Windows Live / PE CD and Bootable USB

[Zack Fowler]

Hey Guys,

Question for you all. We run quite a big workshop and we process loads of laptops and desktops every day. We have to ship them out as soon as we can as we sell so many so quickly but obivoulsy we like to test them as much as we can.

Due to time restraints at the moment we are just testing to BIOS however more recently I made a bootable Ubuntu disk so that we could get inside the system and test stuff like the keyboard, Touchpad and find out full specs etc however I can't find anything on Ubuntu to give you specifications i.e Ram & Processor specs.

In the Ideal world and really this is my question is it possible to have a bootable USB Drive and or CD Drive with Windows XP Or 7 on that will work on the majority of laptops? as a bonus it would be great if we could pre-install programs like Core Temp to check temperatures.

 

[USAFRet]

UBCD4Win does what you need.
http://www.ubcd4win.org/

 

[Zack Fowler]

Hey Dude, Thanks for the reply.

Looks good I have used Hirin Boot CD Before which this looks like a more advanced version of this the only thing it is missing is something I can use to test Temperatures any ideas?

 

[USAFRet]

Hey Dude, Thanks for the reply.

Looks good I have used Hirin Boot CD Before which this looks like a more advanced version of this the only thing it is missing is something I can use to test Temperatures any ideas?

You can put Speccy on a USB and run it from there. See this: https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

 

[Zack Fowler]

Remember we do have Windows Installed on any of these PCs nor do we have time to installed Windows on every PC. The idea is to try and do an extensive test in as little time as possible.

Does the UBCD have a live bootable OS option I can't see it on the tools list?

 

[USAFRet]

Remember we do have Windows Installed on any of these PCs nor do we have time to installed Windows on every PC. The idea is to try and do an extensive test in as little time as possible.

Does the UBCD have a live bootable OS option I can't see it on the tools list?

Yes. Once built, it is an XP bootable CD.
http://www.ubcd4win.org/howto.htm

 

[Zack Fowler]

Once Built? So I have to Build the CD it's not an optional Downloadable CD?

 

[USAFRet]

Once Built? So I have to Build the CD it's not an optional Downloadable CD?

It requires your XP install disk. From the HowTo, linked above.

What you need to Build:

1. CD Burner and blank CD's
2. Windows® XP CD, with at least Service Pack 1 (SP2 is highly recommended)
3. Download UBCD4Win

 

[Zack Fowler]

Even If I could get Speccy to run on a USB without an OS, that would sort me right out. Do you know if that is possible?

 

[USAFRet]

Even If I could get Speccy to run on a USB without an OS, that would sort me right out. Do you know if that is possible?

Pretty sure it needs a running OS to run.

 

[Zack Fowler]

You can get something called Speccy portable and install it onto a USB Stick and it will run on an OS without having to instal it which is handy

 

[Zack Fowler]

Hey USAFRet, I have got UBCD4Win working buy I can not see anything about booting up a live version of any OS?

 

[USAFRet]

Hey USAFRet, I have got UBCD4Win working buy I can not see anything about booting up a live version of any OS?

It boots from that CD, correct?
That IS the OS.