Boot Manager

[Yashied]

LAST VERSION - 2.0

02-Nov-09

Project closed.

The program is designed to select the OS to boot the actual operating system. Boot Manager works only with the BOOT.INI file, does not have any settings and does not make entries in the registry. The interface is extremely simple, and will not cause anybody difficulties. So, Boot Manager will be useful to anyone who uses multiple OS on one computer (such as me). Anyway, I will be glad to any feedback and suggestions.

Supported operating systems

Windows XP (doesn't work under Vista+)

Files to download

Binary

Redirection to Boot_bin.zip, 371 KB

Boot_bin.html

Source

Redirection to Boot_source.zip, 18 KB

Boot_source.html

Edited December 8, 2013 by Yashied

[JScript]

Very good!!! Works as expected, but for me:

C:\Test\UDFs\Collect.au3 (59) : ==> Can not redeclare a constant.:
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0x00

of 59 up to 72...

Collect.au3

global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0x00 ; Unknown bus type
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SCSI = 0x01    ; Small computer system interface (SCSI)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ATAPI = 0x02   ; AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ATA = 0x03     ; Advanced technology attachment (ATA)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_1394 = 0x04    ; IEEE 1394
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SSA = 0x05     ; Serial storage architecture (SSA)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_FIBRE = 0x06   ; Fibre channel
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_USB = 0x07     ; USB
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_RAID = 0x08    ; Redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ISCSI = 0x09   ; iSCSI
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SAS = 0x0A     ; Serial-attached SCSI
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SATA = 0x0B    ; Serial ATA
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SD = 0x0C      ; Secure digital
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_MMC = 0x0D     ; Multimedia card

I removed those lines and it perfectly worked!

Good job.

[Yashied]

  On 9/15/2009 at 1:56 PM, 'jscript said:

Very good!!! Works as expected, but for me:

C:\Test\UDFs\Collect.au3 (59) : ==> Can not redeclare a constant.:
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0x00

of 59 up to 72...

Collect.au3

global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0x00 ; Unknown bus type
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SCSI = 0x01    ; Small computer system interface (SCSI)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ATAPI = 0x02   ; AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ATA = 0x03     ; Advanced technology attachment (ATA)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_1394 = 0x04    ; IEEE 1394
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SSA = 0x05     ; Serial storage architecture (SSA)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_FIBRE = 0x06   ; Fibre channel
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_USB = 0x07     ; USB
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_RAID = 0x08    ; Redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_ISCSI = 0x09   ; iSCSI
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SAS = 0x0A     ; Serial-attached SCSI
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SATA = 0x0B    ; Serial ATA
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_SD = 0x0C      ; Secure digital
global const $DRIVE_BUS_TYPE_MMC = 0x0D     ; Multimedia card

I removed those lines and it perfectly worked!

Good job.

Thanks.

These constants are not present in AutoIt. You probably changed the native AutoIt library(s), and I think it was WinAPI.au3 UDF.

[Shafayat]

Nice job. I like the simplicity.

[Yashied]

The program has been updated to version 2.0.

[TheSaint]

Thanks for sharing!

And once again, welcome to the MVP group!