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To: Judi Simpson who wrote (39225)	2/4/2004 2:58:58 AM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 110631

Rescue CD: Bart's PE Builder nu2.nu One thing to consider regarding a rescue disk: most instructions just lead to a disk with a command line interface after booting. Bart's PE Builder is a remedy. From the Web site: Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-ROM or DVD from Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time! Too bad that my OEM XP version is not accepted for the boot CD composition. I am waiting for my XP Pro upgrade order to be shipped.

To: Judi Simpson who wrote (39225)	2/4/2004 12:52:36 PM
From: Esteban	Respond to of 110631

Okay Judi, hope this helps the process. Overview: You're going to create a bootable cd that uses a bootable floppy to create the boot image on the cd. This will happen in the root directory of your cd compilation. Then you will create a folder in the root directory. In that folder, or in sub folders of it, you will store additional files and programs that you think you may need. 1. Bootable floppy - I wasted a lot of time trying to put this together from Langa's instructions. The easy way is to download a bootable floppy with cd support from bootdisk.com I used the Win Me floppy because it is has a more recent version of Dos than Win 98se. Don't use the XP versions even if you are running XP as your windows os. Don't worry about trying to cram more files on the floppy like Langa does. That's what the folders you create are for. 2. Adding files - I added a few utilities to the cd folder. I'm going to call this folder "Tools". Here I added cute mouse so I would have mouse support, and a free version of doskey, which were not included on the bootable floppy I used. PM me if you want these files. You need to run these executable files to actually have mouse support. 3. Adding applications - I made a sub folder under the Tools foler for every application I wanted to be able to run from the cd. Most important is the partition imaging software. For Drive Image and Partition Magic, this was just a matter of copying the files from the 2nd rescue diskette created in the applications. 4. Burning the cd - I used a cdrw until I got it right. In Nero, when you choose to make a bootable compilation, you can't use multi-session, so it's hard to make changes or additions. Langa says to finalize the cd. I didn't. His step by step instructions for burning the cd are pretty good. 5. Accessing the applications - You need to know a little Dos to be able to use the Applications. There are many sites on the web with instructions. Basically you need to navigate to the directory (folder) in which an application or file you want to run or access is located, and then execute it. Langa tells you how to access the cd. In my compilation it is called R: Drive Image is located in R:\Tools\DrvImage. So I type R: to change to the cd from the A: floppy emulation. Then type cd \Tools\DrvImage. Then type the name of the executable PQDI, and Drive Image starts. 6. Batch files and autoexec - These are icing on the cake. They just make using the cd easier, setting up an environment with little need to navigate around in dos. I'll save these tips for later, when you get this far. Remind me. Good luck. It's easier than it sounds, one step at a time. Esteban