extract dos image from windows ...

bingo · Post by **bingo** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:20 pm

no floppy to create/format boot disc ?

extract msdos.ima (for winimage or other) from windows (diskcopy.dll):

simple with pb

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hlib.i = LoadLibrary_("diskcopy.dll")

hres.i = FindResource_(hlib,1,"BINFILE")

If CreateFile(0,"c:\tmp\msdos.ima") ;<- your dos image , use it with winimage !
WriteData(0,LoadResource_(hlib,hres),SizeofResource_(hlib,hres))
CloseFile(0)
EndIf

FreeResource_(hres)
FreeLibrary_(hlib)

for xp/vista/windows7 x86/x64

SFSxOI · Post by **SFSxOI** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:55 pm

That diskcopy.dll is kinda neat. Thanks for posting this.

djes · Post by **djes** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:54 am

love it!

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:59 am

I don't really understand this, could you explain it a bit more

Fangbeast · Post by **Fangbeast** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:10 am

If you don't have a rescue boot disc, you can extract the boot image from the one provided in "diskcopy.dll: in an installed Windows system. It's an MS-DOS boot disk.

Azul · Post by **Azul** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:07 pm

Anything similar for Windows 2000 ?

update: still doable with Windows 8.1.