jaclaz

I don't get it. like: In other words, forget (temporarily) about the two .vhd's, can you successfully boot just one? If yes, then all you have to do is to duplicate your working menu.lst entry and change the title and the name of the .vhd file, what is the problem? jaclaz

I would guess something *like*: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608352/internet-privacy/another-privacy-threat--dns-logging-and-how-to-avoid-it.html jaclaz

No. That was last year, this year they are distracted by their brand new Windows tablets. jaclaz

Well, but there are ways where "socialized computing" makes some sense, if we temporarily set aside the actual meaningfulness of the "final" scope (which may well be subject to debate) initiatives like (say) SETI @ Home: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ or the Great Mersenne Prime Search: http://www.mersenne.org/ are examples of "complete waste of computing power in a social way" (waste in the sense that people can cry and stamp their feet as hard as they can, still an used computer will draw more power from the mains than an idle one), while Bitcoin mining is an example of wasting even more power in an completely selfish way. BUt if you look at a more complete projects list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_projects some, related to research in medicine and/or biology (i.e. IMHO slightly more "relevant" or "practical" problems than - say - finding a unique Sudoku solution or decrypting a WW 2 enigma cyphered message) might well (on a voluntarily basis of course) be worth the electricity costs and/or the bandwidth usage (and each and every of these can be turned off at will). Now, should we allow the good MS guys to use our electricity and bandwidth to the scope of delivering more updates or deliver them faster? Or help two kids chat and have some LOLZ doing their homeworks socially when online through SkyPe? Are these "social scope" or plain "resource stealing" ? And in any case, did they ask us for that? The whole set "opt out" (as opposed to "opt in") approaches always smell fishy to me, not only these MS examples. jaclaz

Sure , the point might be IF the built-in Windows Firewall end up with some hardcoded exceptions (it would not be the first time that something similar comes from Redmond [1]) or if one would need a Third Party Firewall or go all the way down and build a good hardware firewall, Linux or NetBSD/FreeBSD based (let's say IPCOP, Zeroshell or NetBSD/i386 Firewall) . jaclaz [1] Old news (just in case): http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431032/30/0/threaded

Well, it depends on the setup. For the record, even without any third party software nothing really prevents you from having in the "main" BOOT.INI an entry for a "bootsector" (just like the one for the recovery console) that is a copy of the normal bootsector with "NTLDR" changed to (say) "2KLDR" and with the Win2k loader renamed to W2KLDR and hex-edted to load Coot.ini instead of Boot.ini. Grub4dos and a NT Boot floppy image is the easiest through "third party". jaclaz

Basically something that betters your experience on the internet making use of your PC and bandwidth for Microsoft use. http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/47540-skype-disable-supernoding-for-windows-7 jaclaz

No, sorry , as said Firewire is already "rare enough" in the PC world, and the 400 even more so, I have seen in all my life maybe two or three of those Firewire readers, all of them 800, and you have to see the faces of the good Mac peeps when I go near their neat, shiny, stuff holding my Leatherman or set of small screwdrivers . jaclaz

Well, but what is the "scope" of reading that bit? Simply connect the CF card to a WinXP and try partitioning it into more than one partition. If Disk Manager mounts/allow to assign a drive letter to the second volume, then the device (through the adapter of choice) is "fixed", if ti doesn't, it is "removable". If needed you can then install: CFADISK or DUMMYDISK (or DISKMOD) to change a removable to fixedRDUMMY (or - but I would have to check - DISKMOD) to vchange the fixed to removableof course the above "fixed" or "removable" do not mean that anything is changed on the actual card or controller, only that the "bit" is flipped through filtering for all matters to the OS. If you are on the hardware side, you may want to explore the status of Pin 9 (when the adapter is used, at power on) to make sure that the adapter actually works in True Ide mode (and if the CF cards are NOT fake, as said those card specs declare them as "fixed"). jaclaz

I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/quotes?item=qt0282091 jaclaz

... but you had to reduce background p0rn downloading and totally unneeded lolcat browsing, so it is actually a good thing as with a reduced bandwidth you are more prone to better focus on your priorities , we at Microsoft are working hard to better your experience when connected to the internet... jaclaz

OT , but not that much jaclaz

Well, AFAICR the Wayback Machine "automatic" parser has had for years a "preference" for http (skipping most if not all ftp links) and the ftp contents are mostly (if not all) manually submitted, so it is not surprising . You should look not for a RS232 "logger" (which will return you a zillion hardware devices) but rather for a serial or RS232 "monitor" or "eavesdropper", like: http://www.niobrara.com/html/dos-sw.html or: http://www.filewatcher.com/m/COMTAP21.ZIP.132880-0.html jaclaz

Yep , and I am also pretty sure that Tihiy or Bigmuscle will also be very happy to be defined "hobbyists" ... And no , it's too late for you to make a career in diplomacy ... jaclaz

I am pretty sure that Tihiy or Bigmuscle will particularly appreciate the comparison to "shareware add-on". jaclaz

Yep , it's refreshing to see someone seeing the glass as half full for a change . From the little I seem to understand reading (mainly between the lines) the scarcely information available (which I have to repeat is related to 7200.12 and not necessarily applies to LP green drives) it seems like a "list or database of something" (please not the intentionally vague description) has been moved from a location on the PCB (a chip) to a location on the actual disk platter and that the the m0, etc. command *somehow* clears an address or reference to this area (or resets i to the "old" location on chip) and then the firmware attempts to find the SMART data where it is not and fails, and same applies to the reported reduced LBA access, which is most probably connected to a pointer that is miscalculated or looked for where it is not. You can try to see if any of the good guys at http://malthus.mooo.com/have any idea or more (or better information). This thread is perfect to report the output of the various commands you try , though I don't think that it is in any way probable that by pure chance you will find a "miracle command" , the output of the commands on your disk drive may hopefully have some use, at least as a reference. jaclaz

Not really-really as the phone can be disassembled and re-assembled after having replaced the battery, though it is not something that I would ever advise someone without a lot of experience in disassembling, repairing and reassembling tiny/delicate electronic devices to even think about . Last Apple thingy I replaced a battery, an IPhone 3GS (clearly well outside any warranty and otherwise worth virtually nothing) has been - believe me - a nightmare (and I am told that newer devices are worse ), I would say that it was the first device EVER that I actually needed a series of instructions with pictures because otherwise I would have not been able to disassemble and reassemble, still it is doable. However, you are perfectly right , a non replaceable battery makes no sense whatsoever and I wouldn't ever want to pay good money for a device with such a "wrong" design. jaclaz

Good, thanks. The issue here (BTW it is perfectly normal as the related info is scarce and very often "vague", incorrect or unverified/not repeatable), is that the only *somehow* related post/info we have: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/150475-st2000dl003-seagate-barracuda-lp-green-2000gb-suddenly-ceases/?p=990707 explictly says to NOT run the "m0,2,2,,,,,22" (or similar) commands, on these drives, exactly because the result will be an "unrecoverable" (at least for the scarce knowledge we have on these specific drives' firmware) "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags " Status. So, I understand the "The hell with it!"" part, but in the end you entered yourself voluntarily in the No Way Out alley explicitly marked with a "No Way Out" sign. Somehow (by recklessly doing what you were suggested NOT to do) you made the disk enter a new (and uncommon since seemingly it enters that state only as a result of issuing the command you should have NOT issued) disk state. Now you have nothing (really nothing) to loose, as likely (according to these info here): http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27731 (provided that - as I suspect - applies to the "green" drives as they are more similar to the 7200.12 than to the 7200.11) even if somehow you can regain use of the drive, very likely you will have a reduced area usage, you can try any of the "diagnostics" command like the V1, V2, V3, V4, V40, etc. that you can find googling for "Seagate Init Smart Fail", but I don't think that without special hardware you will ever get the drive back . It seems like the "right" command (for the 7200.12 and cannot say if it applies to a LP Green ) to regenerate the translator when a "NRG-LIST sector" (whatever it is) exists: http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29885 is: m0,6,3,,,,,22but probably/possibly it is too late since you already ran the "m0,2,2,,,,,22" one. jaclaz

Well, with all due respect your reports are either "vague" or meaningless (or BOTH). The only (BTW completely unreferenced/untested/unconfirmed) related post says to NOT run "all commands" (WHICH ones?), so I wonder what you did/have been following. It seems to me clear that: a. your drives EITHER did not suffer from the same illness OR you cured them somehow differently b. you completely fail to DETAIL which cure(s) you applied to which drive EXACTLY Don't take it as an offence , but if you posted the above in order to hopefully help someone with a disk suffering from the same issue, your post is not useful as it misses a lot of information on WHAT EXACTLY you did successfully on the first disk drive, on the other hand, if it is to look for help, it is as well not clear WHAT EXACTLY you did unsuccessfully on the second disk drive. It would be nice if you could (no matter what is the reason of your post) report in more detail what happened and the symptoms they have (I presume that they are/were "BSY") and as well EXACTLY what you did on the one (and on the other). jaclaz

To be fair, *someone*, most probably seeing that they had already milked all the possible money from users over the years by saying that you should only have ink cartridges (because they are better) and only new ink cartridges (because they are better) and that by the clever replacement of the cartridge you have always a new item (it is better) and that you should never refill a cartridge (because the quality of ink may be sub-standard and contamination in the process and bla-bla, etc.) and after hving attempted to milk even some more by progressively reducing the amount of actual ink into a cartridge: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/23/printer-ink-cartridges-paying-more-getting-less have come out with what should have been the "normality" since day one. Consider a common tablet, laptop or cellular phone. You don't (every day or so) replace the battery with a new one , you have a device that you use to recharge the battery . Consider a common car. You don't (every 600 Km or so) replace the engine with a new one. , you have a tank an you refill it with fuel . Consider what (hopefully) will become a common inkjet printer: You don't (every 5000 printed pages or so) replace anything , you have §@ç#ing tanks and you simply refill them with ink : http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/oct/02/printers-refillable-tanks-revolution-home-printing https://www.epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite/cms/index/11409 jaclaz

The above info provided by TELVM, if you read between the lines, seems to me a lot like: jaclaz

Yes and no "real love" is blind. and it is more or less the condition of the talked about peep (apart the arrogance that has little to do with love ). jaclaz

I have the guts but I try to be adult and forum rules say no . You chose ...wisely. jaclaz

As well, but aside of that, semantically, it makes no sense at all! There is no word about "hardware". We all understand what he says only because we make a connection with obvious things that have been said so many times before (again here by bphlpt and you), but read it with the eyes of a child and it makes no sense at all. I just wanted to point that because of the "don't waste my time" bit. I'm wasting our time as much as he was. I'm not even sure I'm doing it in a funnier way. I'll move on. Well, but you are going OT , we were explicitly allowed to waste our time by calling him a "blankety blank":. while seemingly you are wasting our time WITHOUT calling him a blankety blank, i.e. as well outside the initial statement. Now, be nice , and if you want to waste our time within the limits of the topic, do call him "blankety blank" (if you have the guts for it ). jaclaz

Well, but sometimes one needs to draw a line somewhere, one thing is the UI (like it or not) and the "looks" of the OS and another one is it's performance when compared to a previous version. NoelC is dedicated to solve problems (or better the OS) on both these aspects, but they have (to me) different relevance. Personally, I usually run my XP with a GUI that is very, very minimal (blackbox/bblean) and there are few things that I could care less about than the graphical looks of the things like (say) Aero or transparence/glow/whatever, but I do appreciate (even if I will probably never make us of them) the dedication that a lot of members are putting into making these choices available. This is (as I see it) a form of freedom , not entirely different from the idea behind the light blue ribbon for freedom of skin, there are people that like (and actually use ) the LCARS interface: http://reboot.pro/files/file/539-lcars-library-computer-access-and-retrieval-system/ which is something that only few (non Earthly) races in the galaxy can actually believe to be "pleasing the eye" . Still, it is within the right of everyone to have his/her/its desktop and UI set the way they like better. This whole stuff pertains to "beauty" (which is obviously in the eye of the beholder) whilst performance is something "objective" that can be measured. Yet another aspect is "ergonomics" of the interface, which is a separate aspect from beauty, but still largely connected to subjective user preference or habits. ZortMcGort11's comment makes little sense because it is outside the initial statement, this thread is about performance of different OS on EXACTLY THE SAME hardware, it is rather obvious that on new, faster hardware a new OS will seem faster than the previous one on an old, slower hardware. So, let's draw this line explicitly. This thread is NOT about the looks of the UI (highly subjective). This thread is NOT about the convenience of the UI usage (mostly subjective) This thread is ONLY about performance (objective/measurable) and on comparing performance of different OS's ONLY on SAME hardware and it is also implied that it is a "fresh install" compared to "fresh install", and an "as optimized as possible" install vs. "as optimized as possible" install.jaclaz