Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

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Woooowww!!, Holy f*ck. From 432 MB to 315 MB (117MB saved). Unbelievable that there is still so much space to save on our 32GB USB flash drives!!! That's a 37% savings for 1 .wim file, let alone all the other files.

I find this community incredibly smart, helpful, friendly and driven. Thanks @MON5TERMATT @AAA3A @Gremlin220366 @Jayro Daan Breur Coff33ninja and everyone for their time and dedication to this project.
Good to know, I'll recompress the WIMs on the next release.
 
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I didn't realize it was in Spanish, I'll try to fix the .wim when I get home.
Has Aomei been updated yet? If not will there be a version change when it is or will just post in the forums. Dont want to be a bother, just want to know what I should look for when change is made. Thanks.
 

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Has Aomei been updated yet? If not will there be a version change when it is or will just post in the forums. Dont want to be a bother, just want to know what I should look for when change is made. Thanks.
AOMEI Backupper and MiniTool Shadow maker have been updated to their latest on my personal USB stick, and I'll be pushing an update soon. It will also include the autorun.ico this time, lol.

I have also recompressed all the WIM files to save almost a GB of space.
 

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Jayro, please put the kitten in the root directory and by the way, HDAT2 v7.4 has appeared.
HDAT 7.4 is on there. And the installer script adds the cat icon. But yes, I'll have it added back in on next update.
 

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Hi! First of all, i love the work you do here, i use it, and enjoy it a lot.

In second time, i'm having an issue with the mini windows on an old computer (i7 3700 with a chinese motherborad), it works perfect with the version 21.06, but this time with 21.12 when i'm trying to boot the mini windows, it gives me a BSOD, with iastor.sys problem.

Can you help me with this? Thanks a lot!
 

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Nevermind, i re did the entire USB again, and now its working. I love this project, for me as technician, gives me a lot of free time!
 
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Not sure if this is a bug as my PC do not officially support Windows 11.
At boot of Windows 11 recovery, I get the following message:
\Windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
Status : 0xc0000428
Digital Signature for this file could not be verify.
 

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Hello,
Here is finally the release of MediCat Documentations, a menu containing the documentations of all the bootable tools of Medicat USB 21.12, updated before the public release of this one! It should be present in the next version of Medicat USB.
I don't have time to put up screenshots. You can find the images of each menu in the #documentation channel of the Medicat USB server.
Here is the download link: https://mega.nz/file/Eg4TjSaJ#A9JCFQ6zDKO3zLO6kG6qunKjeflE_4rKrupVOipbygI
Thanks in advance for reporting any problems or bugs. Thank you also for informing me about the documentation to be updated.
Have a nice day and a happy new year to all!
 
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I am appalled at the obliquities that have been charted here...
It has been incontestably written: "Gluten-free, non-GMO, gender neutral, and no trans-fats!"
While this is academically correct, it conceals a slightly befogged, crepuscular and even bone-chilling undertone.
The code has not been genetically modified but significantly worse...
This vile and wretched software, it has been genetically created!
I wish to forevermore be kept in the dark about any forthcoming updates to the project.
With kindest regards,
The real Broad Umbrageous.

Sorry for your loss John69.
 
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I am appalled at the obliquities that have been charted here...
It has been incontestably written: "Gluten-free, non-GMO, gender neutral, and no trans-fats!"
While this is academically correct, it conceals a slightly befogged, crepuscular and even bone-chilling undertone.
The code has not been genetically modified but significantly worse...
This vile and wretched software, it has been genetically created!
I wish to forevermore be kept in the dark about any forthcoming updates to the project.
With kindest regards,
The real Broad Umbrageous.
Is this supposed to be a joke or drunken message or is the poster a total idiot?

My best guess is that he/she (or probably other!) is a troll.
 

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Great, found it, no dice. Something about verifying by running .agree?!? About the MediCat installer...and I could very well be doing something wrong, but I ran the executable and here's what I get:

The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or o
perable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Invoke-WebRequest <<<< -Uri 'DEFAULT' -
OutFile './MEDICAT_NEW.EXE'
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Invoke-WebRequest:String) [], CommandNotFoundExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or o
perable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Invoke-WebRequest <<<< -Uri 'DEFAULT' -OutFile './u
pdate.bat'
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Invoke-WebRequest:String) [], CommandNotFoundExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
 

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Love your product! Trying to install LinuxFX / WindowsFX. Booted from iso in Medicat USB that I created last month. My Optiplex has an internal nvme m.2 ssd, however it is not seen by the distro, and can find no way to install. I see others may be in the same situation. Is this supported?

I was able to use Medicat from this same usb to install regular windows to the internal nvme.
 

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Great, found it, no dice. Something about verifying by running .agree?!? About the MediCat installer...and I could very well be doing something wrong, but I ran the executable and here's what I get:

The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or o
perable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Invoke-WebRequest <<<< -Uri 'DEFAULT' -
OutFile './MEDICAT_NEW.EXE'
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Invoke-WebRequest:String) [], CommandNotFoundExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or o
perable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:18
+ Invoke-WebRequest <<<< -Uri 'DEFAULT' -OutFile './u
pdate.bat'
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Invoke-WebRequest:String) [], CommandNotFoundExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
What Os Are you on,

can you hit WIN+R and type winver then enter

then post the screenshot of your computer version for me

alternatively Dm me on Discord!
 

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Love your product! Trying to install LinuxFX / WindowsFX. Booted from iso in Medicat USB that I created last month. My Optiplex has an internal nvme m.2 ssd, however it is not seen by the distro, and can find no way to install. I see others may be in the same situation. Is this supported?

I was able to use Medicat from this same usb to install regular windows to the internal nvme.
You'll have to play with the GPT/MBR settings and boot from both UEFI and BIOS modes to see with combination works for you and your hardware. I also recommend disabling secure boot on everything and turning off bitlocker if you have it on.
 
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