundation for PE Builder to generate the USB flash drive s contents Formatting The USB Flash Drive Disk Storage Format Tool This program from HP can format any USB flash drive Most BIOS versions accept a USB flash drive as a boot disk only if it uses the FAT File Allocation Table file system Before you can install Windows on the USB flash drive it must first be formatted HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool V2 0 6 Device USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE 0 2b 1000 MB E 7 File system FAT Volume label Format options Quick Format IV Create a DOS startup disk C using DOS system files located at po MM Revised September 9 2005 Page 2 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Warning Windows XP also provides a tool to format USB flash drives but the results of that process are error prone In a worst case situation it can even destroy the flash RAM in a USB flash drive Installation requires the use of HP s freeware tool HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool instead Once installed you can run the program through this sequence of menu choices Start All Programs HP Company Select the USB flash drive you wish to format from the Device entry then select FAT as the target file system for that device Click Start to
18. ka s XpPe Boot CD site www xppe com looks like a great place to start hunting down plug ins and information about how to use them Revised September 9 2005 Page 9 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Adapting Hardware To make Bart PE work on your PC there are a few additional tweaks you must make to load the network interface and a DSL or other Internet connection Configure A DSL Connection Configuring DSL Enter your user name and password for access If you want to use Bart PE to access the Internet you must activate the freeware PPPoE plug in and configure it for your DSL connection Create a folder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin pppoe_xp and extract the contents of the pppoe_xp cab Freeware into that folder To establish a PPoE connection after you boot Bart PE you must also start the Network service and the PPoE service Select New Connect from the available options accept the connection name you re granted then provide your username and password as prompted Connect BPE User name user provider com Password Coes Anyone who uses this computer Install Windows With a pre defined collection of plug ins copied into the C Program Files pebuilder31 3 plugin folder and the setup files for Windows XP in the C sp2 winxp folder you ve got everything you need to install Windows and additional utilities on the USB flash drive Your next step is t
19. m then click Start Download the Pe2usb tool into the PE Builder file on your hard disk C Program Files pebuilder313 Inside Windows Explorer navigate to that directory then drag the file named Pe2usb cmd into a Command window and drop it there The file with a complete path specification appears on the command line Add the drive letter for the USB flash drive to this line then launch the command with the Enter key lt path gt pe2usb lt drive letter gt After that the USB flash drive is ready for booting Glossary What Does It Mean Bart PE This slimmed down version of Windows XP fits on a CD ROM or a USB flash drive If your PC won t boot from the hard disk you can then use a CD or the USB to boot your machine Bart PE is generated from the original files on the XP Setup CD and the program files for a number of system tools using the PE Builder program from Bart Lagerweij The author retains all rights to this software but the program is free and may be used and shared according to the terms of the PE Builder license Boot device order aka Boot device priority in some BIOS This collection of BIOS settings determines which device provides boot information to a PC During system start up the PC loads the boot sectors from the first operational drive it finds in this list On hard disks this means it loads the Master Boot Record MBR This contains the boot loader which ultimately loads the operating system FAT
20. n set the maximum size for individual data parcels from the image file For example if you pick a size of 700 MB it then becomes possible to distribute the image across multiple CDs Revised September 9 2005 Page 12 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Click on Start Copy to kick off the backup process Test the completed image file it should appear as a virtual disk drive complete with drive letter Then click the main menu entry labeled View contents of saved Disk Image and pick a drive letter Open the Total Command utility and use its Map and Explore Virtual Drive to inspect its contents The complete backup take the form of one or more SNA files that you can even use with Nero to burn to a CD or DVD Should a system crash ever occur you can use the Restore Disk from File command to recreate the contents of that drive at the time the snapshot was taken File Rescue The Total Commander utility also includes a pretty quick file manager with an integrated FTP client and compression software at your disposal Start this program using the menu sequence Go Programs Total Commander Total Commander presents the contents of two disk drives each in one half of its program window You can use simple drag and drop moves to copy files from one drive to the other For NTFS formatted drives you ll also get a pop up window that asks if you want to also Copy NTFS permissions if you like this lets y
21. n use the phagin you must copy some files to the phan directory f i Install and activate ghost as desenbed m the ghost installation marwal Then copy the folowmg Ges from programs files sysantec ghost imo the plugin ghost files i S arectory ghost32 exe ghostexp exe ghosterv exe ghostcdr dli PE Builder Copyright c 2002 2004 Bart Lagerweij All rights reserved v HTML file with install data You can see here how the imaging plug in ghost is installed Click to see a larger image Install folders for numerous other PE Builder plug ins are pre defined In each such folder you ll find an HTML file Double click each one to open it in your Web browser There you ll find information and instructions on how to add that program into PE Builder Warning The more tools you add the more storage space you ll need on the USB flash drive The collection of items we ve documented so far will fit on a 256 MB flash drive If you ve got a bigger device at your disposal you can expand your portable rescue system For example you might also decide to include a data recovery tool a disk partitioning tool and a software firewall Use your favorite search engine to look for PE Builder plug ins to rummage around in hundreds of sites where additional plug in information is indexed and described our exploratory search on Google turned up over 74 000 hits everything on the first few results pages looked pretty useful and interesting Of these Svens
22. o generate the files for that drive Here s how Generating Files Launch this process by selecting Start All Programs PE Builder PE Builder For the value of the Source field provide the Main window with the path to the XP Setup files at C sp2 winxp Leave the Custom field blank and leave the default value in the Output file BartPE intact That will be the name of the folder that contains the USB flash drive files in C Program Files pebuilder313 BartPE in other words Revised September 9 2005 Page 10 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Click on the Plugins button at the bottom of the Main window and check the resulting Plugins window to make sure that all the newly added plug ins covered in this article show a Yes value in the Enabled column If that s not the case highlight the name of that plug in in the list then click the Enable Disable button to turn it on PE Builder will check your settings to make sure all of the necessary data is available and will change the final status accordingly At this point you can include more plug ins using the Add button if you ve downloaded more of them from the Internet Click on the Close button when you re finished Upon returning to the Main windows make sure that the checkboxes next to Create ISO image and Burn to CD remain unchecked then click the Build button The necessary files will be generated at that point Load The U
23. ou transfer the original permission settings along with the files You can use this technique to rescue important files from a defective Windows installation and even retain secured copies of important documents on your USB flash drive If you run low on storage space use the integrated ZIP tool to compress files you want to rescue Mark this files by pressing the Strg button Hard Disk Repair If your PC won t boot that might indicate a damaged or defective sector on your hard disk Check the drive using the Windows Checkdisk tool which is accessible on your flash drive through the Go System Storage Check Disk menu sequence If you want to verify your PC s boot drive enter C when prompted to Enter drive Answer the locate sectors query by striking the Y key to instruct Checkdisk to find defective sectors and attempt their repair Strike the Y key one more time to launch the disk check If repairs on damaged sectors fail Checkdisk writes the readable contents of all such sectors to files and stores them in the root directory of the checked drive On a partially defective drive there s still a good chance that you can save at last portions of the damaged files Rescue the saved files and sector images once the scan has completed by copying them to your flash drive Should Checkdisk repair the defective sectors you can keep using that disk drive But should such problems recur in a short period of time you ll want to replace th
24. r date When the installed version ages past the trial use period the tool s functionality becomes more limited But you can install the commercial version any time you like Grab the latest release from www drivesnapshot de en Copy the file named snapshot exe into the folder named C Program Files pebuilder313 plugin snapshot Then run the peinst cmd batch file from the C Program Files pebuilder31 3 plugin peinst to write Barts PE Builder onto the USB flash drive Launch Drive Snapshot using menu entries Go Programs Drive ShapShot and click on the entry that reads Backup Disk to File That way you can capture a snapshot of the contents of one drive onto another In the upper window mark the partition you d like to back up then click Next In the next window specify a storage location for the image file for example on an external USB drive Enter a filename then click on Browse to select a designation folder where the image file should be placed c Drive SnapShot Startup Screen SNAPSHOT 1 36 Jun 9 2005 Drive Snapshot TM Backup Disk To File Instant Disk ime limited trial versio Imaging for no backup possible afte Windows NT 2000 XP 23 07 2005 2003 Server _ see Restore Disk from File www drivesnapshot de Copyright c for details tom ehlert 2001 2005 CA l Enter License Info A y View contents of saved Click on Advanced Options In the field labeled Maximum image single file size you ca
25. tall BartPE files to e Install the files Ctakes a few minutes 2 gt Install PE loader in e boot ini use this if you want to select BartPE in your boot ini menu Q gt Quit Enter your choice 1 Using Your USB Flash Drive There are many uses for your USB flash drive with Windows XP in emergency situations Here are a few of the most important examples Revised September 9 2005 Page 11 of 14 Windows In Your Pocket Bjorn Frohlecke Tom s Hardware Guide Virus Recognition And Elimination Boot Bart PE from the USB flash drive then start the virus scanner Stinger by selecting Go Programs McAfee Stinger from the menu Use the Add and Browse controls to define the scanner s search targets By repeatedly clicking on Add you can add additional path designations To make sure Stinger checks the boot sectors activate the Boot sectors option Stinger attempts to disinfect any infected files if you elect the Repair option in the On virus detection field If you elect the Scan self extracting executables option in the Detection field you can also make sure the program will detect any compressed viruses hidden in executable files Back Up Disk Partitions Drive Snapshot The trial version offers limited functionality and can only capture disk images in the first 30 days after installation One uses Drive Snapshot to back up entire drives The first time you start this program it checks the calenda
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