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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As am I, but I am not happy to be constantly reminded about the new thing from inside my older thing.
You can do this, in some sense, if you know how to work Group Policies (gpedit.msc, which is available in Pro and can be added to Home.) Here's a pic after I already had it enabled. (You should probably also run an elevated CMD and enter gpupdate to make sure it applies.) Note this will lock you on 21H1, even when 21H2 comes out... so you need to be aware to update this setting eventually.
Looks to me as though Microsoft built “Never11” right into the product!
Agreed. Everything I've heard and seen is that it will be offered via Windows Update but it will be entirely voluntary. Not even a whisper of any nag screens at this time.
Yup. That has been my take also. It appears that Win 11 will not install on systems that cannot support it. This is in major contrast to the early days of Win 10 when Win 10 would indiscriminately attempt to force itself onto any and every system it could.
I am quite OK with Win 10, which will be supported thru mid 2025.This video interview may help to explain the security prevention that Win 11 is trying implement. Could this be done in Win 10, maybe, but I think there is more to it that is not being revealed. Anyone happy with Win 10 should stick with it until they can get new hardware.I cannot help but wonder if MS has "engineered Win 11 to fail" by requiring new hardware which is often expensive / hard to get due to current pandemic supply chain issues?
Oh, well . . .
That would make no sense (especially since they are support Win10 and Win11 side by side for four years).
Its happened before. Vista and 8 are considered failed Windows releases. XP, 7, and now 10 (after a slow, onerous start) are considered successes. If the pattern holds . . .
You can use the Group Policies as I mentioned above ( https://forums.grc.com/threads/what...t-expect-windows-11-on-your-pc.823/#post-5981 ) it works fine, and even seems to [eventually] remove the nags.
Disable your TPM in BIOS, Windows 11 won't install or prompt you to install like above. Seems like Microsoft gave us a perfect Never 11 already.
