Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:59 pm
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Recovery Disks to USB
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Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:01 pm
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Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:49 pm
Wow, that looks pretty awesome. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for all the support!
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:20 am
Update~So I still haven't gotten anything to boot from the USB using those programs. Rmeprepusb seemed promising, but I get errors no matter how I try to configure the settings. Perhaps I'm going about this the wrong way or it's just downright not in the cards for me. Sorry about the long delay between replies, just got the wifi turned back on.
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:29 am
If I was going to attempt this, I would use Ultraiso to modify the first disk in the set. Add the files from the second and third iso to the first. Save it all as a single DVD iso...Then convert that iso to the USB stick...
Don't know if it would work or not...
You may have to convert the first cd iso to a dvd iso first...I bet you will come to think of it..
Don't know if it would work or not...
You may have to convert the first cd iso to a dvd iso first...I bet you will come to think of it..
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:31 am
Okay, well, here goes nothing. I'm extracting all the ISOs to create a new super one. Not getting my hopes up though. If I had been able to get even the first disk to load without immediately running into errors then I'd be more optimistic. Thanks for the advice. I'll check in again once I've got this all wrapped up. Grr, if only I had a burner!
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:52 am
What are the error messages you are getting when you try and boot from the USB stick?
You need to made the USB stick DOS bootable, then open the ISO in UltraISO, or a similar program, and copy the fils on the disc to the USB stick. I don't know if you can run all 3 images off the same stick. If you need info on making a UB stick bootable, I have an archive with the programs and info you need that I can upload to Dropbox for you.
You need to made the USB stick DOS bootable, then open the ISO in UltraISO, or a similar program, and copy the fils on the disc to the USB stick. I don't know if you can run all 3 images off the same stick. If you need info on making a UB stick bootable, I have an archive with the programs and info you need that I can upload to Dropbox for you.
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:46 am
Okay, so when using RMPrepUSB I get the following error:
H:/i386 folder is not present on the USB drive
When I try to boot it upon restart it just says ERROR!
http://snag.gy/YovCI.jpg This is how I had it all set up.
H:/i386 folder is not present on the USB drive
When I try to boot it upon restart it just says ERROR!
http://snag.gy/YovCI.jpg This is how I had it all set up.
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:54 am
Anybody try outright disk cloning from CD-to-USB? A sector copy would take care of all this boot sector and MBR business with all the files in one fell swoop.
Re: Recovery Disks to USB
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:19 am
Sounds like you just volunteered to be the first....