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Launching Hiren'S Bootcd From Usb Flash Drive

This document provides instructions for launching Hiren's BootCD from a USB flash drive in 3 steps: 1) Format the USB flash drive, 2) Install Grub4Dos bootloader to the USB, and 3) Copy the Hiren's BootCD files and Grub configuration files to the USB. Key steps include using USB Disk Storage Format to prepare the USB drive, running Grubinst_gui.exe to install Grub4Dos to the USB, and copying all files from the Hiren's BootCD to the USB drive root along with the Grldr and Menu.lst files.

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Launching Hiren'S Bootcd From Usb Flash Drive

This document provides instructions for launching Hiren's BootCD from a USB flash drive in 3 steps: 1) Format the USB flash drive, 2) Install Grub4Dos bootloader to the USB, and 3) Copy the Hiren's BootCD files and Grub configuration files to the USB. Key steps include using USB Disk Storage Format to prepare the USB drive, running Grubinst_gui.exe to install Grub4Dos to the USB, and copying all files from the Hiren's BootCD to the USB drive root along with the Grldr and Menu.lst files.

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Launching Hiren's BootCD from USB Flash Drive

Mon, Jan 10, 2011

To launch Hirens BootCD from USB flash drive, first of all, your BIOS settings should be configured in order to change the boot
order of your computer to USB drive. If you are having problem on changing boot order in BIOS, please refer Change the Boot
Order in BIOSdocument. Please note that some computers may not support booting from USB drive and the steps below only
works for the versions of Hiren's BootCD 9.7 or newer.

Step1: Formating USB Flash Drive


Please note that, all data on your usb flash drive will be lost. Before doing this step, don't forget to backup your files on the usb
flash drive.
1. Connect a 512 MB or above flash drive.
2. Download and run USB Disk Storage Format (34 KB). Follow the steps in the screenshots below:

Step2: Installing Grub4Dos to USB Flash Drive


Download grub4dos.zip (187 KB) to desktop. Follow the steps below:

1. Right click to the zip file and click 'Extract All...'

3. Click Next to extract archive contents

2. Click Next

4. Click Finish

Now open 'grub4dos' folder created on your desktop. Run 'grubinst_gui.exe' inside of grub4dos folder and follow the steps below:

1. Run grub4dos

2. Click 'Run' on if you face with a Security Warning


window

3. If you are not sure which disk is your USB Flash Drive, select the drive with the same
size with your USB flash drive.

4. Installation of grub4dos completed. Press Enter to close the window.

Step3: Copy Files to USB Flash Drive


1. Put Hiren's BootCD (9.7 or newer) into the CD Drive.
2. Copy everything from CD to USB Flash Drive.
3. Copy grldr and menu.lst (from HBCD folder of the CD) to the usb drive's root folder. Finally contents of your USB Flash Drive
should look like as below:

Final View of USB Flash Drive Contents

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