please help with making bootable image...pretty please???

January 27, 2009 6:39 PM from

could someone on here please offer some guidance in making a bootable image with magic iso or any like program please...i dont want to use nero...i have a copy of my vista os files...no disc...just the files....i want to put those files into an image file AS I ALREADY DID and burn them to dvd and have it pop up before booting the original O/S...i have went through 8 dvd's trying to figure this out with no luck at all. i did this once before but the disc i burnt before is MIA so i need to make a new bootable image...please help im in dire need of a reformatt

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Reply #1 January 27, 2009 7:47 PM from

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Change bios to boot from CD/DVD before HDD.

Reply #2 January 27, 2009 9:04 PM from

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Quoting angus1949, reply 1

Change bios to boot from CD/DVD before HDD.

Unless the disk was configured to boot it won't.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

Reply #3 January 27, 2009 10:35 PM from

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ok well illl look into those methods...im tired of wasting dvd's for tonight....thanx you guys so much...ill be back here tommorrow if it doesnt work,,,,i have googled till my eyes popped out on a valid solution

Reply #4 January 28, 2009 7:48 AM from

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There are some backup or disk imaging tools with which you can restore all your disk including partition information, windows installation and all data like

Acronis True Image,

Symantec Ghost

They let you create backup disks or you can even use external hard disks or a pen drive for true restoration of your system.

PS- They dont backup hardwares

Reply #5 January 28, 2009 9:19 AM from

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well i checked out acronis and the symantec ghost...they cost money...all i need to do is burn these files onto a bootable dvd disc so when i restart the comp it automatically pops up before loading os and give me the vista installation screen....i am trying to reformatt totally...everything on this comp needs to be wiped clean....my friend got on here and got alot of viruses from those stupid myspace apps....and facebook apps...please someone come with as solution...i went to google and searched for hours only to see tuts that are half ass tuts...even the one on the magic iso site sucks beacause it tells you how to make the bootable but after that its weird telling you to add files and then when you burn it the disc is empty and garbage

Reply #6 January 28, 2009 9:41 AM from

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Is this a brand name system, Dell, HP, etc.? If so you should be able to contact them directly and get a new recovery CD. A friend recently did so and received the disk set at no charge.

Reply #7 January 28, 2009 9:45 AM from

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imgburn http://www.imgburn.com/

my friend got on here and got alot of viruses from those stupid myspace apps....and facebook apps...please someone come with as solution...i went to google and searched for hours only to see tuts that are half ass tuts

with friends like that..........

Reply #8 January 28, 2009 1:27 PM from

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If you have viruses then your first priority should be getting rid of them. Install Avast or Nod32 antiviirus with latest updates.... And run a full system scan. Then scan with ad-aware or spybot.

Formatting your disk is the last option...

Do you want to reinstall Vista?

If yes then you can boot your comp right from your Vista Disk. It has an inbuilt partition manager. Use it instead of other boot disks.

Free alternatives To Ghost:

HD Clone 3.7

Or Choose from these , Hope its an easy choice

Reply #9 January 28, 2009 1:38 PM from

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superman...i do not want to clone anything...i want to do a clean install..i have a POS HP and im not even trying to go through all the crasp to get rid of the viruses being i have been needing a reformatt anyways...i wiped out the partition beacause i hate vista home premium...its useless to me....i want dreams and what not....so i bought vista ultimate and the cd is messed up, scratches....so NO im not going to take the time to clean it up...i just want to reformatt and be done with it..i have already tranferred my files to an external...now i just want to be like new....i know there is a way to take the files i have and put them on a disc and it be a bootable disc....done it before...just cant remeber how..i did it with magic iso too if that helps...iwent and loked at thier tutorials but they are some idiots over there obviously beacause none of thier methods work....ONCE AGAIN...NOT GOING TO CLONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT JUSRT WANT A REFORMETT....thanx

Reply #10 January 28, 2009 1:40 PM from

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thanx Lantec...will look into that

and thnx for advice Angus

Reply #11 January 28, 2009 2:01 PM from

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Good luck friend.....for formatting... hehehe

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