Boot and Ris Menu Editor V2.0 Software for Windows

Bootpart
$0 - Gilles Vollant

BootPart is an easy tool for adding one partition in the Windows NT multi boot menu (by samples, OS/2 boot manager or Linux partition).
Bootpart 2.60 is compatible with Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
BOOTPART lets you add partitions in the Windows NT/2K/XP Multiboot menu. Usually, you only have an MSDOS or Windows 95 entry and one (or several) entries on the Windows NT multiboot.
With BOOTPART, you can add any partition on the menu. You can add OS/2 Multiboot, or Linux Partition (with Lilo) in the menu.
You can also restore the Dos, Windows 95/98/Me or NT Bootloader boot sector on Fat partition.
BOOTPART creates a 512 bytes file which contains an image of a boot sector that loads the boot sector of the partition. After, this file is declared in C:BOOT.INI (a text file used by Windows NT boot menu). The boot sector comes from FDFormat and WinImage.
The version 2.60 has now very cool feature : repair Windows NT loader boot sector on Fat partition (but Bootpart cannot the repair under Windows NT/2K/XP), easily add both MS-Dos 6.22 and Windows 95 in boot menu, support FAT32 and disk over 4 GB, and LBA addressing...

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JustBoot Boot Corrector
$19.95 - Paragon Software Group

Boot Corrector is a system utility designed to resolve various problems which users may encounter during the system boot process. These problems may be caused by program errors or user mistakes, or become the results of boot virus activity.

Here is the list of operations that Boot Corrector provides to counter main boot problems:

1. Searches for valid Windows installations (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003).

2. Corrects drive letters in the System Registry of a selected Windows installation.

3. Edits the Boot.ini file of a selected Windows installation.

4. Updates the MBR executable code.

5. Reorders primary partitions (change primary slots).

6. Corrects the boot record for a selected Windows installation (increments the Serial Number, corrects the partition offset, makes a copy of the boot record, corrects the Bootsect.dos file if exists).

7. Sets the active partition.

8. Hides/unhides partitions. 9. Changes Serial Numbers.

10. Changes Partition IDs.

11. Displays the Master Boot Record (MBR) in the understandable form.

12. Displays partition properties.

13. Creates the boot correction report, displays, saves and prints it.

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BOOTSave
$10 - Canadian Mind Products

BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the
hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and
BootChk. Protects against damage to the partition table or
boot sector done by rogue programs, viruses or accidents
with tools like Norton NU.

The BootSave suite will work under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows
95/98/ME, OS/2, but not NT, Windows 2000, XP, or Vista.
These OSes block low level disk I/O as a security measure.
You should temporarily boot from a DOS diskette to save or
restore. You can save the boot record under Win2K/XP (but
not Vista) but you must boot under DOS to do the restore.

This version does NOT save the boot sectors for each
individual partition, just the MBR (master boot record) that
contains the primary booting code, and the partition
information for the four primary partitions. Have a look at
Acronis or Boot-It for a complete backup.

You must use
BootSave PRIOR to damaging your hard disk to be of any use!

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OSL2000 Boot Manager
$25 - OSL Corp.

OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage up to 100 independent OSs in your computer. Runs on Windows 95/NT/98/ME/2000/XP. The program can be installed in less than a minute. The Windows installer now creates a complete emergency disk for easy uninstall. Free technical support is available at . The boot menu recognizes all partitions and automatically configures itself during every boot. The boot menu also has a quick reference help screen, timer menu, options menu and edit menu to customize the interface. The boot menu sports advanced features like AutoBoot, AutoHide, AutoScan, etc. OSL2000 boot manager lets you have completely independent copies of Windows. It lets you have even multiple copies of the same Windows. It can boot Windows even from the second hard disk. Supports DOS, Windows (all), Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and most others operating systems. The only boot manager that comes with a excellent HTML based documentation.

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RIS Menu Editor v2.0
$29.99 - emBoot Incorporated

Microsoft Windows 2000 / 2003 Servers' Remote Installation Services (RIS) is a well known tool that allows easy deployment of Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP over a network. Built on technology licensed from 3Com, emBoot now offers the emBoot RIS Menu Editor, and takes (Microsoft's) RIS beyond it's out-of-the-box capabilities.

emBoot's RIS Menu Editor extends the functionality of RIS by allowing network administrators to add menus and options to the RIS Client Installation Wizard, and to create boot images. These menus and options can be used to deliver network boot images that offer maintenance utilities, such as BIOS upgrades and virus scanning programs, or to deploy other operating systems to client PCs on a network.

The emBoot RIS Menu Editor v2.0 allows you to:


- Create a menu of options from which end users can choose at boot time on a client PC. These menus can appear in the Maintenance and Troubleshooting or Automatic Setup menu of the RIS Client InstallationWizard.
- Create boot image files (from standard boot diskettes) that contain startup files and application files which reside on a network server.
- View and modify the contents of boot image files directly, without creating or accessing boot diskettes.
- Configure advanced boot image file options, such as whether the files have extended or normal capacity.
· Full functionality under Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers
· Allows creation & editing of RIS menus and boot images from your desktop
· Eliminate trips to the server for RIS configuration

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RIS Menu Editor v1.0
$0 - emBoot Incorporated

Microsoft Windows 2000 / 2003 Servers' Remote Installation Services (RIS) is a well known tool that allows easy deployment of Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP over a network. Built on technology licensed from 3Com, emBoot now offers the emBoot RIS Menu Editor, and takes (Microsoft's) RIS beyond it's out-of-the-box capabilities.

emBoot's RIS Menu Editor extends the functionality of RIS by allowing network administrators to add menus and options to the RIS Client Installation Wizard, and to create boot images. These menus and options can be used to deliver network boot images that offer maintenance utilities, such as BIOS upgrades and virus scanning programs, or to deploy other operating systems to client PCs on a network.

The emBoot RIS Menu Editor allows you to:


- Create a menu of options from which end users can choose at boot time on a client PC. These menus can appear in the Maintenance and Troubleshooting or Automatic Setup menu of the RIS Client InstallationWizard.
- Create boot image files (from standard boot diskettes) that contain startup files and application files which reside on a network server.
- View and modify the contents of boot image files directly, without creating or accessing boot diskettes.
- Configure advanced boot image file options, such as whether the files have extended or normal capacity.

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