How do I run UBCD from a USB drive?

Message

cyril_13 · #1 Post by **cyril_13** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:28 am

Hi all,

i'm experiencing some problems on my laptop...
Main partition has been deleted and i can't use my cd rom driver.
The only solution for me is to run a tool (UBCD) to try to reformat/create new partition on my HD.

The problem is that i dunno how to run this soft on my bootable usb drive.
It is said to run "UBCD2USB.BAT" (in \TOOLS\UBCD2USB) but the BAT only shows the following message (and nothing else):

i tried to type the command "ubcd2usb" but the command is not recognized.....

What ca I do????

thanks for your help, i'm desperate :'(

#2 Post by **Icecube** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:25 am

Suppose that you have you unpacked version in "c:\ubcd"

Go to start ==> Run... ==> type "cmd" (without quotes).
Change the directory to "C:\ubcd\tools\ubcd2iso\"
Type the following in the console window.

Code: Select all

ubcd2usb c:\ubcd x:\

(c:\ubcd = path to the extracted UBCD iso, replace x:\ with the right path for your USB key (e.g.: can be d: , e:, f:, g:, h:, ... .See that you choose the right one, because the drive will be formatted)

cyril_13 · #3 Post by **cyril_13** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:31 am

yea i finaly managed to create my bootable usb disk. tnx!

but now i have another pb...
when i boot on my usb, i go in the partition tools (in UBCD).
whatever the on i choose i always have this:
0 : Boot Clean
1 : Boot UMBPCI ( Optimal )
2 : Boot UMBPCI ( Semi-defensive )
3 : Boot EMM386 ( optimal )
4 : Boot EMM386 ( semi-defensive )
5 : Boot no UMB ( defensive )
6 : Boot no UMB ( ultra-defensive )

then if i choose the 0 option, i just have a blank screen.
If i choose any of the other options, i got this message:
Free DIS HIMEM64 3.26....
HIMEM - KBC A20 method used
UMBPCI c't 11/95
Using DOOO-DFFFIntel 945GM found
Program installed
LowDMA : installed
Kernel : Allocated 34 Diskbuffers = 18088 Bytes in HDMA

do you know what this means? and how i could re-create my main partition ?

#4 Post by **Icecube** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:41 am

This is just info from the the freedos image. For all dos based programs, you get something like this. Then it will unpack a bunch of files and I will show some dialogue boxes and then finally it will launch your program.

I you accidentally deleted your partition table (no partitions seen anymore), use testdisk.

Search on google how to use it.

cyril_13 · #5 Post by **cyril_13** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:59 am

i've tried to lunch testdisk (and all the other partition disk on the UBCD) and i always get this free dos message.

the problem is not the message itself... but i can't do anything afterwards! i've tried to wait, but even 10mins later i still have nothing, and i can't type anything after it displays "Kernel : Allocated 34 Diskbuffers = 18088 Bytes in HDMA"

#6 Post by **Icecube** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:24 am

Have you tried all the options?
1, 2 ,3 ,4,5,6? I don't know myself what the difference is, but try them.

You can use testdisk also if you download parted magic. It is a linux distro bootable from a live cd/usb. If your windows partiton is still visible, you can copy all the files that you want to backup. http://partedmagic.com/

cyril_13 · #7 Post by **cyril_13** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:34 am

yeah i've tried all the options and always the same message "...Kernel : Allocated 34 Diskbuffers = 18088 Bytes in HDMA"

and my partition is not visible because i've deleted it... i'm not sure but i might have deleted the mbr too :s

#8 Post by **Icecube** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:20 am

Download parted magic and use testdisk from there.