On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 12:06:56PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > No, you don't need to buy a seperate CD. > > The partBE installation uses your machine's XP to create the bootable > CD. You cannot install any programs on top of it after you burned it. > Heck, you cannot even use internet explorer, or office with it. > > This is part of Microsoft PE enviroment (Pre-install Enviroment). If
It's not, actually. It's similar, but isn't related to PE. > you have looked at some newer IBM laptopped and you pressed the > "Access IBM" blue button - you're getting the same thing as BartPE, > just with IBM Custom configuration. > > Thanks, > Hetz > > On 9/17/05, Amit Aronovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > > > >I belive in: use the best tool for your job. > > > > > >What I would recommend is not a Linux solution, but sort of "mini > > >windows" solution. > > > > > >It's called: bartPE, it's GPL'd, and it creates an ISO image from your Why do you think it's GPL? It's not, and won't be, as far as I understand. > > >current Windows XP installation. Prior to making the ISO, you can add > > >few programs (antivirus, ghost, partition magic, firefox, etc) and > > >make the ISO. Then you burn it to a CD-R and boot from it. > > > > > >With this bootable CD, you're getting a mini version of XP and you can > > >access the hard drive and scan for viruses, worms, spyware, adware etc > > >and clean them. > > > > > >URL: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ > > > > > > > > > > > Free Windows live CD - is that legal? IANAL, but his page indicates he did invest time on making sure he won't be sued. I suggest you read it thoroughly if interested. > > I bet you'd have to purchase *at least* one more Windows license (per > > cd) from MS (most probably it would not be your normal OEM, and would > > not be cheap). Not necessarily. But don't take my word for this. I am sure this isn't a clearcut. I guess if you use it e.g. for normal work on a lot of machines in a business (e.g. with a single business application for which you can live with the limitations in bartpe), you are taking a quite big risk. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
