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Live Windows Bootable CDs for Sysadmins
WhoDaresWins writes "Ever wonder how to make a Knoppix-like live Windows bootable CD (or DVD)? Well its now possible using Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD. It's basically an expansion of the Microsoft's own Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) idea which is a minimal Windows (XP/2K3) based bootable live CD with a command prompt and the ability to run some basic Windows GUI. Bart's PE allows anyone to make a bootable CD using their own Windows XP/2K3 media with Bart's PE Builder. What's more many people have contributed quite a few plugins that allow you to use the BartPE discs as quite a nifty system administration tool and with some work an almost usable quick system."
Why didn't we have this sooner? ....Like, 8 years ago?
Would you REALLY want to see bootable Microsoft code from 8 years ago? eh!? answer me that!!!
Matt
You have 1 Moderator Point! Use it or lose it! Is that a threat? -vapid
"New hardware has been detected. Please reboot for the changes to take effect..."
"Windows is shutting down"
"Write configuration failed. The volume E: is read-only"
***
"Loading Windows"
"New hardware has been detected. Please reboot for the changes to take effect..."
I'd like to announce the new Blue Screen of Death plugin. This plugin makes a blue screen of death a simple click away. Remove the unpredictability of not knowing exactly when your system will die!
Warning: Does not remove other blue screens of death.
Because the windows source wasn't released until now. :)
...an almost usable quick system.
Almost usable...doesn't that describe all versions of Windows, stripped down or not?
"Bootable Windows"
As opposed to all those that won't boot?
Well, this IS something new!
Any word on when they plan to leak the source?
Anyone got the source code for this? /just kidding
...2) It's Windows. Forget "stable"....
/. editor.
Tell me how this post is a troll?
Yeah, I agree. Your original post should have been modded down as "redundant" instead. Let's file a claim to the
This man released something which involves making a copy of the copyrighted intellectual property from Microsoft! We must stop him, or Windows will be available on P2P networks very soon, and terrorists will use it to destroy the world!
(This 'copy is bad' nonsense works both ways, right?)
Christophe (Don't hesitate to point out my spelling and grammar mistakes, I want to learn - Thanks).
> with some work an almost usable quick system
I can't even get an almost usable system after installing Windows
Fuck this. Go for Knoppix. It's $500 less expensive.
Why can't Windows developers come up with something new, instead of copying Linux all the time?
...has spent years since DOS 3 booting and rebooting a computer to get it just right? I would have given up by now
I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born - Ronald Reagan
Hey, this could be a great tool for converting Linux users to WinXP!! Now they can try Windows without installing it and when they start to like it, they can switch to a WinXP installed on the harddrive.
This Live-Windows-CD is also great, if you need to use Windows but all your friends have Linux and in your office there is only Linux etcetc... Don't worry, now you can keep this CD in your pocket, and use Windows on any computer!
Oh wait... did I just get something backwards?
If it's good, maybe it'll take some market share from BSD.
I've also discovered a way to use my ladder to remove nails from the wall.
All of you who want to use this ala Knoppix better be prepared to violate some EULA's and make some code changes. From TFA:
# Q: Does PE Builder remove the 24 hour time limit? A: No!
# Q: Does PE Builder remove the "can only start 6 processes" limit? A: No!
You can run 6 or fewer processes for 24 hours or less. On second thought, maybe that's not all that different from regular Windows........
knoppix@cool-dual-beast:~$ uptime
12:57:34 up 9 days, 21:49, 1 user, load average: 0.50, 0.38, 0.34
Guess Knoppix has this one beat.