- #Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp install#
- #Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp software#
- #Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp password#
- #Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp iso#
#Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp password#
Use NTPWEdit (Reset Xp/Vista User Password) to reset the Administrator's Password Prerequisites Instructions: This will work on Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista and 7 This lab uses the Damn Vulnerable WXP-SP2 Virtual Machine. Close all Explorer Windows and reboot and try out some of the the DOS Programs menu. Boot Damn Vulnerable WXP-SP2 into the Hiren's Mini Windows XP Environment. Press Enter when prompted (several times)Ħ. Now find and run \HBCD\Dos\dosimg.cmd by double-clicking on itĤ. Double-Click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and find the USB disk volume.ģ. Boot to Mini Windows XP on a REAL SYSTEM!Ģ. Note: This MUST be done a real system booted to Hiren's Mini XP and NOT under emulator or VM that does not allow writes to the USB drive (or use QEMU in RMPrepUSB v2.1.709 or later which enables USB writes or use DavidB's Virtual Machine USB Boot utility+Oracle Vbox (see Tutorial #4 for details)).ġ. Hiren as made this easy however as you can create this image file and copy it within mini Windows XP as follows: In order for the Hirens DOS Programs menu to work correctly, we may need to make and copy a DOS image file to the \HBCD\BOOT folder on your USB boot drive. Note: This step is NOT necessary for a FAT32 USB drive - If your USB drive is NTFS and not FAT32, then you may need to follow these steps (but try a DOS Program first to check!). Step 6 - Getting the DOS utilities to work with an NTFS drive To fix this, find the \HBCD\Menu.lst file and the KonBoot menu.ĭirectly under the KonBoot menu entry, add the line in red KonBoot may not work because it is booting from the USB drive instead of the CD (if it prints '2 HDD SWAP' then it should work), so HDD0 will be the USB drive and not the internal hard disk. You can also copy the entire \HBCD folder to the root of the USB drive (F:\HBCD) so that is is automatically detected next time.Ģ.
#Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp software#
Then run the HBCDMenu.cmd file in the root of the new virtual CD by double-clicking on it. Hirens Boot CD for Windows XP - a software package that allows you to diagnose, restore and test the operating system.
#Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp iso#
If you just want to get the HBCDMenu working in MiniXP, locate the ISO file in Hirens XP Windows Explorer - right-click - select 'Mount as ImDisk Virtual Disk'. You can now test this works using RMPrepUSB QEMU or by booting from a real system. Copy or extract the \HBCD\Boot folder to the USB boot drive \HBCD\BOOT folder using 7Zip - you should now have a folder on the USB drive called \HBCD\BOOT and inside it will be about 16 files and the pmagic folder. To fix this you will need to copy the files from inside the ISO to the USB boot drive as follows:ġ. Other utilities may still not work correctly from just an ISO file (depends on what version of Hirens you have). Assuming that a missing or corrupt hal.dll file was your only issue, Windows XP should now start normally.Step 5 - Getting the other utilities (linux/pmagic/password changer, etc.) to work Take out the Windows XP CD, type exit and then press Enter to restart your PC. If you're prompted to overwrite the file, press Y.Ĥ. Again, this is most often the case but your system could be different.ģ. Also, c:\windows represents the drive and folder that Windows XP is currently installed on. While this is most often d, your system could assign a different letter. Using the expand command as shown above, d represents the drive letter assigned to the optical drive that your Windows XP CD is currently in. When you reach the command line prompt, type the following and then press Enter:Įxpand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32 Boot from the windows CD, and hit R to boot to the recovery console.
#Hiren Boot Mini Windows Xp install#
Normally this is done from the install CD because that's where the original file resides.
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