Mirror in Germany How do I  create a BootCD with Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT? How can I combine different distributions of Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT on one CD? How can I combine different I386 folders on one CD? Floppy images ~650mb, ~300Mb, ~100mb, 11.52mb (8x1.44mb), 5.76mb (4x1.44mb) etc. bootcd_narod_ru_html_only.zip Original Russian version by reanimatolog English translation German translation by Wolfgang Brinkmann

Bootable CD Utilities by reanimatolog@yandex.ru

	Bootable CD Wizard v1.50Z (~520k, 21.03.2004) 1.50z - Keyword 'Password' in bcdw.ini 1.50Z - Keyword 'PasswordMD5Hash' in bcdw.ini 1.50Z - English and German documentation Warning! Loading of SETUPLDR.BIN from WinXP SP2 is not supported by current version of BCDW. Russian version: bcdw150z_ru.zip Multilingual version: bcdw150z_en.zip Exemplo na lingua Portuguese Example on Chinese The bootmanager for bootable CDs. allows to build multiboot CDs (Multiple-Image Bootable CD) for PCs that do not support booting from multiboot CDs. Includes  multi-loader, a largely customizable hierarchically structured bootmenu. Supports a  variety of formats of bootimages. (examples). Details...
	Bootable CD Wizard v1.50Z for PE Builder (~480k, 21.03.2004) Russian version: bcdw150z_peb_ru.zip Multilingual version: bcdw150z_peb_en.zip
	Bootable CD Loader v1.50Z: bcdl150z.zip (~26 Kb, 21.03.2004) The bootfloppy. Enables PCs that do not support boot from CD (Bootable CD) to start bootable CDs.. Details...

F.A.Q. - Bootable CD Wizard

How do I  transfer a bootable CD  to a CD running BCDW? How do I  transfer a bootable floppy to a CD running BCDW? How do I  transfer a program booting from two 1.44mb floppies to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add the Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup program to a CD running BCDW? How do I   add Microsoft Windows PE to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add ERD Commander to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add O&O BlueCon to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add the Acronis programs to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add DOS to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add the Microsoft Windows 9x/Me setup  progam to a CD running BCDW? How do I  add Volkov Commander to a CD running BCDW? How do I  create the special boot image dos4bcdw.ima? How do I  create an image  of a diskette or a logical drive? How do I  create a  boot image of any volume  (for example, more than 2.88Mb)? Is it possible to transfer ISOLinux to a CD running BCDW? Is it possible to use CD Shell with BCDW? Is it possible to use BootScriptor with BCDW? Is it possible to use the program diskem1x.bin with BCDW? "Press any key to boot from CD..."

F.A.Q. - About BootCDs in general

How do I  create a bootdisk with Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT? Why do I get the message "CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR"? Why do I get the message "Setup cannot find the End User Licensing Agreement"? How can I combine different distributions of Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT on one CD (English)? How can I combine different I386 folders on one CD? How do I add a bootsector using Nero? How do I add a bootsector using CDRWin? How do I add a bootsector using Easy CD Creator? How do I add a bootsector using Instant CD+DVD? How do I add a bootsector using WinOnCD? How do I add a bootsector using Microsoft CDImage? How do I add a bootsector using mkisofs? How do I create an image of a floppy or a logical drive?

Documentation

Bootable CD Forum A forum about bootable CDs El Torito Specification v1.0: specs-cdrom.pdf Specification for bootable CDs Constructing A Bootable CD v0.5: wp-bootcd.pdf Documentation about Boot CDs from the authors of the El Torito specification Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms A site about various methods to create bootable CDs

Programs to create bootable CDs and Multiboot CDs

PE Builder by Bart Lagerweij A program to create CD similar to WinPE CD Wolfgang Brinkmanns plugin page plugins for PE Builder PE Builder: FAQ, downloads and links by Markus Debus plugins for PE Builder The 911 Rescue CD Builder by Doctor xp  A program to quickly create a rescue CD SysLinux by H. Peter Anvin Load Linux from CD/Floppy/Network and more DiskEmu 1.x by Gary Tong and Bart Lagerweij A script supporting bootmanager for CD BootScriptor by Michael K Ter Louw A script supporting bootmanager for CD with external modules (including DiskEmu 1.x and isolinux.bin) CDShell by Michael K Ter Louw Boot Scriptor 2.0 DiskEmu 2.x by Brady Zhu DiskEmu 1.x with graphical user interface (without graphics: DiskEmu 2.01) EasyBoot by EasyBoot Systems Inc. DiskEmu 2.x with Windows setup program BOOTISO (alt) by Jason Livingston create standard BootCDs MkBootCD (alt) by Gigo create standard BootCDs

Cdrtools (cdrecord, mkisofs, cdda2wav, readcd, ...) by Joerg Schilling

Cdrtools v2.01 by Joerg Schilling Multiplatform GPL CD recording software (sources).   Official MS-DOS/DJGPP version: cdrtools-2.01-msdos-bin.zip (sources) star by Joerg Schilling (unpacker for cdrtools): star-1.5a46-msdos-bin.zip (sources) smake by Joerg Schilling (maker for cdrtools): smake-1.2a23-msdos-bin.zip (sources) DJGPP runtime sources: djlsr204.zip   aspi.sys by Oak Technology ASPI driver of ATAPI devices for MS-DOS version of Cdrtools. Add his loading in config.sys aspi*.sys by Adaptec ASPI drivers of SCSI devices connected to SCSI controllers by Adaptec for MS-DOS version of Cdrtools. Add a loading of one of them in config.sys (look for dosdrvr.exe\aspi?dos.sys files). usbaspi.sys by Panasonic ASPI driver of USB devices for MS-DOS version of Cdrtools. Add his loading in config.sys (look for kxlrw40an.exe\f2h\usbaspi.sys file). Duplicate files linker (DFL) v0.1a by reanimatolog Program to find double copies of files and replace it to symbolic links compatible with Win32 or MS-DOS version of mkisofs. It can be used with mkisofs to reduce the size of an ISO image (option -follow-links -cache-inodes). Warning! -follow-links and/or -cache-inodes does not always work correctly. Win32/Cygwin32 version: dfl-0.1a-win32.zip MS-DOS/DJGPP version: dfl-0.1a-msdos.zip ZISO file system tools v1.0.4 by H. Peter Anvin Files packer/unpacker for ZISO file system (mkisofs with -z and -R options). Win32/Cygwin32 version: zisofs-tools-1.0.4-win32-bin.zip (sources) MS-DOS/DJGPP version: zisofs-tools-1.0.4-msdos-bin.zip (sources)

Links

SyMon - the universal OS loader. Can be installed on any hard disk. Completely independent of installed Operation Systems.  Manages up to 36 partitions with different file systems on a single disk. Comes with built-in hard disk editing tools. Automatically finds and restores damaged sectors with the following file systems: FAT16, FAT32, EXTENDED and it's LBA updates, QNX, Linux ext2fs, NTFS, HPFS, OS/2 Boot Manager partition, BeFS and FreeBSD. www.bootdisk.com Boot disks collection

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