jaclaz

Do you mean a message *like* "A DVD/CD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver CD/Floppy please insert it now..." or "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing ..." I seem to remember that you need to have the USB device set as "non-removable, *like*: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/148700-install-windows-7-from-any-usb-ntfs-partition-grub2/ Or is it some other error? (post the EXACT error you get). jaclaz

Sure, this is normal, imagine that the printer is doing someting similar to a computer boot. Unfortunately there is no way to answer , you will need to check several things: Is the printer listed? (besides in "Printers" also in "Device Manager") Is it connected to the "right" USB port? Do you have any other (USB) printer (with "manufacturer" drivers) to test that the USB printing support in the install is working? jaclaz

As long as it is not past the comfort zone of the plastic part at hand, that is fine jaclaz

Removing the screen is NOT needed for the CD swap. Anyway the hinges (and screws) are inside plastic caps, see this photo, the right side has the cap off. Use this page (spares for this model) to have a visual reference to the parts: https://store.emprgroup.co.nz/HPc-46816-6-compaq-presario-notebook-pc-1065-us-282730-005.aspx jaclaz

Tu quoque ... jaclaz Seriously, as long as an "old" version working with XP remains available that would be just fine , after all it is not like new, strange ways were added (for XP) in the last several releases,

The message is repeated two times because it is related to two files: bootstx.dll bootstx.dll.mui Most probably (for whatever reasons and whatever those files are) they are compiled for an earlier version of the OS. This would make sense for LiveXP (as most programs are now compiled for MajorVersion 6 and Minor version 6.1 or 6.2 and anyway XP doesn't uses .mui files) but that shouldn't apply to a 7 based PE. , unless somehow a later (10) version is in use? jaclaz

Wait a minute. When (exactly) are you having the 0x0000007b Stop Error? Describe what you can do BEFORE the BSOD. What I suspect is that you are having an issue in installing the XP from the USB bus. Try using WinntSetupfromUSB on a stick (as opposed to your USB CD/DVD drive) as source: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/157-install-windows-from-usb/ (or one of the other available methods available in that sub-forum) jaclaz

Hmmm. You must have a sorta of obsession with that particolar make/model jaclaz

Sure, via CUPS, but that would be a "Print Server": https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-print-server/ Not entirely unlike what you do with a TCP/IP or LPR port on Windows NT series OS's or with a hardware print server. jaclaz

... must be either a part time complicated job or a partially complicated job , I would exclude English grammar teaching, however . jaclaz

It seems like your case has nothing to do with the specific failure(s) discussed in this thread, You are seemingly the unlucky owner of one of the worst hard disks of all times : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST3000DM001 reportedly those drives simply fail, after some time, in the highest percentages ever recorded. These failures can - in some cases only - be repaired by professionals, no DIY available, jaclaz

I.e. much more than what you manually measured? Or do you have 3/4th of a whole minute in reaction time? jaclaz

My guess is that it is a "lost cause". If possible at all, I would suggest however that instead of the stupid empty blue screen there could be the possibility to have a message like: And the word for today is: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/consistency in the meanings #2 and #3, jaclaz

Sure, you are right: 5) Do you have a console? Go for a gaming console OS jaclaz

Oww, come on , they were so much different that a few hex edits changed the one into the other, you talk like you never knew that NTtune, NTSwitch or TweakNT existed. Don't worry, all links to the tools are invalid now: http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-upgrade-server.html And differences from XP Home and XP Professional? (I mean the missing security tab/SCM which could be enabled by using a NT 4.x freely downloadable from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/ ) Now from XP to Server 2003 they actually made some differences, but then how much different is XP64 from Server 2003 64 bit? And don't forget all the stupid memory accessible artificially limited in Vista and later .... jaclaz

Still, it is the same, usual bull§hit from MS marketing department, that contributes only to confuse users/customers and allow the existence of (highly paid) third party consultants. Four main cases 1) Do you have a server? Go for a Server OS. 2) Do you have a desktop or "full size" laptop? Go for a desktop OS. 3) Do you have a tablet or touch netbook? Go for a tablet OS. 4) Do you have a smartphone? Go for a smartphone OS. The good MS guys tried initially to convey the idea that one single OS was good for #2, #3 and #4, then they removed #4 altogether (and all the related bull§hit, including the "Continuum" experience) and now, while all the rest of the world easily understood that #2 and #3 are NOT the same thing, they insist that #2 and #3 are the same thing, BUT that #2 should be divided in #2a, #2b and #2c .... jaclaz

Well, historically the good MS guys failed at it (after the re-unification with XP), but you seem like more in a conspiracy theory than anything else, there is an official announcement (in late August): https://blogs.windows.com/business/2017/08/10/microsoft-announces-windows-10-pro-workstations/ (which BTW also explains why they are ripping away ReFS from "normal" Windows ) Basically new machines with the "right" kind of processor will be sold with the new "higher end OS", those with same level hardware can buy an upgrade, see: https://www.uk.insight.com/en-gb/shop/microsoft/software/microsoft-windows/microsoft-windows-10-pro In a nutshell it is IMHO not about "Microsoft also would like to stop people from purchasing mis-matched configuration, which is common." but more "How can we extract a few more bucks from either the OEM or the final user in exchange of next to nothing". jaclaz

Why not reading posts before replying? jaclaz

JFYI: Don't try to cry and Try not to cry have very different meaning in English. jaclaz

More than "Spanish", it is the (free) ro (Read Only version), that you can find everywhere, The actual Commercial version was from Winternals (the Commercial company connected with Sysinternals): https://web.archive.org/web/20070526051602/www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsWindows98.html jaclaz

I do . The grown up cat looks nice . And this constitutes proof that at least one person exists that buys software and does not use it, not even to test it or to make sure - within the return period - that the media actually works, a single data point, I know, but still it is good to know. jaclaz

Just in case, and for no apparent reason, another Apple link: http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/osx_snow_leopard_sec_upd.pdf Point 2.A) might have some relevance: (bolding is mine) jaclaz

I guess because simply noone uses it, and noone has actually delved into the (non-existing or scarce, often outdated and sometimes misleading) documentation. The thingy was once upon a time called ProtogonFS, JFYI: http://reboot.pro/topic/15466-refs-formerly-protogon-in-windows-8-the-new-filesystem/ Relevant (beware, it is signed Sinofsky and likely to contain marketing fluff): https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2012/01/16/building-the-next-generation-file-system-for-windows-refs/ The "Robust disk update strategy" and "Resiliency to disk corruptions" should be the parts of your interest. In a nutshell a modified file is re-written *elsewhere* and checksummed while the original is kept until the checksum is verified. That is fine and dandy (and also "smart") the issues (as I see it) are more connected with the "atomic" (one of the adjectives that MS likes a lot) nature of the file system transactions and with their logging/indexing mechanism. But all in all there is no reason why it should be "worse" than NTFS, the point is more about how much "better" than NTFS it is and whether that amount of betterness is enough to justify its adoption outside the intended, designed, scope (of storage and "Storage Spaces"). jaclaz

Well, if you trust (even slightly and only partially) marketing, you have actual reasons to be not calm . JFYI, from: https://web.archive.org/web/20101127235326/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2419492 jaclaz