Bootable Utilities Image 2.0
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- 2008-06-18 15:42:20 GMT
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- e-razor
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WARNING: This image comes with absolutely no warranty whatsoever. You are using this entirely at your own risk. This image was designed to help computers, and while I have done everything reasonable to ensure that it functions as intended, I cannot test it in every situation. If this causes something bad to happen to your computer, don\'t come crying to me. You should always backup your system. Remember: You get what you pay for. WHAT IS IT? Many operations require you to \"unmount\" your hard drive or partition such as: Fixing, Optimizing, Defragmenting, Partitioning, Cloning and Data Recovery. There are many great tools to do these functions, but to use them you either need a second operating system installed or a bunch of bootable discs. To make your life easier I have compiled a bootable image which contains as many of these tools as possible. This image can be burnt to a DVD or cloned to a iPod/flash USB stick/hard drive/partition; the resulting product will then be bootable. Bootable Utilities Image(BUI) is entirely universal--meaning it will work with intel and PPC macintosh computers--it is also entirely Leopard compatible. Note that the image now runs Leopard (10.5.3). Whats included? Boomerang 1.1.5 Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1 Clone X 3.1.0 CopyCatX 4.0 Data Rescue II 1.2.1 {58} Disk Utility 11.1 {252.3} DiskWarrior 4.1 Drive Genius 2.0.3 {1571} FileSalvage 6.1.5 Firmware Password Utility 1.4.3 {1} iDefrag 1.6.5 {224.5} iPartition 3.0.1 {142} MacForensicsLab 2.5.3 MemTest 4.2 OfficeSalvage 6.1.5 RescuePRO 3.3.0.0 {3.3} SpeedTools 2.8 {2.4.2} Startup Disk 1.4 {56} TechTool Pro 4.6.1 Terminal 2.0.1 {240} TextEdit 1.5 {244} VolumeWorks 1.5 {}=Build numbers where applicable. HOW TO USE IT: There are two basic options when it comes to using this image. 1)Burn it to a DVD. 2)Run it from a hard drive(partition, flash, iPod...) I believe there has been a common misconception that this image was intended to be mounted then run from your working installation. This will not work for most applications as they require other files to be installed. You either need to burn this to DVD or copy it to a new hard drive/partition. Option 1: 1)Open the disk utility in /Applications/Utilities/ 2)Drag this disc image into the left part of the disk utility, somewhere under your hard drive(s). 3)Make sure the image is \"unmounted\". To do this, click on the image you just dragged into the disk utility on the left side. At the very top, if the button furthest to the right says \"eject\", click on it. Otherwise you are good to go. 4)Insert your blank DVD. 5)At the very top left of the disk utility windows click \"burn\". Make sure \"Verify burned data\" is selected. Then click \"burn\" 6)Restart your computer while holding down the \"c\" key. This will cause your computer to boot from whatever is in the cd drive. 7)Wait. It will take a while to boot up. Anywhere from 5-15 minutes depending on your machine. 8)Use the tools on the disc. They don\'t really have any help or instructions, but they should be pretty straight forward. 9)When you are done open StartupDisk and make sure the operating system/hard drive you want to boot from is selected, then hit \"restart\". ~If upon restarting your computer doesn\'t boot up from your hard drive, try restarting while holding down the \"option\" key. This will give you a list of bootable devices to restart from. Simply select your hard drive, then click the forward pointing arrow. You can also hold down your mouse, or eject button(depending on your mac) to eject the DVD while starting up. Option 2: If you can boot up from a hard drive instead of a DVD I recommend it. You will find that things are much faster this way. Also, if you are planning on running this off any disk of reasonable size, I would suggest that you simply install OS X and all these tool on there. They will function more flawlessly and you will be able to multitask while optimizing or repairing your drive. See option 2.1 for iPods. 1)Open the disk utility in /Applications/Utilities/ 2)Drag this disc image into the left part of the disk utility, somewhere under your hard drive(s). 3)Make sure the image is \"unmounted\". To do this, click on the image you just dragged into the disk utility on the left side. At the very top, if the button furthest to the right says \"eject\", click on it. Otherwise you are good to go. 4)Click on the \"Restore\" tab. It is the one furthest to the right in the main part of the disk utility window. 5)Drag the this disc image into the \"Source:\" field. You should see a green plus sign next to your cursor when it is ready to be dropped. 6)Attach your hard drive to the computer if it isn\'t already. 7)Drag your hard drive or partition from the left part of the disk utility window to the \"Destination:\" field. Again you should see a green plus sign. 7.5)It has been brought to my attention that for some hard drive types, you may need to format the drive differently depending on what type of computer you plan to use this with. For intel you must do a \"GUID partition table\", for PPC you need \"Apple Partition Map\". To format a disk, click on the \"Erase\" tab, then on \"Options\" to access these advanced options. 8)Now click \"Restore\". You may want to either erase the drive/partition first, or enable the \"Erase Destination\" box. 9)Restart your computer while holding down the \"option\" key. It might take a little while to index your bootable devices. When possible, select the device that we just restored this image too. Then click the forward arrow. It might take slightly longer than normal to start up. 9b)If you would prefer, you may go to \"Startup Disk\" in the \"System Preferences\" and select the drive you just installed this image onto. 9.5)Word on the street is that to get your iMac G5 to boot from usb flashdrive, go to your open firmware and type: boot ud:3,\\\\:tbxi 10)Use the tools on the disc. They don\'t really have any help or instructions, but they should be pretty straight forward. 11a)For some reason, it seems as the the restart function in the Startup Disk application is working all of a sudden. If it works for you, great. Otherwise, read on. 11b)When you are done you may launch the \"Startup Disk\" application to select which disk you would like to startup from. Note that the restart function of Startup Disk doesn\'t work. You will need to next open the terminal and type: \"reboot now\" ~ without the quotes. ~If upon restarting your computer doesn\'t boot up from your hard drive, try restarting while holding down the \"option\" key. This will give you a list of bootable devices to restart from. Simply select your hard drive, then click the forward pointing arrow. Option 2.1: Supposedly you can use a program called DasBoot with iPods to copy the tools over while leaving the iPod usable as a music player. I haven\'t tested this option yet. If someone wants to report back to me I would be happy to post something. COMMENTS: �You should always read the compatibly reports for a program before using it. Not all of these tools support all macs. �Don\'t try to launch or quit \"QuickerPicker\". �Boomerang probably wont be registerd for you. The main reason for that is that there is no good registration laying around these days. I did leave it on there because it should be fully functional and if you happen to have your own copy of Boomerang than you should be able to enter your information. �If you are going to run this from a hard drive and you have an additional 128MB of free space beyond what you need for the files on here, I would advise the you use it to appease TechTool Pro. If you don\'t you should still be able to use it just fine. �I plan to release periodic updates as I change various important parts of the image. However, I find it unlikely that I will release and update of this entire image just because a new program update came out. I do highly advise that you download all program updates and install them. Most of them are pretty straight forward, or you can read \"For Those Who Care\" to see what individual files you need for any one program. Also, I will probably post any information of this kind at http://www.dostuffright.com/BUI �Questions, comments, suggestions, ideas and complaints are all very welcome. Please read the \"For Those Who Care\" before contacting me though. I may answer your question in there. You are more than welcome to modify and/or redistribute this image in part or in whole. Just keep in mind that I spent an obscene amount working on this. I also used things that other people spent a long time on. So remember to give credit where credits due. Password: d165eca57057a6b177e242fea6985dab
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Thanks! Hopefully this will revive my 500GB LaCie :)
I downloaded the new version that fuyfuotr linked. It does NOT boot on a macbook (non-pro). It just showed a stop-sign. I did leave it on for a couple of hours, no change.
Thanks for the up e-razor, works perfectly on PPc 10.5.4, fully bootable, all apps work.
e-razor = legend... damn i needed some of the apps on this, thanks a million.
Are there keys included? I can't get Ipartition to run without one.
WON'T boot on 2007 Macbook 10.5.5.
What is will and won't work on should be in the Blurb!!!!!
What is will and won't work on should be in the Blurb!!!!!
want mac utilities to fix my broken, non booting mac! so i cant.... use a DMG file. what would be nice is an ISO!
This is not a criticism, but a request like comment. :)
This is not a criticism, but a request like comment. :)
doesn`t boot on a macbook pro 2008 OSX 10.5.5...
too bad...
too bad...
I *was* able to get this to work!
It's a real fine collection of utilities and as a mac repair person, I'm way into making it work.
Like many others, the DVD burned from the dmg did not work for me. So I mounted the image and used SuperDuper to copy it to a spare partition on my second internal drive. It then booted !fine! from my internal HD, which got me to thinking, "what's the difference between the two." Perhaps its a matter of making sure its "Blessed" or some other bootable parameter?
Since my internal HD version worked, what I tried at that point was to create a new 2.6GB dvd image in Disk utility and mount it on the desktop. i then used SuoerDuper again to move the contents from the internal partiton onto the new dvd image. Closed the new dvd image. Burnt it in disk utility and it booted up fine.
I have not had the opportunity to try this on an intel machine yet.
It's a real fine collection of utilities and as a mac repair person, I'm way into making it work.
Like many others, the DVD burned from the dmg did not work for me. So I mounted the image and used SuperDuper to copy it to a spare partition on my second internal drive. It then booted !fine! from my internal HD, which got me to thinking, "what's the difference between the two." Perhaps its a matter of making sure its "Blessed" or some other bootable parameter?
Since my internal HD version worked, what I tried at that point was to create a new 2.6GB dvd image in Disk utility and mount it on the desktop. i then used SuoerDuper again to move the contents from the internal partiton onto the new dvd image. Closed the new dvd image. Burnt it in disk utility and it booted up fine.
I have not had the opportunity to try this on an intel machine yet.
It's not bootable for me either. I'm trying to fix it in a similar way to what deepimage described. If I can get it to work, I'll make a new torrent for it.
e-razor, this is a great thing you've made, it just needs to boot for us. It could have something to with the changes Apple made in 10.5.5.
e-razor, this is a great thing you've made, it just needs to boot for us. It could have something to with the changes Apple made in 10.5.5.
it says i need password to open the disk image this has never happened before please help
thank you toct53 worked great
Down'd the 2.02r from Mediafire 3x and it kacked with the rar's on the last 5 secs using StuffXpander.
Unsure of how to use the checksum stuff.
Herk
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Unsure of how to use the checksum stuff.
Herk
oJo
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I was successfully able to burn to disc, and perform a boot from disk with no issues. Ran utilities on an iBook G-4. THANKS e-razor!!
i need to burn this on pc to fix my mac.
what program can use to make the image burn bootable?
what program can use to make the image burn bootable?
please seed !!!
It won't work in UltraISO, MagicISO, Nero, Excel, MS Paint or any other windows program. DMG is a mac disc image format, and you're going to need a mac to burn it properly.
An uncompressed dmg will be an ISO format image so it SHOULD burn with anything that you normally use, (haven't tried with this one yet but it's worked for me with a good few in the past)
You'll need to mount the downloaded (probably compressed) dmg on your mac - using the password when asked - then extract the dmg and docs contained within, rename the extracted dmg to iso (once you've unmounted it) and burn - all useless info of course if you don't have a working mac to mount the original but hope it helps someone.
You'll need to mount the downloaded (probably compressed) dmg on your mac - using the password when asked - then extract the dmg and docs contained within, rename the extracted dmg to iso (once you've unmounted it) and burn - all useless info of course if you don't have a working mac to mount the original but hope it helps someone.
Edit, the extracted .dmg won't need unmounted before renaming to .iso because it probably won't have been mounted in the first place! Sorry about any confusion and will post with success/failure details later, I expect if this works there might be folk with Windows computers wanting the ISO uploaded?
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