Installing Hiren's Boot CD USB PE To A Hard Drive On PC Or Laptop

Introduction

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Hiren's Boot CD USB PE onto a hard drive or SSD, allowing your PC or laptop to boot directly from it without needing a USB thumb drive. This setup is particularly useful for users looking to run Hiren's tools in a 64-bit Windows PE environment efficiently.

Step 1: Prepare the USB Thumb Drive

Before you can install Hiren's Boot CD onto your hard drive, you need to create a bootable USB thumb drive.

1. Create the USB Drive:

   • Follow the instructions from the previous video to create a bootable USB thumb drive with Hiren's Boot CD USB PE.
   • Ensure that the ISO file used for creating the USB drive is saved on the same drive.

2. Boot from USB:

   • Connect the USB thumb drive to your PC.
   • Restart your PC and enter the boot menu (commonly by pressing F12, Esc, or another key depending on your machine) to select the USB drive.

Step 2: Connect the Hard Drive

Next, you will connect the hard drive where Hiren's Boot CD will be installed.

1. Connect the Hard Drive:
   • You can use either an internal or external hard drive. For best results, an internal connection is recommended.
   • Make sure that only the target hard drive and the USB thumb drive are connected to minimize errors.

Step 3: Prepare the Hard Drive

Now, you'll need to format and prepare the hard drive for Hiren's Boot CD.

1. Access HDD Low Level Format Tool:

   • After booting from the USB drive, navigate to the HDD Low Level Format Tool in the menu.

2. Select the Correct Drive:

   • Be very careful to select the correct drive. You can identify it by its size and model.
   • Choose to perform a quick wipe to remove any existing partitions. This will prepare the drive for a fresh start.

3. Open Disk Management:

   • Go to All Programs > Accessories > Disk Management.
   • Initialize the drive using MBR (Master Boot Record).

4. Format the Drive:

   • Right-click on the unallocated space and select "New Simple Volume."
   • Follow the wizard using default settings, formatting it as NTFS and assigning it a drive letter.
   • Mark the partition as active to enable booting from this drive.

Step 4: Transfer Hiren's Files

Now you will copy the necessary files from the USB drive to the hard drive.

1. Copy Files from USB to Hard Drive:
   • Navigate to the USB thumb drive and double-click on the Hiren's Boot CD ISO file.
   • Select all files within the ISO and copy them (Ctrl + C).
   • Go back to your hard drive and paste the files (Ctrl + V) into the root directory.

Step 5: Boot from Hard Drive

Finally, you can test the new setup by booting from the hard drive.

1. Restart the PC:

   • Disconnect the USB thumb drive.
   • Restart your PC and enter the boot menu again.
   • Select the hard drive where you installed Hiren's Boot CD.

2. Verify Boot:

   • Once the boot process completes, you should see the Hiren's Boot CD environment loading from your hard drive.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Hiren's Boot CD onto a hard drive or SSD, enabling your PC or laptop to boot directly from it. This method offers faster performance compared to booting from a USB thumb drive. If you encounter issues with larger drives (over 2TB), be sure to mount them internally and format them using MBR. For more advanced configurations, consider exploring additional partition management tools to optimize your setup.