boot from USB?

[amberlynn]

Hello,
I have a Lenovo T500 laptop running vista.
I'm getting an HDD error on boot.
I need to run Lenovo's 'PC Doctor' boot software, but am unable to boot from anything but the HDD or a USB.
Is there a way I can get the PC Doctor .iso file onto my USB stick so I can boot from it?
Thanks!
Amber

 

[Lemon13]

http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2004/10/utility-to-make-usb-flash-driv.html

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[BadBigBen]

Grub4Dos - is able to boot an ISO image into memory and run it from there...

but it does need a bit of fiddling to make some ISO's load properly...

Grub4Dos

https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/

Grub4dos tutorial

http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial

with Grub4Dos, you should also be able to create your very own troubleshooter USB stick, which could include, for instance, Acronis Home Image ISO, PartMagic ISO, BartPE, DBAN, etc. , which all would boot from a central Menu list...



Ben
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