Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: How to run MBRUtil soft in ezboot ?
started by: MarkDark
Posted by MarkDark on Apr. 22 2010,03:17
I get MBRUtil soft from  Hiren's boot cd 10.4 .
it's a UHA's archivev : MBRUtil.uha
After extract MBRUtil.uha : MBRD.EXE, MBRW.EXE, MBR.TXT
Please tell me how to run that soft in ezboot ?

File : < http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nmokh5wdtnj >

Posted by balder on Apr. 22 2010,07:59
@MarkDark

As this seems to be you first posting in this forum I say welcome :)

Some bad news :(
This tool should be run from command line window in Windows.
Therefore you cannot use or launch this file from EasyBoot directly – even not from a DOS-image – because this is a Windows-program designed to run from a command window.

Note: It’s possible that you can use it from a XP-Live-system like BartPE ???  
Please read in “Mbr.txt”. Take attention to that “Mbr.txt” use the name mbr to the file - but the right name is “Mbrw.exe” - extracted from MBRUtil.uha-file.  

Please read in “Mbr.txt” from extracted MBRUtil.uha-file what more different commands you can execute.
You hereby need some sort of Live-system – I recommend ERD5 or ERD7.
Use UltraISO (or similar program) and inject Mbrw.exe into the root of this ISO-file. In this way you can reach Mbrw.exe from inside of ERD and start a command window and then use Mbrw.exe as stated in “Mbr.txt”.

Be careful as you are manipulating the MBR-code in your harddisks :O

balder
Posted by MarkDark on Apr. 22 2010,09:12
Hix, it's bad news.
I can't try  BartPE now because BartPE's intro isn't my native language.
I understand it a little, not enough to try :(
Thanks for your help , I will study and  try as soon as posible ^^

P.S
Do you know any softs from Hiren can run by ezboot ?

Posted by balder on Apr. 22 2010,10:26
@MarkDark

Quote: “Do you know any softs from Hiren can run by ezboot ?”
Sure I do :D  - Hiren boot-CD :;):  

The whole Hiren with all applications can be used as is – you basically launch hiren and use it :laugh:
To integrate Windows tools (tools that must be run in Windows do as the example with “mbrw.exe below.  

You have a “MiniXP-system” that you can launch from inside of hiren.
You can use my script “easyboot-iso.script” to integrate hiren (use separate button in script).
Then copy mbrw.exe (why not rename to mbr as it is easier to follow command lines in mbr.txt-file?) – anyway copy mbrw.exe to the root of EasyBoot (root for EasyBoot is folder disk1) and also mbr.txt so that you can read commands used to mbrw.exe.

Create menu for hiren (you get menu command automatically by easyboot-iso.script) and create ISO-file as usual.
Note: In this case (as hiren is used) we need to check “Allow lower case” when creating ISO in EasyBoot.

How to reach mbrw.exe?
When you have hiren MiniXP up and run, use explorer to find driveletter that holds folder hbcd – it is this driveletter that also have mbrw.exe on the root.
Start command prompt in MiniXP and change letter accordingly to be able to controll mbrw.exe.

balder

Posted by pica on Apr. 24 2010,11:34
Hi MarkDark,

Pls read MBR.TXT. MBR*.exe will run in command prompt (DOS) or from a batch file.

Create a bootable dos floppy
Edit Autoexec.bat:
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
MBRD.EXE

and then create an image file *.ima or *.img using a tool like WinImage, etc..

After that, you need to configure the ezboot menu.
It should work.  Happy try!
Posted by balder on Apr. 24 2010,14:04
@pica

Yes you are right :laugh:

Then we can create different DOS-floppy-images and use these in EasyBoot menu as usual

Thanks for clarifying @pica :;):

Unfortunately I haven’t tested this to SATA-harddisk but I guess (or hope) it works there as well ???

Regards balder