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Hmmm. WHICH EXACT "copy the drive efforts" have been tested? WHICH EXACT Maxtor model are they? Please be aware that you (actually we, now ) may be walking on a very fine line , as this could result in the provisions of Rule #1.a: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules jaclaz

Which brings us back to square #1 on a few other thread Use NIRCMD: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html though NOT the answer to all questions (as an example the Answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything is instead 42 ) it does represent an answer to most common day problems where bathc is involved. exec hide, exec2 hide or execmd might be what you need: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html#using Or use any of the various alternative approaches: http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2007/12/05/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-start-a-script-in-a-hidden-window.aspx http://superuser.com/questions/62525/run-a-completly-hidden-batch-file Apart for the "pure .vbs" ones, the Iexpress one could be handy. No prob . jaclaz

The idea is to use your current CD as "source", copy it (on a working machine) to a hard disk directory, "integrate" to it the drivers and burn a new install CD. Since you are "new" to the specific chore, I would suggest you to leave alone (for the moment) the manufacturer's drivers (that may be more complex to be "integrated" and use instead the "drivers" pack: http://driverpacks.net/ the 0x0000007E error is not necessarily connected with Mass Storage drivers missing (0x0000007B is). What you actually *need* to have the PC booting is normally: Chipset drivers Mass Storage Drivers no need for graphics drivers (at the most you will have a low resolution), maybe you might want to have also the LAN drivers (but if the XP boots, you can still add them later via another CD or USB stick should the Lan card not be supported by the built-in XP drivers). Once you have the laptop boot, then you can update the drivers from the manufacturer's site. jaclaz

Try with a "fully qualified" path and try adding a debug4 directive: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=9435 jaclaz

Can you boot in safe mode? How exactly are you installing the XP? From CD? Is it an original (hologram) CD or a "burned" one (possibly with Service Packs integrated? (it could be simlpy a "bad burn" of the CD) Have you integrated the specific drivers for that machine? jaclaz

Hmmm I got 18 hits, isues gets 21, hence more isues than probloms.... jaclaz

It's from French http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusionnisme#Techniques_de_prestidigitation http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prestidigitator Actually is from Latin presti digiti (though the neologism was originated in France ): http://www.devoir-de-philosophie.com/dissertation-prestidigitation-88682.html http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1831&context=ocj&sei-redir=1 I find fun when I can spot in a "foreign" language a single word that is clearly an "import": prestidigitator <- English (ok not really common) http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/prestidigitator prestidigitateur <-French prestidigitatore (o prestigiatore) <-Italian prestidigitador <- Spanish prestidigitador <- Portuguese prestidigitator <- Romanian jaclaz

Using ASSOC ! back to square #1, actually post #2 (and given links). assoc .java=java.Document This should do Option Explicit Dim objShell Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Run("%comspec% /K assoc.java=java.Document "), 1, True objShell.Run("%comspec% /K ftype java.Document =""C:\Program Files (x86)\Ready to Program\Ready.exe"" ""%1"""), 1, True jaclaz

Being no roads, nor chickens behind the green glass door (but countless eggs and riddles ) , Why does the rooster cross the expressway? jaclaz

Actually, and with all due respect , the issue is not as much with the pokemonspeak, but with the actual Polish... Can you translate "prestidigitator"? jaclaz Polish source courtesy of: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/pl.htm Item #39_ http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/pl.htm#T102475

Yep, HP bought 3com a few years ago. Yes, AFAICT the given link on gateway is the appropriate driver. You can however try the fe575cx.exe file here: http://www.ictcompany.com/store/support_download.php http://www.ictcompany.com/Drivers/3ccfe575bt/fe575cx.exe You can also check if among the drivers you have in the "Windows" list (scrolling down) there is one for the 3C575 . You can check on the old 3Com page how the drivers are for "series" of cards: http://web.archive.org/web/20050312092813/http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/prodlist.jsp?tab=cat&pathtype=download&cat=10&selcat=PC+Cards&family=68 http://web.archive.org/web/20040817075252/http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/result.jsp?selected=all&sku=3C3FE575CT&sort=effdt&order=desc It seems ike latest is fe575291.exe, that you can probably get from here: http://www.filewatcher.com/m/fe575291.exe.738816.0.0.html jaclaz

No prob, everyone has been a beginner at least once and at somethng . The good news is that the 3Com card is working (in the sense that is detected correctly by Windows 98). So you need to find the drivers for it (and since the only working media you have is the CD-ROM you will have to put them on a CD-rom), or has it a floppy drive? Check the physical card for any number, the one you posted a link on e-bay is NOT the same as the picture you just posted (this latter seems a CARD BUS card, see the golden strip, which is more likely since the card is detected as being PCI) Check if the one you have is like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3COM-3CCFE575BT-D-Dell-Fast-Ethernet-10-100-Base-TX-PC-Card-PCMCIA-/190716341606?pt=US_Laptop_Modem_Cards&hash=item2c67946d66 IF it is this one, the driver should be this one: http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getfile.asp?id=13664&dscr=3com%20megahertz%2010/100%20lan%20cardbus%20pc%20card%20(3ccfe575bt)%20driver&uid=354825832 jaclaz

Yep, JFYI: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-avis-logo-looks-just-like-apples-and-microsofts-and-dozens-of-other-sans-serif-brands-2012-9 http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/40-excellent-logos-created-with-helvetica/ The future is seemingly sans-serif (and with not that much intelligence too ) jaclaz

Sure, as long as you don't give commands but just test changing access levels you won't do any harm. Yes/No. http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html Meaning: Do all disks have an updatable firmware (actually a mini-os)? Yes/No. Do all modern disks (please define modern) have an updatable firmware (actually a mini-os)? Yes. Is this firmware available? Yes/No. Do all disks connect through a TTL? Yes/No. Even if all disks would connect through TTL, do we know how exactly? No. If you prefer, why do you think that the good guys at Acelab: http://www.acelaboratory.com/ manage to successfully sell a piece of hardware (that could be valued at the most 500 bucks) together with some software of theirs for 5 thousand bucks or more (+ something like 2 grands/year per license) ? jaclaz

Yes/no. Whatever is in folders with a tilde in the name won't be there anymore after the install is finished, so if you want to (say) later add an optional component you have not the source anymore. If I recall correctly the /noreboot means that it won't automalically reboot but instead will ask you to reboot (of course if you answer "yes" it is pointless ). jaclaz

pr0B1Om? You mean pr0B13/\/\! (watch your spelling) \/\/|-|@7 pR0B13/\/\? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/quotes?qt=qt0484668 jaclaz

Start by describing (briefly) your current network setup. (which hardware you have and more than that which subnet and subnet mask are you using). Most "standard" devices (I am talking of DSL modem/routers) tend to use: 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 The built-in DHCP server (if any) will then normally assign addresses in the range 192.168.1.2 up to 192.168.1.254. Simply open a command prompt in one of the other computers you have connected to your network and in it type: ipconfig /all and press [ENTER] it will give the address of that machine and the subnet mask (besides the address of the gateway, i.e. your modem/router). If you have (say) 5 PC's in your network and the address of the one you check the DHCP assigned IP is (say) 192.168.1.18 try assigning that IP + or - 5+1=6, i.e. 192.168.1.12 or 192.168.1.24 to that Dell laptop. (this way we are relatively sure that there is no duplicate IP on the network). Then, simply try PINGing the gateway and/or the other computer of which you know the address from the Dell laptop. Sorry I don't understand what you mean, you need to provide more details... jaclaz

Start doing the standard checks, remember that that Dell PCMCIA card is 10 base-T, whilst your network is most probably a 100 Base-T, you have to check if the setting in your Router/Modem/whatever are set to "auto" or you have to manually set them to 10 base-T. IMHO it would be easier if you would configure manually the TCP/IP address and subnet instead of relying to the DHCP you have (IF you have one). Go here: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_9598ME/ and check the relevant tutorials, usually if there is an issue with networking, the solution can be found there. Start from this one: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/win98.html jaclaz

Rednecked: http://rinkworks.com/dialect/ You is right mah friend mah bad. But the actual nice part is to have submix8c write Cockney ,): http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/dialectp.cgi?dialect=cockney&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msfn.org%2Fboard%2Ftopic%2F158422-how-to-make-windows-xp-pro-sp3-preactivated-cd-with-own-oem-info-for-all-major-brand-or-provider%2Fpage__st__11 jaclaz

Let me understand, if I get it right you have THREE "subsystems" that are not working properly: PCMCIA+Wireless Network USB Wired Network listed in order of DEcreasing difficulty to solve. If I were you I would FORGET (temporarily) the PCMCIA + Wireless and the USB, and try to have the wired network working, then with that working solve the USB issue and with the USB working troubleshoot the PCMCIA (it is not entirely impossible that actually a conflict of some kind exists between USB and PCMCIA). BUT is this the machine? http://support.ap.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pmac2cm/en/en_ug/specs.htm it seems like it has not a network card (wired). Can you clarify/explain/expand? BTW, JFYI - and to be picky - it is not about "proper" PCMCIA, but rather about CardBus jaclaz

I guess we are mixing two or three different approaches. If you use the USB you need NOT any support for the PCIe card, once the system WITHOUT the PCIe card is installed and working, then you add to it the card and relative drivers. Right now you installed in IDE mode and you need to switch to AHCI mode. This is doable, but is not as simple as you thought. The approach is sketched here: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831 Or, if you have a working PE of some kind, you could inject the mass storage drivers to the offline system. http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22523 Still IMHO both the latter approaches are more complex than plainly installing from USB (directly in AHCI mode). jaclaz

Yes. My memory is obviously fading, but apart from the BOOT.INI submix8c pointed out, but it is possible that the actual loader used in this stage is not NTLDR (in the sense of the "real" NTLDR but a SETUPLDR.BIN renamed), I seem to remember that a \I386 is created. If not, a good idea, expecially if you are going to image the disk and re-use it, it would be to copy anyway the whole \I386 to the disk. jaclaz

You maust have either some missing file or anyway something setup incorrectly. WINNT32 has worked on *any* machine, with*any* NT OS since the dawn of time. About MBRFIX it looks more like you have something preventing direct disk access (or the like). For the MBRFIX besides finding the actual issue, there are workarounds, one is to leave the normal bootsector invoking NTLDR "as is", add a line to BOOT:INI pointing to grub4dos and add grldr to the root, then use grldr to load the IO.SYS: For WINNT32, try running it as follows /(we are talking of 2K, right?), this will install the Recovery COnsole: Winnt32.exe /cmdcons If it works, then try with: Winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly Them try runnign it with the usual tools, procmon, regmon. filemon, etc., try tracing it with deppends.exe, etc. Or, even more simply, since you are testing new 2k installs, make a new 2K install and try running wiint32 from this install. jaclaz

You must have missed this before buying that (whatever it is) batch "compiler": http://www.robvanderwoude.com/scriptcompilers.php jaclaz

No real changes AFAIK, the above should work with WIndows 8 allright. See also: http://reboot.pro/16544/page__st__50#entry151250 http://blog.concurrency.com/infrastructure/dual-boot-windows-8-from-vhd-using-windows-setup/ jaclaz