Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

[Jayro]

Mini Windows 10 is a WinPE image, bootable from DVD-R and USB devices. It's primary focus is to troubleshoot problematic computers, and fix various problems on the host PC it's booted on. It is not installable. Rufus is the recommended USB creation tool, and is included in the Download folder, along with the file hashes, hash calculator, and changelog. The full MediCat DVD has the 32-bit version of Mini Windows 10 and the PortableApps included. You are permitted to modify MediCat any way you'd like, to suit your individual needs. I will never accept donations, or charge for MediCat DVD + Mini Windows 10. I hope I have answered many of your questions and concerns here.

My ultimate aim for this project is to succeed where Hiren's Boot Disc left off in 2012, empowering PC technicians like myself with a multitude of powerful tools in one manageable package. This project will be alive for many years to come, so buckle up Tempers!

 

[olec04]

whoa thanks for making this! this is so action packed!

☑ Gluten-free, non-GMO, gender neutral, and no trans-fats!

Well GREAT!

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

Why is it called MINI Windows 10? Is it the normal Pro version of W10 or what? I'm confused. I guess its not "cracked" but can you input your own Windows 10 key, right? The FAQ didn't really help me, only confused me more.

It's the Windows PE Version, or in other Words the Interface you see when you boot up the Windows Vista+ Installer. Known as Windows Pre-installation Environment. Which is a very striped down version of the Normal Windows version, with the NT kernel (I believe its 6.x).

 

[Jayro]

I've spent my entire day off slaving away with new artwork, making numerous menu modifications, and improving bootup compatibility. Mini Windows 10 now boots using the flat-file method, to eliminate the rare grub4DOS boot errors some people were getting.

Here are some of the latest screenshots I took of my progress:


A minimalist splash screen:


A simple EULA:


The main menu:


Booting harddisk partitions menu:


Harddisk Tools menu:


Windows Recovery menu:


Diagnostic Utilities menu:


Antivirus menu:


Lubuntu boot menu:


Reboot splash:


Shutdown splash:


Mini Windows 10 custom boot logo:


Mini Windows 10 desktop:


PortableApps menu:


Computer Properties:

 

[Markinhfx]

Great job
Any luck with getting wireless to work in Mini10?

 

[Jayro]

Great job
Any luck with getting wireless to work in Mini10?

Still working on it.

 

[olec04]

oh i thought my wireless card was the problem

 

[Jayro]

oh i thought my wireless card was the problem

I've got wireless working, and even put a little meme together:

 

[Mat69]

Great news about getting the wireless working !!!

 

[Mat69]

I have been using FalconFour's Boot CD because the wireless works flawlessly.
If you need wireless drivers the FalconFour's Boot CD has a file called "drivers"
The path on my DVD drive "E" is:

E:\F4UBCD\HBCD_Extensions\XpDrvWLAN.7z\system32\drivers

FalconFour's Boot CD has not been updated since May 2013. It can be downloaded from here . . .

https://falconfour.wordpress.com/2013/08/ ( 671.5 MB )

Keep up the good work Jayro.

 

[Markinhfx]

Great news on getting the wireless working looking forward to the next release

 

[Jayro]

I have some bad-ish news... But it's nothing too terrible. Its just that with how many good features I've added to this release and updated apps, this MediCat DVD iso is going to be over 6GB in size, so you'll need an 8GB USB stick or larger, or an 8.5GB dual-layered DVD-R. The Mini Windows 10 discs will still be under 4GB though by themselves.

On the other hand, I have also added the Windows 8.1 recovery discs to the mix, as well as driverpacks for chipset, intel LAN, realtek LAN, WLAN, vendor, and mass storage! You can install the drivers your system needs automagically using Snappy Driver Installer, so you can get the machine online as fast as possible.

The driverpacks will be located at:
Y:\PortableApps\Snappy Driver Installer\drivers

I will also include instructions and notes on the root of the ISO.

 

[Tacotardis42]

This is an awesome tool, keep up the great work! And just to let you know, I have the same exact problem with updating ESET as Shoshi with the registration error. It's no big problem though, I know how hard it is to get all these things working. Besides for this relatively minor error, it works awesomely!

 

[Jayro]

This is an awesome tool, keep up the great work! And just to let you know, I have the same exact problem with updating ESET as Shoshi with the registration error. It's no big problem though, I know how hard it is to get all these things working. Besides for this relatively minor error, it works awesomely!

I'm ditching the Eset ISO in the coming release, and replacing it with their online scanner. But since it's dependent on internet access to work, I also included LAN and wlan driverpacks.

In the event ESET ever updates their Linux-based ISO beyond 1.0.9.0, I may add it back in the future.

 

[Tacotardis42]

Thanks for telling me! Keep up the great work!

 

[Jayro]

No problem. I'm just glad wireless got fixed, at the minor expense of larger iso files.

 

[cots]

I just wanted to thank @Jayro for this awesome addition to my collection of computer repair discs. I have been a slave to Hiren's quirks for too long! All hail the king!

 

[gungunra]

So cute. XD

 

[Jayro]

I have gone through the driverpacks one at a time and deleted everything for XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1. I Only kept the drivers for Windows 10 x86 + x64, which shrank the driverpack sizes down to about one 7th of their their original size! I'm also updating SuperGrubDisk2 to it's latest version later today.

 

[roflpwnt]

I'll keep my eye on this forsure as I typically use Hiren's but this is much more streamlined. What do you use for hdd testing? ViVard?