Nitrocid LIVE!
Nitrocid live distribution!
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Nitrocid live distribution!
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Nitrocid LIVE! is a live distribution powered by Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) for Windows 11 24H2. This distribution is available for modern PCs running on either AMD64 or ARM64 processors. You can download these distribution ISO images from the release section of the project repository at GitHub:
NKS_Live_amd64.iso: Nitrocid LIVE! for 64-bit processors
NKS_Live_arm64.iso: Nitrocid LIVE! for ARM64 processors
After you download these ISO files, we recommend verifying their integrity by following .
You can either try it out in a virtual machine or in a real computer.
Please note that depending on your hardware combination, you may or may not be able to fully utilize Nitrocid KS features. In case of crashes when wpeinit is run, you'll need to answer no to the question that asks you if you want to run wpeinit.
To test Nitrocid LIVE! using QEMU, download the emulator either through your official distribution repository or from the official website. For Windows, you can either download the pre-built binaries from one source (32-bit and 64-bit) or through MSYS2.
After installation, write the below command:
Change the "/f/Downloads/NKS_Live_amd64.iso" part to point to the correct directory.
If everything is OK, you should be greeted with this:
After this question, you should be able to see Nitrocid KS initializing.
Once you create a new virtual machine with at least 8 GB RAM, click on CD/DVD, and click on Browse. Find the ISO file that you've downloaded, and double-click on it.
Afterwards, start the virtual machine. You may need to press ESC in quick succession, then highlight CD-ROM drive and press ENTER. Nitrocid KS live distribution should start.
wpeinit may crash with blue screen here, so answer N if it crashes.
After this question, you should be able to see Nitrocid KS initializing.
In contrast to virtual machines, sometimes testing things, such as Nitrocid LIVE!, in a real hardware is more beneficial than a virtual machine for performance reasons.
Using Rufus or any other USB creation tools, you can create a bootable USB stick that consists of Nitrocid LIVE! bootable disc. Here, we are using Rufus to create a bootable Nitrocid LIVE! USB stick.
Open Rufus, then click on Select. Find the downloaded Nitrocid LIVE! ISO file, then double-click it. Rufus should then recognize the ISO file.
Then, choose a partition scheme for the target system:
GPT: for UEFI
MBR: for BIOS or CSM
When you're ready, click on START, and follow the prompts. Don't disconnect your USB or your computer during this operation, as this involves formatting the USB stick and copying files to it. Once it's done, you can turn on the target computer to a one-time boot mode, selecting your USB stick.
This step applies to computers that can boot from internal or external CD-ROM readers. In case you can't afford a blank CD-ROM or your CD-ROM burner is unreliable, you can use a USB stick, which is cheaper and more efficient.
Once the ISO is downloaded, insert a blank CD to your CD-ROM burner. For example, a blank 4.7 GB DVD-RW shows like the below picture in Windows 11's file explorer:
After that, locate the downloaded Nitrocid LIVE! ISO file (usually in the Downloads folder), right click it, and select Burn (You may need to click on Show more options on Windows 11). A window should look like this:
Tick the verify checkbox and press Burn once you verify that you're burning the ISO file on a correct burner (in case of multiple burners). It takes 5 minutes and 17 seconds on a verified burn mode, but that depends on your burner's speed and your configured burn speed.
As this disc is bootable, you can restart either your computer or a target computer and initiate a one-time boot sequence, pointing it to your CD-ROM reader.
