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Topic: Problems with Acronis DDS Bootimage
started by: Fluffy

Posted by Fluffy on Dec. 08 2004,14:48

Hello,
Can anybody help me;
i try to integrate Acronis DDS Boot disks into Bart PE.
My problem is, to resize the Bootdisk Image from 1440 kb to 8640 kb. Resizing is recomended, cause Disk 2 to 5 must be integrated into the bootimage.
How can i resize the bootimage ? I tried Ultraiso, but there's no option for resizing Floppy images.
Please help me
Greetings
Fluffy

Posted by Incroyable HULK on Dec. 08 2004,15:52

You can create a floppy image larger that 1.44Mo with EasyBoot, go to:

Tools - Create New Floppy Image... - and select the desired size in the drop down menu.

You will have to provide a "seed" image of the first floppy so the boot sector is copied over.
Then you can add content to your newly created floppy image using utility such as WinImage (you'll have to correct the size of the image in the program).

Hope this helps!

EDIT: you could also extract the Boot Information File (BIF) with UltraISO from your Acronis CD (done with the Media Builder) but I don't know if you can run this file from BartPE...

Posted by Fluffy on Dec. 23 2004,15:18

Thanks a lot Hulk,
now all works perfect.

Posted by Incroyable HULK on Dec. 23 2004,17:49

Cool!

I have further improved my technique and if you are interested here is my current method:

1) Start Acronis Media Builder and insert your first empty floppy. Let the media builder finish the first diskette and copy the files from the floppy drive to a temporary folder named SOURCE. The thing you will notice is that Windows still have those files in memory so there is no actual reading of the floppy! Ultra reliable and fast!
2) Do the same for the rest of the floppy required for you Acronis product.
3) Use EasyBoot to create a floppy image of the FIRST diskette
4) Use EasyBoot to create a floppy image to the size required by the number of diskettes and use the floppy image you created at step 3 as the SEED image.
5) Open this new oversized floppy image (empty) with WinImage
6) use the INJECT option and add all the files from the SOURCE folder
7) save

that's it! No more tampering with diskettes.

So far I've created all the floppy image for Disk Director Suite 9 and True Image 8 Corporate Workstation (total 6 images) without a hitch!

P.S. I think this technique will also work with any utility which create boot diskettes like Hard Disk Drive Diagnostic, etc...