User Guide

ERD Commander 2002
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3 ERD Commander 2002 Setup
3.1 Requirements
ERD Commander 2002 requires that the target system have a bootable CD-
ROM drive, and one of the following operating systems:
♦ Windows NT 4. Although you can use ERD Commander 2002 on
systems that do not have Service Pack (SP) 4 or higher, ERD
Commander 2002 updates NTFS volumes to a version that requires
the NTFS driver from SP 4 or higher. ERD Commander 2002 prompts
you before updating NTFS volumes on pre-SP 4 systems.
♦ Windows 2000
♦ Windows XP
Regardless of operating system, ERD Commander 2002 requires a minimum
of 64MB of system memory and an x86 233Mhz or equivalent processor.
Note that ERD Commander 2002 also gives you access to the drives of
Windows 95, 98, and Me systems, although many utilities, such as the
password changer, Registry editor, and Event Log viewer, do not function
when accessing installations of those operating system versions.
The ERD Commander 2002 Boot CD-ROM Wizard runs on Windows XP,
2000, NT, Me, and 9x.
3.2 Setup Overview
There are two delivery methods for ERD Commander 2002: as a Boot-CD
Wizard and as a bootable CD-ROM. The Boot CD-ROM Wizard is what you
receive as a download executable when you download ERD Commander
2002 after an online purchase, whereas the bootable CD-ROM is the physical
media on which ERD Commander 2002 is shipped.
Use the Boot CD-ROM Wizard to create a bootable CD-ROM ISO image. A
CD-ROM ISO image is a file that represents the raw contents of a CD-ROM
that you can burn onto a writable CD-ROM with most popular CD-ROM