Ultimate Boot Disc CD

[Judy]

I downloaded the Ultimate Boot Disc that PC World recommended, and now what
do I do? I burned it to CD, but nothing. So I downloaded again as an
self-executing. Still nothing. Should it boot my computer to run
diagnostics? I didn't know I was so dumb
Judy

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What do the instructions provided by PC World tell you to do, in
order to use their utility?

Bruce Chambers

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The ultimate boot disk that I found at http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8303,00.asp is for Windows 98 or Me.

It is not for use with XP.

What did you expect it to do?

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I downloaded the Ultimate Boot Disc that PC World recommended, and now what
| do I do? I burned it to CD, but nothing. So I downloaded again as an
| self-executing. Still nothing. Should it boot my computer to run
| diagnostics? I didn't know I was so dumb
| Judy
|
|

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Judy,

If the Ultimate Boot Disc that you d/loaded is the one from the URL that
mrtee provided, then you have to first create the boot disk on a floppy
disk, then, to create an "Ultimate Boot CD" from it, you would need to first
create a Bootable CD and then copy the files from the "Ultimate Boot Floppy"
to the Bootable CD that you created.

If the Ultimate Boot Disc that you d/loaded is the Ultimate Boot CD, which
is d/loadable from here
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23100,00.asp
then I'd suggest that you check your CD copying software's documentation for
instructions on how to burn an image file. For example, I am using Nero 6,
and to burn the d/loaded .iso file to CD, after opening Nero I would Cancel
the New Compilation dialogue box, then, from the top menu, go to
Recorder>Burn Image, then browse to the d/loaded .iso file. If you simply
burn the .iso file to CD, the files within are not expanded/extracted when
burned to CD.


Regards,

 

[Eric Renken]

For Windows XP and Windows 2003 try this program:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

It is Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD.

 

[Judy]

Absolutely nothing on use! It's like they think everyone knows what to do.
I thought I was the only one. It's just a utility boot disc to be able to
boot from CD and do some cleanup outside the system itself. I don't need it
right now, but thought it would be great to have in an emergency.
Judy

 

[Judy]

Whoops! I'm too used to XP that I think everybody is on it. Don't really
need it right now, but just was going to set it aside for the future when I
did have a system problem and could boot from CD and run some diagnostics.
Judy
The ultimate boot disk that I found at
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8303,00.asp is for
Windows 98 or Me.

It is not for use with XP.

What did you expect it to do?

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I downloaded the Ultimate Boot Disc that PC World recommended, and now
what
| do I do? I burned it to CD, but nothing. So I downloaded again as an
| self-executing. Still nothing. Should it boot my computer to run
| diagnostics? I didn't know I was so dumb
| Judy
|
|

 

[Jim Macklin]

The XP CD is bootable and has the Recovery Console built-in.
That Ultimate CD from PC World is just doing that sort of
software for W98/ME.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| Whoops! I'm too used to XP that I think everybody is on
it. Don't really
| need it right now, but just was going to set it aside for
the future when I
| did have a system problem and could boot from CD and run
some diagnostics.
| Judy
| | The ultimate boot disk that I found at
|
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8303,00.asp
is for
| Windows 98 or Me.
|
| It is not for use with XP.
|
| What did you expect it to do?
|
| --
| Just my 2¢ worth
| Jeff
| __________in response to__________
| | | I downloaded the Ultimate Boot Disc that PC World
recommended, and now
| what
| | do I do? I burned it to CD, but nothing. So I
downloaded again as an
| | self-executing. Still nothing. Should it boot my
computer to run
| | diagnostics? I didn't know I was so dumb
| | Judy
| |
| |
|
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