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jaclaz- I agree with you. The problem is kumar wants to build a bootable app cd. He hasnt told us what apps he wants, and every time clarification is asked he says In the case of UBCD i would point out that the cd is made up of numerous bootable floppy images, most of which contain FreeDOS as a simple OS to allow the exe's to function. Also in the case of Norton Ghost when building the image you are given the option of creating a bootable image using PC-DOS (built in) or to use MS-DOS (using your MS-DOS boot disks). With partition magic I have a feeling that some version of DOS is built into the image (i havent checked the image to see) to allow the exe's to function. Maybe someone who has a version of partition magic can verify this. I think the best explanation for kumar is that you cant just put an exe on a cd and get it to boot even if you have a boot loader, and that most utility cd's actually contain an OS to load the programs used, but the OS part is transparent to the user.

Cant talk too much about it but I know Hirens cd has a version of windows on it for the gui tools. We cant help you replicate this because its warez, but we can help you replicate UBCD or UBCD4Win (in the PE forum).

one is dos based the other windows emmm........obviously i dont know which cd you are refering to (i thought it was hirens). So i cant look at the list to tell you how it was done

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There are two types of those cds. One is DOS based and is made up of a load of bootable floppy images that have been set up to run off the cd. The PE builder wont help you either unless you can program, because you will be able to make a bootable win cd but wont be able to add the programs you want. YOu can also get UBCD or UBCD4Win, both are legal and contain alot of resources that rae useful.

nope, there are no general bootloaders. Bootloaders are written for specific tasks, and for specific programs. They talk to the BIOS and set up the computer to accept information from the cd etc. an example of this is when you try and boot the computer with a cd with no bootloader, you get a message saying NTLDR is missing. You need to know how to program to cretae bootloaders. (for those who will suggest modifying one that already works, I would say that if you dont know entirely what the bootloader is doing dont mod one as it is too easy to mess your computer up)

Unless we specifically know what type of software it is we cannot tell you. If its a program like partition magic (or fdisk etc) then it does not require an OS. Secondly you require a bootloader to tell the computer how to boot the cd and what application to run after the boot process. If you want to make a bootloader you will need to learn to programming in assembly language (could probably be done in C or C++, but would be alot larger than an asm one) Simple rule of thumb for which program needs an os. Iif it needs a gui, it needs an os, if it needs low level functionality, then it needs an OS (unless you konw for definiate it encapsulates all the required accessing information in its exe)

you can copy a refrence to a batch file to the computer using the runonce. Then add a call command to the registry e.g RunOnce.cmd SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f ..... REG ADD %KEY%\z199999 /V 1 /D "themes.cmd" /f REM The above code is called during the personalising settings stage

its not an os, its a bootloader. And in the case of the partition magic cd the bootloader tells the computer to run the partition magic program, in the case of windows the bootloader tells the computer to run the setup program etc. You cant just create a bootable cd for all software, some software requires an underlying OS, where as other software (like partition magic) doesn't require an OS to function No a dos boot cd will not run a gui, as dos doesnt have gui information in it. Also you havent specified what type of software you want to install. No one can give you a good answer unless you further define what you want to do with the cd and software.

use the ussf program to find it. USSF is available on the boards if you search for it (USSF = Universal Silent Switch Finder) As stated above its /S, and it is case sensitive

You cant design hardware to only run Windows, its not possible. what they could do is make a pact to not make drivers for any other OS, essentially making it illegal to make a driver for the other anyone else. BUT they have already had a major loss in Europe over forcing Media player and IE in Windows hence two versions of Vista for EU countries. If they try to gain a monopoly the EU will force major fines on them for anti-competitive practice. So I wouldn't worry too much, if you don't want MS you really wont have to have it. (At the end of the day most governments don't agree that American companies can dictate what you run on your hardware) Anyway trusted computing is more about making secure transactions, and ensuring less ability for virii or spyware attacks then it is about what OS you have.

open frhed. click open file, then click on your .rar file. it will display two panes, in the left side is hex the right has text. what are the first 4 bytes??? (see above post) in the right pane it might say rar!...@23;

change [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended to [unattended] UnattendMode=DefaultHide Then it will only prompt for information not given in the winnt.sif file Also just a correction, the header should say Windopws XP SP2, There isnt even a Vista SP1 yet

neo- np. As i said in optimisation mode it runs through the file list and if it sees a duplicate then it makes a reference to the first version and reduces the space needed. If it doesn't find a duplicate then it copies everything

neo-no you can do it with every version, it just optimises the files that are the same in all. But I dont see why anyone would need all the versions of SP0, Then all of SP1 then all of SP2. I would just stick with SP2 as it would have the least amount of problems. The flyakites original multiboot dvd had Xp SP1, Win 2000, Win2003 ERD Commander. None of these are the same (xp and 2003 may have the same files, butthat would be it)

I dont know why you would need all these versions, if it was me i would stick with Windows XP Professional Oem SP2 Normal Installation Windows XP Professional Oem SP2 Semi-Auto Installation (Required to insert user name and company name) Windows XP Professional Oem SP2 Fully Unattended Installation (Auto Format) Windows XP Professional Retail SP2 Normal Installation Windows XP Professional Retail SP2 Semi-Auto Installation (Required to insert user name and company name) Windows XP Professional Retail SP2 Fully Unattended Installation (Auto Format) Windows XP Professional Upgrade SP2 Normal Installation Windows XP Professional Upgrade SP2 Semi-Auto Installation (Required to insert user name and company name) Windows XP Professional Upgrade SP2 Fully Unattended Installation (Auto Format) Windows XP Professional Volume SP2 Normal Installation Windows XP Professional Volume SP2 Semi-Auto Installation (Required to insert user name and company name) Windows XP Professional Volume SP2 Fully Unattended Installation (Auto Format) as there were reasons to update to SP2 (stablitity issues, security issues etc). Put all the versions into a parent folder (i will call it multiDVD) Secondly you will need a menu system to select from (the multiboot guide uses cdshell so i will assume this) put cdimage at the same level as the parent folder e.g. cdimage.exe multiDVD -SP0Normal -SP1Normal .... open a command window and navigate to where the parent folder is e.g. d: cd mulitboot then type cdimage.exe -lMultiDVD -t10/13/2006,09:00:00 -b.\multiDVD\boot\loader.bin -x -h -o -oc -m -j1 .\multiDVD .\multiDVD.iso this will optimise the image and will only add a file once, refrencing it whenever it is required again

Three engineers, a Mechanical Engineer an Electrical engineer and a Software Engineer, are travelling trough the desert when the jeep they were travelling in breaks down. The mechanical engineer hops up promptlt and says "ill check the engine that will be the problem, these old jepps always have a problem with the enigine". The elctrical engineer then says "i disagree, i think i should check the electrics. Its always a wiring problem in this model of jeep". With that the software engineer turns around and says "Ok there is no need to argue, I have a simple solution. If we close all the open windows and restart that will solve the problem". ****************************************************************** 3 electronic engineers are walking down the road, all talking about the new advances in technology. With that they hear a beeping sound. The first engineer pulls down his sleeve to reveal a message on his arm. "What do you think of my new pager technology. It has far more surface to display the message you want to convey." They acrry on and get about 200 yards when they hear a phone ringing. The second engineer puts his thumb to his ear and his little finger to his mouth, then taps the back of his hand. After talking for 10 minutes he rejoins the group and says "what do you think of my new phone. It has a microphone in my little finger, a speaker in my thumb and all the buttons are arranged on my hand. This way ill never have to worry about loosing a phone again." They continue on when the third suddenly runs, hops and hops over a fence into a field. The other two are a bit worried so rush to see if everything is alright. When they reach the field they see the third engineer has his trousers around his ankles, a piece of paper in his bum and has a strange look on his face. The other two ask "are you alright", with that the third says "will be with you in a minute, im sorry but theres a fax coming coming through from the office"

google for a program called frhed, its free and very useful

firstly try open winrar then open the archive. Then click on information, see if its a solid archive and if it has recovery info embeded. Then do a test. You will probably find some of the data is corrupt, and if it doesnt have recovery info you will prob never get it to extract. The last resort would be to open the file in a hex editor and see what the first few bytes contain. rar contains the first 4 bytes of 52 61 72 21 (Rar!) zip contains the first 2 bytes of 50 4b (PK) 7z contains the first 2 bytes of 37 7a (7z)

Truecrypt makes an encrypted virtual filesystem. Basically it creates something like an encrypted folder that contains all the encrypted data. But it requires truecrypt to mount he file as a drive. This could work on a cd-rw or dvd-rw (dont know, i never tried).

well if you didn't remove it where is your problem?? I don't understand why you need help if you didn't remove the language files, they should all be there for you to use.

There is no freeware app to do what you would like (as in create an encrypted Disk) directly, you could encrypt the information and use an iso creator program. Then you could click the iso file and burn (instead of manually clicking the files from within a buring program, if you make a cd image it might be easier). For example, write a batch file with a commandline encrytor program that encrypts the contents of the folder and also creates an iso from the folder eg blowfish -e backup\*.* cdimage.exe -lBackup -x -h -o -oc -m -j1 .\backup .\backup.iso then runthe batch file every time you want to back up data

Dont quite know what you are requesting. What do you want to do exactly?

in the options make unattended green. then in the unattended option may sure the box does not say prompted. you want it to be hide pages or fully unattended

i gave you a pointer. within 2 pages you should have something that will help from google. I said i wont write it for you but gave you a great hint (the google page that is returned when you search for "mulitprecision math" gives lots of options for what you want). P.S. if you know how to create a stack or a linked list this is even simpler. Create a class that defines a dynamic array. in the class have an integer that tell you how many digits are defined (allocated memory for) and one that tells you how many are used. Then fill the memory with the numbers in reverse order e.g [0] has the least significant byte so the number 65537 is 11, 65536 is 01 as you move to the right you are moving through the boundries of the integers (e.g int is 16 bits, bit 17 is the lsb of the next byte so you get 11111111 00000000, then next you get 00000000 00000001 {array values [0] and [1]}) you have also been told that no input will be longer than 25 characters so you could read it as a string and convert to an array of 25 characters and work on it then