If you don't see a boot menu choice, you will have to adjust Put the USB stick in the afflicted machine and reset/reboot and press whatever key you need to press to get to a boot menu where you can select the USB as the first boot device (that is F11 for me). When RUFUS is done, it will say 'DONE' in the bottom. ISO image (RUFUS understands the Hiren's ISO file).ĭouble check you have the right Device selected in the top (NOT you HDD) Click Start, acknowledge the warning and let it finish (it will take a little while) as it copies the files.
To point to the folder that contains the Hiren's.BootCD.15.1.iso that you unzipped earlier and the box should change to say Launch RUFUS and all the defaults should be okay, for the Device, choose your USB drive letter, Quick format, FAT32, label it if you want to and in the Format options box, click the little icon that looks like a CD and a window will open.
I will caution you to be careful that you don't accidentally format any of your hard drives - be sure your USB stick is in and know what the drive letter is! This part always makes me a little nervous, so be careful. iso to a CD and some other steps, so Iĭownload RUFUS 1.20 from here (read some stuff on the page so you can know more about it): Hiren's has instructions to make a bootable USB that you can use, but it requires you to first burn the. There is a Hiren's.BootCD.15.1.iso in there that you are going to need next. Unzip the Hiren's to some folder where you can find it.
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a registry editor, password resetter, and a desktop that looks like Windows XP so you will feel comfortable maneuvering.įrom a working system, first download Hiren's Boot CD from here (it is a substantial download but worth it):
You will have a whole bunch of cool tools that you don't have in the XP Recovery Console. This is good for you because it has many more tools on it that on the XP Recovery Console CD and you will not have to futz around in your BIOS if any afflicted system has SATA drives - Hiren's can deal with that. I am going to recommend you use Hiren's boot CD (it will also go on a USB drive).