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This method is obviously dependent on being able to get to the Windows Boot Manager in the event of a system crash. Although I have not tried this myself, I have heard of someone successfully mounting and installing Windows 7 using this method. The Hiren MiniXP and the older Hiren version of RIP Linux work OK though. All the images in the above screenshot worked fine, but for example, Parted Magic did not work from Hirens Boot CD but works fine using its own standalone image. IMPORTANT NOTE: Do be aware that not all ISOвЂ™s will work using this boot method and Linux distroвЂ™s are known to be a little troublesome. You may have to scroll down to see all the entries if you have entered quite a few. Now when you reboot your Vista or Win 7 machine the options will be visible on the Windows Boot Manager and are selectable like any other option. There will be a new folder called вЂNSTвЂ™ created in the root of the partition where the Bootloader is located, make sure not to delete it. If you go back to the View settings window, the new entry should now be entered into the list. Make sure not to move or rename the file after adding it to the menu or it obviously wonвЂ™t boot. Point to the ISO file you want to boot from in the Path: box.

Select Run from Disk for anything bigger.ДҐ. For the Mode: dropdown, use Load from memory if your ISO is relatively small (less than ~200MB). In the Name: box, enter the text to appear on the Windows boot menuД¤. In the Portable/External Media window click the ISO tab.ДЈ. Click вЂ BCD Backup/RepairвЂ, choose a location to save the backup to and then click вЂ Backup settingsвЂ.Дў. Firstly start the program, you will begin in the View settings window which shows the current entries in the Boot Manager.ДЄs incorrectly making changes to the Boot menu could potentially cause none of your operating systems to boot, itвЂ™s a good idea to make a backup of the Bootloader settings first. The option to be looked at here is the ISO function which will put an entry into the boot menu and then boot from the ISO you have selected. There are also options to mount Virtual Hard Disk images, WinPE Ram disks, Floppy images and Raw disk / partition images.

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Although the program does not come as a portable version, you can simply create your own by opening the installer and extracting it with 7zip. EasyBCD has a large amount of options for editing and creating entries for the Windows Bootloader and has helped me out quite a few times.

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The software I used to achieve this is EasyBCD from Neosmart Technologies and itвЂ™s free for non commercial use. This would make booting into the recovery environment far quicker and also removes the need to use a CD or plug in a USB stick every time. It was then I remembered that there exists the ability to take an ISO image and get it to boot from hard drive using the Windows Vista and 7 Boot Manager. Unfortunately, I put the recovery files on a slow stick and it took forever to boot into the backup software. The System Restore option or snapshot software like Comodo Time Machine might get things back running, but thereвЂ™s nothing like restoring the Windows installation to a known completely clean and stable state.Д«earing that in mind, I made a bootable USB stick and created some backups using EaseUs Todo Backup Workstation. One thing you do want when using a system that you know is going to have issues, is a complete backup of the operation system.

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Some of you will probably have an old second PC or laptop and use it in a similar way. Sometimes a virtual machine might do the job, but often thereвЂ™s no substitute for getting the required tasks done on real hardware for the most accurate results. This is simply a machine I can use for installing and trying out software as well as trying slightly more adventurous things out I wouldnвЂ™t, or couldnвЂ™t do on my normal machine.

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The other day I decided to upgrade and rebuild my test PC.

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