{"id":400,"date":"2010-02-18T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T07:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/choosing-makedisk-or-bootitng-exe-to-create-the-bootit-ng-boot-media\/"},"modified":"2021-09-10T23:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T06:55:41","slug":"choosing-makedisk-or-bootitng-exe-to-create-the-bootit-ng-boot-media","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/choosing-makedisk-or-bootitng-exe-to-create-the-bootit-ng-boot-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing MakeDisk or BootItNG.EXE to Create the BootIt NG Boot Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005858;\">MakeDisk<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>When creating the BootIt NG boot media in Windows, it's recommended to use MakeDisk.<\/p>\r\n<p>Features:<\/p>\r\n<ul type=\"disc\">\r\n\t<li>Provides an easy to use GUI interface.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Creates multiple types of media (floppy disk, CD\/DVD, ISO file, flash drive). <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Supports direct burning to a CD or DVD disc. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #005858;\">BootItNG.EXE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>While not as feature-rich as MakeDisk, BootItNG.EXE provides DOS users the ability to create the BootIt NG boot media.<\/p>\r\n<p>Features:<\/p>\r\n<ul type=\"disc\">\r\n\t<li>Text-based interface. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Creates\u00a0floppy disk media or an ISO file. The ISO file can be burned to a CD\/DVD disc using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/downloads-free-software\/#burncdcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BurnCDCC<\/a> or any other ISO capable burning program (direct burning to CD\/DVD by BootItNG.EXE is not supported). <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Includes extra error checking that MakeDisk doesn't have: If the DISKIMG3.DAT file is corrupted, it will catch it (MakeDisk only checks that DISKIMG3.DAT was transferred properly). <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Can be used in Windows 9x through Windows 2003 (32-bit versions only). <strong>Note:<\/strong> If run in Windows, it must be a version of Windows that supports 16-bit DOS programs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span> BootItNG.EXE is <u>not<\/u> supported on 64-bit versions of Windows. If using a 64-bit version of Windows, use MakeDisk to create the boot media.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>For more information on creating the BootIt NG boot media, please refer to the appropriate section of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/downloads\/bootitng.pdf\">BootIt Next Generation Installation and Getting Started Guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MakeDisk When creating the BootIt NG boot media in Windows, it&#8217;s recommended to use MakeDisk. Features: Provides an easy to use GUI interface. Creates multiple types of media (floppy disk, CD\/DVD, ISO file, flash drive). Supports direct burning to a CD or DVD disc. Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. &nbsp; BootItNG.EXE While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"lsvr_kba_cat":[1772],"lsvr_kba_tag":[2118],"class_list":["post-400","lsvr_kba","type-lsvr_kba","status-publish","hentry","lsvr_kba_cat-installation-bing-archive","lsvr_kba_tag-archived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lsvr_kba"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6768,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/400\/revisions\/6768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_cat?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_tag?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}