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Burn ISO Image to USB Flash Pen Drive (Kon-Boot to USB)

Posted By Raymond In Category: Computer

May
11
2009

When I discovered Kon-Boot and posted it in this blog, I got many request in forum on how to put Kon-Boot ISO image file to USB. I seldom boot a computer using USB because only modern computers is able to support that and a lot of my client’s computer are still old enough to only support booting from CD. Booting up a computer with USB is very convenient because USB is small, cheap and convenient. Imagine carrying a small pendrive with Kon-Boot and you can virtually login to any password protected Windows or Linux computer…

Many of you tried to extract the Kon-Boot ISO image file but ended up seeing that it’s blank. The image file is NOT blank and even the coder of Kon-Boot mentions that. It’s just that you can’t see it in Windows. For those that are having trouble in putting Kon-Boot ISO to USB, I will show you how easy it is to do that. Remember, computers are made easy in Raymond.CC ;)


There are 2 types of Kon-Boot images. The floppy image and CD ISO. You can use UNetbootin, a tool that allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. The trick here is to use the floppy image instead of the CD ISO. If you don’t get what am I saying, just follow the few simple step-by-step on how to burn Kon-Boot ISO to USB.

1. Download latest version of UNetbootin and install.

2. Download Kon-Boot floppy image and extract the zip file to get FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img file.

3. Plug in your USB flash drive.

4. Run UNetbootin, select Diskimage, click the drop down menu to select Floppy and browse for the FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img file.
ISO to USB
5. Make sure USB Drive is selected for Type and the drive letter is the USB flash drive that you want to install Kon-Boot. Click OK. It should take a few seconds to finish installing Kon-Boot floppy image into your USB.

6. You can click the Reboot Now button and boot up your computer with USB. You may have to set your BIOS to do that. On newer computers, there should be a hotkey to show the Boot Menu. My MSI motherboard hotkey is F8.

7. If you get it right, you should see a UNetbootin screen with 10 seconds countdown to select Default from the list. You can either hit enter to immediately boot Kon-Boot or just wait until 10 seconds for UNetbootin to automatically boot the default profile for you.
unetbootin boot menu
8. When you see the Krypto Logic screen, hit a key to continue. Just wait for Windows or Linux to boot normally. Now you can login to any user account without entering a password!

I have no idea why UNetbootin doesn’t work with Kon-Boot CD ISO image file, maybe it is not compatible. However, you can see that UNetbootin supports a pretty good amount of linux distros and possibly other ISO that is not in the list. Well at least we got Kon-Boot into USB thanks to the floppy image file.


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    • Firdaus

      Does this works on Windows 7 32Bit. I’ve forgotten my password once on Windows 7. Thx in advance.

    • mazani

      4 more info. mybe i thing u can use this tool ‘Hp Usb Disk Storage Format Tool ‘also

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      Firdaus, Kon-Boot works on Windows 7.

      Mazani, I don’t think you can use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to burn an ISO to a USB. You can only create a DOS startup disk on USB with it.

    • mazani

      thank ray 4 your info

    • milad

      gr8 ray.

    • Kislay Kishore

      Its brilliant Raymond

    • sul2005tan

      thanks in advance.

    • pankaj

      Mr Raymond i have read ur Ask Raymond:Which is the best antivirus? column tomorrow..
      But i totally disagree with u..
      try Quickheal it is the best antivirus i have ever used.
      I am sure that u will love it too..

    • pankaj

      oops sorry a grammatical mistake in my previous comment.

    • Franck

      Thanks, but it doesn’t work on my computer.

      I see the UnetBootin menu, and konboot launches and I see the kryptoslogic splashscreen.

      If I remove the USB key now, then press enter, at the end of the process konBoot fails to launch windows, as it is unable to read original MBR.

      If I keep the USB stick at its place, at the end of the process, instead of launching windows, I see the UnetBootin menu again…

      So ?

    • Rixiu

      The second URL
      2. Download Kon-Boot floppy image and extract the zip file to get FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img file

      Does not work… Any suggestions ?

    • Abdul Haseeb

      That is gr8 Raymond.. But can we burn in this way windows XP iso image to USB for installation through USB!!

    • ha14

      I saw some debate regarding Kon-Boot to USB, many were wondering how. Thanks for lighting the path to it.

    • Madhu

      Raymond. I hav done the same procedure u mentioned above. But Kon-Boot again and again rebooting and giving the UNetbootin screen only.

    • 123vso

      Ray,

      whenever i use kon boot cd,after pressing the Enter key i get a messege saying

      “Windows NT has not found enough extended memory. 7MB of extended memory is
      reuiqred to run Windows NT. YOu may need to upgrade your computer or run a
      configuration program provided by the manufacturer.

      Memory Map:……..”

      How can i solve this Ray???? PLEASE HELP

      I checked my memory[512mb]it’s fine and the computer is working well.As far as i know there is no booting problems.It takes even my bootable xp cd,ubuntu cd,PCLogin now cd,OphCrack cds very well.Whenever i use those mentioned cds they work very well…..

      PLEASE SOLVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFULL!!!!!!!!!!!

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      @pankaj: If you like QuickHeal and it works perfectly for you, then continue using it.

      @Franck: Did you download the CD-ISO or Floppy Image?

      @Rixiu: You should learn how to extract a ZIP file first :P

      @Madhu: Download the Floppy Image, not the CD-ISO.

    • sb_92

      i dont seem to understand why ppl go for stuff like quickheal when theres kaspersky around…either that person is a newbe at computers or he/she does not have sound knowledge of viruses and have never been attacked by a good one like the rest of us

      yay ray thx finally i can use kon-boot to usb…using a CD for such a small file is a complete waste and for a floppy..no one knows whether its gonna work the next second

    • dino

      raymond..i can use the download link in step.1~

      cant reach the network it says..

    • duckne55

      Its probably because the ISO file has the IMG file inside…

    • Jon

      Ray, have you tested if it works? It doesn’t work for me. Kon-Boot kept on looping and never went on to the Windows OS boot screen.

      Am I missing some steps?!

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      @Jon: Definitely it works on my side or else I won’t post it.

      Make sure you use the Floppy Image, NOT the CD-ISO!

    • Nicole

      raymond, i tried all of these:
      i downloaded it andextracted and then burned it to my USB. But after booting kon-boot, the Unet Menu comes again and again.

    • 123vso

      hey ray.Did you figure out my problem???????????

    • Kislay Kishore

      Thank u for the UNetbootin tool but its neither working on my desktop(old one) nor on the laptop(newer). I get to see the UNetbootin screen again and again.

    • vua

      i believe this should be possible some day! awesome
      thanks Raymond

    • mcgr5

      Thanks Ray for another great post!

    • Junn

      Wow, I was actually expecting you to pursue this subject (Kon-Boot to USB, as others have been asking for), Raymond. Thank you!

    • Sulav

      working here with out any glitch.

    • webcadre

      thanks ray! awesome post! :)

    • Barti

      I have the same problem as Kislay Kishore I boot with my USB on 2 computers but it do the same as Kislay Kishore !
      I have downloaded the good .img file and it don’t work and I don’t know why help me please Raymond !!

      Thanks !

    • Barti

      I retryed to boot with my USB but I’m blocked here :
      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4x0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      And nothing happens !!!

      I don’t know why but it don’t work T_T

      Please help me :-)

      Thanks !

    • Ali

      just wondering, does it change the current user name or pass?

      for example, if ma bro uses a win xp. will he notice that i enterd? (viewed user name changed for instance?, instead of say “Ahmedoz”, he finds “administrator”, or “kon boot” etc)

      cant test atm in ma pc, bios dosnt support USB (WAY too lazy to buy a CD either :D)

    • Smalldog

      The same problem with me! :)

    • ahmed

      Help raymond….im getting the same result as Barti

      it comes to the Unet menu for about 3 times, then the screen goes blank and ive to restart my comp again…..maybe you can suggest some other way to get my pass back!!

      thanks ray for the tip anyway.

    • Franck

      Hi Raymond !
      I definitely used the floppy image. I followed step by step your instructions.
      I see we are many to encounter this same UNetBootin menu loop problem…
      Hope you’ll help !

      Thanks in advance

    • cbritt84

      I get the same results as Barti. I used only the floppy image. Gotta be doing something wrong.

    • Mohamed

      it asks me to select Distribution. which 1 i shuld select?

    • Fran

      Making all steps right, don´t working.

      I maked too many tries and not work.

      I yet configured the motherboard in several modes, but none.

      Someone working? I see anyone… in all comments…

      Maybe… just works in a few motherboards…

    • Rahul Isola

      Same prob as others…looping menu…m sure i used d FD image…was really lookin 4wrd 2 use it… :-(

    • SMArt

      konboot disk is something like a rootkit, that loads to memory before OS and blocks OS’s mechanism of verification. if you open floppy image with archiver or write it on floppy, there are no files. Author wrote konboot in TASM, so the diskette contains raw code for processor without anything else. ISO image is empty too, except diskette image added as boot, so no need to try to write the ISO image of konboot to flash-drive.

      The UNetbootin utility just stupidly copies necesary files then makes the flash-drive bootable with syslinux and adds to syslinux.cfg strings to load disk image with syslinux boot manager. It handles Linux CD-images only and not all of them may work after installation tu USB drive. UNetbootin is just stupid grafic interface and contains nothing useful.

      As I tried to add konboot to my multiboot flashdrive, I met some difficults. When USB-Flash disk is chosen as bootable, it is mapped as hd0 – the first hard drive of computer. So after konboot loading, it chains the boot to the first bootable drive in system. So the flash-drive boots again and again. I tested it at home on my Intel DP43TF, and tomorrow I will test it at work on MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards. Mapping of disk by default depends to BIOS of motherboard as far as I know. If I find the way to run konboot from USB-disk, I will write about it here in comments.

      Anyway, thank you, Raymond, for your blog.
      Sorry for bad English, I’m from Russia
      Good luck to all :)

    • hanan

      2. Download Kon-Boot floppy image
      the link dosen’t work
      ????

      can u re post it ??

      thanx Ray

    • TechGuyBoy

      Thanks Raymond, very nice tip.

    • Raikurion

      Umm Raymond I have the same problem as the others were posting. I download Unetbooting & the floppy img file. I extracted, install using the unetboot and I can’t seem to proceed on the log in menu it keeps going back to the Unetbooting page then Kon-boot, the log in menu doesn’t show.

      Please HELP!!

    • http://www.smarterthansam.co.cc sam

      hey raymond mah getting this message and nothing happens…..me using vista home basic laptop

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      plz tell me wat to do now?????

    • http://www.anjalisharma_niitpatna.co.cc anjali

      same problem like sam and bharti here

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      not going any way………

    • sahil

      same plm described above by bharti, sam , and anjali…….

      same plm here tooo…….

      KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      Booting up ! -EOT

    • Tony

      If i mount the floppy image to my usb drive, it loops once the kernal has been loaded.

      I have also tried changing the startup order of the computer so that it boots from HDD 1st before usb, then manually select to boot from USB from startup.

      AKA – it does not work for me on two seperate computers, but i do see it trying to work.

      Maybe there is a way in editing the syslinux.cfg to boot from HDD1 so that we can manually boot it afterwards.

      Tony

    • Alan

      Thanks Ray for hearing our prayers

    • Ali

      got same looping problem. i think it got somthing to do with me having more than one harddisk connected, and each harddisk has more than one windows installed..
      i dont think kon boot support dual booting yet

    • faizulhu

      Had for waiting for this article. Thanks Raymond. You’re the best

    • http://NotWrking.... ibrahim

      This is not working for me……
      I had follow all the steps but when I boot from removable disc it doesnt show any UNetBootin screen…

    • manish

      same problem like sam and bharti here

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      not going any way………

    • Barti

      SMArt, what you said is very interesting please help me if you find a way to make a Kon-Boot USB WORKING !
      I let you my msn : ratlasic@hotmail.fr
      And I hope you will succeed !!!

      If Raymond can help us it can be good ^^

      Sorry for bad english I’m French ^^

      PS : I tryed USB Kon-Boot on 3 PC : One Vista, one XP and one other XP !

      Thanks !

    • Barti

      I send a mail to Piotr Bania (the one who make Kon-Boot) about this problem who many persons have and I have too and I will say you if he reply !

      Thanks !

    • metric

      Same for me I’m sure that I have downloaded the floppy img.

      I see the UnetBootin menu, and konboot launches and I see the kryptoslogic splashscreen.

      If I remove the USB key now, then press enter, at the end of the process konBoot fails to launch windows, as it is unable to read original MBR.

      If I keep the USB stick at its place, at the end of the process, instead of launching windows, I see the UnetBootin menu again…

      Raymond, Please assist

    • SMArt

      Thank you, Barti. Write here as Piotr Bania answer.

    • Asfour

      I Used Grub4dos to do that and it worked so fine.{Tested it many times on many computers}
      The How to is as follows:

      1- Install Grub4dos or use Grub installer {search for it on the internet} and make your USB flash disk a bootable

      2- copy konboot.img {floppy image version}to your USB flash {on the root of it }

      3- download memdisk.bin and copy it to the same place as konboot.img {search for it on Internet too}

      4- add an entry in the file menu.lst {on USB flash root} … like this :

      title Kon-Boot
      root (hd0,0)
      kernel (hd0,0)/memdisk.bin
      initrd=/konboot.img

      that’s all you need.Then you will have kon-bbot installed on your USB flash disk and you can add different tools too.

      search for Grub4dos options and capabilities

      That’s ALL.
      ASFOUR

    • Barti

      He had n’t reply…
      I wait his reply and I try to make a USB Kon-Boot with other technics ^^

      Thanks !

    • Barti

      Asfour I can’t find Grub4dos and memdisk.bin !!
      Can you give me this files please ?

      Thanks !

    • James Doc

      On trying to download this. NOD 32 jumped in and said the following-

      http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/data/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip probably unknown TSR.BOOT virus connection terminated – quarantined Threat was detected upon access to web by the application: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
      http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/data/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip » ZIP » FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img probably unknown TSR.BOOT virus
      ———————————————————————————
      CONTACTED RAY AND AWAITING RESPONSE WILL GET BACK ON THIS SO DO NOT WORRY AS OF YET!!!!!

    • James Doc

      RESPONSE TO MY LAST POST

      Failed to read the full thing. IT’S SAFE TO DOWNLOAD. NOD IS AT FAULT SO NOT TO WORRY

      RAY GOT BACK TO ME VERY FAST AND EASED MY MIND

      THANKS MATE!

    • Rahul Isola

      @Asfour: m facing d same prob wid grub4boot as UNetbootin…it loops n goes back 2 d grub menu…

      Can you please give a detailed step-by-step instructions on how you managed to do it???

    • Barti

      @Asfour : I have the same problem than Rahul Isola can you make a tuto for us ?

      Thanks !

    • sam

      did any one got the solution ….dat how to overcome with this plm????

      basic laptop

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      plz reply………raymond ……..where are you……..

      any1 out here……

    • crc

      thnx buddy

    • Asfour

      Rahul Isola & Barti:
      it does loop back again to the Grub menu but it did the work really.
      Just boot to Hard Disk from the Grub menu and you will see it is just WORKED.
      Make an entry in Grub menu in the menu.lst file to boot from Hard Disk or use the following one:

      title Boot from hard disk
      map (hd0) (hd1)
      map (hd1) (hd0)
      map –hook
      chainloader (hd0)+1
      boot

      JUST TRY IT…!!!

    • Mike

      Hey Asfour… thanks for pointing to the Grub4 – it’s interesting project.

      Is there any tutorial that you would recommend me so I can learn the commands? help command when I boot using Grub doesn’t help me much.

      I’m especially interested in knowing how to mount ISOs… managed to mount WinXPInstall.iso with:

      title WindowsXP
      map –mem (fd0)/WinXP.iso (hd32)
      map –hook
      chainloader (hd32)

      … but konboot.iso won’t work with this commands. I mean it seems that image is mounted… after chainloader command it gives me two lines of text… and just stands there. When I type in boot to force booting – it says -> Error 8 : Kernel must be loaded before booting

      Tnx

    • Tom

      There are lots of resources out there for grub4dos, check out bootland or the 911cd forums. You can’t boot directly from a windows install cd – once the kernel loads at install then you lose all mappings to “virutal cds” that you may have made. You can install winxp from usb (see msfn forums) but not in the way you describe…

    • Frax

      Hi everyone , I manged to get this all done (thanks to Asfour for telling us about Grub4dos)

      Asfour’s way wont work, So here how to do it.

      First get Grub4dos from here: http://uploadbud.com/files/5B82M4YL/Grub4dos.rar
      Now start grubinst_gui.exe and select your your flash (Double Check it – and i let you figure things out yourself)
      from Grub4dos copy/paste grldr and grub to your usb flash.

      Obtain FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img (From here http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/data/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip ) and put .img file into your flash memory

      Make a file called menu.lst (hint: make sure its NOT ending with .txt – other wise I say stop and this directions not for you) containing the following:

      title Koon-Boot
      map (hd0,0)/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img (fd0)
      map –hook
      map (hd0) (hd1)
      map (hd1) (hd0)
      map –hook
      chainloader (fd0)+1
      rootnoverify (fd0)

      That’s all it will pass and everything would be fine.

      For others who wants to know more. I am using syslinux and grub4dos with this in syslinux.cfg

      label Gurb4dos
      kernel /grub.exe

      and the same steps goes from here. If someone found a way to do it all with syslinux feel free to speak and yeah you could use ubnkern and ubninit instead of .img , if you know whats i am talking about

    • Deepz

      One question, does it support NTFS harddisk. I had followed the Raymonds way, formated flashdrive in fat32. Looks like PC boots from flash drive (but no obvious GUI) and nothing happens. Is it a problem because my harddisk is in NTFS system?

      Will try and see Frax method..

    • Deepz

      OK, I’m not able to figure out. I can’t boot from USB :(

    • wantp

      Raymond, do this method will erase all files in our flashdrive?

    • zenon

      after installing these,,, the bios dont show the option to boot frm removal drive…:S.(removal drive was the floppy)…iam supposed to select the flopy rite ?. as the first booting device?.

    • Keo

      I’ll try it right now for a friend who has been victim of a bad joke. However, if “ABC Formation, 2001″ tells you about something, don’t hesitate and e-mail me!
      Thanks for all, gud job.

    • pama

      Hey

      I see the UNetbootin screen then the Krypto Logic screen but after that nothing happens. If i push any button then blank screen comes. If i don’t push any button then i see the unetbootin screen forever.
      I downloaded the flopy version, not the cd one.
      PLease help me to solve my problem.

      Thanks
      pama

    • julien

      I try what you say. it works fine but on my XP professional I can not manage to access the bios to ask to boot on the usb (I have a tablet PC). and when I put the USB at the boot time I have an error asking me to remove the disk.
      what could I do?
      I feel the access to the bios is protected by admin right

    • Tom

      Hi, I tried it on 5 different PC/Laptop and it works to boot from the USB, but I had on each PC a different problem. Once I only got a black screen, nothing else, on the next I´ve seen the main screen to select the OS but after that nothing happened anymore, I also got the error message “dummy bios detected” and on the last two PCs it didnt boot at all. All this errors seems to depend on the installation of the OS and its settings. After USB I tried it with the ISO CD and had the exact the same problems. It didnt get it to bypass the logon, is there anything else I have to do?

    • Roaf

      Hi, Thanks man
      I tried it on vista it works and i tried it on xp it doesnt work it says no kernel image or something after i boot from usb

    • prejval

      i am having some prob wt it …. everything is workin fine untill the konboot screen comes ….. aftr that nothing happens it just gets struck at that screen….help me

    • http://www.planetcreator.net san lin htet

      I am not clear what you explain regard kon-boot USB.
      I did as you said , still have a big problem.
      Let me know, clearly, Plz

      Thanks you so much

    • omair2084

      For those of you who have the reboot problem. I just removed the USB when it said
      >>Booting up ! -EOT
      and after a couple of tries I got through to windows.
      It’s the timing I guess to remove the USB. Just remove it at the right time, wait for your hdd’s turn on the boot list.
      And your done.

    • Freestyler

      Hi, i have problem with download a floppy file from authors site. Can someone upload this file on other server? Megaupload, rapidshare or something else. Thank you.

    • Pavlo Fabri

      Damned things keeps on looping. Once Kon Boot says Booting Up, I get returned to the Unetbootin bootloader. Piece of SHIT! I am going to try removing the usb drive while “Booting up”, as one user suggested.

    • Lupin

      Frax’s method works.

      I was initially getting this:
      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT
      With unetbootin

      The only change I had to make (and this could be because of my browser) was to change:
      map –hook
      to
      map – -hook (remove the space between the two dashes).
      I think the blog is making them into a single dash in non standard typeset.

      After that, the konboot has become the destroyer of password.

    • Patrik

      Hi Ray…i did everything correctly but the windows 7 keeps on freezing on the startup screen…it is 32-bit

    • Chase

      im having the same loop problem but it loops twice then goes to a blank screen and when i press enter it flashes.is this normal.how long should i wait for windows to boot.and where did ray go?

    • Alfred007

      my 8gb flash drive has contents in it. Will this format my usb or the contents will remain?

    • mohan

      sir i want 2 boot windows xp from my usb drive…..i hv d image of it…can u plzz give me a menu.lst command 2 boot xp..plzzz :-) thnkq..

    • Arief

      what is the purpose of this ? if we forget the password we can even install the UNetbootin, because it needs administrator password to install. Can you provide method that doesn’t need any administrator right or whatsoever ?

    • bangpe

      I can use kon-boot in my laptop with windows xp and it’s work very good..thank’s to frax..
      but it’s doesn’t work in windows 7 32-bit..
      plz ray or someone help me..
      (sorry, my english is bad..i’m a indonesian)

    • TJ

      Alright, after reading all the comments and trying to figure out why it kept looping i finally realized that it’s because my USB has top boot priority and when kon-boot is done with it’s business the freakin USB is still inserted. Soooooo just take your USB out after it dose it’s thing, when you see it counting down…

      you’ll get a message saying to switch drives or something and hit any key – just hit any key and your all set. That’s ALL you had to say Raymond. And thanks buddy

    • Sanjay

      This doesnt work for Windows 7

    • veitch

      thanks raymond, my netbook work normal again.

    • veitch

      i use Kon-Boot & UNetbootin to break my pass to win 7.

    • Daveyboy

      Hey guys, I’ve tried Ray’s method, followed it to the letter, but on reboot, all i see is “BOOT ERROR”!! When I take usb out the press return, I boot into windows as normal (with password still needed). Can anyone help please?

    • Phil Mack

      Respect to Frax #69 and Lupin #84. following their method got me into XP Pro SP3.
      cheers guys !
      phil

    • Arash

      I follow all the different methods introduced here but non of them worked unfortunately! (the error message your windows NT doesn’t have enough memory …(or sth likes this))
      I am really tired now and I decide to reinstall the windows. but thanks to all who tried to solve the problem.

    • DEEPAK

      sir using netbootin software i mounted an iso image file windows xp successfully…..my laptop also detects it….when i boot from usb pen drive….it shows netbootin screen…..there is default option…when i press enter

      it shows”automatic boot in 5 0r 6 or 10….seconds”

      it keeps showing this….

      and wat i huv to do in edit option…..plz help me sir…..

      i m using HP pendrive…..

    • sweetrobot

      SOLUTION

      I tried EVERY method listed here and on several sites (including irongeek) with no luck, until I stumbled upon this:

      http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2155

      This release of UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD) contains kon-boot v 1.1 – this version is NOT free, and supports x64 based OS’s.

      Windows Tutorial (Tutorial tested on Win7 x64):

      1. Simply, download the referenced file: http://www.multiupload.com/RSRA9AOX8W

      2. Extract the files within the downloaded ISO (to make life easier, I strongly recommend you extract to something like C:\ubcd)

      3. Go to the directory where the files were extracted and then find ubcd\tools\win32\ubcd2usb\ and run ubcd2usb.cmd (If extracted as suggested in step 2, go to C:\ubcd\ubcd\tools\win32\ubcd2usb\ and run ubcd2usb.cmd)

      4. Follow the prompt in the console with examples (If following my example, simply type “UBCD2USB c:\ubcd f:” where c:\ubcd is where the iso files are and f: is the usb drive)

      5. Press ENTER to execute. This will format the drive and make it a bootable version of the UBCD, containing many utils, including KON-BOOT v 1.1.

      6. Simply place the formatted and now bootable UBS drive into a computer and start it up.

      7. Once booted into UBCD’s main menu, select ‘Others’

      8. Once in the ‘Others’ menu, you will find KON-BOOT V1.1 :)

      9. Select kon-boot and run as normal. It should do it’s thing WITHOUT LOOPING, and start loading windows after the first time around.

      Hope this helps some folks. It worked for me, but we have found many times that most solutions are not universal. If it works for any of you, gives others feedback to let them know if they are wasting their time or not.

      Cheers,
      Sweetrobot

    • Dave

      I did get Frax’s way to work. If you are copying the contents of the menu.lst file straight from his post that wont work. You need to type it out by hand and make sure you put 2 -’s in front of the word hook

      map — hook

      Space properly too.

    • Dave

      Well this board puts the -’s together there should not be a space after the – and before hook either

    • basti

      Hi!

      i use win7 32bit

      i used Unetbooting to get the Floppy version of KonBoot to an USB. when restarting i get the Unetbooting Screen –> then it continues to the KryptoLogic screen –> then i pushed a Key and the screen changes to a blackscreen and then nothing happens :(

      please help

    • Vytautas

      sweetrobot method doesnt work it’s still loops !!!!!!!!!
      FUKC!

    • E_o_G

      @sweetrobot
      Your Boot-CD does not contain Kon-Boot v.1.1 it´s still Version 1.0 and does support Linux but no x64 support.
      The “real v1.1 which is comercial now doesent support linux anymore and have x64 support.

    • smallpig

      same problem like sam and bharti here

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      not going any way………

      why?

    • Rui

      what omair2084 said works! just pull out USB

      “For those of you who have the reboot problem. I just removed the USB when it said
      >>Booting up ! -EOT
      and after a couple of tries I got through to windows.
      It’s the timing I guess to remove the USB. Just remove it at the right time, wait for your hdd’s turn on the boot list.
      And your done.
      “

    • wan

      i also have problem like others

      where are u rayomnd???
      pls help us…
      or anybody…

    • http://Why? Stef

      Why is it downloading so many files i only want the Unbootin file???? HELP?

    • sek

      It’s work For XP and VISTA ..Your’s Great!!!!! Raymond
      Thanks

      for anybody who didn’t do that.While you downloads and install please disable antivirus software.I think clear in any steps.

    • Ian

      It does work but you have to be quick.

      After the first round and when Kon-Boot starts counting down again, pull the memory stick out.

      You will get an error – press Enter

      You will get another error – press Enter

      Windows will load and at the log on screen – just press Enter again.

    • rathin

      hello you can go to piratebay.com and search for kon boot
      you may get what you wanted

    • JBernal

      same problem like sam, bharti and smallpig here

      >>KON-BOOT ver. 1.0 – ready! h4×0Rin uH?
      >>Checking SMAP BIOS entries…
      >>Dummy BIOS detected, trying to fix SMAP entries.
      >>Booting up ! -EOT

      not going any way………

      why? =(

    • http://BootError?? Alush

      When i reboot and select the usb drive it says boot error ??
      what am i doing wrong ??

    • 4you007

      Thanks Great tool

    • Balkus

      The same prob on win 7 starter it keeps restarting to kon-boot if you remove flash after first atempt it will lock on kon-boot screen. Any Ideas?

    • grob

      i need a ,img file so it can work , your link to extract the zip file doesnt work
      HELP PLEASE!!!

    • Spoto177

      If you get the loop when you got back to the the unetbootin screen pull your usb and press enter you don’t need to pull it when it says booting from EOT… also would be nice if a coder added in a boot option to the unetbootin that way you can just chose what you want in that screen without a restart

    • Martin

      thks!!!!!!! works perfect!!!!!!! thks again!

    • Raiden

      wow, pulling the drive at the end worked! thanks!

    • Steven Patterson

      I followed a guide at: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/kon-boot-from-usb which gives the steps to follow after using this guide

    • http://!!Invalid Michael

      Hello, Why i got this message on booting?

      Invalid or destroyed bootable!

    • M@yeulC

      here is the way to solve the problem : http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/kon-boot-from-usb

      Kon Boot homepage has changed: now you have to visit :
      http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/

      enjoy ;)

    • M@yeulC

      I compiled an iso you need to extract into your usb key using unetbootin : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LVH93IX

      after you used konboot, try ubentry 5 ;)

    • A.G.

      I keep getting the error message

      could not find kernel image : vesamenu.c32

    • http://sagsx.com Raymond

      Complete Tutorial Here:

    • Really

      Complete tutorial where? Seems your suggestions don’t work for 90% of the people, nice thought though.

    • ron

      thanks for the guide.

    • Leon

      Failure. The whole point in Kon-boot is to bypass password entering, but UNetbootin needs a password to install.

    • dslfsdlf

      doesnt work at all

    • jeff

      I followed all the instructions, the only problem is konboot just starts over and over and windows will not boot. Any ideas?

    • jackson

      i keep getting pkzip file uses invalid method

    • Elias David Perez

      y donde descargo ese pograma kon bot 1.0 gratis para grabarlo en un cd que lo nesesito de verdad mi hermana bloque la pc de mesa y anda de viaje y no puedo usarla 

    • Geov Panathinaikos

      hey man i need help it tells me dummy bios detect trying to fix smap bios entries -booting up and then nothing just a black page

    • Geov Panathinaikos

      after that it shows me a black page and nothing happens what can i do?

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