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

Hmmm, try going literal : https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?domainToCheck=windowstwothousands.com&checkAvail=1 or become repetitive https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=win2k.win https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=windows2000windo.ws https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=win2000win.net More possibly suitable https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=lastgoodwindows https://it.godaddy.com/domains/searchresults.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=&domainToCheck=2Kforever jaclaz

OT, but not much, from time to time it is good to boot DOS/Win 3.xx OS (on relatively modern/fastish hardware) to have a feeling on how a fast startup (and also a fast shutdown) should behave, i.e. NOT half-@§§edly saving the stats of a zillion services (largely unneeded BTW) on the previous (fake[1]) shutdown and then re-load the whole lot at next "fast" startup, i.e. essentially trading time removing from the (next) fast startup and adding to the (previous) slower shutdown a bunch of seconds. jaclaz [1] That being a fake shutdown, as RLoew called it, a mini-hybernate mode, it can easily cause havoc

Actual page of the good guy already posted:

Which Law? Where/Under which jurisdiction? jaclaz

And, if you want to thank someone for limiting the spreading of the virus (actually only preventing the encryption) by sheer luck (but sometimes things go better than one would expect ), check here: https://www.malwaretech.com/2017/05/how-to-accidentally-stop-a-global-cyber-attacks.html jaclaz

From your source: An image is worth a thousand words: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/wp-content/blogs.dir/445/files/2012/04/i-8bdf6089f2aa915f34a3cf7cc1c35975-funny-pictures-cat-says-your-disease-is-incurable.jpg jaclaz

Or possibly you want this: http://code.kliu.org/misc/elevate/ jaclaz

I am not sure to understand why that would hide the menu and bookmarks bar, this screenshot (taken from the given thread) seems to me fine : jaclaz

Do you mean like: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/10629/vivaldi-ui-customisations/3 jaclaz

The DEV 8CA2 is inside the Lynxpoint-HRefreshSystem.inf (get from the given page the "b) mod+signed AIO package with the latest "pure" Intel Chipset Device INF files (shown with the correct dates)" The DEV 8C82 is the Intel SATA Controller: https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/8086/8c82 Try the drivers here: http://www.win-raid.com/t11f23-Modded-Intel-AHCI-and-RAID-Drivers-digitally-signed.html jaclaz

Post the actual VEN (very likely 8086) and DEV ID's for that, someone may be able to help you, with just "SM something" you won't likely get any valid assistance. jaclaz

See here: http://www.win-raid.com/t895f42-Intel-Chipset-Device-quot-Drivers-quot-INF-files.html jaclaz

Ow come on, that is a sort of "sticky" of trhe Bad Gateway you had before, the 0.96q downloads just fine here (if coming from BlackWingCat page), try clearing browser cache or use another browser, anyway I am attaching it. jaclaz mftr096q.cab

Addition, seemingly the new Surface Laptop will run this abomination-of-the-abomination and you'll have to pay US$50 (besides the not-so-cheap US$999 for the laptop base configuration 4Gb Ram 128 Gb SSD) to "upgrade" to the "real" Windows 10 (unless you are quick and do the upgrade before end of the year, does it sound like someone needs to hit a quota of some kind?). The good news is that most probably Store Apps won't have issues with its "queer" resolution of 2556x1504 (that will likely be lots of fun for a number of developers). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/microsoft-makes-a-regular-old-laptop-the-surface-laptop/ http://techreport.com/news/31831/microsoft-surface-laptop-is-a-velvet-gloved-jab-at-macbooks The 14.5 hours of battery life (even if probably valid only for light usage) sound VERY good though (at least until the I presume non-user-replaceable battery gets full charge). jaclaz

A new name for the "Windows Store Only" strategy (that already failed) : and : a pure marketing attempt, seemingly, I don't believe that there is anything particularly "lite" (unless you want to be forced to the limited amount of - BTW largely crappy - Apps in the Store). jaclaz