WinXP Boot Disk w/USB mouse and KB

[davec12]

I want to create my own CD Boot Disk that will use various DOS programs for
this and that.

Since building a new computer using an Intel DP35DP motherboard - no PS 2
ports any longer - I can't use my old floppy disk based versions. However, CD
booting must be a science in itself since everywhere I've looked on the
Internet offers a different method ... none of which worked for me.

I have used EZ CD Creator 9.1 LE successfully to create a disk that boots,
but doesn't work since I can't figure our HOW to use - or if I have to - USB
drivers to operate the USB mouse and keyboard.

Does anyone here know how to do this? I imagine it involves writing
instructions to the AUTOEXEC.BAT AND CONFIG.SYS files - another old science,
I know - to accomplish this.

All I am trying to accomplish is booting to a DOS prompt from which I can
launch my old copies of Ghost_03, IBM's Wipe.exe and other various DOS file
management files. That is, EDIT, DELTREE, et al.

 

[Leonard Grey]

Considering that DOS can't read NTFS, how were planning to use your DOS
programs?

 

[davec12]

From my understanding Ghost 2003 can read and write to NTFS partitions. Also,
IBM's WIPE.EXE can eat anything on a hard drive from just about anywhere.

Also, my spare box is running W2K (formatted in NTFS) - with an actual
floppy drive - and I can get around with the CD Boot Disk I made for it.

It may be one of those things where not knowing any better I can still get
up smelling like a rose.

 

[SC Tom]

Doesn't creating a boot CD for Ghost2003 have options for other programs to
be included? It's been a LONG time since I used Ghost of any flavor, but I
thought there were those options in some versions. Might be something to
check.

SC Tom

 

[davec12]

I solved my difficulty by burning and using UBCD based on Bart's PE. It's
loaded with gobs of freeware programs sufficient to do what I wanted ... and
have already done.

Anyone considering anything like what I wanted to do should investigate
using this PE program also.

 

[SC Tom]

It works really well, too. I've had one of them for a while. Another CD you
might want to consider is slipstreaming an XP install CD with SP3. Works
great, too, for repairs to an existing system with SP3.

SC Tom