Re: Linux-based Windows rescue/cleanup cd?

2005-09-18 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
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

Linux-based Windows rescue/cleanup cd?

2005-09-15 Thread amos
Hello, A friend will bring his PC tonight to my place so I can cleanup and try to speedup his Windows XP until his new one arrives. I plan to search-n-destroy viruses and spy-ware and try to make his machine more secure by installing Firefox/Thunderbird and maybe tweak IE/Outlook. His windows

Re: Linux-based Windows rescue/cleanup cd?

2005-09-15 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 03:39:09PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, A friend will bring his PC tonight to my place so I can cleanup and try to speedup his Windows XP until his new one arrives. I plan to search-n-destroy viruses and spy-ware and try to make his machine more secure

Re: Linux-based Windows rescue/cleanup cd?

2005-09-15 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
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 current Windows XP installation. Prior to making the ISO, you can add few programs (antivirus,

Re: Linux-based Windows rescue/cleanup cd?

2005-09-15 Thread Amos Shapira
On 9/16/05, Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would recommend is not a Linux solution, but sort of mini windows solution. Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. Eventually it turned out that our friend listened to my advise from a few months ago and viruses and ad-wares aren't