cdshell hiding and erd commander 2005

[pirrup]

Hello guys!

I'm using a little prog. called cdshell hider wich automates that task to hide files (boot)

My problem is that i can't boot ERD commander 2005 anymore if i hide my cdshell boot files .(all other images and files load fine)

If i put my ERD5.dat file in the hidden boot dir it runs the file but then i get :

CDBOOT: Could not find NTLDR

Is there a way to get ERD commander to work on this ?

ps without hiding anything erd boots fine.

cheers

pirrup

Edited January 11, 2006 by pirrup

[pirrup]

anybody? this is driving me crazy lol

[amd64lover]

just dont hide the files

[pirrup]

yea but i want cdshell hidden

[LLXX]

Why exactly do you want it hidden?

If i put my ERD5.dat file in the hidden boot dir it runs the file

What exactly is your boot sequence of events? I.e.

1. CD boot sector is loaded

2. CD boot sectors loads _______

...

n. _______ loads ERD5.dat

If the message "Could not find NTLDR" is displayed, it means that the boot sector could not load whatever file was specified in it (open it in a hex editor and look for the filename and directory).

[pirrup]

ok i'll try to explain :

hidden -> boot folder (cdshell) , some iso files that need to be in the hidden so cdshell can execute it. (also i added ERD5.dat so cdshell can chain it)

not hidden-> all the rest

so when cd boots it loads cdshell from the hidden part , i chose to chain ERD5.dat

opened ERD5.dat -> SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINERD5

so the dir ERD5 is on the none hidden part of the cd .

it works correct all if i don't hide anything.

i hope this gives you more info

[LLXX]

Is there a SETUPLDR.BIN in the ERD5 dir? The message "CDBOOT: Could not find NTLDR" occurs when it can't find that file which it tries to load.

Does it work if you move ERD5 dir into the hidden part? I think that might be the problem - it can't find ERD5 from the hidden part.

If you don't hide anything, it will be able to find the ERD5 dir.

[pirrup]

yep SETUPLDR.BIN is in ERD5 dir .

and if i add ERD5 to the hidden part i get same error . this is what making me crazy lol

[pirrup]

found a solution !

ok if you want to use cdshell hider and still want to be able to boot WINPE, bartPE, ERD commander or windows installs do this :

i'll use boot_files (hidden) directory and a main_files directory to explain.

boot_files will be the hidden iso (my cdshell menu and some files that need to be run by cdshell)

main_files is the iso with all the files and directory's that are visible on the cd.

i'll use ERD 2005 as an example :

got a directory ERD5 in my main_files (this has all the files ERD needs)

check http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/ for the tutorial on how he installed ERD

follow this .

now comes the trick

make a dir ERD5 also in the hidden iso and copy SETUPLDR.BIN an SETUPLDR.RAM into the dir.

if you use chain erd5.dat it won't work if you want to use the hidden cdshell. (CDBOOT: Could not find NTLDR)

so how did i fix it , easy delete the dat files in the root

then just use BCDW plugin in cdshell :

if $lastKey == key[F1]; then BCDW boot /ERD5/SETUPLDR.BIN

if $lastKey == key[F2]; then BCDW boot /ERD5/SETUPLDR.RAM

now the file get's loaded and searches the none hidden part for the files

at last i got it to work lol

cheers

pirrup

Edited January 12, 2006 by pirrup