jaclaz

With all due respect , the info you provided is not much useful for troubleshooting, you listed several different tools related to USB booting. WHICH tool did you use to "prepare" (partition/format/etc.) the USB stick? HOW EXACTLY did you prepare the stick? WHICH EXACT (make/model) is the "16GB USB3-Stick" you used?Is it a "Fixed" or "Removable" device?[1] WHAT EXACT error/issue are you having? (please describe what you see happening, as opposed to the "result", like "the bootloader on the origin-stick can't be found - or let's sayit get confused with the other bootloader on the aim-stick. Seems like there are written some datas during the 1st bootstep on the origin-stick") Standard litany, please: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html You have to understand how even the mere process of writing down an accurate description of your actions and their results may help in pinpointing the cause of the issue. jaclaz [1] This may be relevant as while - say - 99.99% of USB 2 sticks are set in the factory as "Removable" a large number of USB 3 sticks may have been set in factory as "Fixed" devices (generally the fastest ones), and this may affect the booting process.

And maybe one could get away with it also saying that he is "looking in the existing market to evaluate the possibility of entering that business" jaclaz

There is a dedicated thread for that tool: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/142382-rt-seven-lite-rc-build-170-and-beta-build-260/ From what I can get from there it is now in an "abandoned" state. You may want to make sure that your source is an "original" (hologram, etc.) MS install disc and that the copy of RT seven lite you have is "unmodified". You may want to get a "reliable" copy from here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/RT-Seven-Lite-Download-174061.html It is entirely possible (but improbable, since the tool has been widely used in the past) that you have a "queer" combination of "original" source and "unmodified" RT seven lite that produces that screen. jaclaz

Yep , JFYI : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170361-experimenting-with-refs-on-win-81-it-does-work/#entry1061240 jaclaz

Sure , it sounds good as an ad: : jaclaz

You can get a Windows 8/8.1 Pro license from MS and use your downgrade rights, or find some other source, which may include "used" software. See this: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2105765/3-ways-to-get-a-new-windows-7-pc-in-the-windows-8-era.html Cannot say in the UK, but in the US (among others) NewEgg is a known source: http://www.newegg.com/Microsoft-Operating-Systems/BrandSubCat/ID-1149-368 I presume that there are UK based comparable hardware/software sellers. jaclaz

I am sure a large number of Egypt based software selling companies are partners of MS and sell their (MS's) product internationally through UK websites. http://www.whois.com/whois/microsoftcheapsoftware.com http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/microsoftcheapsoftware.com It is not clear (to me) if the site is selling "counterfeited software" or, as they seem to say here, they take advantage of different product prices in different countries (which may be perfectly legal ) to offer lower prices: http://www.justanswer.co.uk/law/7yc4y-paypal-google-suspended-accounts-no-reason-saying.html Some more related results: http://irenagilbert.brandyourself.com/ there is another software company with the same phone number and address: http://www.softwaresdigital.com/ http://www.softwaresdigital.com/about-us-1-w.asp http://www.whois.com/whois/softwaresdigital.com And also this other one has the same address: http://www.a1companies.com/contact-us/ which offfers Company Registration and Company services. The 2 WoodBerry Grove must be a very large building (or at least it's first floor), as it seemingly hosts also: http://www.globalenforcementsolutions.co.uk/ https://www.whoareyoultd.com/ http://www.patientsfirst.org.uk/ jaclaz

The CMOS checksum error could be connected to a defective/worn out CMOS battery, check it (and it's contacts) first thing. Next thing I would try (though there are risks involved in the process) would be to upgrade/reflash the BIOS firmware. Which version of BIOS do you have? Usually if you press Pause when booting you can see the date and version of the BIOS. It is well possible that for any reason a "tweaked/modified" BIOS was flashed and this can be part of the problem: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/114 jaclaz

You see , you are a professional, doing professional things and I am pretty sure that every single US$ you spend on hardware and software is well spent. But you belong - like it or not - to an elite of people (professionals in the software industry, that make a living out of using this "tool"), what is good (and appropriate) for you may well be not good (or appropriate or affordable/justifiable) for the "average Joe", that was the point. Of course SSD's are really nice and fastish thingies, but IMHO suggesting that everyone should have a RAID with 4x512 Mb SSDs to have a responsive system is a lot like saying that everyone should have - say - a McLaren P1 in order to be able to get "serious" car driving experience. So, in my perverted mind, a single 128 or 256 Gb SSD (for actual System) + a "conventional" hard disk 512 or 1 Tb in size (for Data) + 2x (external or internal) 1 Tb drive for backup, are already what I would consider "more than enough" for - say - 85% of people needs. But the point here (and on this we are actually saying the same thing) is that - at the moment - noone, not even a software developer, has an actual *need* for a device bigger than 2 Tb, and in any case there is no actual need for booting the OS from a larger than 2 Tb device. If you check a few "standard" desktop PC's, let's say the homepage of Dell and HP, you will see how the price range goes roughly from 500 to 1500 US$ and offer a single hard disk from 500 Gb to 2 Tb. You just confirmed how even in your "faster than average" needs and highly tuned, custom built, PC you don't *need* more than 2 Tb. So, the "right" answer about benefits of EFI/UEFI for the final user (which was the direction in which shae shifted the topic ) is still "None, yet". The industry is pushing like mad this new EFI/UEFI "standard" (which as said IMHO is a "non-standard" at the moment) since a few years that provides no real benefits/advantages to the final users (and won't produce them for the few next years). jaclaz

With all due respect , no. Not a "data point", just the X coordinates of a data point. Let's say that you want to place your "data point" on a XY graph where X is "speed, convenience, reliability" and Y is cost. What is your Y (expressed in US$)? (my guess is that it is well above the line that - being extremely cheap I would draw at 45° - X=Y - and that I call conventionally "limit of an awful amount of money" ) jaclaz

Well, edborg posted about an issue on this USB hard disk, the issues were (partially) troubleshot on this same USB hard disk and were found being related to a LBA28/48 addressing limit (on the USB bus) for this 1 Tb hard disk on the specific machine/model BIOS. Also, please bear with me , noone talked of "Windows to Go", I believed (and still believe) that "Windows to Go" is more or less a MS original "marketing name" of something that is - more or less - an "install of Windows on USB" BUT that has a different usage paradigm and also different "features". I also believe that you arbitrarily and improperly "ported it back" and "enlarged it's definition" as "Windows to go" also for 7 (which of course, since it pre-dates the actual name, is a "normal" install of Windows 7 on USB) , see: http://rmprepusb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/add-windows-78-to-go-images-to-your.html while the "real" thing called "Windows to Go" is *something else* (and BTW reserved to Windows 8 and 8.1 "Enterprise"), more like a "workspace" and - at least in the intentions - with no access to "internal mass storage devices": http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/products-and-technologies/devices/windowstogo.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831833.aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/6991.windows-to-go-step-by-step.aspx All in all (and with all due respect), it is yet another case of misnaming something (entropy and misunderstandings consequently increasing ), "yours" projects/tutorials are about installing Vista/7/8 etc. on USB devices, i..e. something different from (actually IMHO "better" than ) MS's own "Windows to Go", which BTW is a "Registered Trademark": http://trademarks.justia.com/855/21/windows-to-go-85521865.html but the good Redmond guys don't talk about it: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/IntellectualProperty/Trademarks/EN-US.aspx#W_Title as they cannot guarantee that their list (as well as a large part of their products) is actually accurate: jaclaz

On the other hand I am pretty sure that 1 Tb USB hard disk drive: is marked as Fixed device. jaclaz

You are right What about nlite 2 (The Revenge) ? jaclaz

http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/UpdateLists.aspx http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/138806-get-the-links-to-create-ulz/ jaclaz

Sure , and this happens - coincidentally - when everyone (besides the few that know the involved issues with a "single disk" and already use separate devices for OS and Data) is shifting to the much faster SSD's (typically - at the moment - 128 or 256 Gb in size, with the largest ones affordable 512 Gb's, and I believe it will take a few years for "consumer grade" SSD's to go beyound the 2.2 Tb size), i.e. when there is NO *need* whatsoever of addressing 2.2 Tb on the boot/system device. BTW the MBR limitation is actually about addressing more than 2.2Tb, nothing prevents from having a BIOS (non-EFI/UEFI) capable of reading a GPT disk (that can address more than 2.2 Tb), nor to have a hybrid MBR/GPT (Apple has used this for years), or find some other solution, again these equation are not entirely true, particularly if taken as a couple: BIOS=MBR EFI/UEFI=GPT jaclaz

How?By sheer magic or using WHICH settings?The given ones? What happens if you increase both the 131400 (which is 90*1460, while the 256960 is 176*1460) to the next multiples of 1460?LIke (say):166600189800219000248200:unsure: jaclaz

I will try again : it seems like on Windows 2000 you need to have 3 (three) parameters, ALL of them properly set: GlobalTcpMaxWindowSize TcpWindowSize Tcp1323Optsjaclaz

Could it be this issue? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263088/en-us http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938219.aspx What happens with these settings ?: http://www.routers.com/References/Win2kTCPtuning.html jaclaz

WANTT Widely Accepted Nuhi's Trimming Tool or: WANT Windows (All) Nuhi's Trimmer Personally I would prefer "George" as a name, though . jaclaz

AND these: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3218a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3222a.jpg See here : http://55tools.blogspot.it/2014/06/set-551.html jaclaz

OT , but what about actually releasing it as "temporarily nameless nuhi's tool (Alpha/Beta)" and then ONCE it will be released, and having had a minimum of feedack/reports of successes from the Alpha and Beta testers discuss on the name to give to it, which icon to use for it (and of course make a poll on which colours to use for the icon ) Just for the record I would prefer shades of blue and green.... jaclaz

Benefits to WHOM? Like: Benefits to Intel or Mocrosoft? Benefits to the three or four companies that provided BIOSes before? Benefits to OEM's and PC manufacturers? Benefits to Software houses that can sell upgrades? Benefits to the final user?The answers from #1 to #4 are blowing in the wind . The answer to #5 is NONE (or none that a final user can perceive, if not much nicer and more graphical "BIOS Setup screens") yet. WHEN and IF the EFI/UEFI will be (hopefully): 1) simplified <- the documentation is over 2000 (two thousand) pages 2) become a "real" standard 3) the stupid "FAT32" UEFI booting limtiation removed 3) if not the three above at least a "common use" will be eventually reached, making UEFI tools portable between different hardware 4) the nonsensical BIOS=MBR EFI=GPT equations (actually connected more to the stupid Windows 8 than anything else) will be abandoned 5) programmers will want (or be able) to produce programs for the "environment" EFI/UEFI has ALL the cards to become the third of fourth best things in life (after beer, sliced bread and ice cream ), as it will be an extremely useful "real mode" Operating System, and we may start to think UEFI + a Windows NT not completely unlike good ol' DOS + Windows 9x. jaclaz

Yep, can you remember when you just setup CD-ROM as "first boot device", or simply pressed F12 when booting? JFYI: http://www.canbike.org/information-technology/2013/03/12/asus-uefi-boot-from-cd-dvd-x55u.html http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/338018-can-t-install-windows-7-new-asus-laptop.html http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/264491-cant-install-windows-7-preinstalled-windows-8-laptop.html#post2178898 Specifically, it seems like the good Asus guys "forgot" to provide a way to disable UEFI and enable CSM: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/456084-asus-x551ca-boot-issue Though seemingly they managed to add some further restrictions and managed to call the chioices "Windows 8", Windows 7" under "Choosing OS": http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2033112/win8.html I just checked and 12 (twelve) BIOS updates between 2013.10.22 and 2014.07.13, i.e. 9 months must be a new record. jaclaz

Add *somewhere* "SecureBoot", and you are done. jaclaz

WHICH "amazing tool"? jaclaz