Can I create an Emergency Boot Disk on a Flash Drive

Long story short:

Machine needs a day of working on it,

I bought Norton Ghost and an external 400Gb drive,

So I can definitely create a mirror image of my HD.

However, my CD/DVD burner no longer burns....sigh

Is it possible to create an emergency boot disk on a Flash stick?

Thanks ahead, as always.

Daniel

See the following. Ignore the title and use the fix

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q316529

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"Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Long story short:
>
> Machine needs a day of working on it,
>
> I bought Norton Ghost and an external 400Gb drive,
>
> So I can definitely create a mirror image of my HD.
>
> However, my CD/DVD burner no longer burns....sigh
>
> Is it possible to create an emergency boot disk on a Flash stick?
>
> Thanks ahead, as always.
>
> Daniel
>

if you machine has
the ability to boot
from usb,

then you can try booting
either with a flash disk
or external hd or an
external cd drive via
usb.

in any case, if you want
to make a bootable flash
drive, you will need a
functional pc

then go to hp website
as they have created
the two files you need
to format a flash and
then make it bootable.

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>
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"Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:1244907234.170429@nntp.acecape.com...
> Long story short:
>
> Machine needs a day of working on it,
>
> I bought Norton Ghost and an external 400Gb drive,
>
> So I can definitely create a mirror image of my HD.
>
> However, my CD/DVD burner no longer burns....sigh
>
> Is it possible to create an emergency boot disk on a Flash stick?
>
> Thanks ahead, as always.
>
> Daniel
>

Sure, follow these simple instructions.

1. Format the drive in Windows. Choose "FAT" file system.

2. Copy from the Windows root folder (C:\) these 3 files:
Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

3. Edit the boot.ini file in notepad:

[boot loader]
timeout=-1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Emergency Boot Loader" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode" /safeboot:minimal /sos

Increase the rdisk() number by one because booting the
USB Flash Drive (UFD) will make it drive number 0.

4. Reboot and see if it works. Mine did not and I had to do
some more detailed steps, so if you need more help, ask.


ju.c


"Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:1244907234.170429@nntp.acecape.com...
> Long story short:
>
> Machine needs a day of working on it,
>
> I bought Norton Ghost and an external 400Gb drive,
>
> So I can definitely create a mirror image of my HD.
>
> However, my CD/DVD burner no longer burns....sigh
>
> Is it possible to create an emergency boot disk on a Flash stick?
>
> Thanks ahead, as always.
>
> Daniel
>
>

Creating a Windows XP Emergency Boot Loader on a USB Flash Drive


Everything needed is included in this package:

XP_Emergency_Boot_Loader_on_USB.zip 526 KB
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymnnz3ytzfe

Contents of "XP_Emergency_Boot_Loader_on_USB.zip"

hpusbfw.exe
readme.txt
Files\boot.ini
Files\ntdetect.com
Files\ntldr


The following instructions will create a fast booting Windows XP
Emergency Boot Loader on a USB Flash Drive (UFD). It will be useful
when you cannot boot into Windows normally. Everything needed is
included in this package.


1. Insert your USB Flash Drive (UFD).

2. Run "hpusbfw.exe" - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.0.6.0
(The newer version of the HP Tool, 2.1.8.0, will not work)

- Choose your UFD under "Device"
- For "File system" choose "FAT"
- Enter a name under "Volume label" (Maximum 11 characters)
- Leave un-checked "Quick Format" and "Create a DOS startup disk"
- Click "Start"

3. Copy these three files, from the root of the Windows drive (C:\),
to the UFD:

Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

(Or you can use the files in the sub-folder, "Files")

4. Open the UFD in Explorer then open "boot.ini" with Notepad.
Increase the rdisk() value by one, because when you boot from
a UFD it will be recognized as the first disk (0) making the
Windows disk number two (1). "timeout=-1" means that there is
no countdown. You should use your existing copy of boot.ini
because it is already setup for your computer, just increase
rdisk() by one.

Example boot.ini (Yours will be different)

Before:

[boot loader]
timeout=-1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Emergency Boot Loader" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode" /safeboot:minimal /sos

After:

[boot loader]
timeout=-1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Emergency Boot Loader" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode" /safeboot:minimal /sos


ju.c


"ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:ehijOYP7JHA.1568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Sure, follow these simple instructions.
>
> 1. Format the drive in Windows. Choose "FAT" file system.
>
> 2. Copy from the Windows root folder (C:\) these 3 files:
> Boot.ini
> NTLDR
> Ntdetect.com
>
> 3. Edit the boot.ini file in notepad:
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=-1
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Emergency Boot Loader" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Safe Mode" /safeboot:minimal /sos
>
> Increase the rdisk() number by one because booting the
> USB Flash Drive (UFD) will make it drive number 0.
>
> 4. Reboot and see if it works. Mine did not and I had to do
> some more detailed steps, so if you need more help, ask.
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:1244907234.170429@nntp.acecape.com...
>> Long story short:
>>
>> Machine needs a day of working on it,
>>
>> I bought Norton Ghost and an external 400Gb drive,
>>
>> So I can definitely create a mirror image of my HD.
>>
>> However, my CD/DVD burner no longer burns....sigh
>>
>> Is it possible to create an emergency boot disk on a Flash stick?
>>
>> Thanks ahead, as always.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>