UPDATED 2008-11-17: Windows PE 2.1 update and ntpasswd fix.
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This is a neat little project for those of you that could be asked to help fix a PC at any moment in your life - the end result is a flash drive which when booted lets you pick from:

SystemRescueCD - Main Page - SystemRescueCd
An amazing Linux live environment which has a large array of rescue tools. Note this guide is specific to version 1.1.2. Later versions may remove compatibility.

Windows PE 2.1 - Sorry, this content has moved.
This link is for info only - the 2.1 download is below. PE is a live Windows environment (I have this so I have a portable CHKDSK).

Darik's Boot and Nuke - Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe
For wiping disks.

ntpasswd - Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Recover Windows systems from forgotten passwords.

Memtest86+ - Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
Check for broken RAM.

Step 1: Collect together everything you are going to need

You'll need to download a bunch of tools to do this, I'll list everything here so you have it all before we start:

PeToUSB - GoCoding.Com - PeToUSB - Boot BartPE From USB
GRUB4DOS installer grubinst - https://sourceforge.net/project/show...ease_id=474675
SystemRescueCD - Main Page - SystemRescueCd
Windows AIK - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Step 2: Prepare the USB drive

The first thing to do is plug your USB drive into your machine, and start PeToUSB.exe (Run as Administrator under Vista). Tick the boxes:
Now hit Start and wait for the process to finish.

If your drive is larger than 2GB you will encounter an error here. This is because PeToUSB tries to format the drive to FAT, which has a maximum of 2GB. The error is not a problem because the drive has been made bootable regardless. Simply head over to Windows Explorer and format it to FAT32 as normal.

Next, we're on to grubinst_gui.exe. Again, run this as Administrator if you're using Vista. Select the Disk option, then pick your flash drive from the list. You will have to make an educated guess as to which one it is as all your disks will be listed. If you've only got one flash drive connected it will normally be the bottom one. Leave everything else untouched and hit the install button.

Now, copy the grldr file from your GRUB4DOS folder onto the root of the flash drive. That's the disk ready to go.

Step 3: Installing SystemRescueCD and the floppy images

DBAN, ntpasswd and Memtest86+ are all included with the SystemRescueCD package. Extract the contents of your SystemRescueCD ISO to a folder on your PC, then copy the following files to the root of your flash drive:

That's as hard as it gets to install those.

Step 4: Create a Windows PE 2.1 installation and copy it to the flash drive

Follow this guide (yes it is for 2.0 but works for 2.1), using the WAIK you already downloaded, up to the point where you have your ISO file ready to burn to CD: http://apcmag.com/3894/windows_pe_2_0_a_ti...tem_maintenance

Now you have your ISO, simply extract the following from it onto the root of your flash drive (including subfolders):

Step 5: Configure GRUB and we're done

You now need to create a menu.lst file in the root of your flash drive with a text editor (like notepad), and paste in the following text:



You should now be able to reboot, select the flash drive as your boot device in your BIOS, and be ready to go!

Please report back if there are any problems with this, I've written it from memory after an evening of figuring it out. I have this setup running on an Integral 16GB drive with FAT32 so it does at least work for me!


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