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Bootable floppy disk (startup disk) Creation

There are 2 ways you can create a bootable floppy or USB drive with a registered copy of Active@ Password Changer saved on it.

  1. Use Bootable Disk Creator program (BootableDiscCreator.exe can be found in the installation destination folder of Active@ Password Changer)
  2. Prepare a bootable floppy disk in MS-DOS MODE / WINDOWS 9x / WINDOWS XP and copy PWD_CHNG.EXE file onto it.

 

1. BOOTABLE DISK CREATOR PROGRAM

The following steps are in continuation of the installation process for Active@ Password Changer.

  1. If you intend to create a bootable disk, select the 'Run Bootable Disk Creator' option and click the [Finish] button to finish the installation process and to start the Bootable Disk Creation process.


  2. A "Bootable Disk Creator" screen will be displayed (shown below).


  3. Select the removable drive to format from the 'Removable' drop down list. You can either select a Floppy Disk Drive or USB drive from the drop down list.


  4. To add support for USB or CD-ROM drives, select the appropriate checkboxes under 'Additional Drivers' (shown below).
  5. Ensure that a floppy disk or USB drive is inserted in the selected Removable drive.


  6. Click the [START] button. The disk creation process will start. The screen (shown below) will be displayed with a progress bar. To interrupt or to discontinue disk creation click the [STOP] button.

  7. The following screen is displayed upon successful completion of disk creation. The bootable disk contains the Active@ Password Changer installation files and USB/CD-ROM support files if selected.

  8. Click the [CLOSE] button to complete the disk creation process.

Note: Using this bootable disk you can run/install Active@ Password Changer on other computers. All previous data stored on the floppy drive / USB drive will be deleted while creating the bootable disk. Just insert the created bootable floppy drive / USB drive / CDROM into your computer and reboot.
Your computer BIOS settings will need to be changed to re-boot the computer using a bootable floppy / USB drive / CDROM.

2. IN MS-DOS MODE / WINDOWS 9x / WINDOWS XP

  1. Prepare a bootable floppy disk with DOS / Windows. If you do not already have a bootable floppy, you can prepare such a disk in any of the following ways:
  • If you boot to MS-DOS or to the Command Prompt mode of Windows 95/98, insert a blank floppy and type:
C:\> FORMAT A: /S

and follow the instructions on a screen.

  • Or, if you boot in Windows 95/98/ME, go to the "Control Panel" then "Add/Remove Programs", then switch to the tab labeled "Startup Disk" and click the "Startup Disk..." button, and follow the instructions.
  • Or, if you boot in Windows XP, insert a blank floppy, right-click on the A: drive in Explorer (under My Computer), choose "Format...", check the "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" option and click the "Start" button.

 

  1. Copy Active@ Password Changer (PWD_CHNG.EXE) to the bootable floppy disk.

 


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