Create a standalone application without the need of OS

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For those who are not familiar with a program Partition Magic, It's - As the Name express - is a HDD partitioning software.
What is Unique about it is that it has a fully functional GUI that looks like the windows interface of the same program.
if you boot with partition magic you will notice;
- It can change the screen resolution.
- It can use the mouse.
- It has the a window form with menus and buttons.

The Question is;

How can I create a program with the same properties and facilities?

What I have tried:

not Much since I don't know where to start but I tried Cosmos and Easy Boot.

Posted 9-Oct-16 9:18am

JAC PLAGUE

Updated 9-Oct-16 9:50am

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[no name] 9-Oct-16 15:42pm

A .NET application running without an OS? Good luck.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-09T09:50:00

You're not going to do it with C# or VB.NET since both target the .NET Framework and that needs Windows just to install let alone run.

Partition Magic is written in C/C++ with some Assembly. It doesn't need external libraries and the code has no dependencies on any O/S whatsoever. Any dependencies on what would normally be an external library are rolled into the final executable but those dependencies are kept to a minimum to keep the final executable size down as much as possible.