8 Jul
2013
8 Jul
'13
1 p.m.
FWIW we use WinUBCD and yes it has a tool built in to create itself as a
bootable USB device which makes it exponentially quicker than a DVD or
DVD-RW (slowest). I'm not sure if hwinfo has all the info you'd like but
it's on there. If anything this would get you a nice bootable windows
environment that's writable and you can add your own tools if they can run
in a portable fashion pretty easily. On the bright side it's all free to
check out.
I haven't really done what you're looking for specifically though.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
On 07/08/2013 09:07 AM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
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In my utilities arsenal, I have a CD,
"Winternals ER Commander
2005". It boots into a WindowsPE environment. Maybe that would be enough
of a Win system for the other utilities to work?
ISTR, there are other version of this as well, version numbering I
believe is by year. And there may be a way to make it USB bootable.
For laptops without CD drives, almost all recent laptops can boot
from a USB connected external CD drive as well.
That's right, MS took over the Winternals stuff, renamed to
SysInternals:
http://social.technet.**microsoft.com/Forums/**
windowsserver/en-US/8c541c2b-**c76b-4b05-a231-e67475f4c0ef/**erd-commander&…
"...ERD Commander is a tool that was originally developed by Winternals
(Windows Sysinternals). Microsoft acquired Winternals and its assets on
July 18, 2006. Microsoft included this tool, firstly, in its Microsoft
Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and changed its name to Microsoft
Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT). This tool has been developed
further and its latest version is 7.0. Please consider that each version
works only with some operating systems. For example, DaRT 5.0 only works
with Windpws XP and Windows Server 2003, 6.0 works with Windows Vista and
Windows Server 2008...."
On 07/07/2013 05:21 PM, Mike Kenzie wrote:
hwinfo can write almost anywhere, we used it
from Ubuntu to track the
systems we refurb.
It can also output to different formats, (html, xml...)
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
> To: General at pallando.ncf.ca, "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 12:04:53 PM
> Subject: Re: software to view system properties
>
> On 07/07/2013 16:30, Cindy Croxton Electronics Plus wrote:
>
>> We are going to be receiving 16 pallets of laptops shortly, and I
>> am looking
>> for software that does not have to be installed, does not require
>> an OS
>> (there is no hard drive in the laptops), and will export to
>> something that I
>> can import into an Excel spreadsheet. Has anyone ever used this
>> program, or
>> can you suggest an alternative?
>>
>>
>>
>>
http://www.gtopala.com/siw-**tools/siw-viewer.html<http://www.gtopala.co…
>>
>>
>>
>> We need to run a basic BIOS boot test, check the screen to make
>> sure it is
>> not cracked or gouged, etc.
>>
>> I also want to collect system info such as Manufacturer of the
>> laptop, the
>> model number, the serial number, Processor type and speed,
>> installed memory,
>> and if it has any goodies installed like webcam or wireless.
>>
>>
>>
>> Preferably the program can be run from a USB stick, and will write
>> the
>> system info back to the same stick. Then I can import the system
>> info into
>> a spreadsheet.
>>
> I don't believe there is anything "off the shelf". I am inclined to
> say
> use the "Hwinfo" tool on the Ultimate Boot CD but I don't know if it
> will write to a USB stick...
>
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
>
>
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>
>> Cindy Croxton
>>
>