Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

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Cockamamie Khomeini wrote:

> Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

 

What's a "live CD"?

 

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I believe he means like Knoppix and the Ubuntu live CD, which is a bootable optical

disc from which that operating system runs, with nothing installed to a hard drive.

 

AFAIK the answer is no.

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Cockamamie Khomeini wrote:

>> Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

>

> What's a "live CD"?

>

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> Shenan Stanley

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> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>

For XP there is a sort-of-live CD called PE, but that is available only to

professional IT folks.

 

However, you can make something similar using Bart's PE builder. It takes

some time to make the CD, but it will boot a PC into a desktop version of

XP, from which it is easy to fix some things. Note that Bart's is not

intended to run programs, only to fix XP. It is not a replacement for XP

installed on the hard drive, plus MS Office, etc.

 

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

 

If you would settle for a non-XP-based live CD (or DVD), I recommend

KNOPPIX, which includes both operating system (LINUX) and user programs. It

could be used as a replacement for XP, MS Office, Internet Explorer, etc,

etc.

 

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

 

"Cockamamie Khomeini" <Khomeini@camalcock.com> wrote in message

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> Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

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>

> Cockamamie Khomeini

>

> Leader of the known (Islamic) world.

Cockamamie Khomeini wrote:

> Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

 

Shenan Stanley wrote:

> What's a "live CD"?

 

glee wrote:

> I believe he means like Knoppix and the Ubuntu live CD, which is a

> bootable optical disc from which that operating system runs, with

> nothing installed to a hard drive.

> AFAIK the answer is no.

 

Ah..

 

Windows PE...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905120.aspx

 

BartPE...

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

 

Ultimate Windows Boot Disk...

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

 

Non-Windows version...

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

 

Gotcha.

 

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Cockamamie Khomeini wrote:

>> Does Windows have a live CD? Can you make one with Vista?

>

> Shenan Stanley wrote:

>> What's a "live CD"?

>

> glee wrote:

>> I believe he means like Knoppix and the Ubuntu live CD, which is a

>> bootable optical disc from which that operating system runs, with

>> nothing installed to a hard drive.

>> AFAIK the answer is no.

>

> Ah..

>

> Windows PE...

> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905120.aspx

>

> BartPE...

> http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

>

> Ultimate Windows Boot Disk...

> http://www.ubcd4win.com/

>

> Non-Windows version...

> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

>

> Gotcha.

 

Not! <g>

I am aware of those, and I have had Knoppix, Barts, and Ultimate Boot CD for some

time....they are not actual Windows Live CDs inasmuch as you cannot run Windows,

install programs, etc, with them; which appears to be what the OP is asking, AFAICS.

My understanding of "Live CD" is one such as Knoppix, which actually runs a

full-fledged OS from the disc along with the ability to run other programs and

office suites, web browsers, and so forth.

 

From a slightly looser interpretation of "live CD", you are correct....as long as

you consider a live CD to be anything that will boot on its own and provide *at

least* troubleshooting and rescue capability.

 

There are actually quite a lot:

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

 

My goodness....who has the time to try all *those* out? ;-)

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