★★★★★Super Boot Disk GrubDisk★★★★★
GrubDisk Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Guoxiang.Pu
Release date: 2005/04/22.
Contacts:
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mailto : pugx@msn.com
download : http://bootdisk.ys168.com
Thanks to China DOS Union,Wengier,tinybit
I. Grub Boot Menu:
1. Super MS-DOS 7.10 Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Guoxiang.Pu
A super MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk that integrates the essence of my previous works and is recreated.
2. Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) V9.57
A universal boot disk of DM 9.57. DDO can replace the BIOS, allowing old motherboards that do not support large hard drives to use hard drives up to 137GB.
3. Boot from 1st Hard Disk
Boot from the first hard disk.
4. Boot from 2nd Hard Disk (DOS/Win9x only)
Boot from the second hard disk. (Only for DOS/Win9x)
5. Boot from Floppy
Boot from the floppy drive.
6. Boot from CD-ROM
Boot from the CD-ROM.
7. Reboot
Reboot.
II. MS-DOS 7.10 Start Menu:
1. Clean boot
A clean mode without loading any CD-ROM or storage drivers, but not the minimum real mode (Shift+F5). UMBPCI and other system drivers are loaded.
2. Boot with CD-ROM support
Support CD-ROM after booting.
3. Boot with CD-ROM support and USB1.1 (SCSI) support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and USB 1.1 (SCSI) flash drives and external hard drives after booting.
4. Boot with USB 1.1 (SCSI) support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support USB 1.1 (SCSI) CD-ROM, flash drives, and external hard drives after booting.
5. Boot with CD-ROM support and USB2.0 support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and USB 2.0 flash drives and external hard drives after booting.
6. Boot with USB2.0 support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support USB 2.0 CD-ROM, flash drives, and external hard drives after booting.
7. Boot with CD-ROM support and IEEE1394 support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and IEEE1394 firewire external hard drives after booting.
8. Boot with IEEE1394 support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support IEEE1394 firewire CD-ROM and external hard drives after booting.
9. Boot with PCMCIA CD-ROM support
Support notebook PCMCIA CD-ROM after booting.
Features:
Booted with GRUB0.95. Supports hard drive UDMA33-166, floppy LOWDMA drivers under DOS; supports IDE, USB1.1/2.0, SCSI, IEEE1394, PCMCIA CD-ROMs and storage devices under DOS; integrates a universal boot disk of DM with IBM STD Disk Manager v9.57 core. Its Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) allows old motherboards that do not support large hard drives to use hard drives up to 137GB. It can partition hard drives of hundreds of GBs into partitions within tens of seconds and can also repair logical bad sectors by zero track filling. Provides NTFS4DOS without logo, which can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me. Provides Active@ PR and UNERASER, which can recover deleted FAT/NTFS data, partitions, backup MBR, partition table and boot sector, and copy NTFS partition data to FAT partitions. Provides Active@ Password Changer, which can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords (supports FAT/NTFS partitions). Supports network copying (directly supports NTFS) of partitions or the entire disk based on the TCP/IP protocol for the three most representative network cards: RTL8139, DFE530TX, and IntelPro100. Supports virtual ISO, mouse copy and paste, and screen keyboard acceleration under DOS. Integrates my Chinese character system Tianhui 96-12-31 final version (with pinyin input method) without logo, and can run perfectly in virtual machine VPC. Integrates VC graphical file manager that supports long filenames and mouse operation. Uses the latest DOSLFN0.40a to fully support Chinese and English long filenames - version 0.40 directly supports long filenames on CDs. Comes with a complete copy tool (can maintain long filenames and original attributes). Uses the latest UMBPCI (supports K8 chipset) of UMB memory driver and himem.sys that provides XMS3.0 memory driver to achieve a super real mode platform. After booting, the conventional memory is as high as 620-630K! Special format floppy disks using optimized algorithms increase the reading and writing speed by 50%. The most crucial thing is that this boot disk with such powerful functions and many advantages is only 1.44M in size of a standard floppy disk.
Batch Command Introduction:
DM: Universal version of DM9.57.
LoadISO: Can directly load ISO under dos in default boot, but cannot restart. Insert the virtual CD-ROM of LoadISO, and specify the path and name of the ISO.
NC: Select the network card type (RTL8139, DFE530TX, IntelPro100) to enable network copying (directly supports NTFS)
TW: Tianhui Chinese platform. Alt+F2 for pinyin, right Shift or Alt+F10 for Chinese-English input switching.
VC: Enable Volkov Commander (VC) file manager, a very powerful and practical file management tool with a graphical interface and mouse operation, and fully supports long filenames.
File Command Introduction:
acopy.com: Can completely copy files and directories, including their long filenames and attributes
aefdisk.exe: AEFDISK is a disk partitioning software running in command line mode. It supports all partition types and has the following functions: - Create primary partitions, extended partitions, logical partitions - Delete primary partitions and logical partitions - Format FAT partitions - Hide and unhide primary partitions of FAT, NTFS/HPFS types - Activate a primary partition - Display partition table - Display hard disk parameters - Create standard MBR (master boot record) on the hard disk. - Save and restore MBR - Batch set hard disks through a simple batch file on a floppy disk. I have uploaded its Chinese description document aef_cn.zip to the "Tutorial" directory of the download site.
attrib.com: Powerful file attribute modification program, such as: attrib c:\pagefile.sys -rhs
calc387.com: Mini 1K command line calculator, showing most functions of large calculators, necessary for programmers! For example, calc387 1+4*2^3-5/4%1 calculates to 32.75. Typing calc387 directly shows help.
calendar.exe: Calendar small tool, appearing in the upper right in graphical form. Switch months with left and right arrow keys, switch years with up and down arrow keys, and exit with ESC key.
choice.com: Choice command, returns the ERRORLEVEL value of the key pressed
close.com: Close CD-ROM
cmp.com: The best file comparison tool, which won the five-star award of PC-Magzine
ctload.com: Tool to directly load device drivers (such as CD-ROM driver.SYS, etc.) under DOS command line
ctmouse.exe: CuteMouse, the best and most practical mouse driver under DOS
debug.com: Better debugging program than Microsoft, supports Intel 8088 to Pentium Pro.
doskey.com: Best DOSKEY replacement program. In addition to all functions of the DOS-built-in DOSKEY program, such as command history, macro functions, etc., it also has many enhancements, such as using TAB and Shift+TAB keys to automatically complete file/folder names, and the /U option to exit at any time.
(Note: For all commands, filenames, and directory names on this boot disk, you do not need to input the entire name. Just input the first 1 or 2 letters, and press the TAB key to automatically complete the filename, and press the Shift+TAB key to automatically complete the folder name.)
doslfn.com: The most powerful and practical Chinese and English long filename driver under DOS. This is the latest version 0.40a in March 2005 - to support long filenames on CD, use doslfn /c+
dosver.com: Powerful DOS version modifier, with manual modification and automatic modification functions. For the former, you can directly set it in command line mode; for the latter, after running it, it can automatically adjust the current DOS version number according to the DOS version number required by the program to be run. dosver /f /l can easily solve the problem that some software refuses to run due to incorrect DOS version.
edit.com: Swift programmers editor for NC/VC, special editor for Norton Commander and Volkov Commander, much smaller than Semware QEdit
escape.exe: Allows pressing the F12 key at any time to return to the DOS command line to prevent system freeze
findcd.exe: CD-ROM search tool compiled by Wengier
findramd.exe: Tool to find memory disk drive letter
format.com: Formatting tool built into MS-DOS 7.10
go.exe: Best directory quick conversion tool, such as: go d:\dos\tool\compress can directly enter the above directory.
makedir.exe: Best folder creation tool, such as: makedir d:\dos\tool\compress can create the above directory structure at one time.
mi.com PC Tools 9's best memory information viewing tool under DOS
mousclip.exe: Very practical tool to copy/paste with mouse and simulate arrow keys under DOS (including command line). After loading with /m, the mouse can move freely on the screen. Hold the left button to scan a section of text or information, and click the right button at another place to copy the scanned content. For example, if I want to enter a Chinese folder, copy its filename, and cd space "pasted content" to enter, how convenient.
ntfs4dos.exe: Tool to fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me, with logo removed
open.com: Eject CD-ROM
peruse.com: Very good DOS screen scrolling tool. Usage: peruse /x32, ScroLock is the switch, scroll with up and down arrow keys. Now you don't have to worry about not seeing all the information on the screen.
pkunzjr.com: Unzip tool for ZIP files, supports long filenames. This is a mini simplified version of PKUNZIP.
pr.exe: Active@ Partition Recovery, can recover mistakenly deleted FAT/NTFS partitions, logical drives, backup MBR, partition table and boot sector for direct recovery when the hard disk is damaged. It is the only powerful tool that can perfectly recover NTFS partitions!
pwd_chng.exe: Active@ Password Changer, can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords (supports FAT/NTFS partitions)
qconvert.exe: Can convert any ordinary floppy disk to a special floppy disk with optimized algorithms without losing content, increasing reading and writing speed by 50%. This boot disk has been optimized.
quit.com: A small thing of only 7 bytes to exit the Tianhui and CCDOS Chinese environment
shsucdx.com: Compact and practical CD-ROM extension driver, the latest version 3.01. It is the best alternative to MSCDEX and occupies very little memory. (Note: shsucdx3.01 version cooperates with doslfn0.40a version to support long filenames on CDs)
shutdown.com: Very good command line ATX power supply restart/soft shutdown program
smartdrv.exe: Disk cache program built into MS-DOS 7.10
sys.com: System file transfer program built into MS-DOS 7.10
uneraser.exe: Active@ series data recovery tool in DOS and Windows console, can recover deleted files and directories, supports FAT/NTFS partition formats. Even can recover files from deleted or formatted partitions, can browse, find, copy, and recover files in various partition formats, and itself supports English long filenames!
xmsdsk.exe: Best virtual memory disk tool, very convenient and practical, and occupies very little memory
zeno.exe: Very good screen display acceleration software
FAQ
Q: Why make a GRUB boot disk?
A: Because you can intuitively choose to boot from the floppy drive, hard disk, or CD-ROM, avoiding the trouble of frequently changing CMOS. In addition, GRUB+BCDL can enable old machines that do not support CD-ROM booting from BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM.
Q: There seems to be MS-DOS8.0, why still use MS-DOS7.10 kernel?
A: The highest version of Microsoft pure DOS is MS-DOS6.22. The new versions after that are provided by Windows systems and do not exist alone. MS-DOS7.10 built into Win98 has better compatibility than MS-DOS8.0 built into WinME. MS-DOS8.0 is more like a "degenerate version" that Microsoft gradually makes DOS withdraw from history. The key difference is in IO.SYS. The IO.SYS of WinME does not support DOS real mode, and many DOS programs cannot run on it. This boot disk uses my own simplified and logo-removed IO.SYS of Win98, which not only provides the MS-DOS7.10 kernel but also can break through the limit of hard disk logical lock! (Note: The size of the IO.SYS I simplified is 123,910 bytes, and the size of the IO.SYS simplified by Wengier is 125,960 bytes.)
Q: My old motherboard does not support a 120GB large hard disk, how to solve it?
A: Select Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) V9.57 in the GRUB boot menu. When booting, the blue DDO boot interface appears, and at this time DDO has "taken over" the BIOS to provide support for hard drives up to 137GB.
PS: If the BIOS does not support 48bit LBA, because DM also does not support it, so for hard drives larger than 137GB, you cannot partition with DM. You can use the 2K/XP installation CD or aefdisk.exe provided by this disk (as long as the BIOS supports INT13 extension, aefdisk supports hard drives up to 2TB!). After installing the operating system, please immediately install the latest Service Pack patches, otherwise it may cause errors such as space loss.
Q: How to make it into a bootable floppy disk?
A: Insert the floppy disk to be written, and double-click GrubDisk.exe.
Q: How to extract GrubDisk.img?
A: Use WinRAR to extract GrubDisk.exe to get GrubDisk.ima, rename it to GrubDisk.img, and ignore the CRC error prompt from winrar, it is actually not damaged.
Q: How to make it into a bootable CD?
A: Install UltraISO. Open UltraISO. The blank window above is the space of the CD you want to make. The window below is the local hard disk space. You can freely drag the files you want to add in the lower window to the upper CD. Finally, click "Load Boot File" in the boot CD item in the toolbar, select the GrubDisk.img file, and save it as an ISO file when done.
You can completely add more practical tools such as GHOST, PQ, NDD, DISKGEN, KVDOS, etc.
Q: How to burn the made CD?
A: It is recommended to use Alcohol 120%, which is small in size and easy to operate, integrating functions such as virtualization and burning.
http://www.crsky.com/SoftView/SoftView_878.html
Open Alcohol 120%, click "Image Burning Wizard" in the left column - select an ISO file to burn - next.
Q: How to perform online network cloning in an Internet café?
A: The boot disk has network copying - "Network Edition GHOST". Ensure that the network connection is normal. Take one computer that has a normal installed system and software as the transmitter. Then all computers boot with the boot disk, load SMARTDRV, respectively input NC, select the network card type to enable network copying, perform TCP/IP settings, and then each receiver can be copied at high speed the entire partition or the entire disk through that transmitter, and it directly supports NTFS partitions!
Q: I have a win98.iso in the ISO folder of drive D:, how to load it under dos?
A: First, you must select the default boot method to enter DOS, then input loadiso d:\iso\win98.iso. dos loads the image file and generates a virtual CD-ROM drive letter. But it cannot restart.
PS: Regarding ISOEMU guided by ierldr, I participated in a series of discussions and experiments in the China DOS Union, and finally reached the conclusion: At present, it is still impossible to make a computer boot from a bootable ISO on the hard disk with a single floppy disk! We can only look forward to when grub or ieldr is more perfect!
Q: How to start the Chinese platform and perform Chinese input?
A: Input tw. Alt+F2 for pinyin, right Shift or Alt+F10 for Chinese-English input switching. quit: Exit the Chinese system.
PS: Adopt Tianhui standard Chinese character system v3.1 pocket version 96-12-31 final version. After I unpacked it, I removed the boot logo and compressed it to the maximum. After loading, the screen scrolling speed under DOS is greatly accelerated! And it can run perfectly in virtual machine VPC.
Q: How to perform Chinese long filename copying under DOS?
A: Method 1: Load doslfn and use the copy function of the VC file manager (Ctrl+N to switch to long filenames).
Method 2: Directly use "Acopy source directory destination directory", which can maintain long filenames and original attributes, just like cloning.
Q: To what extent is NTFS partition supported?
A: 1. Provide NTFS4DOS, which can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS/Win9x/Me. The volume is only 91KB, but it occupies 118KB conventional memory! Run and press Enter to confirm, exit and type Exit to release the occupied memory. (Note: NTFS4DOS does not support Chinese directories and filenames)
PS: The NTFS4DOS.EXE on this disk has been unpacked and the boot logo removed, so the loading time is greatly shortened.
2. Provide Active@ UNERASER, a data recovery tool for FAT/NTFS partitions. Can recover deleted files and directories, and even recover files from deleted or formatted partitions. Can use Ctrl+F to find, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+U to recover deleted files. It directly supports English long filenames! But does not support Chinese filenames, which are displayed as a series of question marks. You can use UNERASER to copy it to another place and rename it to a legal filename.
3. Provide Active@ Partition Recovery, which has the following functions:
1. Scan the hard disk and detect deleted partitions or logical drives (FAT and NTFS), and recover them.
2. Preview files and folders on the deleted partition or drive (FAT and NTFS) to recover data.
3. Backup the master boot record area (MBR), partition table, and boot sector and recover them when damaged.
It can be used when the drive or partition is accidentally deleted (using Fdisk or other programs), the hard disk logical structure is damaged, or the boot sector is damaged by a virus. It is the only powerful tool that can recover NTFS partitions!
Q: My USB flash drive is USB 2.0, why does it not recognize the USB flash drive when selecting item 5 or 6 (USB 2.0) in the MS-DOS 7.10 start menu, but can recognize it when selecting item 3 or 4 (USB 1.1)?
A: The user's motherboard only supports USB 1.1 interface. Although your device is USB 2.0, the driver only recognizes what type of USB controller your motherboard is, not your device. If your motherboard's USB controller is USB 1.1, and you select item 5 or 6 (USB 2.0), it will naturally not recognize.
Q: Some programs still occupy precious memory space after exiting, how to clear them?
A: You can press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C at any time to let DOS "restore" to the state just after booting. Then use mi to check, and all TSR memory resident programs loaded after booting are released!
Q: How to get out of the system freeze state or a time-consuming operation to return to the command line?
A: Press the F12 key.
Q: I don't have a floppy drive, how can I experience the functions of this boot disk?
A: Open vFloppy, drag GrubDisk.img into it and click "Apply". After restarting, an additional item "Boot from virtual boot floppy disk" appears in the boot menu, and select to enter.
Thanks to China DOS Union,Wengier,tinybit
Update on 2005/03/31:
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open.com Eject CD-ROM
close.com Close CD-ROM
(Of course, you must have loaded the CD-ROM driver, otherwise dos cannot even recognize the CD-ROM, how to control)
go.exe Best directory quick conversion tool, such as: go d:\dos\tool\compress can directly enter the above directory
makedir.exe Best folder creation tool, such as: makedir d:\dos\tool\compress can create the above directory structure at one time
doslfn.com Updated to the latest version 0.40a on March 1, 2005.
Note: For all commands, filenames, and directory names on this boot disk, you do not need to input the entire name. Just input the first 1 or 2 letters, and press the TAB key to automatically complete the filename, and press the Shift+TAB key to automatically complete the folder name.
Update on 2005/04/04:
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1. Removed the unfriendly CIA Commamder that only supports NTFS, and replaced it with the fully registered Active@ Password Changer that supports FAT/NTFS partitions. It can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords. The user manual can be downloaded from the "Tutorial" directory of my download site.
2. Added NTFS4DOS that can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me. It has been unpacked and the boot logo removed, so the loading time is greatly shortened. So far, this boot disk has achieved perfection in NTFS support!
3. Added fdisk.exe Microsoft Fdisk Gold Edition, which supports hard drives up to 512GB.
4. The MS-DOS 7.10 start menu is fully rewritten to make it more reasonable.
Update on 2005/04/05:
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Corrected the error that the GRUB boot menu Boot from CD-ROM cannot boot.
Update on 2005/04/08:
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1. Deleted the outdated fdisk.exe and replaced it with the most powerful AEFDISK 2.1 that supports 2TB large hard drives. I have uploaded its Chinese description document aef_cn.zip to the "Tutorial" directory of the download site. This description is very detailed, including introducing basic knowledge such as file allocation table (FAT).
2. Added calendar.exe calendar small tool, appearing in the upper right in graphical form. Switch months with left and right arrow keys, switch years with up and down arrow keys, and exit with ESC key.
3. Added calc387.com mini 1K command line calculator, showing most functions of large calculators, necessary for programmers! For example, calc387 1+4*2^3-5/4%1 calculates to 32.75. Typing calc387 directly shows help.
4. When loading USB flash drives, mobile hard drives, and CD-ROMs, there will be a prompt to insert the device. The driver uses the latest usbaspi 2.20 version from Panasonic. (The USB-supported boot disks on the Internet use old versions such as 2.06 and 2.15. All the boot disks I have made since mid-March have used the latest version 2.20!)
Update on 2005/04/12:
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1. The CD-ROM extension driver shsucdx.com is updated to the latest version 3.01 on March 5, 2005.
2. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udma2s.sys is updated to the latest version 2.4 on April 11, 2005.
Update on 2005/04/19:
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1. The USB and IEEE1394 hard disk drivers DI1000DD.SYS and NJ32DISK.SYS are both replaced with ASPIDISK.SYS, which can solve the problem of not being able to assign multiple drive letters.
2. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udma2s.sys is replaced with the same version of udmajr.sys. The former is found to be incompatible with some motherboards and may cause the system to stop responding during booting.
Update on 2005/04/22:
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1. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udmajr.sys is updated from version 7.9 to the latest version 8.0 on April 19, 2005, completely solving the incompatibility problem with some motherboards.
2. Added debug.com, a better debugging program than Microsoft, which supports Intel 8088 to Pentium Pro.
GrubDisk Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Guoxiang.Pu
Release date: 2005/04/22.
Contacts:
---------
mailto : pugx@msn.com
download : http://bootdisk.ys168.com
Thanks to China DOS Union,Wengier,tinybit
I. Grub Boot Menu:
1. Super MS-DOS 7.10 Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Guoxiang.Pu
A super MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk that integrates the essence of my previous works and is recreated.
2. Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) V9.57
A universal boot disk of DM 9.57. DDO can replace the BIOS, allowing old motherboards that do not support large hard drives to use hard drives up to 137GB.
3. Boot from 1st Hard Disk
Boot from the first hard disk.
4. Boot from 2nd Hard Disk (DOS/Win9x only)
Boot from the second hard disk. (Only for DOS/Win9x)
5. Boot from Floppy
Boot from the floppy drive.
6. Boot from CD-ROM
Boot from the CD-ROM.
7. Reboot
Reboot.
II. MS-DOS 7.10 Start Menu:
1. Clean boot
A clean mode without loading any CD-ROM or storage drivers, but not the minimum real mode (Shift+F5). UMBPCI and other system drivers are loaded.
2. Boot with CD-ROM support
Support CD-ROM after booting.
3. Boot with CD-ROM support and USB1.1 (SCSI) support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and USB 1.1 (SCSI) flash drives and external hard drives after booting.
4. Boot with USB 1.1 (SCSI) support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support USB 1.1 (SCSI) CD-ROM, flash drives, and external hard drives after booting.
5. Boot with CD-ROM support and USB2.0 support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and USB 2.0 flash drives and external hard drives after booting.
6. Boot with USB2.0 support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support USB 2.0 CD-ROM, flash drives, and external hard drives after booting.
7. Boot with CD-ROM support and IEEE1394 support for external HDD
Support CD-ROM and IEEE1394 firewire external hard drives after booting.
8. Boot with IEEE1394 support for external HDD and CD-ROM
Support IEEE1394 firewire CD-ROM and external hard drives after booting.
9. Boot with PCMCIA CD-ROM support
Support notebook PCMCIA CD-ROM after booting.
Features:
Booted with GRUB0.95. Supports hard drive UDMA33-166, floppy LOWDMA drivers under DOS; supports IDE, USB1.1/2.0, SCSI, IEEE1394, PCMCIA CD-ROMs and storage devices under DOS; integrates a universal boot disk of DM with IBM STD Disk Manager v9.57 core. Its Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) allows old motherboards that do not support large hard drives to use hard drives up to 137GB. It can partition hard drives of hundreds of GBs into partitions within tens of seconds and can also repair logical bad sectors by zero track filling. Provides NTFS4DOS without logo, which can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me. Provides Active@ PR and UNERASER, which can recover deleted FAT/NTFS data, partitions, backup MBR, partition table and boot sector, and copy NTFS partition data to FAT partitions. Provides Active@ Password Changer, which can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords (supports FAT/NTFS partitions). Supports network copying (directly supports NTFS) of partitions or the entire disk based on the TCP/IP protocol for the three most representative network cards: RTL8139, DFE530TX, and IntelPro100. Supports virtual ISO, mouse copy and paste, and screen keyboard acceleration under DOS. Integrates my Chinese character system Tianhui 96-12-31 final version (with pinyin input method) without logo, and can run perfectly in virtual machine VPC. Integrates VC graphical file manager that supports long filenames and mouse operation. Uses the latest DOSLFN0.40a to fully support Chinese and English long filenames - version 0.40 directly supports long filenames on CDs. Comes with a complete copy tool (can maintain long filenames and original attributes). Uses the latest UMBPCI (supports K8 chipset) of UMB memory driver and himem.sys that provides XMS3.0 memory driver to achieve a super real mode platform. After booting, the conventional memory is as high as 620-630K! Special format floppy disks using optimized algorithms increase the reading and writing speed by 50%. The most crucial thing is that this boot disk with such powerful functions and many advantages is only 1.44M in size of a standard floppy disk.
Batch Command Introduction:
DM: Universal version of DM9.57.
LoadISO: Can directly load ISO under dos in default boot, but cannot restart. Insert the virtual CD-ROM of LoadISO, and specify the path and name of the ISO.
NC: Select the network card type (RTL8139, DFE530TX, IntelPro100) to enable network copying (directly supports NTFS)
TW: Tianhui Chinese platform. Alt+F2 for pinyin, right Shift or Alt+F10 for Chinese-English input switching.
VC: Enable Volkov Commander (VC) file manager, a very powerful and practical file management tool with a graphical interface and mouse operation, and fully supports long filenames.
File Command Introduction:
acopy.com: Can completely copy files and directories, including their long filenames and attributes
aefdisk.exe: AEFDISK is a disk partitioning software running in command line mode. It supports all partition types and has the following functions: - Create primary partitions, extended partitions, logical partitions - Delete primary partitions and logical partitions - Format FAT partitions - Hide and unhide primary partitions of FAT, NTFS/HPFS types - Activate a primary partition - Display partition table - Display hard disk parameters - Create standard MBR (master boot record) on the hard disk. - Save and restore MBR - Batch set hard disks through a simple batch file on a floppy disk. I have uploaded its Chinese description document aef_cn.zip to the "Tutorial" directory of the download site.
attrib.com: Powerful file attribute modification program, such as: attrib c:\pagefile.sys -rhs
calc387.com: Mini 1K command line calculator, showing most functions of large calculators, necessary for programmers! For example, calc387 1+4*2^3-5/4%1 calculates to 32.75. Typing calc387 directly shows help.
calendar.exe: Calendar small tool, appearing in the upper right in graphical form. Switch months with left and right arrow keys, switch years with up and down arrow keys, and exit with ESC key.
choice.com: Choice command, returns the ERRORLEVEL value of the key pressed
close.com: Close CD-ROM
cmp.com: The best file comparison tool, which won the five-star award of PC-Magzine
ctload.com: Tool to directly load device drivers (such as CD-ROM driver.SYS, etc.) under DOS command line
ctmouse.exe: CuteMouse, the best and most practical mouse driver under DOS
debug.com: Better debugging program than Microsoft, supports Intel 8088 to Pentium Pro.
doskey.com: Best DOSKEY replacement program. In addition to all functions of the DOS-built-in DOSKEY program, such as command history, macro functions, etc., it also has many enhancements, such as using TAB and Shift+TAB keys to automatically complete file/folder names, and the /U option to exit at any time.
(Note: For all commands, filenames, and directory names on this boot disk, you do not need to input the entire name. Just input the first 1 or 2 letters, and press the TAB key to automatically complete the filename, and press the Shift+TAB key to automatically complete the folder name.)
doslfn.com: The most powerful and practical Chinese and English long filename driver under DOS. This is the latest version 0.40a in March 2005 - to support long filenames on CD, use doslfn /c+
dosver.com: Powerful DOS version modifier, with manual modification and automatic modification functions. For the former, you can directly set it in command line mode; for the latter, after running it, it can automatically adjust the current DOS version number according to the DOS version number required by the program to be run. dosver /f /l can easily solve the problem that some software refuses to run due to incorrect DOS version.
edit.com: Swift programmers editor for NC/VC, special editor for Norton Commander and Volkov Commander, much smaller than Semware QEdit
escape.exe: Allows pressing the F12 key at any time to return to the DOS command line to prevent system freeze
findcd.exe: CD-ROM search tool compiled by Wengier
findramd.exe: Tool to find memory disk drive letter
format.com: Formatting tool built into MS-DOS 7.10
go.exe: Best directory quick conversion tool, such as: go d:\dos\tool\compress can directly enter the above directory.
makedir.exe: Best folder creation tool, such as: makedir d:\dos\tool\compress can create the above directory structure at one time.
mi.com PC Tools 9's best memory information viewing tool under DOS
mousclip.exe: Very practical tool to copy/paste with mouse and simulate arrow keys under DOS (including command line). After loading with /m, the mouse can move freely on the screen. Hold the left button to scan a section of text or information, and click the right button at another place to copy the scanned content. For example, if I want to enter a Chinese folder, copy its filename, and cd space "pasted content" to enter, how convenient.
ntfs4dos.exe: Tool to fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me, with logo removed
open.com: Eject CD-ROM
peruse.com: Very good DOS screen scrolling tool. Usage: peruse /x32, ScroLock is the switch, scroll with up and down arrow keys. Now you don't have to worry about not seeing all the information on the screen.
pkunzjr.com: Unzip tool for ZIP files, supports long filenames. This is a mini simplified version of PKUNZIP.
pr.exe: Active@ Partition Recovery, can recover mistakenly deleted FAT/NTFS partitions, logical drives, backup MBR, partition table and boot sector for direct recovery when the hard disk is damaged. It is the only powerful tool that can perfectly recover NTFS partitions!
pwd_chng.exe: Active@ Password Changer, can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords (supports FAT/NTFS partitions)
qconvert.exe: Can convert any ordinary floppy disk to a special floppy disk with optimized algorithms without losing content, increasing reading and writing speed by 50%. This boot disk has been optimized.
quit.com: A small thing of only 7 bytes to exit the Tianhui and CCDOS Chinese environment
shsucdx.com: Compact and practical CD-ROM extension driver, the latest version 3.01. It is the best alternative to MSCDEX and occupies very little memory. (Note: shsucdx3.01 version cooperates with doslfn0.40a version to support long filenames on CDs)
shutdown.com: Very good command line ATX power supply restart/soft shutdown program
smartdrv.exe: Disk cache program built into MS-DOS 7.10
sys.com: System file transfer program built into MS-DOS 7.10
uneraser.exe: Active@ series data recovery tool in DOS and Windows console, can recover deleted files and directories, supports FAT/NTFS partition formats. Even can recover files from deleted or formatted partitions, can browse, find, copy, and recover files in various partition formats, and itself supports English long filenames!
xmsdsk.exe: Best virtual memory disk tool, very convenient and practical, and occupies very little memory
zeno.exe: Very good screen display acceleration software
FAQ
Q: Why make a GRUB boot disk?
A: Because you can intuitively choose to boot from the floppy drive, hard disk, or CD-ROM, avoiding the trouble of frequently changing CMOS. In addition, GRUB+BCDL can enable old machines that do not support CD-ROM booting from BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM.
Q: There seems to be MS-DOS8.0, why still use MS-DOS7.10 kernel?
A: The highest version of Microsoft pure DOS is MS-DOS6.22. The new versions after that are provided by Windows systems and do not exist alone. MS-DOS7.10 built into Win98 has better compatibility than MS-DOS8.0 built into WinME. MS-DOS8.0 is more like a "degenerate version" that Microsoft gradually makes DOS withdraw from history. The key difference is in IO.SYS. The IO.SYS of WinME does not support DOS real mode, and many DOS programs cannot run on it. This boot disk uses my own simplified and logo-removed IO.SYS of Win98, which not only provides the MS-DOS7.10 kernel but also can break through the limit of hard disk logical lock! (Note: The size of the IO.SYS I simplified is 123,910 bytes, and the size of the IO.SYS simplified by Wengier is 125,960 bytes.)
Q: My old motherboard does not support a 120GB large hard disk, how to solve it?
A: Select Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) V9.57 in the GRUB boot menu. When booting, the blue DDO boot interface appears, and at this time DDO has "taken over" the BIOS to provide support for hard drives up to 137GB.
PS: If the BIOS does not support 48bit LBA, because DM also does not support it, so for hard drives larger than 137GB, you cannot partition with DM. You can use the 2K/XP installation CD or aefdisk.exe provided by this disk (as long as the BIOS supports INT13 extension, aefdisk supports hard drives up to 2TB!). After installing the operating system, please immediately install the latest Service Pack patches, otherwise it may cause errors such as space loss.
Q: How to make it into a bootable floppy disk?
A: Insert the floppy disk to be written, and double-click GrubDisk.exe.
Q: How to extract GrubDisk.img?
A: Use WinRAR to extract GrubDisk.exe to get GrubDisk.ima, rename it to GrubDisk.img, and ignore the CRC error prompt from winrar, it is actually not damaged.
Q: How to make it into a bootable CD?
A: Install UltraISO. Open UltraISO. The blank window above is the space of the CD you want to make. The window below is the local hard disk space. You can freely drag the files you want to add in the lower window to the upper CD. Finally, click "Load Boot File" in the boot CD item in the toolbar, select the GrubDisk.img file, and save it as an ISO file when done.
You can completely add more practical tools such as GHOST, PQ, NDD, DISKGEN, KVDOS, etc.
Q: How to burn the made CD?
A: It is recommended to use Alcohol 120%, which is small in size and easy to operate, integrating functions such as virtualization and burning.
http://www.crsky.com/SoftView/SoftView_878.html
Open Alcohol 120%, click "Image Burning Wizard" in the left column - select an ISO file to burn - next.
Q: How to perform online network cloning in an Internet café?
A: The boot disk has network copying - "Network Edition GHOST". Ensure that the network connection is normal. Take one computer that has a normal installed system and software as the transmitter. Then all computers boot with the boot disk, load SMARTDRV, respectively input NC, select the network card type to enable network copying, perform TCP/IP settings, and then each receiver can be copied at high speed the entire partition or the entire disk through that transmitter, and it directly supports NTFS partitions!
Q: I have a win98.iso in the ISO folder of drive D:, how to load it under dos?
A: First, you must select the default boot method to enter DOS, then input loadiso d:\iso\win98.iso. dos loads the image file and generates a virtual CD-ROM drive letter. But it cannot restart.
PS: Regarding ISOEMU guided by ierldr, I participated in a series of discussions and experiments in the China DOS Union, and finally reached the conclusion: At present, it is still impossible to make a computer boot from a bootable ISO on the hard disk with a single floppy disk! We can only look forward to when grub or ieldr is more perfect!
Q: How to start the Chinese platform and perform Chinese input?
A: Input tw. Alt+F2 for pinyin, right Shift or Alt+F10 for Chinese-English input switching. quit: Exit the Chinese system.
PS: Adopt Tianhui standard Chinese character system v3.1 pocket version 96-12-31 final version. After I unpacked it, I removed the boot logo and compressed it to the maximum. After loading, the screen scrolling speed under DOS is greatly accelerated! And it can run perfectly in virtual machine VPC.
Q: How to perform Chinese long filename copying under DOS?
A: Method 1: Load doslfn and use the copy function of the VC file manager (Ctrl+N to switch to long filenames).
Method 2: Directly use "Acopy source directory destination directory", which can maintain long filenames and original attributes, just like cloning.
Q: To what extent is NTFS partition supported?
A: 1. Provide NTFS4DOS, which can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS/Win9x/Me. The volume is only 91KB, but it occupies 118KB conventional memory! Run and press Enter to confirm, exit and type Exit to release the occupied memory. (Note: NTFS4DOS does not support Chinese directories and filenames)
PS: The NTFS4DOS.EXE on this disk has been unpacked and the boot logo removed, so the loading time is greatly shortened.
2. Provide Active@ UNERASER, a data recovery tool for FAT/NTFS partitions. Can recover deleted files and directories, and even recover files from deleted or formatted partitions. Can use Ctrl+F to find, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+U to recover deleted files. It directly supports English long filenames! But does not support Chinese filenames, which are displayed as a series of question marks. You can use UNERASER to copy it to another place and rename it to a legal filename.
3. Provide Active@ Partition Recovery, which has the following functions:
1. Scan the hard disk and detect deleted partitions or logical drives (FAT and NTFS), and recover them.
2. Preview files and folders on the deleted partition or drive (FAT and NTFS) to recover data.
3. Backup the master boot record area (MBR), partition table, and boot sector and recover them when damaged.
It can be used when the drive or partition is accidentally deleted (using Fdisk or other programs), the hard disk logical structure is damaged, or the boot sector is damaged by a virus. It is the only powerful tool that can recover NTFS partitions!
Q: My USB flash drive is USB 2.0, why does it not recognize the USB flash drive when selecting item 5 or 6 (USB 2.0) in the MS-DOS 7.10 start menu, but can recognize it when selecting item 3 or 4 (USB 1.1)?
A: The user's motherboard only supports USB 1.1 interface. Although your device is USB 2.0, the driver only recognizes what type of USB controller your motherboard is, not your device. If your motherboard's USB controller is USB 1.1, and you select item 5 or 6 (USB 2.0), it will naturally not recognize.
Q: Some programs still occupy precious memory space after exiting, how to clear them?
A: You can press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C at any time to let DOS "restore" to the state just after booting. Then use mi to check, and all TSR memory resident programs loaded after booting are released!
Q: How to get out of the system freeze state or a time-consuming operation to return to the command line?
A: Press the F12 key.
Q: I don't have a floppy drive, how can I experience the functions of this boot disk?
A: Open vFloppy, drag GrubDisk.img into it and click "Apply". After restarting, an additional item "Boot from virtual boot floppy disk" appears in the boot menu, and select to enter.
Thanks to China DOS Union,Wengier,tinybit
Update on 2005/03/31:
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open.com Eject CD-ROM
close.com Close CD-ROM
(Of course, you must have loaded the CD-ROM driver, otherwise dos cannot even recognize the CD-ROM, how to control)
go.exe Best directory quick conversion tool, such as: go d:\dos\tool\compress can directly enter the above directory
makedir.exe Best folder creation tool, such as: makedir d:\dos\tool\compress can create the above directory structure at one time
doslfn.com Updated to the latest version 0.40a on March 1, 2005.
Note: For all commands, filenames, and directory names on this boot disk, you do not need to input the entire name. Just input the first 1 or 2 letters, and press the TAB key to automatically complete the filename, and press the Shift+TAB key to automatically complete the folder name.
Update on 2005/04/04:
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1. Removed the unfriendly CIA Commamder that only supports NTFS, and replaced it with the fully registered Active@ Password Changer that supports FAT/NTFS partitions. It can reset NT/2000/XP/2003 administrator and various user passwords. The user manual can be downloaded from the "Tutorial" directory of my download site.
2. Added NTFS4DOS that can fully read and write NTFS partitions under DOS and DOS windows of Win9x/Me. It has been unpacked and the boot logo removed, so the loading time is greatly shortened. So far, this boot disk has achieved perfection in NTFS support!
3. Added fdisk.exe Microsoft Fdisk Gold Edition, which supports hard drives up to 512GB.
4. The MS-DOS 7.10 start menu is fully rewritten to make it more reasonable.
Update on 2005/04/05:
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Corrected the error that the GRUB boot menu Boot from CD-ROM cannot boot.
Update on 2005/04/08:
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1. Deleted the outdated fdisk.exe and replaced it with the most powerful AEFDISK 2.1 that supports 2TB large hard drives. I have uploaded its Chinese description document aef_cn.zip to the "Tutorial" directory of the download site. This description is very detailed, including introducing basic knowledge such as file allocation table (FAT).
2. Added calendar.exe calendar small tool, appearing in the upper right in graphical form. Switch months with left and right arrow keys, switch years with up and down arrow keys, and exit with ESC key.
3. Added calc387.com mini 1K command line calculator, showing most functions of large calculators, necessary for programmers! For example, calc387 1+4*2^3-5/4%1 calculates to 32.75. Typing calc387 directly shows help.
4. When loading USB flash drives, mobile hard drives, and CD-ROMs, there will be a prompt to insert the device. The driver uses the latest usbaspi 2.20 version from Panasonic. (The USB-supported boot disks on the Internet use old versions such as 2.06 and 2.15. All the boot disks I have made since mid-March have used the latest version 2.20!)
Update on 2005/04/12:
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1. The CD-ROM extension driver shsucdx.com is updated to the latest version 3.01 on March 5, 2005.
2. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udma2s.sys is updated to the latest version 2.4 on April 11, 2005.
Update on 2005/04/19:
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1. The USB and IEEE1394 hard disk drivers DI1000DD.SYS and NJ32DISK.SYS are both replaced with ASPIDISK.SYS, which can solve the problem of not being able to assign multiple drive letters.
2. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udma2s.sys is replaced with the same version of udmajr.sys. The former is found to be incompatible with some motherboards and may cause the system to stop responding during booting.
Update on 2005/04/22:
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1. The hard disk UltraDMA driver udmajr.sys is updated from version 7.9 to the latest version 8.0 on April 19, 2005, completely solving the incompatibility problem with some motherboards.
2. Added debug.com, a better debugging program than Microsoft, which supports Intel 8088 to Pentium Pro.
