Boot all your ISO's from one USB drive! 13. 16.13 Adding 'Install Windows xxx from ISO' menu entries to the Main menu Contents 14. 16.14 Removing the DOS, BACKUP and UTILITIES Main 1. 1 Introduction menu entries 1. 1.1 Three ways to add 'payload files' to E2B 15. 16.15 Change the way that payload files are listed in the 2. 2 E2B Version History menus 3. 3 Thanks for your help, feedback and support! 16. 16.16 Hotkey support 1. 3.1 Easy2Boot Introductory video 17. 16.17 Prevent the menu items from being automatically 4. 4 How to make a new Easy2Boot USB drive numbered 1. 4.1 Quick Instructions (video) 18. 16.18 Remove or change the 'Boot to first HDD [F7]' menu 2. 4.2 Quick Instructions (text) entry 3. 4.3 Really Detailed Instructions 19. 16.19 Remove or change the 'Reload Main Menu [F8]' menu 4. 4.4 3. Download E2B entry 5. 5 Getting Started - How to add payload (.ISO) files to 20. 16.20 Remove the 'Reboot [F9]' menu entry and function Easy2Boot 21. 16.21 Remove the 'Power Off [F10]' menu entry and function 1. 5.1 TWO GOLDEN RULES FOR E2B PAYLOAD FILES 22. 16.22 Add blank lines as separators to a menu 2. 5.2 FAQs 23. 16.23 Remove the 'Set default menu entry and timeout' Main 3. 5.3 Error 60: File not contiguous menu entry 4. 5.4 E2B Upgrade Packages 24. 16.24 Only show the Windows Install menu 5. 5.5 List of tested ISO files that just work! 17. 17 Speed up loading of the Main Menu 6. 6 Easy2Boot - Detailed Description and Help 1. 17.1 Suppress text messages on startup 1. 6.1 Using the Easy2Boot menu 2. 17.2 Counting Windows ISO Files 2. 6.2 Adding your bootable payload files 3. 17.3 Don't load the font file on start-up 3. 6.3 Where to add your (.iso, .ima, etc.) files 4. 17.4 Don't use a graphics bitmap 7. 7 TroubleShooting (and Error Messages)! 5. 17.5 Delete the xml files from the root 1. 7.1 Common problems with payload files 18. 18 How to make an Easy2Boot .mnu file 8. 8 The Easy2Boot folders and menu system 1. 18.1 Example: Adding the Windows 7 menu entry to the 1. 8.1 Main Menu Appearance MAIN Menu 2. 8.2 Easy2Boot Folder Structure 19. 19 Adding WinPE (WinBuilder) v2/3/4 ISOs 3. 8.3 Included payload files 20. 20 Using a Zalman USB Hard Disk caddy 4. 8.4 Windows Install ISO files 21. 21 GFXMenu Support 9. 9 E2B File Extensions used for Payload Files 22. 22 Easy2Boot - How it works 1. 9.1 Suggested File Extensions to use for different ISOs 1. 22.1 .MNU Files 10. 10 Testing E2B v1 2. 22.2 Windows Install ISOs 1. 10.1 Themes included in the latest E2B download 3. 22.3 .ISO/.IMA/etc. Booting 11. 11 Installing Windows from an E2B Hard Disk (instead of an 23. 23 Adding E2B to your own multi-boot USB drive E2B Flash drive) 24. 24 Convert your E2B USB drive into a bootable CD or DVD 12. 12 Installing Windows XP using the two-step FiraDisk 25. 25 Testing E2B using an emulator or Virtual Machine (Setup/F6) method 26. 26 Using E2B on an ext2/ext3 USB drive 13. 13 Install Windows XP using the WinPE method (winnt32.exe) 27. 27 Including payload files from other drives or partitions 1. 13.1 How to make a WinPE ISO 1. 27.1 More than two partitions 2. 13.2 Using the 'Install XP using WinPE' menu option 28. 28 Make a 'secret' E2B partition on a USB Flash drive 3. 13.3 Booting to WinPE 29. 29 PassPass - Bypass the Windows User Account Password 14. 14 Advanced (unattended) Windows Installs 30. 30 Downloads 1. 14.1 Unattend.txt files for XP installs 2. 14.2 Unattend.xml files for Vista\Win7\SVR2K8R2 installs 3. 14.3 Unattend.xml files for Win8\SVR2012 installs 4. 14.4 Modifying User Unattend.xml files to work with Easy2Boot 15. 15 Add WindowsToGo to your USB drive 16. 16 Setting your own preferences (MyE2B.cfg) 1. 16.1 Changing the background/wallpaper image Translate this Tutorial >>> 2. 16.2 Removing the background image or using text mode 3. 16.3 Change the Keyboard Layout 4. 16.4 Specifying the Main menu order and/or the menu items NEW! v1.15e - see bottom of page. 5. 16.5 Change the menu headings 6. 16.6 Change text colours and border colours How to make an E2B USB drive, click here. Then just copy over 7. 16.7 Change the menu box size and position all your ISO files and boot! 8. 16.8 Remove grub4dos and E2B startup messages 9. 16.9 Changing the Language List of tested ISOs here. 10. 16.10 Menu password protection 11. 16.11 Beep Example themes, see here. 12. 16.12 Add a new folder entry to the Main Menu Easy2Boot Forum is here. Please subscribe to my blog for changes, bug fixes and news. at all the files on the drive and dynamically creates a new menu each time you boot from the USB drive. Each file will be booted Any Problems? - Contact Me according to it's file extension (unlike most MultiBoot Utilities, E2B does not look at the file name and does not need to recognise Various Downloads are at the bottom of this page. what type or version of linux is inside the ISO file). New YouTube video PLEASE NOTE: With Easy2Boot I talk about 'payload files' because E2B can boot other files besides .iso files. Payload I have put a lot of hours of hard work into Easy2Boot and it files are bootable files that E2B recognises and can boot from. So is totally free! in many cases, a 'payload file' is an ISO file. However, a 'payload <- If you use E2B, please consider making a donation, it would file' can also be a .BIN file (e.g. memtest86.bin) or a .IMA file (e.g. be much appreciated a DOS floppy disk 1.44MB image file), or a .IMG file (a bootable When a new Upgrade Package becomes available, anyone disk image) or a .VHD file (a virtual hard disk image), etc. etc. who has made a donation will get it before everyone else! Your E2B USB drive can be formatted either as FAT32 or NTFS. ExFat will also work for most payloads except Comments from users on forums/blogs,etc: XP or Vista RTM and some WinPE ISOs, for this reason exFat is nyquist - 'Easy2boot is awesome. Thanks for sharing this software not recommended (also you may find that some systems won't with us.' boot). UEFI booting is not supported by the E2B menu system but Rootman - 'This is one of the coolest things I've run across in a you can add an EFI bootloader to the E2B USB drive manually if long time. You guys have GOT to check this out.' you wish. maanu - please accept my congratulations on coding this beautiful tool.. my 1st experience was GREAT. it worked flawlessly on very Once you have made a bootable Easy2Boot USB drive, you 1st try (win8 64-bit install) can simply copy all your payload files (.iso, .img, .ima, etc.) to Jkplayschess - This is a fantastic tool! I rarely get excited about one of the payload folders on your USB drive (e.g. things, but I'm following the development of this closely! \_ISO\MAINMENU folder). No menu editing required, no cheat sebus - The solution works VERY well indeed. Tested on W7 x64 code knowledge required for .ISO booting - just copy and boot! so far Your USB boot drive does not need to know what the ISO file Weedy - I gotta say I'm annoyed that this tool seems to work version is and will work with almost all linux liveCD ISOs that you exactly as advertised! This tool is a fantastic piece of software. copy over - even new ones that come out in 6 months or 3 years Sebastian - finally I found something amazing awesome that time should just work (you don't need to keep updating E2B on exceeded all my expectations: Easy2Boot - thank you! (private your USB drive every few months for the next release of a new email) linux ISO)! allcoms - unetbootin only allows you to boot one ISO per USB drive - easy2boot lets you boot as many ISOs as you can store on E2B on a USB Flash drive works with Windows Install ISOs your drive and adding new ISOs is as simple as copying them into too! Note that if you are using a bootable USB Hard Disk instead the correct folder so its platform neutral in that respect, not of a USB Flash drive, then the Windows Vista/7/8 install ISOs will requiring you to run an updater as you do with say YUMI, which is not work unless you also use a USB flash drive at the same time Windows only. I have tried other Linux-friendly apps (multisystem (see here for more details). etc) that have claimed to do this but none of them worked properly. Three ways to add 'payload files' to E2B Every ISO I have tested with E2B has worked 100% and I have 1. Just copy the payload file to a main folder at the \_ISO\xxxx tried at least a dozen distros, diagnostic and recovery ISOs with it level (e.g.