Booting windows

I'm disappointed you didn't look at my link Duane! I didn't recommend "Ultimate Boot CD"-

What is the difference between the original UBCD and UBCD4Win?

The CD's are by different people. Ben (UBCD4Win author) found out about the original UBCD when it was first released. He was active in their Yahoo group (now gone) and started distributing UBCD. After almost a year several people in the group said they would like a Windows version. So Ben started UBCD for Windows.

?UBCD4Windows needs extra files provided by the user in the I386 folder of their WinXP installation cd. ?Ultimate BootCD (UBCD) is a complete ISO that needs no other files to burn it to CD and it works.

?UBCD4Windows gives the user a Windows user interface. ?UBCD gives the user a DOS based user interface.

?Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows boots once and you can access all programs, no further reboot required. ?UBCD boot you need to reboot each time to access different program.

?UBCD4Windows gives you full read-write access to NTFS-FAT-FATS32 drives. ?UBCD gives read-write to FAT-FATS32 and ONLY read access to NTFS (this means you can't alter any data).

?UBCD4Windows has limited support for USB devices. For example, external hdd's providing they are plugged in at boot. ?UBCD has no USB support.

The list can go on and on, so I'll limit it to this. In no way am I trying to discount how valuable the original UBCD is, it has many purposes and several abilities that UBCD4Win doesn't. Also if any of this information is inaccurate, PLEASE email me and I will fix the mistake.

The UBCD is still a valuable tool for any admin or home user, the UBCD4Windows is a enhancement not a replacement.

Some real world examples of the difference. 1. You have a virus on a WinXP PC with a NTFS drive. The UBCD will not be able to remove it, as you are limited to running one program at a time, it has NTFS read capabilities but can't run the virus scanner at the same time, even if it could you only have READ capabilities this means you can't write or delete data from the drive. Now the UBCD4Windows has full read-write access. This means it can remove virus's from a NTFS drive, so the UBCD4Windows can do what the UBCD can't.

2. Data recovery. Your hdd won't boot but the data is OK. The UBCD will give you read access but you can only write the data to either FAT or FATS32 drive nor can you write data to a USB hdd. UBCD4Win gives you full read-write access to your drives. This means that if you have two NTFS hard drives you could copy your data from one hard drive to another to rescue your data. If you have a USB external hard drive you will be able to plug it in and copy the data that way. You can even connect to your home network and copy the files off that system to another connected to the network. With original UBCD you wouldn't be able to do this.

The UBCD4Windows and Ultimate BootCD are two entirely different projects the only similarity is the name because Ben was-is active with the Original UBCD.