MRI on a flash drive... Easyboot working and all!

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ghost68
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So this is a huge pain, but I finally got everything* to work...
(*XP Recovery console doesn’t work... but everything else is 100%)

First off you need a flash drive that is at least 2gb and features SanDisk U3 technology... this will work without U3 but not 100%....
Second you will also need UltraISO or some other program that will easily let you modify ISO files (if this is beyond you don't ask I wont help you and I am not explaining the details)

You will also need the following utilities (use Google)
1.) Grub4Dos - Grub 4 Dos...
2.) LPInstaller.exe - File for updating the U3 portion of the flash drive
3.) U3Uninstall.exe - File for Removing the U3 portion of the flash drive
4.) hfs.exe - tiny lightweight web server...

STEP 1
Make a backup of your MRI ISO and rename it to “cruzer-autorun.iso”

Edit the ISO and strip everything from the ISO except the following folders/files (don’t delete anything inside the folders listed below)

Compression Utilities
Diagnostic
HALP
Malware
Web Browsers
Windows Tools
autorun.inf
MRI.exe

Go into the Malware folder and delete all of the definitions

Save “cruzer-autorun.iso”

STEP 2
Make another backup of the original mri iso and rename it to “mri.iso”
Edit the ISO and strip everything from it except the following folders/files (don’t delete anything inside the folders listed below)

boot
EFI
EZBOOT
isolinux
sources
XPRC
autorun.inf
boot.catalog
bootmgr
mri.exe
win51
win51IP
win51IP.SP2

Save “mri.iso”

STEP 3
Make a folder called MRI FILES

Extract the following files/folders from the original iso to MRI FILES

mri.exe
Web Browsers
MRI_Updates
Malware\CORE SCANNERS (make sure you remove the definitions here also)
Diagnostic\WD DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostic\Webroot System Analyzer

Create the following empty folders inside of MRI FILES

boot
Compression Utilities
EFI
HALP
isolinux
sources
Windows Tools
XPRC

Create an empty text file in the sources folder called "boot.wim"

Create a text file called "menu.lst" containing the following

<----------------Copy Paste Between These Lines---------------->
timeout 0
default 0

title Start MRI
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /mri.iso
map /mri.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot
<----------------Copy Paste Between These Lines---------------->

Save "menu.lst" to the MRI FILES folder

Copy "grldr" to the MRI FILES folder from grub4dos
Copy the mri.iso we created to the MRI FILES folder

The MRI FILES folder should look like this

Web Browsers
MRI_Updates
Malware
Diagnostic
boot
Compression Utilities
EFI
HALP
isolinux
sources
Windows Tools
XPRC
menu.lst
grldr
mri.iso
mri.exe

STEP 4

Google "u3 custom iso" and follow the instructables guide (hint use Google to get the files I told you about and you already made cruzer-autorun... don’t back up any data and if it gives you an error try again... It took me 3 tries my first time.

Now that you have that done try plugging in the flash drive did it auto run? Of course it did, or you didn’t follow directions, try again.

Ok so you should have with the U3 drive set up you should see 2 drives
One labeled MRI5.0.3
One is your empty flash drive
if not start over

Run grubinst_gui.exe
under disk select your flash drive (if you are stupid you WILL destroy your windows installation make sure you select your flash drive OK)
Click the Refresh button next to the Part List (ignore any errors)
now select whole disk (MBR)
click Install at the bottom

Copy the contents of MRI FILES to the root of your flash drive

STEP 5

Run TFU and tag your flash drive
Do a FULL update
Reboot and enjoy!

If you cant figure this out
Don’t bother
Because I’m not going to help you Wink

-Ghost68