EASY2BOOT
Please visit http://www.easy2boot.com for full
instructions and please take the time to watch the YouTube videos which are on
the website.
E2B can boot hundreds of
ISOs and other payloads, but you need to be familiar with how E2B works.
Once you get the hang of it,
you will be able to boot anything and everything (almost!) from just one USB
drive.
To make an Easy2Boot USB drive,
read \_ISO\docs\Make_E2B_USB_Drive\ReadMe.txt file or click here.
You can make an E2B USB drive
using Windows or linux.
1. Copy the payload files (e.g. ISO files) to the E2B USB drive (see below).
2. Run WinContig or linux defragfs (see below).
3. Boot from the E2B USB drive on a real system (enable CSM, disable Fast Boot, disable Secure Boot). E2B may suggest that you try a different file extension which may work better.
To add payload files (for
example .ISO, .IMA, .IMG, .BIN, etc.), just copy them to the
\_ISO\MAINMENU folder.
To place the menu entry in a sub-folder, copy the payload file to
the appropriate sub-menu folder instead of the \_ISO\MAINMENU folder (e.g.
\_ISO\LINUX).
Windows ISOs should be copied
to the correct \_ISO\WINDOWS\xxxx sub-folder – see here
for details.
Always test using a real system NOT a Virtual Machine, because in
some cases it may not work in a VM.
If you get an 'Error 60: File for
emulation must be in one contiguous area' message, you must make the
files contiguous. To make all files on the drive contiguous, just
double-click the MAKE_THIS_DRIVE_CONTIGUOUS.cmd file in the root (top
level) of the USB drive to run WinContig.
E2B is very flexible and configurable, please visit http://www.easy2boot.com for full
instructions.
Check http://www.easy2boot.com/add-payload-files/list-of-tested-payload-files/
for a list of supported bootable files.
For UEFI-booting, you will need to convert the source file(s) to
an .imgPTN (partition image) file. Click here
for details.
If your Easy2Boot USB drive is a hard disk
or it is a flash drive of the 'Fixed disk' type (appears as 'Local Disk'
in Windows Explorer) and not a Removable flash drive, then you may need to also
connect a small USB WinHelper Removable flash drive
if you need Windows Vista/7/8/10,etc installs from ISOs to work.
Read \_ISO\docs\USB FLASH DRIVE HELPER FILES or click here
for more details.
If you prefer, you can convert
the ISO to a .imgPTN file - then an extra USB
Helper Flash drive for installing Windows from ISO files will not be needed and
you can UEFI-boot from the E2B drive.
The blank contiguous CONTIG.ISO file is only
used by E2B if some of your linux ISOs are below
500MB and are not contiguous.
The file \_ISO\CONTIG.ISO needs
to be contiguous. E2B will copy the non-contiguous ISO file contents, using dd in grub4dos, into the CONTIG.ISO file and then boot from
CONTIG.ISO.
If you always make sure your
payload files are contiguous (e.g. always run WinContig)
then you can delete the CONTIG.ISO file to save space (it may already be
deleted).
To boot some ISO files and other payloads successfully, you may need to change their file extensions:
· Microsoft Windows Installer ISOs - place the ISO in the correct folder under \_ISO\WINDOWS (e.g. a Win8 install ISO goes in \_ISO\WINDOWS\WIN8).
· Windows PE ISOs, Windows.7.SP1.Super.Lite.x86.v2.0.iso - use .isope01 (with a Removable USB drive)
· WinFE - Forensic WinPE - rename file extension as .iso01
· WinBuilder-based ISOs (e.g. Gandalf, Bob Om, Strelec, ChrisR, etc.) - keep file extension as .iso
· Hirens/DLCD - use .isowinvh or .isoHW file extension, or make an .imgPTN file for full functionality
· ERD Commander 2005 or 2007 or MSDaRT 5.0 ISOs, Windows Recovery ISOs (all XP based) - use .isomemF01 or .isomemwinv file extension
· MSDaRT 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1 (not XP based ISOs) rename to .isoPE01 file extension or make a .imgPTN for E2B HDDs.
· Partition Magic ISO (not parted magic!) - use .isoDOS file extension. Note: on booting to DOS, pmagic and ghost will be on drive B:
· TrueCrypt Rescue.iso (created when you install TrueCrypt) - rename to .iso01
Check here for a full list of tested payload files and any changes that may be needed to boot them.
It is possible to run many linux ISOs with persistence or ‘save’ features – check the \_ISO\docs\Sample mnu Files folder for examples (instructions are usually inside each .mnu file – just open using Notepad).
See here for lots of E2B Tutorials.