***** NEW PROGRAM *****
***** USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd - Install XP from USB *****Unpack USB_MultiBoot_10.zip to your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES.
Major Changes and Support:
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Basic Use Involves only Selecting XP Source Folder and USB-Drive Target
to make USB-Stick which can be used for Install of XP on
Mobile PC like e.g. ASUS Eee subnotebook
- USB_MultiBoot.cmd is
Vista Compatible, but requires User Account Control OFF.
The
bootmgr BootSector made by PeToUSB is Detected and
Converted to
NTLDR Bootsector ( No need anymore to use
BootSect.exe separately )
XP as OS is Preferred for Speed of FileCopy to USB ( 10 min instead of 30 minutes for Vista OS )
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Advanced Users can make
USB-MultiBoot SuperStick or Harddisk,
when selecting Multi_boot.ini and
MULTI_CONTENT Source offering a large variety of
handy computer tools available via boot.ini GRUB4DOS or SYSLINUX Menu
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Siginet's RyanVM Integrator or
nLite can be used to Integrate Windows UpdatePacks in the XP-Source.
http://integrator.siginetsoftware.com/index.php?download and
http://www.nliteos.com/ The Complete XP-Source is Copied to XP LocalSource Folder $WIN_NT$.~LS on USB-Drive
Take care that your XPSOURCE Folder is located on your Harddisk in a simple Path without SPACES.
- Supports the use of
BTS DriverPacks located in OEM Folder on USB-Drive -
http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ For Install of XP on a modern system with SATA Drives it is needed to use DPsBase.exe
for Integrating in your XPSOURCE
BTS DriverPack Massstorage with TXT Mode Enabled.
In that case a lot of Extra RAID SCSI and SATA Drivers (about 120 extra) are Integrated which appear in the
XP Setup BootFolder $WIN_NT$.~BT on USB-Drive and can prevent a lot of XP Install Boot Problems.
First use RyanVM Integrator and than use DPsBase to Improve your XP-Source.
The program supplies a Customised presetup.cmd and changes the winnt.sif file for use of DriverPacks.
- For
USB-Harddisk use Menu Option 0) to Change USB-stick in USB-Harddisk.
Because that makes that rdummy.sys is used and this is essential for using USB-Harddisk.
rdummy.sys makes Fixed USB-Harddisk seen in XP Setup as Removable Device.
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boot.ini and
winnt.sif Files and
$OEM$Folder are User Selectable,
Handy for Windows 2003 and Non Standard Installs and for making MultiBoot USB-Drive
Use the supplied winnt.sif file, which is copied to file Current_winnt.sif in Folder w_sif
For
Unattended Install use the build in Edit UserData Setup to give ProductKey and TimeZone.
Use for Preparing USB-Drive Only winnt.sif file without an [Unattended] Section and with MsDosInitiated="1"
The Current_winnt.sif File is adjusted for this and copied by USB_MultiBoot.cmd to $WIN_NT$.~BT folder on USB-Drive.
- OEM or nLite winnt.sif File is detected in XPSOURCE and Auto Changed for Install of XP from USB.
In that case All Setup Parameters come from XPSOURCE and therefore Empty $OEM$_X Folder is Selected.
For UNATTENDED XP Install use the build in Edit UserData Setup to Change the 8 required parameters.
Give ProductKey and TimeZone used in Current_winnt.sif Copy of your winnt.sif
- Change
$OEM$ folder to your needs, which is copied to $WIN_NT$.~LS folder on USB-Drive
CMDLINES.TXT is used for making UserAccounts and install of Registry Tweaks at T-12
Info see:
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ ren_fold.cmd was changed such that $OEM$\$1 and $OEM$\$$ folders are copied
as usual to systemdrive (usually C:\) and systemroot (usually C:\WINDOWS) respectively.
For anything else you want to copy from USB-Drive, you can add similar lines to ren_fold.cmd,
which is executed at T-9 by the Section SetupParams of winnt.sif file
Or Use CMDLINES.TXT and useraccounts.cmd in the $OEM$ Folder for Extra Copy Commands.
- Supports also USB-Drives having
FAT32 or
NTFS Format, thus overcoming the 2 GB limit of FAT Format.
NTFS Format allows larger DriveSize and is very useful for Install of XP from USB-Harddisk.
Besides
NTFS Format is handy for
Install of Vista from USB via
GRUB4DOS chainload of
bootmgr FAT32 is extremely slow in Windows XP FileCopy during TXT Mode (has anyone an idea why ?),
whereas NTFS Format of USB-Drive makes everything go faster than with FAT Format.
In the
Format Menu one can Select:
P) PeToUSB - FAT Format - Max 2 GB
Install of XP from USB in 30 minutes - Buffalo FireStix 2 GB
FAT Format Supports Direct Booting with MS-DOS using MULTI_CONTENT
Do NOT Select here FileCopy of BartPE
H) HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool V2.0.6 -
NTFS Format - use X_CONTENT
Install of XP from USB in
16 minutes - Corsair Flash Voyager 4 GB USB-stick
N) No Format - Use USB-Harddisk with FAT or NTFS Format by Windows XP
Use MULTI_CONTENT Folder only with FAT Format USB-Drive
for Support of Direct Booting with MS-DOS from boot.ini Menu
Use X_CONTENT Source Folder for making NTFS or FAT Format USB-Drive
with Support of Booting from DOS Floppy Images via GRUB4DOS Menu
HP Format Tool Enables to make large USB-sticks with NTFS Format which are very useful,
but is missing the option of PeToUSB to Install BartPE on USB-Drive.
The program was changed such that
BartPE http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ or
UBCD4Win http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm can be added now for all Format Options to USB-Drive
by
Selecting BartPE Source Folder in the Main Menu. Remove with Cancel.
So don't use PeToUSB for Install of BartPE anymore, but only use PeToUSB to make FAT Format USB-Drive.
Using Cancel in BartPE Source Folder Selection, Disables the Install of BartPE on USB-Drive.
FileCopy to USB-Drive begins with USB Content Source Folder, followed by the XP Setup Source Folder
and finally the BartPE Source Folder is copied when a valid path was given with option 5)
- FAT32 and NTFS do not support Direct Booting into MS-DOS FREEDOS and Windows PE 2.0
Unsupported Boot Options are automatcally removed from the Menu's.
GRUB4DOS via boot.ini is in any FileSystem very powerful, especially using
chainload of BootLoaders.
But GRUB4DOS also allows to Boot from MS-DOS or FREEDOS Floppy Images and to Boot from Linux.
http://grub4dos.jot.com/WikiHome http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index...ub4dos_tutorial-
BootSector Files are made with
dsfo / dsfi from the once with
mkbt.exe copied BootSector,
instead of Install, Copy and Reset of BootSectors using mkbt.exe for making each BootSector File.
MakeBS3.cmd of jaclaz is used for making
NTFS BootSector Files,
where SETUPLDR.BIN was Renamed to
XPSTP according to the 5-letter limit requirement.
- Windows XP Recovery Console from USB is supported and by launching it via GRUB4DOS Menu
Booting Direct with
XP Recovery Console has conflict by unwanted launching XP Setup.
The program
CMDCONS_Folder.cmd can be used separately,
which makes Recovery Console folder cmdcons by parsing DOSNET.INF File.
- Overflow Control has been added by measuring DiskSize, FreeSize, XP-Source and
Multi_Content Source Folders using ASP Drive Object and Visual Basic Scripting.
SEE:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_ref_drive.asp http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html- Excluding LANG and WIN98X Folders from Copy to USB can be Selected,
which reduces the XP-Source on USB-Drive by 135 MB
Reduction of the XP WINDOWS Folder can be achieved with
nLite but do
NOT select Operating System Options-->Manual Install and Upgrade for removal.
XPSOURCE Space Saving Tips see:
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/57/ You can Safely Remove the XPSOURCE folders:
WIN9XMIG, WIN9XUPG and WINNTUPG - This will free up 37.6 MB
LANG - 99 MB and cmpnents - 22.6 MB ( Needed for MCE / Tablet PC only )
- The Folder usb_cfg_extra provides scripts for
BartPE Menu
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ For the Automatic Install of Programs after Install of XP from USB
we can use a script for the very handy
Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) http://wpiw.net/- In WPI script there is the option to run
SFC /purgecache which deletes the dll cache and
which is a very simple way to reduce the WINDOWS Folder Size by 360 MB
The Result is a XP WINDOWS Folder Size on Harddisk of only 785 MB inclusive all Updates.
- Supports
Portable WinTools which run direct from GO-Menu button in a VISTA or XP environment
http://www.dirk-loss.de/win-tools.htm http://users.pandora.be/Robvdb/USBMemStick.htm- Direct Booting with MS-DOS from USB-stick with boot.ini Menu is prepared as follows:
You only have to add from Win98 MS-DOS BootFloppy the files IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS to
the MULTI_CONTENT Folder and file COMMAND.COM to the folder DOS of the MULTI_CONTENT Folder.
These Hidden System Files are only visible in Windows Explorer after adjusting Tools > Folder Options
Run USB_MultiBoot.cmd and choose FAT Format with PeToUSB (max 2GB stick) and
Select Multi_boot.ini as boot.ini (option B ) and MULTI_CONTENT as Source (option 2) in the Main Menu.
The supplied config.sys of the MULTI_CONTENT folder regulates that for MS-DOS
the COMMAND.COM is found in the DOS folder so that confusion with FREEDOS is prevented.
- Direct Booting with FREEDOS from USB was Removed since there were too few cases successful.
- More Help with
Bookmarks is available in the Help_Info Folder in USB_MultiBoot_10.zip
- Use of MultiBoot_10.cmd and everything in this Guide is COMPLETELY at your own risk.
Edit 28 feb 2008: New Release USB_MultiBoot5.zip
ren_fold.cmd was changed such that
$OEM$\$1 and
$OEM$\$$ folders are copied
as usual to systemdrive (usually C:\) and systemroot (usually C:\WINDOWS) respectively.
Format Menu was added allowing to use HP USB Format Tool
for making USB-sticks (greater than 2 GB) with NTFS Format allowing Install of XP in 16 minutes.
USB_MultiBoot5.cmd has now
Option for Adding BartPE instead of using PeToUSB.
Possible source of Error in SOURCE Pathes is Detected e.g. when XPSOURCE path contains SPACES.
Edit 14 mar 2008: New Release USB_MultiBoot6.zip
DOSNET.INF Parsing Routine was simplified, necessary when adding Drivers with nLite
For BartPE I386\WinSxS Folder is used as a marker instead of using as Tagfile winbom.ini
winnt.sif file is tested for the needed presence of MsDosInitiated="1" and floppyless="1"
Edit 28 mar 2008: New Release USB_MultiBoot7.zip
Support for XP x64 using AMD64 Folder was added
MULTI_CONTENT was optimised for FAT Format and Direct Booting with MS-DOS from boot.ini Menu
X_CONTENT was optimised for NTFS Format and Supports Booting from DOS Floppy Images via GRUB4DOS Menu
ntfs_menu_lst.txt was removed because X_CONTENT is now dedicated for NTFS Format
For Link in Program Intro removed &st=6 causing Message st is unknown command
Options B and W) have been changed for Vista which is not able to use VBS FileSelector
Edit 04 apr 2008: New Release USB_MultiBoot_8.zip
Support for XP x64 changed txtsetup.sif entries 55 instead of 100
OEM or nLite winnt.sif File is detected in XPSOURCE and Auto Changed for Install of XP from USB.
In that case All Setup Parameters come from XPSOURCE and therefore Empty $OEM$_X Folder is Selected.
$OEM$ Folder is made User Selectable from Main Menu.
Making of BootSector Files was rewritten and internal organisation was changed and improved.
SETUPLDR.BIN of XP was renamed to XPSTP for ALL Formats to avoid confusion,
because of the 5-letter limit of MakeBS3.cmd for NTFS Format.
Direct Booting with FREEDOS from USB was Removed since there were too few cases successful.
The MULTI_CONTENT Folder is recognised from
usbmulti TagFile
for making MS-DOS Windows PE 2.0 and SYSLINUX BootSector Files for MultiBoot Support.
Edit 08 May 2008: New Release USB_MultiBoot_9.zip
- Display and
Edit of the
8 required parameters for Unattended Setup is build in
where the Selected winnt.sif file is first savely copied to the Current_winnt.sif file.
The Current_winnt.sif File is adjusted for Install from USB and then
copied by USB_MultiBoot.cmd to $WIN_NT$.~BT folder on USB-Drive.
The file useraccounts.cmd with UserName is made in the Currently Selected $OEM$ Folder.
- For each XP Source the Program Supports now to launch Unattended or Attended Setup.
Therefore a second SetupLoader
XATSP for Attended Setup is made ,
where
winnt.sif is Patched as
winat.sif using gsar.exe
So the extra Setup Option does not take extra space from the USB-stick.
- Multiple XP Install from USB is now Supported (max 9 sources)
http://www.msfn.org/board/SOLVED-Install-M...SB-t114543.html Run USB_MultiBoot.cmd again using New XP Source and Empty XX_CONTENT Source Folder
- Windows XP Recovery Console from USB is now supported and launched via GRUB4DOS Menu
- Multiple PE (BartPE and UBCD4Win) from USB is supported using Multi_Partition USB-Drives.
INSTALL_DUMMY.cmd was made for dummydisk, which you will find in the makebt Folder.
When dummy.sys is Installed in your OS,
then you can make Multiple Partition USB-sticks with NTFS format,
allowing to combine BartPE and UBCD4WIN or different Vista Versions x86 and x64
http://www.msfn.org/board/Multiple-PE-from....html&st=11 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...20089&st=24 Run USB_MultiBoot.cmd again using New BartPE Source and
using Empty XX_CONTENT Source Folder and No Copy of XP Source.
- Install of Vista from USB is now supported and launched via GRUB4DOS Menu
http://www.msfn.org/board/vista-t114092.html&st=6 http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-Vista-fr...6.html&st=2 For Vista Install from USB, Remove on first Restart your USB-stick.
- Improvement of the Main Menu and the boot.ini Menu's
- GRUB4DOS grldr and grub.exe Updated to grub4dos-0.4.3-2008-05-02
Edit 06 June 2008: New Release
USB_MultiBoot_10.zip- For the Option Edit UserData for XP Setup we have:
A.
Unattended Install - UserName = YourName
in winnt.sif file - unattendswitch="Yes" - UserName is used Automatically
useraccounts.cmd with UserName is created in $OEM$ Folder copied to USB-drive
B.
Semi-Unattended Install - UserName = None
in winnt.sif file - unattendswitch="No" - UserNames are given Manually at Windows Welcome Screens
useraccounts.cmd is Renamed to Inactive txt file in $OEM$ Folder copied to USB-drive
C.
Undefined Install - UserName = Unknown
No Changes are made in winnt.sif file or $OEM$ folder
In all cases Selecting
Cancel keeps given Settings for winnt.sif file and $OEM$ folder Unchanged
For Install of XP from USB the program has to remove the [Unattended] Section from the winnt.sif file,
so that unattendswitch="Yes" Setting made by
nLite in the [Unattended] Section is lost.
Consequently XP Setup will present in this case Windows Welcome Screens for Creating UserNames.
Selecting
Unattended Install in the Editor instead of Cancel will enable to skip the Welcome Screens
by automatic adding the unattendswitch="Yes" Setting to the [Data] Section of the Current_winnt.sif file.
The UserName given at Edit Screen 8 will not be used in the case of XPSOURCE made by nLite.
- In preparing the USB-drive, the file useraccounts.cmd with UserName is made now in the $OEM$ Folder
located in the temporary folder usb_xpbt, so that the original $OEM$ Folder remains unchanged.
The XP Setup Type and the given User Name are Displayed in the Main menu
and in the Status Report Screen just before Copy to your USB-drive is Selected.
- The
winat.sif file for Attended Install is now derived from your Current_winnt.sif file
which is more logical than using the preconfigured Attended_winnt.sif file.
In the Attended Install all Setup Parameters are given Manually during the GUI Mode of Setup Windows XP.
Attended Install is always available as Extra Option in the boot.ini Menu.
- Computation of Estimated XP Folder Size to prevent overflow
includes now $WIN_NT$.~BT + cmpnents + I386 + AMD64 + $OEM$ + OEM Folders instead of previously I386 only
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REMOVE_DUMMY.cmd was made to remove dummydisk from the Registry, which you will find in the makebt Folder.
After removal of dummydisk all USB-sticks are seen again as Removable Devices.
- GRUB4DOS grldr and grub.exe Updated to grub4dos-0.4.3-2008-05-07
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