Grub4dos Windows Xp Install Iso

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Grub4dos Windows Xp Install Iso
Grub Install Windows Xp Iso

Grub4dos it is a versatile bootloader capable of dual/multi-booting DOS, Windows, Linux and other operating systems. It can be used to select which operating system to load when multiple operating systems are available.It is one of the most common bootloader used to boot USB Drives.It has many features such as iso emulation ,memory mapping etc.The full list of features and a detailed guide on using them can be found at Grub4Dos Guide

In this article I will show you how to Install Grub4Dos to your Hard Disk using a tool called Bootice .Bootice is a utility to modify or backup/restore your MBR(Master Boot Record) or PBR(Partition Boot Record).Bootice supports a lot of bootloaders including Grub4Dos.

I have used grub4dos bootloader and bootice in Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 Bootable USB Creator .

Install Grub4dos to MBR (Master Boot Record) in Windows 7

Video Tutorial

Text Instructions.

Download Bootice and the latest version of Grub4Dos .
Extract the contents of the downloaded archives using archiving tools such as 7-zip.
Copy grldr and menu.lst from the extracted contents of the Grub4Dos archive to the root of your C Drive
Open menu.lst with notepad and delete the contents of the file.Copy and paste the following code.Booting Windows 7
timeout 10
default 0title Windows 7
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
title Reboot
reboot
title Shutdown
halt
If you want to boot Windows XP use the following code
timeout 10
default 0
title Windows XP
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
title Reboot
reboot
title Shutdown
halt
Code for Dual Booting Windows XP and Windows 7
timeout 10
default 0
title Windows 7
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
title Windows XP
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
title Reboot
reboot
title Shutdown
halt
Run Bootice with Administrator Privileges.
Select your Hard Disk and Click on Process MBR
Now select Grub for Dos and click on Install/Config.
Click on Save to Disk

Screenshot of Grub4Dos menu

Then read here on MSFN (in this same MSFN Forums » Member Contributed Projects » Install Windows from USB forum): Then re-read: once again, the XP.iso works in a different way from the 7.iso and another.iso may work the same way as one of the said two or in a third (or nth) different way.

Restoring Original MBR

Run Bootice with Administrator Privileges.
Select your Hard Disk and Click on Process MBR
Select Windows NT 6.x MBR and click on Install/Config

Installing Grub4Dos without modifying MBR or PBR

You can install Grub4Dos without modifying the MBR or PBR by just renaming GRLDR to NTLDR or BOOTMGR.

Rename NTLDR( if XP ) or BOOTMGR (if 7/8) to WINLDR in your C Drive
Copy GRLDR to the root of your C Drive and rename it to NTLDR or BOOTMGR
Copy and edit menu.lst
timeout 10
default 0
title Windows
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /winldr
chainloader /winldr

You can visit the Grub4Dos Forums at Reboot.Pro for more advanced information such as booting iso files etc.

Check grub4dos-chenall for latest version of Grub4Dos with additional features.

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TerryPAugust 20, 2010 at 9:47 pm

Bootice is a great tool that can access all the partitions on a USB drive – even in Windows.

ReplyFadyMay 6, 2011 at 8:26 pm

Did you try Grub2 4Dos? (check the following links below)
http://grub24dos.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub24dos/
http://reboot.pro/13282/

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ReplySteveAugust 14, 2011 at 2:26 pm

Step 3 should say ‘… to the root of your hard drive C:’

ReplychrisOctober 8, 2011 at 5:33 am

step 7 clicking on grub 4 dos wasn’t available for me to click on. only UltraISO USB HDD+ UltraISO USB-ZIP+ Windows NT 5.x MBR and Windows NT 6.x MBR was selectable. What do i do?

ReplyBharat BalegereOctober 8, 2011 at 8:06 am

Which operating system are you using?
Try logging in as Administrator.

Replysteve6375October 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm

RMPrepUSB will install grub4dos at the click of a button and will clean/partition/format/test/make bootable your USB drive too as well as test them for size and speed and make backup/restore images, etc.

Replyhe-manDecember 15, 2011 at 2:23 am

i make it all of them but understand what should i do noww. i guess its missing something.

ReplywhereJune 29, 2013 at 11:51 am

bootice link is dead

ReplyT.WMay 12, 2018 at 7:07 pm

Thanks for this. Spent hours with Hirens boot CD and various MBR editors trying to get a system to boot after a power spike reset the BIOS settings. While the data on the boot drive was intact, every effort resulted in ‘BOOTMGR missing’ and ‘Operating system not found’ errors.

This worked first time and it booted straight into Windows 7.

Thanks again

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Native VHD boot is currently supported only on certain versions of Windows and is disabled on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how all versions of Windows 7 can be installed and booted from a fixed size VHD using a free driver called Firadisk built by Karyonix @Reboot.pro.

This article is a continuation of my previous article – Native VHD Boot on unsupported versions of Windows 7, and I suggest you read that before continuing with this article. Please note that this tutorial is meant for advanced users. If you don’t know how to mount an ISO/VHD or are not comfortable installing and using custom bootloaders, then this article is not for you.

User sambul61 @ Reboot.pro has written a similar tutorial using the WinvBlock driver
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I have used some information from Karyonix’s tutorials in writing this article- Install Windows 7 from ISO on USB hard disk to SATA hard disk

Firadisk

Firadisk is a File/RAM Disk driver for Windows that emulates SCSI adapter and disk. It can use sector mapped and RAM disk loaded by Grub4Dos in Windows. So a combination of Grub4dos and Firadisk can be used to install and boot from a fixed size Virtual Hard Disk ( VHD )

Advantages and Disadvantages of using Firadisk

Grub4dos Windows Xp Install Iso

There is no question of circumventing any licensing policy as we are using a free alternative to the VHD driver
No need to disable the Software Protection Service. Hence you should not have any problem with activation
It supports only Fixed Size Contiguous VHD. No support for dynamic VHDs.
Requires a third party Boot Loader – Grub4Dos

Installing Windows 7 to fixed size VHD using WinNTSetup, Grub4Dos and Firadisk

The below steps were tested on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Most of the steps are similar to my previous article.

Install Grub4Dos to your Harddisk
Insert your Windows installation DVD or mount Windows Installation ISO using ImDisk.
Download and extract WinNTSetup. Run WinNTSetup_x64 or WinNTSetup_x86 as Administrator depending on your operating system.
Create a VHD by clicking on the VHD button. The VHD drive will be mounted as Z:
Select the location of Windows Installation files – choose the sources folder in your Windows Installation DVD or mounted ISO. Select the location of Boot Drive – Your Main Hardisk. Select location of the Installation drive – Your VHD Drive.
Create a registry file called FiradiskEnum.reg in a folder and copy the below contents into it. This registry entry is required to load the Firadisk driver during Windows Setup
Click on Tweaks in WinNTSetup and select the folder containing the registry file that you created above. Make sure the folder does not have any other files. In the below screenshot, I have chosen D:RegTweaks as the location of the FiradiskEnum.reg. You can additionally choose any other tweaks that you want from this page. Once it is done, close this window.
WinNTSetup Registry Tweaks
If you try Clicking on Setup, you get an Error Message
Right click on the VHD and disable the VHD checks.
Click on Setup and click on OK to start the installation to the VHD.
After the installation completes, download and extract the latest version of Firadisk (currently 0.0.1.30 ). Open the Windows Command Prompt as Administrator and navigate to the folder where you have extracted Firadisk. Run the below command to integrate Firadisk Driver using Dism. Replace Z: with the drive letter of your mounted VHD.
dism /Image:Z: /Add-Driver /driver:firadisk.inf /ForceUnsigned
If you are installing a 64-bit version of Windows, then you need to enable Test Mode (testsigning).Bootice – BCD-Other BCD File – Z:BootBCD – Easy Mode – Enable Test Mode
Edit the Grub4Dos menu.lst and add the below entry to boot from the VHD. Replace Windows7.vhd with the actual filename of your VHD.
title Windows 7 VHD - FiraDisk FILEDISK
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Windows7.vhd
map --heads=2 --sectors-per-track=18 --mem (md)0x800+4 (99)
map /Windows7.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
write (99) [FiraDisk]nStartOptions=disk,vmem=find:/Windows7.vhd,boot;n0
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader /bootmgr
map --status
pause Press any key . . .
Reboot and select the entry you created above to begin the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can use the same entry to boot from the VHD
If you get the error “File for drive emulation must be in one contiguous disk area”, then you need to defragment the VHD file using a tool like WinContig so that it is contiguous.
WinNTSetup creates an additional entry for the VHD in the Windows Boot Manager and can be removed using Bootice – BCD – Easy Mode, Select the VHD Entry and Press Del

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DanMay 1, 2017 at 1:24 am

Thank you for this excellent tutorial, very easy to follow.

ReplyOldLadyMay 31, 2017 at 1:34 pm

I have been reading some of your interesting articles – thank you.

Your description of Firadisk is: “It supports only Fixed Size Contiguous VHD. No support for dynamic VHDs”.
But the first image has the “Dynamically expanding” option selected so it’s a little confusing – I assume the image is not correct?

I’m going to try this Firadisk version and your other VHD how-to (native boot) just for fun!

I don’t have Win7 installed on my laptop since moving to Linux a couple of years ago so I used Win7 in VirtualBox to create a WinPE and then Rufus to put it on a stick – I’ll be doing everything from that.

I’d love to read your thoughts on how to boot a VHD from USB using either of your methods… hint hint for another excellent tutorial!

ReplyMeMyselfAndIJuly 25, 2017 at 5:36 am

Has this been tried for Windows 10? Do I understand correctly that the resulting Windows Image boots to the RAM Drive? (That is ideal for what I’m looking for.)

ReplySteve SiJuly 2, 2018 at 2:08 am

Easy2Boot can directly boot from Windows VHDs (7/8/10) – just copy the file over to the USB drive.
If you make one using this firadisk method (for Home or Pro) then just copy it to your Easy2boot USB drive and give the file a .vhdfira file extension.

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