using a windows installation disk to boot from will not work, it will follow the same rules as the windows already installed on your laptop. and could even try to reinstall itself onto your laptop.

it has to be a non normal windows boot disk, as previously explained.
although the
Hiren’s BOOT 2024 USB Win11 PE
has a windows 11 front end, that win11 front end is a stripped down version of win11, without lots of the normal win11 stuff.
It does NOT have the normal windows security features installed and will not look for passwords on any drives.

if you download the iso and burn a cd or usb stick, it will make a special bootable Hiren’s BOOT disk with a win11 front end.
[which will give access to all drives,via 'my pc' on the Hiren’s BOOT disk functional desktop]

It does not matter what version of windows is on the laptop or external drive. these will be seen as data drives by the cd or usb version of Hiren’s BOOT disk that will be used to run the show..

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the Hiren’s BOOT disk will also have a vast array of repair and recovery programs already installed on it that are free to use.
Because Hiren’s BOOT disk has been around for so many years, quite a few of the programs are dos based or need to be opened via windows cmd prompt.

if Hiren’s BOOT 2024 USB Win11 PE fails to run on your laptop or pc, then earlier versions of Hiren’s BOOT are available for download in zip file format.

the link below will show a list of utilities that can be found on Hiren’s BOOT disk. and also earlier versions of Hiren’s BOOT disk for download.

https://www.hirensbootcd.org/old-versions/
[some of the utilities should not to be used willy-nilly, without risk]

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its only simple if you know the answer..lol

roy

Last edited by Roy Cooper; 03/10/25 03:23 AM.
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