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John_Vella
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Hi,
I've got a quick but fairly urgent question. I need to create a bootable CD but don't have Nero, etc so I can't use ISO files, and cannot install any software on the laptop I'm using at the moment.
Does anyone know where I can download a set of files which I could just burn to a CD to make it bootable, or if that't even possible.
Thanks,
John.
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saspro
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What do you need to make bootable?
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| Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:41 pm |
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John_Vella
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A CD, since these laptops don't have floppy drives, and I can't find the external USB floppy drive, (which I suspect my "colleague" who is pulling a sicky this week has locked in his draw).
I'm trying to run the hard drive decryption software which normally comes on a floppy, but which I'm hoping will work if I can stick the files onto a bootable CD.
_________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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saspro
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Bluespider
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is it EPHD by any chance? if so I'm not a hundred percent sure your method would work. Worth a go though... Basically you just need the boot image off of any bootable mefia, lthough if you are restricted in installing software on your pc/laptop then you will ave no means of extraction/burning. try Here its a modular bootdsk creator and may have the files seperate that you can use for your purposes.
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| Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:41 pm |
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John_Vella
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It's Guardian Edge 8.6 but I managed to borrow a USB drive last night, so I'll see how that goes.
_________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Manchester.
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Final update. I used the USB floppy drive and ran the recover.exe /d option on the recover disk and Windows is now booting, so yay me! Re-encrypted the hard drive and the user is a happy bunny  Thanks for all your help guys. _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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