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Topic: Boot image of hard disk
started by: ocgltd

Posted by ocgltd on Apr. 13 2005,17:50

I have a hard disk which boots DOS with lots of utilities.

I have made an image of the hard disk using winimage, called BOOTDRV.IMA

1. How do I make EZB boot this image?
2. Why would anyone copy the contest of the hard disk (or some other Windows CD) to the /disk1 directory if their image already contains those same files?
3. Once I have loaded my CD-ROM driver from DOS, does the contests of BOOTDRV.IMA become visible (all files and dirs) or do I just see a file called "bootdrv.ima"?

Thanks

Posted by Pepe Pronto on Apr. 15 2005,08:23

If the HDD is bootable (and thus the .ima file) and under 700 MB you just need NERO, or any other similar program, to create a bootable CD.

If it's over 700 MB then a DVD can be used but not every PC will boot from a DVD.

Hope this helps.