John R Pierce wrote: > On 5/6/2013 12:21 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> run it from hirens usb ? that can boot to a winPE style environment. >> Never heard of it. Just looked at it... winPE - is that the miniXP? >> >> And it bothers me that I've never heard of hirens - I*do* have to be >> aware of security. I'm still thinking of wine. > > Hirens has been around for quite a while, and gets updated > periodically. its a all-in-one CD or USB boot full of mostly open > source tools, can boot into memtest86, a linux kernel/shell/gui > environment, or into a 'bartPE' mini-XP environment. freedos too, I > think. <snip> Interesting. I need to look at them further. HOWEVER: I saw something there about unpacking an .exe... and googled that, and found someone talking about doing that... which led me to cabextract, and, sure 'nough, I now have what was in that exe - flat files, CD, floppy! even a WinDoze floppy label printer! Now all I have to do is figure out which will be easiest to use - I'm hoping I can just copy the flat files or the floppy files, or USB files, and reboot into freedos and go. mark