USBoot -> Booting - Windows von USB Stick booten
USBoot 2.08 (Entwickler: Gerd Rös - GERMANY)
DD: Dec 2008 - 1,54 MB - Englisch - Standalone (.zip) - Freeware
OS: Windows 2000 XP 2003 (NT 5.x) from USB
HP: http://www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php
DL: http://www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php?page=Download
FORUM: http://www.usboot.org/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1
USB-Boot Fertigpaket für Windows-Systeme - optional mit EWF enhanced Write Filter (XPe) kombinierbar.
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suchen finden :::> dadada Booting USB-Boot ewfntldr ewfmgr.exe ewf.sys
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USBoot What is it ? USBoot is a package that helps in the preparation of Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 for booting from USB storage devices by providing extensive support for automated installation and configuration of drivers especially of setup class USB. Unfortunately this functionality isn't offered under Windows by default, though the basics are already integrated in the system. Having a closer look it seems as if Microsoft simply 'forgot' to implement the few missing parts. Though it would be preferrable to have an officially supported integration which would be obviously less error prone, actually the only possibility to make booting from USB happen is to do it yourself. Why was it developed ? Anyway the publication of USB booting capabilities of Windows XP by Dietmar Stölting http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181 was the inital milestone in the recent the USB booting experiments and developments which almost all have their roots in his findings (though he might not be the first who knew how to boot XP from USB as there are some indications that Slobodan Brcin http://www.freshpatents.com/Adaptive-booting-from-mass-storage-device-dt20060420ptan20060085628.php had already achieved the same and sold his knowledge to m-systems). http://www.sandisk.com I was amazed, when in January '06 the german computer magazine c't reported about some guys being successful in booting Windows from USB. But their tutorial was really tricky and involved a lot of error-prone work in the registry. Moreover certain parts of this editings were to be repeated on and on under certain conditions. In their article they also stated that they hadn't been able to find a solution to avoid this. That was when I took the challenge to find out how much automation could be provided. :D And here's the (preliminary) result ... So if you want to have a try, you may proceed to Download _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Requirements For creation of a USB bootable Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 you will need: -An installation of Windows 2000 SP4 + native support for pagefiles on USB drives - no support for volume shadows - no native support for EWF filter Windows XP SP2 \ - no native support for pagefiles on USB drives Windows XP SP3 | + support for volume shadows Windows 2003 SP2 / + native support for EWF filter -Hardware that supports booting from USB harddisks (BIOS /motherboard) -A USB storage device that looks to the system like a bootable harddrive. It is recommended to start exploring USB booting capabilities whith only one primary active formatted partition whose size should not be excessive (own trials with 400GB failed!). If this is proved to work you may try to install on other partitions, too. Both NTFS and FAT32 will work. If you are using a USB flash device for your experiments you may give it extra protection by installing Microsoft EWF filter. There are rumors that the use of NTFS on a unprotected flash device may lead to its early wearout. -If you are going to copy the installation from within itself there has to be at least one NTFS volume in the system, otherwise you will need a separate installation or appropriate software to accomplish this task. -If you want to write protect your USB storage device you will need 'ewf.sys' and 'ewfmgr.exe' of Windows XP embedded SP2 (or newer). _____________________________________________________________________________________________