Re: i need a bootable windows xp keyfinder

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:42:11 -0700, sam26mcl@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Can I burn a bootable BartPE disk from a different computer?

Yes. In fact, the computer you build Bart on can use a different OS
from that you use (as the \i386 file set) for the Bart build.

I downloaded it and didn't see how to burn it to disk....

What you downloaded, is a "builder", not the disk itself (which would
be bigger due to the inclusion of the \i386 OS code, and complicated
by licensing issues that arise from that code).

Lemme get this straight I'm not using the computer that I need to
know the key for to download BartPE because it currently doesn't have
windows on it. I need a bootable CD of a keyfinder to run on a
computer that doesn't have an operating system on it right now

You don't need a key, but you do need a valid \i386 code set and the
right to use that code set.

The Bart builder will require an \i386 from Windows XP SP2 or Windows
Server 2003. For XP, either Home or Pro will do (I haven't tested
with Starter. but Starter's limitations may well confound this).

The \i386 will be on the OS's installation CD, unless you have an
OEM-crippled CD. In that case, you may find it on the HD somewhere.


Because you can't trust the infected PC's code base, you should be
installing the Bart builder on a clean PC and using the \i386 from a
genuine CD or clean PC.

Unlike Windows, a Bart CDR boot doesn't care what hardware is in use.
If it's "standard" enough, it will just work; if it isn't (e.g. S-ATA
on SiS) then it just won't.

What that means is, you can use PC1 to build Bart CCR, then boot PC2
on it and from there, scan PC3's HD. This is useful if the PC (PC3)
from which the HD was taken, is itself under suspicion at the hardware
level, and is currently doung 24 hours in MemTest86.


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