bootable program to select other bootable images

[phaolo]

Whenever I need to use a bootable image (ie: WinXP-7-8 Repair Disks, Linux Live, Clonezilla, password tools, etc..), I always have to format an UsbStick or burn a DVD (for older systems).

Is there a bootable program that could allow saving them all on a single device and then selecting the required image\application from a simple menu?

[jaclaz]

 

Is there a bootable program that could allow saving them all on a single device and then selecting the required image\application from a simple menu?

Yes.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html

 

Now the point would be if you would like to play with it yourself, in which case the "right" choice is IMNSHO grub4dos:

http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm

http://reboot.pro/forum/66-grub4dos/

Get latest version from here:

http://grub4dos.chenall.net/downloads/grub4dos-0.4.5c-2015-05-18/

http://dl.grub4dos.chenall.net/grub4dos-0.4.5c-2015-05-18.7z

 (as long as you have BIOS based machines) or if you want a "user friendly" and "automagic" kind of tool go for Easy2boot (which is based on grub4dos but also offer some support for EFI/UEFI based machines, making use of Clover and other UEFI compatible tools):

http://www.easy2boot.com/

 

jaclaz

[phaolo]

[..] grub4dos [..] or if you want a "user friendly" and "automagic" kind of tool go for Easy2boot [..]

 

Ah, automagic FTW!

I'll check E2B first.

Thank you Jaclaz.

[cdob]

Is there a bootable program that could allow saving them all on a single device and then selecting the required image\application from a simple menu?

A bootable program embedded in firmware is another approach.

Allmost all hardware and OS boots from a (virtual) DVD drive.

E.g. a Zalman ZM-VE400 and a SSD disk