BootDisks
 

I have been asked over a number of years for different types of Boot Disks to meet different needs. The following Boot Disks and Add-On files have been produced to meet most of them. They have been archived using Disk Copy Pro 2.6 (DCP) IMG format, which is a DOS based utility which can also be extracted by WinImage. Each image is saved in 3½" 1.44MB HD Format, But can be easily be converted into 360Kb 5½" LD, 1.2Mb 5¼" HD and 3½" 720Kb LD Formats by both DCP and WinImage.
Read Convert.Txt in each Zip Package which contains Boot Image & Instructions

Bootdisks for versions of MS PC & DR DOS and DOS based Bootdisks for Windows up to and including  ME are listed here.

Please Note ~ You need to Download DCP or WinImage Separately:

Disk Image Pro v2.6 DisketteImage Creation and Extraction Utility for DOS
Note ~ This version of Disk Image Pro does not supportNon-Standard diskette sizes such as Microsoft 1.68MB DMF, But itis ideally suited for Bootdisk creation with its diskette sizeconversion capability. (Program Only - No Help File)

Disk Copy Fast v5.3 Diskette Creation Utility for DOS ~ SharewareEdition

Disk Conversion is disabled in this shareware copy, But it isable to read and write 1.68MB DMF Format. (Complete with Helpfiles and Notes) and re-create all the following DOS images in1.44MB 3½" HD Format Only.

WinImage v3.0 16bit versionfor Windows 3.1x    

Microsoft Win32s v1.30 ~ 32bit support for Windows 3.x  

WinImage v8.0 32bit version for Windows 9x, NT (x86), 2000 & XP(Link to WinImage Download page)

WinImage HomePage is at http://www.winimage.com   
Basic DOS UnZip Utility - UNZIP.EXE

All Bootdisk Images are now categorised as follows:

Disk Imagesaved by Disk Image Pro for DOS as .IMG file (Needs Disk ImagePro for DOS or WinImage for Windows to extract to Floppy)
    BasicIMG Bootdisks are further compressed into ZIP format archive files(Download basic UnZip Utility oruse PKZIP or WinZip to open)

Disk Imagesaved as Disk eXpress Self-Extracting Diskette Image for DOS

Disk Imagesaved as a Compressed WinImage IMZ File (Can only be opened byWinImage for Windows)

SelfExtracting WinImage .EXE File (Needs to be extracted underWindows 95 or higher)
            (Canbe extracted under Windows 3.1x if  Win32sv1.30 32bit support is installed first)

Other Image File Types and Locations.

Each Boot Disk contains the following ~ IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, COMMAND.COM, FDISK.EXE, FORMAT.COM and SYS.COM
(Note - IBM PC-DOS, DR-DOS & NovellDOS contain IBMBIO.SYS & IBMDOS.SYS in place of IO.SYS & MSDOS.SYS)

You are advised to create a Bootdisk from your own Working Computer. The following images are provided as Emergency Bootdisks (EBD) Only.  Microsofts Copyrights and Limitations on use still apply.
Please Note
- The earlier MS-DOS 6.22 Emergency Boot Disk (EBD) has now been Withdrawn from use.

 UNZIP UTILITY All the following Bootdisk Image files are further stored in ZIP files for Download & Storage:

MS-DOS BootDisk Images

 MS-DOS 1.25 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only -5¼" 320kb Image (1.25 has no 3½"Diskette Support) 

MS-DOS 2.11 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only -5¼" 360kb Image (2.11 has no 3½"Diskette Support)

MS-DOS 3.21 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only -3½" 720kb Image (3.21 has no 3½"1.44MB HD Support)

MS-DOS 3.30 Bootdisk ~ Use with msd33bk.exe to assist inrestoring MS-DOS 3.3 Backups (First MS-DOS with3½" 1.44MB HD Support)

MS_DOS 4.01 Bootdisk ~ Usewith msd401bk.exe to assistin restoring MS-DOS 4.01 Backups

MS-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk ~ Usewith msd50bk.exe to assist inrestoring MS-DOS 5.0 Backups

MS-DOS 6.0 Bootdisk   ~With Dblspace.Bin

MS-DOS 6.20 Bootdisk ~ WithDblspace.Bin ~ Use with msback62.exeto restore Compressed Doublespace Backup Sets.

MS-DOS 6.21 Bootdisk ~ Interimversion of MS-DOS supplied with no Disk Compression software.

MS-DOS 6.22 Bootdisk ~ WithDrvspace. Bin ~ Use with mback622.exeto restore Compressed Drivespace Backup Sets.

MS-DOS 7.10s Bootdisk ~ This is a Special HEX Edited version of the 98se Version 4-10-2222 Bootdisk listed below. It has been patched with 3xStart.exe to allow Windows 3.1 to operate, and Hex Edited so that all references to Windows 98se read as MS-DOS 7.10

For use as a Standalone MS-DOS 7.10a only - Not for use with Windows 98se

MS-DOS 7.10 CD ISO Image (11.6M) ~ Full MSDOS 7.1 installs from CD

MS-DOS 8.0 Bootdisk

(Windows 9x) MS-DOS BootdiskImages

Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11 & Windows for Workgroups3.1/3.11 have no Bootdisks as MS-DOS needs to be installed first.
Download MS-DOS version used or if not known ~ try the MS-DOS6.22 bootdisk first.

Microsoft Windows 95 onwards have a corresponding 'Startup Diskette' which from Windows 98 onwards also includes FAT32 & CD-ROM support. But it also creates a RAM Drive which pushes the CD Drive up one letter. The following are the main release versions of Windows DOS as Basic Bootdisks, the same as the above MS-DOS Disks. See Other Bootdisks towards the bottom of the page if you want a complete 'System Bootdisk' as supplied by OEM providers.

(If your Hard Drive is over 520MBs ~ FDISK from Windows 95B and above will ask you if you want 'Large Disk Support' Reply Yes and your Drive will be prepared as FAT32 - Reply No and it will be prepared as FAT16 ~ Its that simple!)

MS-DOS 7.0 Bootdisk (FAT16 OnlyWindows 95 & 95A (4.00.950) ~ Cannot access FAT32 Drives

MS-DOS 7.10 Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32Windows 95B & 95C (4.00.1111)

MS-DOS 7.10a Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32 Windows 98 & 98se (4.00.2222)

MS-DOS 8.0 Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32 Windows Millennium (Me) (4.90.3000)
For reasons only known to themselves, Microsoft disabled the System Format function on the Windows Me Bootdisk for Floppy Disks. (As well as 'Real Mode' within Windows Me itself! - You can still Format Floppy disks, But you can only SYS a Hard Drive C:\ Partition.
If you need to use a WinMe Bootdisk, Just recreate this image as often as you want.

Windows XP produces a MS-DOS 8.0 (Win Me) Bootdisk, which cannot be used to access a NTFS harddrive.

 Windows 9x OEM Start-up Diskette Images

The following MS-DOS 'Bootdisks' were provided by OEM suppliers for the sole purpose of installing Windows 9x
They had no other purpose than to prepare a PC for Windows Setup. They were not designed as 'Recovery Disks'

Windows 95/95a  OEM Start-up Disk with added CD-ROM Support
Modified with CD-ROM support by Ed Jablonowski of Bootdisk.Com

Windows 95b/c OEM2 Start-up Disk with added CD-ROM Support
Modified with CD-ROM support by Ed Jablonowski of Bootdisk.Com

Windows 98 OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette

Windows 98se OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette

Windows XP Pro SP1 (includes Corp) 6 disks

Windows Me OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette

Note: Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, 2000 & XP Diskettes are no longer available here - Use  Bootdisk.Com

 IBM-DOS BootDisk Images

IBM PC-DOS 3.30 Bootdisk

IBM PC-DOS 4.01 Bootdisk

IBM PC-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk

IBM PC-DOS 6.1 Bootdisk

IBM PC-DOS 6.3 Bootdisk

IBM PC DOS 7.0 (PC-DOS 7.0 Rev 0) Bootdisk

IBM PC DOS 2000 (PC-DOS 7.0 Rev 1 - Also known as PC-DOS 7.01) Bootdisk

DR-DOS BootDisk Images

 

DR-DOS 3.41 Bootdisk

DR-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk

DR-DOS 6.0 Bootdisk

NovellDOS 7.0 Bootdisk

     

OpenDOS 7.01 Bootdisk

DR-DOS 7.02 Bootdisk

DR-DOS 7.03 Bootdisk

OEM DR-DOS 7.05 Bootdisk as developed by Caldera for OnTrack & Seagate

Caldera & Lineo have withdrawn all support for DR-DOS on its sale to DeviceLogics in November 2002


Full versions of OpenDOS 7.01 ~ DR-DOS 7.02 & 7.03 may still available from :

ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/OpenDOS/

http://www.drdos.net/download.htm

http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/drdos/

Devicelogics have released a new version of DR-DOS (DR-DOS 8.0) but so far it is not available for free download.


Custom Bootdisks

.Plain MS-DOS 6.22 Bootdisk with no additional files ~ For loading Flash BIOS updates (Obtain BIOS update from relevant source and copy to disk)

MS-DOS 6.22 CD-ROM Setup Disk ~ In the same style as the later Windows 9x Bootdisks - Checks harddrive & installs CD-ROM Driver.

The CDROMGOD Disk Version 5.5 - A MS-DOS 7.0 Bootdisk with CD-ROM detector & installer

MS-DOS 7.10 Bootdisk (Self-Extracting IMZ Version) ~ This is a Special HEX Edited version of the 98se Version 4-10-2222 Bootdisk listed below.It has been patched with 3xStart.exe to allow Windows 3.1 to operate,and Hex Edited so that all references to Windows 98se read as MS-DOS 7.10

For use as a Standalone MS-DOS 7.10a only - Not for use with Windows 98se

OLDBIOS CD Bootdisk (Self-Extracting IMZ Version) ~ For older BIOS's Due to incompatibility with CD-booting technical specifications, "El Torito" standard, no-emulation method of CD Boot. Try using thisdisk. This program will create a floppy disk to work around this problem.
          You boot the PC from this floppy and then a small program on the floppy switches boot to a CD-ROM device .
          Note:this program will be useless if your PC can normally boot from installation CDs. - Works with 95% of IDE CD-ROM's


   Boot CD's

Hiren's Boot CD v9.5(97,728K)
Hiren's BootCD 9.5
All in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these utilities

Partition Tools

Partition Magic Pro 8.05
Best software to partition hard drive

Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554
Popular disk management functions in a single suite

Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274
Universal tool for partitions

Partition Commander 9.01
The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature

Ranish Partition Manager 2.44
a boot manager and hard disk partitioner.

The Partition Resizer 1.3.4
move and resize your partitions in one step and more.

Smart Fdisk 2.05
a simple harddisk partition manager

SPecial Fdisk 2000.03t
SPFDISK a partition tool.

eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3
XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition

GDisk 1.1.1
Complete replacement for the DOS FDISK utility and more.

Super Fdisk 1.0
Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data.

Disk Clone Tools

ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002)
Best software to clone hard drive

Norton Ghost 11.0.1
Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support)

Acronis True Image 8.1.945
Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning.

Partition Saving 3.50
A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe)

COPYR.DMA Build013
A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors

Antivirus Tools

F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (1410)
Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)

McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (1410)
a virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)

Recovery Tools

Active Partition Recovery 3.0
To Recover a Deleted partition.

Active Uneraser 3.0
To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems.

Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10
To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack

Winternals Disk Commander 1.1
more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility

TestDisk 6.9b
Tool to check and undelete partition.

Lost & Found 1.06
a good old data recovery software.

DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100
An excellent data recovery software.

Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64
Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.

PhotoRec 6.9b
File and pictures recovery Tool.

Testing Tools

System Speed Test 4.78
it tests CPU, harddrive, ect.

PC-Check 6.5
Easy to use hardware tests

Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0
Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer

The Troubleshooter 7.02
all kind of hardware testing tool

PC Doctor 2004
a benchmarking and information tool

Test Cpu/Video/Disk 5.6
a tool to test cpu, video, and disk

Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0
a tool to test Hard Disk Drive

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools

DocMemory 3.1b
RAM Test utility

GoldMemory 5.07
RAM Test utility

Memtest86+ 1.70
PC Memory Test

Hard Disk Tools

Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities
Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f
Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
Maxtor amset utility 4.0
Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1
Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00
Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.04
Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.08
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03
Gateway GwScan 5.12
ExcelStor's ESTest 4.20
MHDD 4.6
WDClear 1.30
Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
SeaTools for Dos 1.09

HDD Regenerator 1.51
to recover a bad hard drive

HDAT2 4.5.3
main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected devices

Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57
Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool.

Norton Disk Doctor 2002
a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive.

Norton Disk Editor 2002
a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool.

Hard Disk Sentinel 0.01
Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool.

Active Kill Disk 4.1
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.

SmartUDM 2.00
Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.

Victoria 3.33
a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics

HDD Eraser 1.0
Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives

System Information Tools

Aida16 2.14
a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC

PCI and AGP info Tool (1410)
The PCI System information & Exploration tool.

System Analyser 5.3s
View extensive information about your hardware

Navratil Software System Information 0.59.14
High-end professional system information tool

Astra 5.33
Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant

HwInfo 5.0.5
a powerful system information utility

PC-Config 9.33
Complete hardware detection of your computer

SysChk 2.46
Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC

CPU Identification utility 1.12
Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE)

CTIA CPU Information
another CPU information tool

MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools

MBRWork 1.07b
a utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions

MBR Tool 2.2.100
backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write...

DiskMan4
all in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more

BootFix Utility
Run this utility if you get 'Invalid system disk'

MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1
BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR

Boot Partition 2.60
add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader

Partition Table Doctor 3.5
a tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table

Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1
a multi boot manager

Bootmagic 8.0
This tool is for multi boot operating systems

MBRWizard 2.0b
Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record)

BIOS / CMOS Tools

CMOS 0.93
CMOS Save / Restore Tool

BIOS Cracker 4.8
BIOS password remover (cmospwd)

BIOS Cracker 1.4
BIOS password remover (cmospwc)

BIOS Utility 1.35.0
BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more.

!BIOS 3.20
a powerfull utility for bios and cmos

DISKMAN4
a powerful all in one utility

UniFlash 1.40
bios flash utility

Kill CMOS
a tiny utility to wipe cmos

Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43
DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents.

MultiMedia Tools

Picture Viewer 1.94
Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes.

QuickView Pro 2.58
movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx.

MpxPlay 1.55 final
a small Music Player for dos

Password Tools

Active Password Changer 3.0.420
To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (FAT/NTFS)

Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer
utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.

Registry Reanimator 1.02
Check and Restore structure of the Damaged Registry files of NT/2K/XP

NTPWD
utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.

Registry Viewer 4.2
Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP

ATAPWD 1.2
Hard Disk Password Utility

NTFS (FileSystems) Tools

NTFS Dos Pro 5.0
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

NTFS 4 Dos 1.9
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

Paragon Mount Everything 3.0
To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos

NTFS Dos 3.02
To access ntfs partitions from Dos

EditBINI 1.01
to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition

Dos File Managers

Volkov Commander 4.99
Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support
(Similar to Norton Commander)

Dos Command Center 5.1
Classic dos-based file manager.

File Wizard 1.35
a file manager - colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc.

File Maven 3.5
an advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file
transfers via serial or parallel cable

FastLynx 2.0
Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability

LapLink 5.0
the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs.

Dos Navigator 6.4.0
Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features.

Mini Windows 98
Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support,
Added 7-Zip which supports .7z .zip .cab .rar .arj .gzip,
.bzip2 .z .tar .cpio .rpm and .deb
Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor,
Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc...

Other Tools

Ghost Walker 2003.793
utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

DosCDroast beta 2
Dos CD Burning Tools

Universal TCP/IP Network 6.01
MSDOS Network Client to connect via TCP/IP to a Microsoft based
network. The network can either be a peer-to-peer or a server based
network, it contains 91 different network card drivers

Dos Tools

USB CD-Rom Driver 1
Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive

Universal USB Driver 2
Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage

ASUSTeK USB Driver 3
ASUS USB CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.00

SCSI Support
SCSI Drivers for Dos

SATA Support
SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) for Dos

1394 Firewire Support
1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos

Interlnk support at COM1
To access another computer from COM port

Interlnk support at LPT1
To access another computer from LPT port

and too many great dos tools
very good collection of dos utilities
extract.exepkzip.exepkunzip.exeunrar.exerar.exe
ace.exelha.exegzip.exeuharcd.exemouse.com
attrib.comdeltree.exexcopy.exediskcopy.comimgExtrc.exe
undelete.comedit.comfdisk.exefdisk2.exefdisk3.exe
lf.exedelpart.exewipe.comzap.comformat.com
move.exemore.comfind.exehex.exedebug.exe
split.exemem.exemi.comsys.comsmartdrv.exe
xmsdsk.exekiller.exeshare.exescandisk.exescanreg.exe
guest.exedoskey.exeduse.exebiosdtct.exesetver.exe
intersvr.exeinterlnk.exeloadlin.exelfndos.exedoslfn.com

Windows Tools

SpaceMonger 1.4
keeping track of the free space on your computer

WinDirStat 1.1.2.80
a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows.

Drive Temperature 1.0
Hard Disk Drive temperature meter

Disk Speed1.0
Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool

MemTest 1.0
a Memory Testing Tool

S&M Stress Test 1.9.0
cpu/hdd/memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages

PageDfrg 2.32
System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP

WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a
a Small File Split-Join Tool

Ghost Image Explorer 11.0.1
to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file

DriveImage Explorer 5.0
to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file

Drive SnapShot 1.38
creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running.

Active Undelete 5.1.010
a tool to recover deleted files

Restoration 2.5.14
a tool to recover deleted files

GetDataBack for FAT 2.31
Data recovery software for FAT file systems

GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31
Data recovery software for NTFS file systems

Recuva 1.06.132
Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player...

Unstoppable Copier 3.12
Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors,
scratches or that just give errors when reading data.

Express Burn 4.05
CD/DVD Burner Program to create and record CDs/DVDs, also create/burn .iso and .nrg images

Data Shredder 1.0
A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely

Startup Control Panel 2.8
a tool to edit startup programs

NT Registry Optimizer 1.1j
Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista

DefragNT 1.9
This tool presents the user with many options for disk defragmenting

JkDefrag 3.26
Free disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista

Startup Monitor 1.02
it notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup

IB Process Manager 1.04
a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.

Process Explorer 11.02
shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded

Pocket KillBox 2.0
can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them

Unlocker 1.8.5
This tool can delete file/folder when you get this message - Cannot delete file:
Access is denied, The file is in use by another program etc.

HijackThis 2.0b
a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more

RootkitRevealer 1.7
Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility.

Silent Runners Revision 52
A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process

Autoruns 8.73
Displays All the entries from startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys,
Explorer shell extensions,toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications,
auto-start services, Scheduled Tasks, Winsock, LSA Providers, Remove Drivers
and much more which helps to remove nasty spyware/adware and viruses.

Dial a Fix 0.60.0.24
Fix errors and problems with COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries,
Automatic Updates, SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography service (signing/verification)
issues, Reinstall internet explorer etc. comes with the policy scanner

CurrPort 1.20
displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer

Unknown Devices 1.2 (1410)
helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are

PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (1410)
device information tool (similar to unknown devices)

NewSID 4.10
utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP

Double Driver 1.0
Driver Backup and Restore tool

DriverBackup! 1.0.2
Another handy tool to backup drivers

CPU-Z 1.41
It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system

CWShredder 2.19
Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool

Winsock 2 Fix for 9x
to fix corrupted Winsock2 information by poorly written Internet programs

XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0
Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors

CCleaner 2.01.507
Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool

EzPcFix 1.0.0.16
Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware

Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0
It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer

WinKeyFinder 1.73
Allows you to View and Change Windows XP/2003 Product Keys, backup and restore
activation related files, backup Microsoft Office 97, 2000 SP2, XP/2003 keys etc.

Wireless Key View 1.11
Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC

Monitor Tester 1.0
Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens

Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.18
An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions

TweakUI 2.10
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows Xp

Xp-AntiSpy 3.96.6
it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly

PC Wizard 2008 1.80
Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware.

Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5 (1410)
Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.

SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (1410)
Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (1410)
find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool)


Ultimate Boot CD (ISO) (118M)

Overview

Current release: 4.1.1

For those of you interested in a Windows version of the Ultimate Boot CD, you might want to check out this project initiated by Ben Burrows.

Ultimate Boot CD is completely free for the download, or could be obtained for a small fee. If you had somehow paid a ridiculous amount of money for it, you have most likely been fleeced. The least you could do is to make as many copies of the offical UBCD and pass it to your friends, relatives, colleagues or even complete strangers to minimize the per unit cost of your loss!

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

  • Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
  • Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
  • Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!
  • New! Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.

When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.

Tools currently included in the Ultimate Boot CD are:

Name of ToolVersionNotes
CPU Tests
CPU Burn-in1.00 The Linux version which is included in UBCD is at V1.00. V1.01 applies to Windows only.
Mersenne Prime Test23.5.2 Need to update Mersenne Prime Test boot disk to allow user to manually override the decision (based on automatic CPU detection) to run V23/V24. The original maintainer does not have time to do this, so if you are interested to help, please contact me directly.
StressCPU24-Oct-05 V2.0 is out, but I need someone to either update Adrian's combo Linux loader (/boot/cpustres*) or send me a new one. Please email me directly if you can help.
Memory Tests
Memtest863.3  
Memtest86+1.70  
Windows Memory Diagnosticn/a  
DocMem RAM Diagnostic3.1beta  
TestMem44  
Peripherals Tools
Parallel port detection and test utilities1.45  
ATAPI CDROM Identification2.22  
CHZ Monitor-Test1.01  
CPU Information
Intel Processor Frequency ID7.2.20041115  
Intel Processor Identification Utility3.3.20061218  
x86test0.10a  
System Information
AIDA162.14 Discontinued
NSSI0.59.14  
PC-Config9.33  
ASTRA5.31 Demo version
PCISniffer1.5  
PCI1.1 pcidevs.txt: 13 Feb 2006
CTIA2.7  
DIMM_ID3.01  
Benchmark Tools
System Speed Test 324.78  
3D Benchmark VGA1.0  
CPU Benchmarkn/a  
CD Index1.1  
QwikTestn/a  
BIOS Tools
BIOS1.35.0  
WipeCMOS1.2  
CMOSPWD4.8  
!BIOS3.20  
Hard Disk Installation Tools
MaxBlast 5 (Maxtor)5.0  
DiscWizard 2003 (Seagate)10.45.06  
Disk Manager (Seagate)9.56a  
Disk Manager (Samsung)10  
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools
Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi)4.09  
Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu)6.90  
SeaTools for DOS (Seagate/Maxtor)1.09  
SHDIAG (Samsung)1.25  
HUTIL (Samsung)1.21/2.03 From soeren: "HUTIL 2.00 lacks the possibility to view the SMART values and it appears to be a lot slower than 1.21. It's only needed for the newest Samsung drives, the "older" ones still work with 1.21."
DLG Diagnostic (Western Digital)4.15/5.04c V5.x has been reported not to work on some older machines, so V4.15 has been included as a backup.
Data Lifeguard (Western Digital)11.2  
SCSIMax (Maxtor/Quantum)1.21  
GWSCAN (Gateway)3.15/5.09 V5.x is for IDE hard drives larger than 10GB. For IDE hard drives 10GB or smaller, V3.15 is recommended.
ESTest (ExcelStor)4.20  
Salvation HDD Scan and Repair3.0 Demo version
MHDD324.6  
ViVARD0.4  
HDAT24.52 For personal use only
Hard Disk Device Management Tools
Feature Tool (IBM/Hitachi)2.05  
AMSET (Maxtor)4.00  
MAXLLF (Maxtor)1.1  
UATA100 (Seagate)3.06  
Ultra ATA Manager (Western Digital)June, 2003  
SUTIL1.01  
ESFeat (ExcelStor)2.10  
ATA Password Tool1.1  
SMARTUDM2.00  
ATAINF1.3m  
Hard Disk Wiping Tools
Darik's Boot and Nuke1.0.7  
CopyWipe1.14  
Active@ KillDisk Free Edition4.1 Free Edition. Supports "One Pass Zeros" method only.
PC INSPECTOR e-maxx0.95 Actual version is 0.95 Build 775, but is referred to as 1.0 on product website.
HDDErase3.1  
Hard Disk Cloning Tools
HDClone (Free Edition)3.2.6  
g4u1.17 Unable to integrate latest version of g4u (does not like mkisofs -N flag, which is required for integrating Windows CD). If anyone knows of a workaround, please email me.
UDPcastn/a  
PC INSPECTOR clone maxx0.95 Build 769 Actual version is 0.95 Build 769, but is referred to as 1.0 on produce website.
XXCOPY2.93.1 Latest version on website says 2.95.3, but XXCOPY16.EXE still shows 2.93.1.
EaseUs Disk Copy1.0  
COPYR.DMABuild 013  
CopyWipe1.14  
Hard Disk Low-Level Editing Tools
Disk Editor3.0  
DISKMAN44.01  
PTS DiskEditor1.04  
Partition Tools
Ranish Partition Manager2.40 Using stable version because V2.44 is beta and reported to be buggy.
Free FDISK1.3.0  
SPFDISK (Special FDISK)2000-03t  
XFDISK (Extended FDISK)0.9.3 beta  
Cute Partition Manager0.9.5 Although website says 0.9.6, program version and history log both says 0.9.5.
PTDD Super Fdisk1.0  
Partition Resizer1.3.4  
FIPS2.0  
Active@ Partition Recovery2.1.1 Demo version
TestDisk6.5  
Partition Saving3.40  
MBRtool2.3.100  
MBRWork1.07b  
Boot Managers
Smart BootManager3.7.1  
Gujin1.9  
GAG4.8  
XOSL1.1.5  
Super Grub Disk0.9590  
File Tools
DOS Navigator6.4.0  
File Maven3.5a  
Necromancer's DOS Navigator2.15 Build 4000  
D-Browse1.24 Must enable long filename support for it to work.
Volkov Commander4.99.08 alpha Or you can just type "vc" at the DOS prompt to launch this file manager.
Eraser for DOS5.82  
NTFS Tools
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor070409  
Active NTFS Reader for DOS1.0.1  
EditBINI1.01.1  
Boot Partition2.60  
Avira NTFS4DOS Personal1.9 For personal use only
Anti-Virus/Malware Tools
F-Prot Antivirus for DOS3.16f For personal use only. Virus definition: 4 May 2007.
McAfee Antivirus Scanner4.40.0 For personal use only. Virus definition: 3 May 2007.
BugHunter2.1 Note that C:\ has to be accessible and writable, otherwise BUGHUNT.INI must be edited and the line C:\BUGHUNT.DAT changed to X:\BUGHUNT.DAT, where X is the drive letter of the RAM disk.
Network Tools
Arachne WWW Browser1.90  
NetCopy0.2  
FileLink3.01 This program is part of Caldera OpenDOS V7.03
QNX Demo Browser (network + modem version)4.00  
DOSRDP2.0/XP  
DOS Boot Disks
FreeDOS Boot Disk3.40 This is named dosubcd.igz under the images subdirectory, and is the default boot disk for most DOS programs under dosapps. You can easily make other DOS disk images your default by renaming the appropriate image file (eg. lzubcd.igz) to dosubcd.igz.
LZ-DOS Boot Disk3.40  
OpenDOS Boot Disk3.40 Won't work in a virtual machine, but will work on a physical machine.
MS-DOS Boot Disk3.40 By default, this is not included in UBCD due to its commercial nature. But you can easily download and place it under the images subdirectory in order to use it.
NwDsk: NetWare Boot Disk3.40 You can run TinyHost by choosing the "tinyhost" profile after booting. Then you will be able to connect remotely from any Java-capable machine with the command java -jar tinyclient.jar x.x.x.x password (password defaults to 'nwdsk').
MSRRC: Bart's Network Disk Clone3.35  
Linux Boot Disks
Tom's Boot Disk2.0.103  
BasicLinux3.40  
Trinux0.89 The latest incarnation of the Trinux project is ubuntutrinux, but a stable release does not exist yet.

Ultimate Boot CD (Full)

The full version contains all the tools found in the basic version but also adds the INSERT environment, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix. INSERT contains many utilities for the Linux user, such as the ability to mount most filesystems (including NTFS(rw) via Captive), ssh and sshfs which allows you to mount a filesystem over ssh, Samba client and server, IDS and testing tools such as Nessus and Snort, Rdesktop to remote control Windows servers, VNC, Qtparted for re-partitioning, iptables, and Monkey webserver are just a few of the tools found on the UBCD version of INSERT. In addition, UBCD Insert also supports modules which can be found at SourceForge that contain several more tools.

Please see UBCD Insert documentation before burning this ISO since it contains information on modules and customization you may find useful.

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - Version 2.6 - (98M)

List of tools included with Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®

AntiVirus Tools
AVPersonal Update6.32.0.07Great full featured freeware AntiVirus solution
McAfee StingerUpdate2.5.6Scans for a limited number of viruses
Avast! New1.0.27Scans for a limited number of viruses
Trend Micro SysCleanvariesScan your system for viruses
Applications
FireFox Update 1.0.7 Internet Browser
PDF Reader Update 1.3 B519 PDF viewer
Popcorn Update 1.74 Email Client
Scribe 1.87 Email Client
XPSetupLauncherNew 1.4 Allows you to perform unattended installs of XP from within BPE
CD Burning Applications
DeepBurner Update 1.5.1.192 Allows you to burn CD's in the BPE environment.
Express Burn Update 1.08 CD Burning software
SmallCD 1.12 CD Burning software
Disk Tools - Backup/Cloning
Disk Copy >N/A Floppy disk copier
Disk Image 1.15 Creates and restores images of disks to files
DrvImagerXP 2.0 Lexun utility. No support on their new website and development has ceased. Please use at your own risk.
DriveClonerXP 2.1 Lexun utility. No support on their new website and development has ceased. Please use at your own risk.
ImgMaker 1.1  
        -Defrag
DefragNT 1.9 Hard disk defragmenter
Dirms 1.2.20 Comand Line utility to defragement your entire drive
        -Diagnostic
Bst5 5.1.4 Bart's Stuff test. Small Win32 application for long time heavily stress testing storage devices. Supports testing at file and device levels.
chkdsk N/A  
DskChkup Update 1.1B1005 Allows you to monitor the SMART attributes of a hard drive
Disk Check Update 1.0.75 Utility to check disks for errors and benchmarking
HDTune Update 2.5 Hard disk utility that will: Benchmark, Error scan, display temperature, SMART heatlh information and provide other hard drive information
WinDLG 1.02 Western Digital HDD diagnostic software for Windows
        -Partition
MbrFix Update 1.0.0.5 Fix or create Master boot record
MBRWiz 1.52 Master Boot Record Wizard
TestDisk Update 5.9 WIP Tool to check and undelete partitions
        -Security
Drive Erase 1.02 Permanently erases data from hard disks, removable media, partitions, files and folders
Disk Wipe 1.1 Securely wipes data from discs
Eraser 5.7 Completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns
HD Cleaner Update 2.361 Safely removes Web cookies, Web history, recent documents history, any hidden user traces and more
Index.dat Suite New 2.8.6 A unique program that allows you not only to delete the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history, but it also allows you to view the index.dat files on your system.
File Management - Compression
IZArc 3.5 B3 Popular freeware compression tool.
7-Zip New 4.23 Popular freeware compression tool.
        -Explorers
a43 Update 2.45 File management
Agent Ransack 1.73 File search
ExplorerXP Update 1.06 File management
freeCommander New 2004.10b File management
WinDir Stat 1.1 Disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool.
        -Recovery
Copy Handler 1.28 Small tool designed to copy/move files and folders between different storage medias
DBXtract 4.5 Repairs PST files for Outlook express
Disk Investigator 1.31 Display the true drive contents by bypassing the operating system and directly reading the raw drive sectors. View and search raw directories, files, clusters, and system sectors. Verify the effectiveness of file and disk wiping programs. Undelete previously deleted files
Fab's AutoBackup Update 1.2 Backup and restore personal settings like emails, documents, internet browser bookmarks
File Recovery Update 4.0 Data recovery for damaged files and erased partitions
Floppy Repair 1.0 Eliminates bad sectors of Floppy disk surface, does not hide bad sectors in the file system, as Scandisk like utilities, it really restores them
Free Undelete 1.0 Data recovery program for deleted files
Handy Recovery 1.0 Designed to restore files accidentally deleted from hard disks and floppy drives
SectorSpyXP 2.01 Lexun utility. No support on their new website and development has ceased. Please use at your own risk.
Recovery Manager Update 1.5 Backup & Restore, Duplicate, Recover files accidentally deleted or from corrupted media, and Format Digital Flash Media
Restoration 2.5.14 File Recovery, restore files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin
UnChk 3 Recover CHK files
Unstop Copier 1.9 Recovers files from disks with physical damage
Linux Tools
Explore2fs 1.00 Allows exploration of Linux partitions in the Windows environment
R-Linux 1.0 Recovery utility for the Ext2FS file system
Malware Tools
AdAware Update 1.06 SE Scans remote hard drives for spyware, etc.
CWShredder Update 2.16  
EzPCFix ?? Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, other troublesome advertising programs, and malware from your computer.
Hijack This 1.99 General browser hijacker detector and remover
Rootkitty NEW!! ? Very new tool in development, searches a system for root kits
Spy Bot NEW!! 1.4 Effectively scans remote hard drives for spyware/malware!
Network Tools
Cisco   Cisco VPN Client. Still working on this. Further steps are necessary to complete plugin.
FileZilla Update 2.2.16 FTP Client
IPScan 2.21 Fast IP scanner for Windows
NetStumbler 0.4 Find wireless networks
nwdskpe   Novell's NetWare Client to access NetWare servers by IP/IPX
Putty .58 Implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator
Real VNC Server 4.0 Remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer
ShowTraf Update 1.5.0 Show Traffic, Monitors network traffic
Tight VNC Viewer 1.2.9 Remote control software package
UltraVNC 1 RC18 Remotely control a computer over any TCP/IP connection
VNC Neighborhood 1.1.8 VNC server TCP scanner, uses Microsoft Windows Networking features to locate computers in Microsoft Windows domains and workgroups
Password Tools
cmos Update 4.6 Find your CMOS password and/or replace it
KeyFinderPE 1.41 Will find your Windows installation key, the included version works in PE
PasswordPro Update 1.3.1.2 MD5, MD4, MySQL, SHA-1 hashes password recovery, password keeper, password generator, hash generator, dictionary generator, etc
Sala Password Renew Update 1.1 B (re)set the passwords of any user that has a valid local account, create a new local user with administrator rights, and set administrator rights to existing user on your NT system
Registry Tools
Erunt Update 1.1i Emergency Recovery Utility -Registry backup and restore
RegBrws 1.2.2 Browses local/remote system registry using a specified account
RegCleaner 4.3 Remove obsolete registry entries from software that you may have deleted
RegEditPE 0.9c Registry Editor for PE, SourceForge project
RegResWiz NEW!! 1.0.0.4 Wizard that restores the registry to previous saved states
Shell Features
ASPI N/A CD Support
AutoRamSizer 1.9 Adjusts size by the amount of RAM installed on the system
AutoRun N/A BPE functionality
atapi_824146 N/A XP Patch
BartPE 5.1.4 small win32 application for long term heavy stress testing storage devices at the file and device level
dcomlaunch N/A Launch DComLaunch service first -for SP2
Dialup   Ability to use your modem, you will need to create a modem driver plugin for your particular model. Email me for support, I will try to help
DosPE 1.0.6 DOS 16-bit support
GeoShell Update N/A Adds more "XP" feel, enhanced startbutton, quicklaunch, taskbar, etc.
keyboard   Keyboard mapper
MMC Update 2.0 Microsoft Management Console
mstsc N/A Remote desktop client
nu2menu   Menu system
onscrkb N/A On Screen Keyboard tool
peinst   HD installation tool for PE
penetcfg   PE Network Configurator
PeLoader   Removes several restrictions set in Bart's PE such as 6 app.'s & 24hr limit
PPOE2k3   PPPOE dialup network support for Win 2k3
PPOEXP   PPPOE dialup network support for XP
ramdisk   Creates a RAM drive in the PE environment , Bart's new version included in his latest BETA
RAM Profiles NEW!! 1.0 Creates a profiles in the RAM drive which allows several tools to work properly
sermouse   Serial mouse support
UnxUtils   GNU utilities for Win32
USB 1.0 My USB plugin, tested on a few simple devices. Not completely plug and play but I'm working on it.
VBdlls 5.0&6.0 Visual Basic DLL's, makes these runtime dll's available in PE
ViewChmHlp N/A My help and CHM file plugin, adds support so these files can be viewed
WSHSupport   Windows scripting host support which allows VBScript and JScript to run
System Information Tools - Information & Diagnostic Tools
CPUz New 1.3 Gathers information on some of the main devices in a system
IDE Drive 2.0 IDE drive information, very extensive
Nero InfoTool 3.0 Detailed drive and system information for your CD/DVD drives
QuickBench 1.1 Benchmarking application
System Info Update 1.53 Provides detailed system information, network info., etc.
Unknown 1.2 Helps discover what unknown devices in Device Manager really are
WinAudit 1.3 Audits your software and hardware configurations
WinCPUID 3.3 Displays the CPU information: Shows Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset Info. etc
WUL 1.1 Windows Update list, lists updates and patches installed on a system
        - Stress Test/Benchmark Tools
CPU Bench 4.0.06 CPU benchmarking software
MemTest Update 3.2 Memory tester for Windows, please read manual.htm for instructions and advice
P95 23.8 Prime95, stress tester, popular with overclockers
StraightMark 1.2.1 System benchmarking tool
Other Fixes
DellFix N/A Disabled by default -this plugin is available for Dell systems that require additional driver files from their "Dell" XP CD, only enable if you receive the "aarich.sys file is missing" error message
RunScanner Update 1.0.0.11 Registry redirector plugin developed by Paraglider. Used for launching spyware detector programs and has been tested with SpySweeper and Ad-Aware

Emergency Boot CD Pro 0.6.1 with Diagnostics EBCD will be very useful when you need to: copy/move files (with long names, not necessary in CP437 encoding) from/to the disk but OS which can handle them (windows, linux...) cannot boot. In particular, you may create a backup copy of normally installed and configured Windows and later restore Windows from such backup copy. So, in the case of fault OS itself and all software and its settings can be restored in 5-10 minutes. perform emergency boot of Windows NT / 2000 / XP. When the loader of this OS on the hard disk is damaged or misconfigured, you are able to load OS using another, standalone loader from this CD. recover master boot record of HDD. This allows to boot OS after incorrect uninstallation of custom loader (LILO, for example), which made all OS on your PC not bootable. delete, move, copy to file (image) and re-create partition from file. Image transfer over network is also supported: so you may configure one PC and then make contents of harddisks of other PCs same as contents of the harddisk of the first one. change password of any user, including administator of Windows NT/2000/XP OS. You do not need to know the old password. recover deleted file, even file re-deleted from Windows Recycle Bin, and, in contrast, wipe single file or a whole disk so that it will be impossible to recover it in any way. recover data from accidently formatted disk. Sometimes it helps to recover data from the disk, damaged by a virus. recover data from a floppy disk, which is not readable by OS. Format 3.5" disk for 1.7 Mb size Also the disk includes full set of external DOS commands, console versions of the most popular archivers/compressors. Moreover, emergency boot CD includes minimal Linux distribution (Rescue Linux distribution) which may be very useful to a professional user.


   Alternate Bootdisk Download Locations

http://www.bootdisk.com  Highly Recommended
~ Good Link Site for Microsoft, IBM and other Bootdisks.

http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html
~ DrD's Windows Bootdisk Page (Home of the Village Idiot's Bootdisks)

http://support.mpccorp.com/downloads/boot.html
~ Good selection of DOS & Windows 'System Bootdisks' including Windows NT 3.51, 4.0

USB DOS Resources
~ Here you'll find drivers with setup programs to let you boot from a USB CD-ROM Unit.
~ More information on this subject available from Bootdisk.com and from this Microsoft link:
        Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices


Bootdisk Add-On Modules:

Universal (Oak Technoligies) CD-ROM Bootdisk Add-On
~ Just copy enclosed files onto any of the above bootdisks

Adaptec SCSI CD-ROM Driver Kit
~ Follow enclosed instructions to create a SCSI CD-ROM Bootdisk
    (Run SCSI_ID.HTM and Select SCSI Adaptor from selection and copy
    command lines into Autoexec.Bat and Config.Sys files)

Microsoft MSCDEX
~ MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) Version 2.23
    (MSCDEX is Included on above 2 files)

Microsoft Basic Mouse Driver Version 8.2
~ Copy Mouse Driver onto Boot Disk and add command to Autoexec.Bat

FastLynx Version 2.0 File Manager/Transfer Utility
~ Use to create a Serial or Parallel Cable File Transfer Diskette

LapLink Pro Version 4.0 with Text Editor
~ If you want a Text editor as well download LapLink Pro instead of FastLynx

Microsoft InterLink/InterServer
~ With Install Notes.


To create a basic boot disk, follow the instructions below:

Ensure you have a blank formatted floppy disk available. Although the disk shouldn't strictly need to be formatted or blank, problems have been recorded where using disks that weren't.
You need to get to a command prompt (also known as a DOS prompt). If you are running Windows, then do the following:
If running Windows 3.x, click the File menu in Program Manager then click Run. In the box, enter "COMMAND.COM", then click OK. (Or Double Click the MS-DOS Icon)
If running Windows 9x, click the Start button then click Run. In the Open box, enter "COMMAND.COM" then click OK.
Insert the floppy disk into the drive. (Or Double Click the MS-DOS Icon)

Type the following:

FORMAT A: /S

This will create a basic bootable floppy disk. Unfortunately, it won't allow you to do much. To perform any system tasks, you will need a few of the utilities that DOS / Windows provides. These are separate executable files and will be stored one of two places:
DOS: Usually in C:\DOS
Windows 9x: In X:\WINDOWS\COMMAND, (where X is the letter of the drive the operating system is installed on.)

It is recommended that at very least you copy the following files: FDISK.EXE, FORMAT.COM, SYS.COM & EDIT.COM (and if running MS-DOS 6.22, QBASIC.COM). These will provide you with enough to allow you to reformat your hard drive, or delete and re-create partitions. If you wish to include CD support from your boot disk, you will also need MSCDEX.EXE , you will also need to copy over your CD driver (*.SYS) and create suitable AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files to ensure they load successfully. Refer to your CD-Player documentation for more details. (Or use our Universal IDE CD-ROM Driver Add-On listed above)