Report from MikeJC

  • Be sure to checkout “Tips & Tricks”
    Dear Guest Visitor → Once you register and log-in please checkout the “Tips & Tricks” page for some very handy tips!

    /Steve.
  • BootAble – FreeDOS boot testing freeware

    To obtain direct, low-level access to a system's mass storage drives, SpinRite runs under a GRC-customized version of FreeDOS which has been modified to add compatibility with all file systems. In order to run SpinRite it must first be possible to boot FreeDOS.

    GRC's “BootAble” freeware allows anyone to easily create BIOS-bootable media in order to workout and confirm the details of getting a machine to boot FreeDOS through a BIOS. Once the means of doing that has been determined, the media created by SpinRite can be booted and run in the same way.

    The participants here, who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience, their successes and some frustrations with booting their computers into FreeDOS, have created a valuable knowledgebase which will benefit everyone who follows.

    You may click on the image to the right to obtain your own copy of BootAble. Then use the knowledge and experience documented here to boot your computer(s) into FreeDOS. And please do not hesitate to ask questions – nowhere else can better answers be found.

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MikeJc

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By the way, I've been meaning to download the pre-release of SpinRite and ReadSpeed for months now (!) but couldn't find the time. Had to bail out a family member with a down PC, so I did this today. I'm on Linux (Ubuntu) and it was super easy, following the instructions to burn the image file to an USB stick. Not only was it easy and fast, it also helped solve the PC problem. Just wanted to thank everyone involved in the project, much appreciated. The SpinRite improvements look super.
 
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Thanks for your report, Mike. It's been three years in the making and everyone who has been involved (now more than 800) is very proud of what we've accomplished! : )