The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory. When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. This helps improve the chances that UBCD will boot on any particular machine. New! UBCD V5.x now supports both syslinux/isolinux and grub4dos.
This should be the method of choice when you need to resize/rescue partitions, access NTFS filesystems or work with USB storage devices. New! The Linux-based distro Parted Magic is now included with UBCD V5.0.You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick.Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you! Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD.Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.