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Since in another post we used this to delete a stubborn file, I thought I would keep it going over here... Lets discuss what apps we have added to our UBCD4WIN CDs and discuss how we have personalized our UBCD4WIN Disks.

I start with the boot up screen and change it to flash my company logo instead of UBCD4WIN, i then follow up by changing the boot options to use my company name, instead of ubc4win, and then change the now loading screen to say COMPANY NAME instead of ubcd4win. I finish it off by having it load to the operating system with a background of my company logo, or cool picture with my company name on it! This makes things look a lot more professional when working on a clients machine in front of him/her!

Anyone else have any other great branding ideas that they do? What additional software do you guys add to your disks that is not already part of the package?

I also usually password protect the disk in case i accidentally leave the disk behind, and update it once every two weeks!

What other ideas are out there on customizing your disks?
 
Do you have a link to a guide on how to change these options? I would like to also brand my own cd because the orignal has the ubc4win logo & url and I don't like clients knowing how I repair the system.
 
mh348 said:
Do you have a link to a guide on how to change these options? I would like to also brand my own cd because the orignal has the ubc4win logo & url and I don't like clients knowing how I repair the system.
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To tell you the truth, i just played around with it till I got it the way I wanted it. Anyone out there have a good tutorial on this? I am heading to a concert tonight (Blue October) so I don't have time to write one out! If no one posts one by the morning, I will create a tutorial on branding your own UBCD4WIN Disk!
 
You should definitely check their forums since I cant post the link. Im trying to add Hirens Boot CD to the boot options. I also want to add two commercial AV/AS apps as well. Its still in process.
 
Branding your UBCD4WIN disk

After test driving Geek Squad's MRI disk, and creating my own repair disk using UBCD4WIN, I realized that I really needed to brand my disk for a more professional look when working in front of clients. Below is my guide to branding the UBCD4WIN disk. This is just the basics, so if you have better techniques, or greater ideas please send comments so I can apply them to both my disk and this article to better help those in the IT Repair Profession or Hobby.

To start, download UBCD4WIN and install it to C:\UBCD4Win
http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm

Change the Wallpaper when operating system boots:

There are many ways to do this, but I found this to be the easiest. Browse to C:\UBCD4Win\plugin\!Critical\UserSettings\Wallpaper

Open UBCD4WIN.jpg and edit it to your preference.
For editing images quickly and free, I recommend Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/

My current wallpaper looks like this:
UBCD4WIN.jpg


Change the flash logo:

When UBCD4WIN boots, it quickly flashes the UBCD4WIN logo. I changed this by browsing to C:\UBCD4Win\plugin\Multiboot-003\bcdw\files
and editing the logo.gif file the same way I did the Wallpaper above. My current logo flash looks like this:
logo.gif


Change the Boot Options:
While you are in the C:\UBCD4Win\plugin\Multiboot-003\bcdw\files folder, you can edit and change the boot options by opening bcdw_base.ini.
You will notice that they have made it easy to customize. I left the color setting default, so if you find a great way of changing this, add comments.
I also did not add any boot options to the menu, so if you have some great ideas here, let us know in comments below!
The main changes I made were:

TopText to ------------YOUR COMPANY NAME---------------

BottomText to -------------ABOUT YOUR COMPANY----------------

AboutText to --------see h*tp://www.yourcompany.com for services and pricing---------

\i386\setupldr.bin ; Launch YOURCOMPANYNAME Repair
 
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How did you get a Geek Squad MRI disk? What do they include/use? I tried a Google for it but cant seem to find anything useful. I have the UBCD4WIN and various other CDs and flash drives etc.
 
so is ubcd4w ONLY a boot disc? I mean, does it do anything when windows is already running? I really want to make a disc like geeksquad for when I am working on a customers computer in front of them. not a boot one, but one that operates just like the geeksquad one but with my logos, name, etc.

I've been told to try autoplay media studio, but I can't make heads or tails of that thing. I can figure out how to make a box with some button links, but that is cheesy to me and doesn't look as good as the geeksquad stuff. :(
 
It's an XP boot disc that has a ton of freeware utilities and you can add your own licensed software to it. Personally, I don't really like it because it seems to take forever to boot.
 
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MHCG said:
It's an XP boot disc that has a ton of freeware utilities and you can add your own licensed software to it. Personally, I don't really like it because it seems to take forever to boot.
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Well, to me the point is that it does boot, when the computer I am working on does not! If it did boot, I would just use my usb drive with PStart running all the same stuff the UBCD4WIN disk has to offer, plus more!
 
Hi I am new to this forum. Please can you tell me if it is possible to purchase ubcd4win on a disc as I am having a few problems with the down load and writing it to a disc

Thank you

Rover 45
 
MHCG said:
It's an XP boot disc that has a ton of freeware utilities and you can add your own licensed software to it. Personally, I don't really like it because it seems to take forever to boot.
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i've also noticed that ubcd4win takes foreever to boot on newer computers, i poped it into an old machine , with 128 or 256ram i thing it was a P3 and it boots real quick, i'm thinking it may be the newer HD that take it longer to boot. i hope they fix it soon.

Abe
 
Very useful writeup on how to customise UBCD4w Chris. I prefer not to use it much, as I too find it such a pain waiting for it to load. However where others fail, it can be useful and to customise it makes it dead professional looking.
 
One thing to add.

I have seen techs that download the iso and burn it do disk. I you update all the AV app's virus def files before burning the iso. I dont update all because the ISO becomes too big and wont fit on a CD. I know I can burn into a DVD but there are people still that do not have a DVD player.
 
Just delete some of the stuff you don't need, and then you can add more files without running out of space. I think the default build only has like 2-5MB of space left so it's packed to the limit already.
 
The new version was released yesterday, there were some things added & some removed so it should still fit on a cd.
Ed
 
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