Is Ultimate Boot CD (v.5.0) compatible with Windows 8?
Hello and Good Evening Everybody,
I have Ultimate Boot CD (v.5.0) and wondering if it will work on a Windows 8 machine. It has been a while since I created this boot CD, so, a newer version of Ultimate Boot CD might need to be downloaded and created onto CD.
Any feedback given to this question will be appreciated.
Thank you
George
I have Ultimate Boot CD (v.5.0) and wondering if it will work on a Windows 8 machine. It has been a while since I created this boot CD, so, a newer version of Ultimate Boot CD might need to be downloaded and created onto CD.
Any feedback given to this question will be appreciated.
Thank you
George
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>> what exactly does UEFI stand for << = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
read all about it here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
read all about it here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
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Hello rindi,
Thank you for giving re-affirmation of what has been said. I believe I am on the same page with you now. Just to make sure though, I do have a couple of follow up questions. Will the ISO file representing UBCD 5.3.3 be bootable if I select my first boot device within the BIOS to be CD or DVDROM? Secondly, will I be able to run the integrated tools on any Windows based operating system since it is independent of the operating system itself?
In closing, I apologize for so many follow up questions here. I just want to make sure that I am drawing the right conclusions here before delving into using it as a diagnostic and troubleshooting tool.
Thanks again.
George
Thank you for giving re-affirmation of what has been said. I believe I am on the same page with you now. Just to make sure though, I do have a couple of follow up questions. Will the ISO file representing UBCD 5.3.3 be bootable if I select my first boot device within the BIOS to be CD or DVDROM? Secondly, will I be able to run the integrated tools on any Windows based operating system since it is independent of the operating system itself?
In closing, I apologize for so many follow up questions here. I just want to make sure that I am drawing the right conclusions here before delving into using it as a diagnostic and troubleshooting tool.
Thanks again.
George
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Hello and Good Evening Everyone,
After going through youtube, it seems that the majority if not all of the tutorial videos are geared toward UBCD for Windows as opposed to just UBCD. With that point in mind, I am wondering if there is an insightful youtube tutorial link which demonstrates and explains the tools of UBCD.
George
After going through youtube, it seems that the majority if not all of the tutorial videos are geared toward UBCD for Windows as opposed to just UBCD. With that point in mind, I am wondering if there is an insightful youtube tutorial link which demonstrates and explains the tools of UBCD.
George
one of the best - not free tools for windows 7 handling is DARTS :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee532075.aspx
as said - ubcd4win is NOT designed for use with windows 7/8
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee532075.aspx
as said - ubcd4win is NOT designed for use with windows 7/8
I never use Videos. They usually take far too long and show too little of what would really be important. In my point of view they are nothing but a waste of time.
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Hello and Good Evening Everyone,
I attempted to create the UBCD 5.3.3 tonight and failed to get it to work. Using the integrated CD/DVD burning software of Windows 7 SP1, everything appeared to go okay logistically speaking. Unfortunately, the CD with UBCD 5.3.3 would not boot at startup. One possible explanation for this is a corrupted downloaded file. With this assumption in mind, I am wondering if someone could provide a direct download link for UBCD 5.3.3. I did go to https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and used a mirror site. The file downloaded was compressed. As such, I did decompress it using WinRAR before burning its contents to CD-R. I believe I simply just have a corrupted download here and need a different link to download UBCD 5.3.3. My older UBCD 5.0 boots just fine.
Any follow up assistance given in locating a direct download link for the UBCD 5.3.3 bootable ISO file will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
George
I attempted to create the UBCD 5.3.3 tonight and failed to get it to work. Using the integrated CD/DVD burning software of Windows 7 SP1, everything appeared to go okay logistically speaking. Unfortunately, the CD with UBCD 5.3.3 would not boot at startup. One possible explanation for this is a corrupted downloaded file. With this assumption in mind, I am wondering if someone could provide a direct download link for UBCD 5.3.3. I did go to https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ and used a mirror site. The file downloaded was compressed. As such, I did decompress it using WinRAR before burning its contents to CD-R. I believe I simply just have a corrupted download here and need a different link to download UBCD 5.3.3. My older UBCD 5.0 boots just fine.
Any follow up assistance given in locating a direct download link for the UBCD 5.3.3 bootable ISO file will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
George
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Hello and Good Morning
Thank you so much for your follow up information, tips, and links. After reviewing your information, I do have a follow up question regarding the ISO file. Once it is downloaded, will it need to be decompressed using a tool like winRAR? I am under the impression nothing is really done to the file. It simply just needs to be recorded to the CD-R. Is that right?
Thanks
George
Thank you so much for your follow up information, tips, and links. After reviewing your information, I do have a follow up question regarding the ISO file. Once it is downloaded, will it need to be decompressed using a tool like winRAR? I am under the impression nothing is really done to the file. It simply just needs to be recorded to the CD-R. Is that right?
Thanks
George
No, just leave it as an iso file and then use infrarecorder and select "Write Image". Then you select the iso file and you can then burn it to CD. In CDBurnerXP this is called a little different:
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/infrarecorder_portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/infrarecorder_portable
as i posted - you must use an ISO burning tool, like the one in cdburnerXP
very easy to use !
..no extraction or other manipulations, just burn it as is
very easy to use !
..no extraction or other manipulations, just burn it as is
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Hello and Good Evening Everybody,
Thanks so much for your shared insights, resourceful links, and correcting some of my misconceptions surrounding UBCD. After reviewing the presented information, I now know that UBCD is completely independent of any operating system on the desktop or laptop . I am still very impressed with how UBCD simply uses its integrated utilities to run from RAM and not the hard drive. It certainly instills much curiosity within me whenever I think about how information is temporarily stored within RAM. However, I know that is a different topic for another day.
Have a great rest of the weekend everybody.
George
Thanks so much for your shared insights, resourceful links, and correcting some of my misconceptions surrounding UBCD. After reviewing the presented information, I now know that UBCD is completely independent of any operating system on the desktop or laptop . I am still very impressed with how UBCD simply uses its integrated utilities to run from RAM and not the hard drive. It certainly instills much curiosity within me whenever I think about how information is temporarily stored within RAM. However, I know that is a different topic for another day.
Have a great rest of the weekend everybody.
George
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Will my Ultimate Boot CD (v.5.0) be new enough to work with newer systems or should I try to locate and download a newer version? Secondly, can I possibly update the virus definitions for any of the anti-virus utilities built within Ultimate Boot CD? And, finally, what exactly does UEFI stand for and how can I disable Secureboot within the BIOS?
Thank you
George