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Questions tagged [boot-cd]

A boot CD is a compact disc that can be selected and booted from a machine's BIOS, UEFI or firmware. It often contains an OS installer, tools or repair programs.

A boot cd is a compact disc that can be selected and booted into by a machine's BIOS. It often contains an OS installer, tool, or repair program.

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Fast Technician CD (BartPE,Knoppix,Ghost,Gparted)

AS the title states im looking for a disk that can meet the following requirements: Fast load up time, < 1:30s Linux Based Gparted Drive Detection (Unlike BartPE) Norton Ghost Possibly Dos (not really needed). Automatic drive detection (Unlike…
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What can cause a BSOD when booting from CD, but not from Hard Disk?

We have a Windows XP machine that recently had a bad virus cleaned up off of it. It boots up just fine, however I suspect some windows files have been damaged and want to run a Repair from the original Windows CD. The problem is, booting from the CD…
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Executing Windows based admin tools without Windows?

Is there a boot CD / USB stick OS or similar which I can use to execute basic admin tools designed for Windows? For example, I'd like to flash firmware on a RAID card, and the tools the vendor supplies all rely on Windows, but I am running Linux! So…
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Can you run chkdsk using a Windows boot CD on a Linux NTFS partition?

This question made me wonder: "Can you run chkdsk using a Windows boot CD on a Linux NTFS partition?" Would it cause more problems, or fix them as in Windows? I can't see why not, but I could not find a definitive answer.
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How can I run Linux and/or Windows on my Mac without Boot Camp or breaking these rules?

I would like to run Windows (XP preferred) games and Linux on my MacBook Pro I got from school. However, there are some rules I have to follow. If I need to I will try to further clarify the rules, since they are in Swedish and there isn't a perfect…
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Externally enable minidump creation in Windows

I'm still in the process of fixing this problem, and user Moab suggested analyzing the dump file created during the BSOD. I can boot into Hiren's BootCD PE, hoping I would be able to find dump files in C:\Windows\Minidump, but there is not a single…
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How to move back critical folders of my Ubuntu installation?

I messed up with sudo moving some critical boot folders in my Ubuntu 12.04 installation. How can I move these folders back to their original locations? I'd be fine with booting some live system and using the command line.
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A live CD that provides system information?

Is there a live CD distro out there with the sole purpose of booting, telling me everything that the system has (CPU, GPU, motherboard, HDD capacity & Manufacture, etc) and all with out having to think or open a single terminal? Benchmarking would…
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Can I add other free antivirus programs, like Dr.Web, Malwarebytes or HitmanPro to the pre-installed ones (ESET and McAfee) in Hiren's BootCD PE?

Can I add other free antivirus programs, like Dr.Web, Malwarebytes or HitmanPro to the pre-installed ones (ESET and McAfee) in Hiren's BootCD PE? I need up-to-date antivirus definitions, and Hiren didn't updated since 2024.
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How to format a 2TB SSD to be Win98/DOS bootable in Windows 10 without FORMAT.COM/DISKPART

I have a formatted a 2 terabyte SSD with a program explicitly called "fat32 format", set it active, I put the files of a Win98 bootCD on it, but it failed booting with a black screen and a blinking cursor in the left upper corner, but not exactly. I…
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Boot Error - Hiren Boot CD 15.2

I have Gigabyte 880GM Motherboard that supports Hybrid EFI technology. It has a thin layer of EFI on top of BIOS to enable booting off GPT partition in EFI mode. Earlier I had Windows XP on it in NON-EFI Mode. I have a Hiren Boot CD 15.2 that booted…
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How do I add the MHDD program to Hiren's BootCD?

How do I add MHDD to Hiren's BootCD so that I can try to repair my hard drive?
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