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LSO? https://support.plex.tv/articles/201575036-why-is-my-video-stream-buffering/ https://www.howtosolutions.net/2013/06/fixing-slow-sending-or-receiving-of-files-through-lan-network-using-windows/ jaclaz

Could it be some slowness in accessing the hard disk (the one of the PC)? jaclaz

It seems the issue is way more common than Chrome/Chromium : https://adamcaudill.com/2023/09/14/whose-cve-is-it-anyway/ jaclaz

This is a good one. Maybe they should make the .ISO's with different colours. jaclaz

I see, by "dock" you mean a IDE-to-USB or SATA-to-USB adapter/converter, i.e. a device that allows you to access the hard disk of the "dead" computer from another PC. What I don't understand now in your question is if you want to repair the (broken) install on the hard disk of the "dead" PC or if you want to have a new install of XP on it. The first may be possible or not, if the issues on the install are only in \Program Files you can copy the folder from a VM install, NOT the \Windows folder, as - as said - it contains a number of files that are "specific" to the install/hardware, the second can be done with WINNT32. The syntax is (example): E:\I386\winnt32.exe /syspart:D: /tempdrive:D: /makelocalsource /noreboot where E: is the CD-ROM or the drive where the XP installation files are and D: is the drive letter temporarily assigned to the disk partition (on the USB connected disk of the "dead" PC). The command will execute first part of the setup, and copy the source files, you then disconnect the disk and put it back on the "dead" PC, it should boot to second part of install. But this will be an entirely new install, no idea if it would suit you. jaclaz

A Maxtor 40 GB (I presume a Diamond max) should be like the last series where a hard disk PCB swap was still possible (without transplanting the "ROM") so it is a possibility but DO NOT attempt that before having checked for simpler issues. Even if doable, the PCB swap procedure has its own risks, the "smooth" chip on those boards liked to heat up and fry easily, if the original disk does not spin and the smooth chip is burnt, DO NOT attempt the PCB swap, as you could burn also the "donor" PCB, example: https://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8991 jaclaz

The no operating system found could be both the disk that failed and a filesystem level issue, but also a loose/failed cable. I would try first thing if it can be seen/accessed (even if RAW) through a USB-IDE converter on another working PC, see if it spins normally, if it makes strange noises, etc. The recovery console via install CD is not worth the time, it can only fix (maybe) some basic booting issues, but you are surely having some more complex problems than what the recovery console can fix. I presume that being 2K, the hard disk is relatively small so *any* USB-IDE converter should work (older ones may have a capped capacity of supported hard disks). Which OS are you running on the "other" PC (the one to which the USB-IDE and hard disk will be connected)? jaclaz

You can try File Viewer Lite: https://windowsfileviewer.com/ though it is a huge program in size and has a limited number of compatible files (the "Plus" version is Commercial) it is seemingly still XP compatible. jaclaz

Yep, but you are still missing the (general) point. Quick View (Plus) was (is) a sort of Swiss knife or if you prefer a Leatherman Tool, a single executable could (can) open/view 200+ different file formats and was very, very useful as a "preview" tools as - generally speaking - it was much faster to load a file than the "native" tool (provided you had it available) and it was additionally a handy tool against possibly malicious unknown attachments. Of course you can replace a Leatherman with a set of screwdrivers, pliers, a small saw, a file, can opener, scissors, etc., but it still is another thing. jaclaz

Those are (as the name implies) PE Tools, they are about PE executables, and that's it. Quickview is/was a "generic" viewer for many filetypes. The "commercial" version Quickview Plus allowed(allows) to quickly view the contents of most files (including Office documents, images in not-so-common formats, etc.), it was at the time a "must have". Apples vs. Oranges. jaclaz

A (USB) card reader may behave somewhat strangely, in the sense that many will have a drive letter assigned to them even if there is no card in the card reader slot, the label of the volume on the card may not be shown. Also (it may well depend on the specific version of windows) some files on the root of the volume may interfere with showing the label in Explorer,. see: https://www.askvg.com/fix-windows-explorer-always-shows-local-disk-as-drive-label-name/ jaclaz

Yes and no. Meaning that what you remember was likely not much the actual differences between Win98 and XP, but rather the differences between the capabilities of the hardware you were running them on, in those days two or three years apart in hardware meant a lot in terms of amount of memory and speed of processors, but also hard disks speed. jaclaz

The one about the nationality of software and hardware firms and more generally about software authors and hardware vendors(and their ancestry). jaclaz

Though the joke has become old enough to be not anymore funny (if it ever was), the Padvish antivirus has reportedly been tested in 2017 (on Windows 10) by a German security institute and found rather effective against ransomware: https://www.av-test.org/fileadmin/pdf/reports/AV-TEST_Padvish_Ransomware_Test_October_2017.pdf jaclaz

looky, here, probablement, see the answer: https://msfn.org/board/topic/149556-registry-keys-that-control-explorer-folder-view-options/ jaclaz

Happy you made it. About the "strange" key with a space in it, maybe it is not the space but "something else" (I don't remember issue with just a space in the key name, you just need to enclose it in quotes using - say - reg.exe): https://www.windows-commandline.com/delete-registry-key-command-line/ Check the Permissions/Owners of that key. If you can use a Linux of some kind there is a tool, hivexsh: https://www.libguestfs.org/hivexsh.1.html that sometimes allows more "freedom" than the native Regedit or reg.exe. jaclaz

Maybe the 64 version is different, but in 32 bit XP the .SP1 and .SP2 files are empty, see: https://msfn.org/board/topic/111302-xp-sp2-bootable-cd-asking-for-sp2-cd-in-drive-a/ https://msfn.org/board/topic/111302-xp-sp2-bootable-cd-asking-for-sp2-cd-in-drive-a/?do=findComment&comment=731152 jaclaz

Not exactly. When you ask to load a hive you first choose which hive (actually the hive backing file) you want to load and you assign to it a "new" name. As an example, you have a SOFTWARE file coming from your old install, you make a copy of it and place it in a folder called old_install on your C:\ drive. So the file you want to load is C:\old_install\SOFTWARE. When you load it in the registry you first select that file (C:\old_install\SOFTWARE) and then you assign to it a new name, let's say OLD_SOFT. The name is a sort of alias, similar to mount point for the hive (actually the hive backing file), so when you unload it the changes you made to the hive "OLD_SOFT" will be committed to the backing file that is still C:\old_install\SOFTWARE. Your loaded hive MUST be a NEW name directly in HKLM and it MUST be unloaded once you have done your edits, before closing the Regedit and/or rebooting, the Registry itself, in this way won't be modified, only the loaded and unloaded hive will be. Some keys may have Owner and/or Authorization that you (as Administrator) do not have access to. The Registry is a structure in many aspects very similar to the NTFS, and each key may have particular Owner(s) and Permission(s) attached, they can usually be changed but it is tricky business. Then you need a second instance of the OS (or a PE or a Live Linux) capable of replacing the "current" SOFTWARE hive (the one in %windir%\System32\config\SOFTWARE, od which you MUST have a backup copy, made form the same secoinf instance or PE, etc.) with the edited one (the one in C:\old_install\SOFTWARE). At next boot the Registry will be assembled using the edited %windir%\System32\config\SOFTWARE. Whether it will actually boot without errors will of course depend on the edits you made, even a teeny-tiny mistake in them may prevent the OS to boot fully and/or without errors, in which case you need to boot to the "other" OS and restore the backup of the SOFTWARE and start again. jaclaz

No, for the "current installation", the BCD000000 exists in *any* Windows Registry since Vista and it is actually a mount point for the BCD (Boot Configuration Data) that your BOOTMGR (or BOOTMGR:EFI) uses when booting, either /boot/BCD or /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/BCD. Though the Registry does not really "exist", it is assembled automatically at boot time mounting in a structure the relevant "backing files", these are in various places on your disk and are "put together" for convenience, typically: %windir%\System32\config\SYSTEM --> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM .%windir%\System32\config\SOFTWARE-->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFWWARE %windir%\System32\config\DEFAULT--> HKEY_USERS \.Default %UserProfile%\NTUSER.DAT--> HKEY_CURRENT_USER About loading an offline hive, let's recap. Open the registry editor. Select the HKLM (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE), then click on File -> Load Hive, then in the dialog navigate/select the (offline) hive you want to load, and finally you are asked a new (temporary) name to give to the loaded hive. In the above video, the "hives" folder is only a folder that was made on the desktop to store (a copy of) the offline hive(s)/registry backing file(s). jaclaz

No. There is something that you are doing "wrong". The BCD00000 is a key where the BCD is mounted, you shouldn't touch it. When you select to load a hive, a dialog will (should) prompt you to give to the key a new name (possibly a distinctive one, like "my_software"). See if this video helps: jaclaz

Yep, crystal ball (when properly tuned) is far more accurate, but with i-ching, I asked how will the evolution of Chrome be and I got #12: http://the-iching.com/hexagram_12 not bad at all. jaclaz

You shouldn't need a crystal ball for these kind of predictions[1], usually i-ching is good enough for this kind of "generic" ones. jaclaz [1] in my experience crystal balls are touchy, you ask them the "wrong" question (according to them) and they will instantly produce garbage and need to be sent to the shop for re-tuning. The problem is not so much with the cost, but good crystal ball technicians are increasingly rare and you have to wait weeks before your ball can be serviced, at least here in Italy.

The common "Y" USB cable has two male USB connectors (one data+power, one power only) and a single female one, the idea is to draw power from two USB ports on the computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-cable#USB but if you have an external power adapter (provided it works correctly[1]) then that is not the issue. You said you have USB drive cache disabled, have you tried deleting these small files with it enabled? It should be not *needed* on modern disks that have plenty of internal cache, but you never know, it could also be *something else* at the USB or Mass Storage driver level, but if it happened to you on two different OSes (Xp and 7) it is not probable. jaclaz [1] I have seen power adapters that behaved just fine but that in case of peaks of draw dropped voltage, so a test with another adapter is anyway a good idea

Yep, but you are roughly 99% right, 5 TB 3.5" disks are rare, they seem to "jump" from 4 to 6+. There is still (only for the record) the good ol' poor man's way of defragmenting (you won't like it, as it needs an extra hard disk). Back in (good ol') NT 4.00 times there was no defragmenting program included in the OS, and what I used to do was to copy all the files to another hard disk, delete (or even re-format, depending on cases) the "main" hard disk volume(s) and then copy back all the files. Of course it took (and would take given the size of your volumes and number of files, notwithstanding the increased speed of devices and buses) "forever", it is a lot of time since I did any test of speed, but if I recall correctly,. the throughput of imaging a disk should be between 150 and 400 GB/hour (with some particular fast programs on extremely fast devices topping at 600 GB/hour) , and copying should be much slower than that. jaclaz

These data losses may well be connected to Issues with the power draw from the USB connector. Those are USB 3.0, right? The limit should be 900 mA (@5V). If I were you I would try with a Y USB cable and see if the behaviour remains the same. jaclaz