jaclaz

Try the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20061210032325/http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/UPDATE/23433/W98/EN-US/314147USA8.EXE https://web.archive.org/web/20060620064109/http://www.prowebsitemanagement.com/downloads/coolkill.zip https://web.archive.org/web/20061115015110/http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/D/2/AD231714-F290-4E58-B9E1-49D675DEA759/W95snmpzp.exe jaclaz

AFAICR the issue with firewalls accepting domain names (or not) revolves around the possibility (or not) of DNS hijacking. jaclaz

I see. Still - with all due respect of course - unless your MBR extension is really-really transparent (and even if it is so) I would personally find more useful a "better than Paragon's" implementation of GPT as this would allow a total interchangeability of the disks (or of their images) on later OS's ( a man can dream ). Also, I believe that little by little the hard disk manufacturers are going to shift largely to 4Kb sectored disks, I doubt that "next generation of >4 Tb disks will be AF, it is more likely that they will be "Native 4k". jaclaz

But I am missing why they should be patched (not for 4Kb sectored drives in themselves, as said the MS VSS driver works fine with (virtual) 4Kb sectored disks under XP and BOTH FAT and NTFS), maybe for larger than 2.2Tb disks which expose a 512 byte sector size? But then the MBR objective sector number limit would come into play again and you would need GPT. (which BTW can be normally accessed using the existing Paragon loader/driver): https://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/gpt-loader/ which is not free or freeware but all in all - if really needed - is only 20 bucks, and anyway doesn't seem to include any patched (or new) FASTFAT.SYS or NTFS.SYS. If you want to test the VSS driver, see here: http://reboot.pro/topic/6492-virtual-storage-driver/ And still noone with an actual >2.2 Tb disk (i.e. the potential users of this) has actually tested the idea in this post: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/176480-2-tib-limit-size-in-mbr-hard-drives/?do=findComment&comment=1135913 jaclaz

Allow me to doubt that the Board Supervisor can lay off. Maybe you (and the bunch of people) could make a petition for assigning to Dybia a special license allowing him to post whatever he see fit wherever on the MSFN board, but usually the Mods (and the Supervisor) have this queer attitude about having members post on topic. You know how these old people tend to think along traditional schemes ... jaclaz

JFYI, you can do anyway a clean 98 install by installing from hard disk (actually this is the way most experienced people usually install it as it much faster than from CD and has the advantage of having the files available in case): http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/upgrade/inst98.htm see if you can use the CD in real mode: https://web.archive.org/web/20060210090803/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;189526 https://web.archive.org/web/20060209003934/http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/190303/EN-US/ Then as always you will need to try some different drivers, but how is the CD-ROM connected? (I seem to remember issues on that Intel Controller connected to primary/secondary and master/slave settings ) jaclaz

No, he isn't. You should use PM's if you want to contact another member directly, the function is there for some reasons (among them avoiding using the board for this kind of activity), a board is not (and should not become IMNSHO) Twitter or Yo. jaclaz

Wait a minute. Which exact model (and which exact firmware version) is it? With the drive fully assembled (i.e. with both the head and motor heads NOT insulated) you can access terminal? Then you are not in a "locked terminal" situation as the BSY issue would cause. If you prefer, insulating either the heads or motor contacts is only a trick to allow CTRL+Z to allow access to the terminal, and your drive is not suffering from the illness that supposedly the N1 command should workround to allow the user format fix (but from something else ). Conversely, in the half-@§§ed translation I can make via Google of Yura's page (in Polish Lithuanian) it seems that the LED:000000CC FAddr:xxxxxxxxx error when issuing the N1 command means that the SMART is already cleared and that the format command should be issued right after power on: http://yura.puslapiai.lt/files/seagate/720011_ES2.html Maybe it is time that you post a complete report here: http://malthus.mooo.com/index.php? http://malthus.mooo.com/viewforum.php?f=2 asking for support/help. jaclaz

Yep . As said, try using the CarterinCanada's guide, EXACTLY (and BTW that one uses - if I recall correctly - the motor contacts). More or less the rule of the thumb is "try using a set of contacts, and if it doesn't work, try again using the other set of contacts", then there are lots of reports of people failing at their first few attempts and later at the nth re-try succeed (but we have no idea about WHY the first tries were unsuccessful). I am asking you to use the mentioned CarterinCanada's guide as it is the most detailed available, and has proved to work in most (really almost all) cases, so IF it doesn't work for you we may start to introduce variations , but ONLY on the same (known to be usually working) base. jaclaz

Hmmm. Have you actually tested it? Or actually READ what the actual authors wrote? http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/recover-decrypt-wannacrypt-encrypted-files.html And later: In plain English: Easeus software DOES NOT DECRYPT ANYTHING. IF (and only IF) the original files, deleted after a new corresponding encrypted file was created by the malware, were NOT OVERWRITTEN, then MAYBE the software (just like ANY other deleted files recovery software) can recover the original file. Obviously on a filled to the brim filesystem chances of this recovery are 0% or very near to 0%, while on an almost empty filesystem they may reach something relevant (my guess would be something like 15%, maybe 25% I doubt more than that), and clearly if you have (like it is normally on windows 7) an automatic/scheduled defrag and it has run in the meantime your chances are again tending to very low (unless - maybe - all the files were contiguous before the encryption and you can use direct carving with success, but losing paths and filenames). jaclaz

Wait a minute. Did you power off the drive and waited some 60 seconds at the right step in the procedure? Just in case, FORGET about anything you have read anywhere else and ONLY try re-doing from start, following EXACTLY this guide, WITHOUT introducing any changes to it: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/133387-debricking-the-seagate-drives/ http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=38656 Which contacts where you insulating (heads or motor)? jaclaz

Nahh, I would find this more appropriate : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/quotes?item=qt0471984 Now, seriously (and ironically ), on XP (IF the Wannacry thingy actually encrypted the files) you still have a teeny-tiny possibility to unencrypt them, something that there is NO chance you can do on Windows 10 (again IF the Wannacry thingy ran on it) thanks to the betterings the good MS guys implemented: https://github.com/aguinet/wannakey ..and on 7, at least 32-bit version: https://github.com/gentilkiwi/wanakiwi https://blog.comae.io/wannacry-decrypting-files-with-wanakiwi-demo-86bafb81112d jaclaz

Yes, SATA cables/connectors (being "new" and "smart" and "clever" and ...) have (unlike the "old", "clumsy", "outdated" and ...) ATA/IDE/SCSI connectors a known ability to disconnect themselves by their own will (actually for unknown reasons, as you pointed out most probably because of some vibrations). You clearly don't move often your desktop (not that you should ) but when/if you do, you will probably find out after a move, let's say 200 Km on a light truck. when you re-power up the PC SATA disks (and/or CD/DVD drives) won't be found and after inspection you will find out that the connectors are loose or downright came off. The new ones with the locking the metal insert are much better than common ones (but not all receptacles allow the use of locking cables), the ones with a 90° bend on disk side are somehow better than "dtraight" ones usually, probably because the weight of the cable is not pulling in the same direction as the insertion axis, but the real trick I learned when inspecting a brand new "assembled" desktop, there was a small blob of hot glue on each connector (device side), I talked to the OEM and he told me how since they had so many reports about sent (via mail/courier) desktops arriving DOA they started (lightly) gluing the connectors, as a matter of fact it works nicely and it is not that a problem if you actually have to remove the connector (and I have seen other assembled PC's with a thick elastic band around the HD keeping the connectors in place). This said, good to know (yours must be an "edge" case) that in some conditions they may appear in BIOS but not in the OS. It's queer, maybe (just maybe) the BIOS needs a manual re-dection of devices otherwise it "keeps" old ones in memory? jaclaz

If you are US based, Walmart has it: https://www.walmart.com/ip/StarTech-SATAPOWADPL-4-Pin-Molex-to-Left-Angle-SATA-Power-Cable-Adapter-6-Universal/22952972 About the USB to TTL adapter, it is not entirely unheard of that the thingy is DOA (Dead On Arrival), these thingies are actually sold for a handful of bucks (more or less the same as the Walmart price for the mentioned - passive only - power adapter, that proportionally is one of the most expensive things in the world, bar Apple products ) and then are (I don't know how much you paid for the one you got) often re-badged "the solution for 7200.11 troubles and re-sold for as much as several tens of doillars, still their "value" is 3 or 4 bucks. jaclaz

@dencorso @RLoew Yes , we are all saying the same things , only slightly differently. As mentioned in the given thread, the Microsoft VSS drivers (on XP) allow the creation (and mounting and formatting, etc.) of 4 Kb sectored (virtual) disks, this plainly means that the filesystems (at least FAT and NTFS) and related files can work just fine with this sector size, even in the XP implementation. With "real" disks the issues are in the actual drivers (and the MBR and possibly PBR ) code ASSUMING the 512 bytes size. I would say that fixing the MBR (and if needed the PBR) code should be if not trivial rather "easy" (and possible) and as well it shouldn't be that much difficult to modify/patch (if needed, haven't really checked) the UNIATA drivers (that do already support the SCSI READ(16)/WRITE(16) commands BTW) . jaclaz

I don't get it , there is no issue with "native" 4kb devices (apart from booting) they are just fine as data disks, at least virtually, the whole point revolves around the 32 bit field in the MBR, the LBA is expressed in sectors, the OS recognizes 4kb sectors and (2^32-1)*4096=17592186040320 bytes. jaclaz

Should be more than fine , if it is a very old machine with a non-SATA PSU, at most you will need a IDE/Molex to SATA power connector converter, something *like*: https://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/12-200-061-02.jpg jaclaz

Yes, it is , just in case: https://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2009/08/27/ssd-performance-tweaks-for-vista/1 jaclaz

If your SSD doesn't come with accompanying software by the manufacturer, you will need to buy a license for a Commercial Software, I believe, see: jaclaz

Which contains probably the WORSE piece of advice EVER The WHOLE point is actually to be VERY, VERY aware both of the existence of the bad guys and of the fact that NO antivirus, NOR any other program provides any kind of failproof protection. Everyone should be ALWAYS very careful when dealing with ANYTHING coming from the outside, particularly with e-mails and their attachments, no matter which (good or bad) antivirus or other security program is running. jaclaz

Yes, you got it right. The idea is that *any* desktop has (even temporarily) a free power connector for SATA devices with both the +5V and +12V rails and, if you use the same desktop for connecting (via the USB to TTL adapter) to the disk, ground will already be "in common" between all the devices (and if needed adding an additional ground to another unused IDE/Molex connector of the desktop PSU would be very straightforward) and XP already comes with a suitable "Terminal" program and all-in-all is "less picky" with the needed (USB to Virtual COM port) drvers, on later systems you will need Putty (or another similar terminal program) and possibly on 8 and later you will have issues with drivers signing, UAC, and what not. Most people have a desktop and use its power supply, but as said you can use *any* suitable power supply, I used in the past one similar to the el-cheapo USB/SATA/IDE I posted a link, to, other people used just a spare desktop PSU they had lying around (you need to short two pins on the 20/24 connector to actually switch on an ATX PSU, green wire to *any* black one): http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-power-up-an-ATX-Power-Supply-without-a-PC/ but for all that matters you could use two power supplies, one giving 5V (1A) and another one giving 12 V (also 1A) or a set of batteries, the desktop (or desktop PSU) is just something that is easy to have around or borrow. jaclaz

I have re-read the first post, and still cannot understand what the issue actually is. You want to install Windows 95 and you are asking for assistance to install it (because you have - under *whatever* form/saved on whatever media - a copy of the needed install files)? OR You want to install Windows 95 and you are asking for assistance in finding the needed install files? For the first, no problem, but you will need to describe your hardware and the actual files you have (with as much detail as possible). For the second, this is not the right place to ask, even if Microsoft does not sell it anymore, it is still under copyright/whatever and thus we are not allowed to share those files, but you should be able to get an original CD-ROM media (and hopefully a valid license) on e-bay or similar. At the time Windows 95 came either as CD-ROM or as a set of 1.44" Mb floppy disks, 26 or 28 if I recall correctly, if you can get a CD-ROM it would be better, the floppies are (were) formatted with a non-standard format and even at the time there were issues in reading them on some floppy disk drives. Alternatively try refining your google-fu , the net is full of copies (ISO's) of that Install CD (of course whether they are modified/contain malware etc. and/or whether the mere act of downloading them is unlawful in your country is up to your judgment). jaclaz

Generally speaking, 10 it is not the best OS in the world to do this kind of things, for a number of reasons, that might become Road Block 0. If you have (or can borrow from a friend) an old PC (desktop) you will go past all two three roadblocks in a whim, and also the possible fourth one. that might be grounding problems if power comes from different power supplies (nothing particularly difficult, but a lot of people had issues in the past in grasping the concept of grounding). I doubt that *any* USB 3.0 to SATA adapter can power *any* 3.5" SATA hard disks, they are made for 2.5" hard disks, you need a power supply with both 5 V and 12 V, the adapter you posted most probably is 5 V only. If you have not access to a Desktop PC, get an el-cheapo USB 2.0 SATA/IDE to USB adapter with a power brick, such as (example): http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-Hard-Drive-HD-HDD-Converter-Adapter-Cable-/131139498971 or get a USB SATA 3.5" case and use it temporarily. jaclaz

Have you already tried: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/314060/your-cd-or-dvd-drive-is-not-recognized-by-windows-or-other-programs Check also earlier archived versions: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://support.microsoft.com:80/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060 Usually clearing the LowerFilters fixes this kind of issues. jaclaz

Sure. The OS interrogates the device to know sector size, issue is - generally speaking - that a number of components may ASSUME the disk block size to be 512 bytes, if there were not these assumptions, 4 Kb "native" drives would work nicely (BTW they do work nicely, only they cannot usually be booted). Though I doubt that it will actually help our friend to understand the matter, some not-so-unrelated info: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173265-formatting-an-external-drive-using-different-interfaces/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173642-mkprilog-batch-to-access-a-same-disk-under-two-different-interfaces/ jaclaz