When delivered, toolhouse will provide you with a USB stick that acts as a dongle or, if you have dicided for the online licenses, a license key for downloading the files via nanoways.com. If you have decided on the offline version, you have to connect the dongle to the one on which you want to operate bootCAST.
Preparation of files
Depending on the edition purchased, bootCAST can be used on different Windows versions (Windows® Server , Windows® Client or within a virtual machine with Windows). You can find a list of all the features in the different versions here.
- First, you need to prepare a computer with a Windows® operating system installed that matches your bootCAST edition. Further information can be found here.
- Next, download the software from nanoways.com by entering your license key.
- Unzip the downloaded .ZIP package to a folder on the device. C:/Bootcast is a good place for this. Of course, any other local drive will also work.
- Connect the supplied USB dongle to exactly this device. The USB stick must remain permanently connected to this device. For online licenses, you must ensure that there is a connection to the Internet on this device.
What needs to be taken into account?
The speed of bootCAST depends very much on the performance Your network and the data carrier on which the images/programs are stored. It's best to store all files or at least the images/programs on an SSD. This ensures maximum performance. The actual bootCAST program does not necessarily have to be on this SSD to achieve the desired performance. However, this makes configuring the software much easier.
Output file: user.bootcast.mini
In all following instructions under “Setting up different boot environments” this user.bootcast.mini File used as basis. The file already contains a sample configuration for all entries that can be easily customized. The file does not contain advanced features such as IP address configuration or client exclusions. Further information about these special functions can be found at here. Please copy the user.bootcast.mini file to the same folder as the package from step 3 under “Preparing the files”.
Setting up different boot environments
Depending on which boot environment (Linux, Windows or HDClone) you want to use, please follow one or more of these instructions:
- Set up toolstar®test and toolstar®shredderLX bootable
- Set up toolstar®test and toolstar®shredderWIN bootable
- Set up HDClone toolstar® edition to be bootable
- Set up your own general Windows WIM/ISO files to be bootable
Advanced/Advanced Features
You can find more information about the extended and advanced functions at here.
Updating the toolstar®bootCAST version
In order to update the toolstar®bootCAST program version you must exchange the EXE files. You can obtain the current program files at nanoways.com by entering your license key (XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX). After downloading, unpack the .ZIP package and copy these files to the program directory. Replace all files suggested by Windows Explorer. Your configuration will not be replaced if you have made all changes in a special file as described under “User.bootcast.mini output file”.
