Couldn't think a of better forum to stick this in so here goes. I have yet to find an easy way to make a bootable cd or dvd that has multiple bootable programs/live operating systems on it. I just want a menu that would come up and let you select one of multiple things to boot to. I have found ways of supposedly doing this but could never get anything to work. There was either too much linux involved or it was way over my head. The other elusive thing I've been searching for is true autorun on a usb flash drive. I don't want a program you have to install or the U3 thing Sandisk has. I've tried a couple of things which are supposed to make flash drive bootable, which I though in turn would allow them to have autorun. But that doesn't help with autorun and I still haven't tried to boot anything with one yet. Sorry if that was to rant like for you but I want to know if anyone has had luck with getting this to work with out being a wizard in something specific like programming or such.

Why bother? Too many people have made them already. If you insist then a bit of study is all you'd need. Start by browsing the links below. Plenty of ways to load a CD but depends on the system to some extent. If el toreto spec is fully supported then we can use it. Otherwise you'd need a floppy that loads enough to teach your old computer how to run a CD at boot then change loaders. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/custo... http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167685 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tor... http://wiki.osdev.org/Bootable_El-T... http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-... "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

Your mainboard bios has to support booting usb. USB booting is a recent development so if your mainboard is a couple of years old it most likely doesn't support usb booting. Example of Oxymoron: Person who is pro life and anti sex education. Education is key to prevention. Prevent conception you prevent abortion. Abstinence training clearly isn't working.

well i have a brand new computer basically. I think my older pc might also support usb booting. back to those links. The links to the el torito stuff is way over my head. The ultimate boot cd is all and good plus it tell you how to add stuff. BUT it talks about adding floppy images. I have a couple of bootable isos of live cds, how would I add those to it? Am I just a complete idiot or is there something I'm missing? Can I get some help or direction here, can I take a bootable iso and add it to the UBCD? Also am I just a fool for wishing for a program that would take multiple bootable isos and just make a single bootable iso that loads to a menu when you boot with it?????