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Hmmm. In case of need, this: http://tagievara.narod.ru/pages/programs/flash/innostor.html has a series of related tools (though there is not a specific recovery tool for your stick ) It is possible that the JF700 tool may work, but REALLY, DO NOT EVEN THINK of using it (it may be a last, desperate effort, IF you cannot get an exchange). jaclaz

Is it possible that you missed a 65536 in the latter? I.e. is the attachment correct? Any idea why exactly the "cyanide" curve doesn't match levles 5, 6 or 7? jaclaz EPONOFF.zip

With some fantasy (and A LOT of reading between the lines ) it is possible that the setting can only be reached by editing the SETUP.INI: http://bbs.wuyou.com/archiver/?tid-209761.html http://bbs.mydigit.cn/simple/?t358882.html The setting: FixedRemoval=0 should mean "removable" and FixedRemoval=1 "fixed" @Weed DO NOT EVEN THINK to use this production tool, we simply have NO way to make sure of the accuracy of the above and in any case it does look like a "difficult" tool (some othe makers make "easier" tools. jaclaz

I am not sure to understand the issue. Have you tried a loopback test (as you should have)? Check first the Read-me-first (ALL of it, but particularly point #8): and the FGA's (ALL of them but psrticularly #4 and #5): jaclaz

I meant, like in the tutorial Point #10: I am still perplexed, because - as said - Steve6375's instructions were always proven to be very detailed, exact and tested. I dropped him a line via PM to alert him about the present thread, let's see if he happens to "pass by" and can have a look/give some advice. I know that it may sound like "queer" , but the possibility that - somehow - you have a corrupt source does exist, can you try again "from scratch" (unmodified, original DVD)? @Kel I guess that the issue is not actually the .iso in itself, but the .iso on USB stick mapped as CD/DVD. If you prefer this topic is possibly more suitable here: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/157-install-windows-from-usb/ jaclaz

Some "generic" advice, prompted by your post on reboot.pro (if I may ): You are very correct, BUT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47#Design_concept jaclaz

Well, with all due respect , then you did something wrong , as those drivers have been integrated (and work) for lots of people . You might want to start a new thread (so that we don't clutter this one) reporting HOW EXACTLY you attempted the integration of the various drivers, and hopefully someone will be able to help you. (same goes if you want to do the "right thing" and flip the stupid bit - and you need some assistance) jaclaz

Well, at least we have a few of them , unlike you: Noone said that Windows 8 is not: the future faster *whatever* better than current OS everyone is saying that it's interface sucks big. jaclaz

Yes/no. Check this (you want to try VHD_W7_Compact.exe): http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23553 http://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=9830 jaclaz

Just for the record, it seems that besides cfadisk.sys and dummydisk..sys also this other driver DiskMod (actually developed to allow having pagefile.sys on *any* volume): http://reboot.pro/9461/ can do the trick. jaclaz

Hmmm. Steve6375's instructions/tutorials are usually VERY accurate. Ideas : Try replicating it EXACTLY without introducing ANY change Try manually. Have you changed the startnet.cmd in both .wims? Did you experiment - like in the tutorial - with boot1.wim and boot2.wim or did you use directly the files inside the .iso? jaclaz

Naah, why giving it yet another recognition? A lesser known thing is that some people (rightly BTW) consider the Watchmen movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_(film) the second most-hated thing derived from the comics, guess which is the first one?: http://www.11points.com/web-tech/11_things_you_didn't_know_about_comic_sans jaclaz

Yep, it's a classic : http://tinyurl.com/3vmwb9l jaclaz

This one works AFAIK: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21144&st=0 Direct link is in post #7: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21144&st=6 Check this also: jaclaz

Well, we have also evidence that there are worse ways to commit suicide: it seems like using Comic Sans ( as BOB used to) is considered the most painful one and with the lowest chance of being lethal (fail at failing ) back to square #53: http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm jaclaz

Good , the main thing is that you found a suitable way out from the issue . Unrelated , but not that much , maybe this is an option: jaclaz

I see , you meant : ....which should be translated to : jaclaz

What I suspect (though having NO actual way to test/compare) and still related to the "missing CD/DVD" is the following: with firadisk: when chosing 32 bit wim firadisk (32 bit driver) maps BOTH the .iso at "boot time" and at "GUI install" since everything is 32 bit, everything works when chosing 64 bit wim firadisk maps the .iso at boot time but results in "a suffusion of yellow" at GUI install since for *whatever* reason (driver conflict or 32 driver partially or fully loaded) the iso is not mapped properly with IMDISK when chosing 32 bit wim IMDISK (32 bit) maps the .iso at GUI install and since everything is 32 bit, everything works when chosing 64 bit wim IMDISK (64 bit) maps the .iso at GUI install BUT for *whatever* reason (driver conflict or 32 driver partially or fully loaded) the result is "a suffusion of yellow" It is also possible that for *any* reason the IMDISK that is installed throught the method here: http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/multiisoimdiskautounattend is the "wrong" version or that the version included (which is fairly old) has some issues together with your drivers. In order to troubleshoot, if I were you I would try using the initial more manual method sketched here: http://reboot.pro/9076/page__st__25#entry123384 https://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/tutorials/winiso jaclaz

...and some wise philosophy : jaclaz

Good. So, summing it up, the six points are only five, and since the first one is always [0,0] they are actually only four (and one of them set at [40,568] makes no sense and can be placed at (say) [5,n] allright. I have some issues with this : We have 11 Levels in the CP app cursor. But we have at least 20 values in Mouse Sensitivity in Registry (from 1 to 20 or possibly from 0 to 20). Since the good MS guys invented the "mickey" and more generally used units of measure in a very "vague" way, I feel authorized to introduce THREE elements: MSCPL=Mouse Sensitivity in the Control Panel Levels RMSV=Registry Mouse Sensitivity Values ASOY=A Suffusion Of Yellow The "conversion table is the following: Using the control panel cursor you can only have these values in the MouseSensitivity key in the Registry, but all intermediate values are valid. So you have a reversed table: The formula: gives only a point (65536) of the diagram of conversion between MSCPL and actual MouseSensitivity Factor. It would be logical that the "scalar set" to generate the family of curves is linear, i.e. that, using the "reduced" set of MSCPL you have: MSF@MSCPL6=10*65536/10=65536 and: MSF@MSCPL1=1*65536/10=6553 MSF@MSCPL2=2*65536/10=13107 MSF@MSCPL3=4*65536/10=26214 MSF@MSCPL4=6*65536/10=39321 MSF@MSCPL5=8*65536/10=52428 MSF@MSCPL6=10*65536/10=65536 MSF@MSCPL7=12*65536/10=78643 MSF@MSCPL8=14*65536/10=91750 MSF@MSCPL9=16*65536/10=104857 MSF@MSCPL10=18*65536/10=117964 MSF@MSCPL11=20*65536/10=131072 The results of a quick experiment lead me to think that this "scalar set" is non linear, and can be approximated with a quadratic expression. Due to the obvious lack of precision of this early experiment and to the limited time I spent in half-@§§edly doing it, it is possible that the actual values are inaccurate, but the difference between a linear set and a function one is so evident that I have some serious doubts . I am attaching a small spreadsheet with the results of the experiment, definitely - due to the half-@ssed testing procedure - I have lost important precision in the "lower levels", but "higher levels" should be "accurate enough", and more than that the "general shape" if not the actual scale/parameters should be also "accurate enough". I tried to manually rebuild a more "logical" diagram of the "family of curves", measuring the image in the MS article, and the "linear formula" seemingly does not fit . jaclaz linearorcurve.zip

... and possibly im many more as simple ways. XXCOPY is also IMHO an exceptionally goot tool, but it is not the only option, just as an example Xclone would most probably do : ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/win95/diskutl/xclone13.zip I don't see the actual connection , in that case I gave you a report about a tool found to be a MUCH faster way (and JFYI "not-really-equivalent" as hdderase will also wipe a few sectors not normally accessible by external software, so also "better"), I may well be wrong, but I don't think that there are great speed differences when using XXCOPY vs XCOPY vs. XFILE vs. XClone vs. *whatever*, in the sense that any "file based" tool will take more or less the same time. XXCOPY Author confirms how the program is not particularly tuned towards "speed" (at least no for a "bulk copy" as the one we were talking about: http://www.xxcopy.com/xarc/msg/msg00189.htm but the context of that thread: Was that what was actually needed was maybe to wipe the first handful of sectors and instead it was suggested to wipe the whole disk and suggested a slowish tool to do this completely unneeded thing . jaclaz

Exclusion made: for the XP Home in member's profile for this: You should make your sentences more complete, like : jaclaz

Could you share your understanding (since besides bphlpt I am confused at well)? Right now I simply have no meaningful data to think about, I guess unless you try describing EXACTLY your setup, and the EXACT error and EXACTLY when it happens, I doubt that - besides me - anyone can really suggest you something of use. Maybe it would be useful if you provided such details this time. There are SEVERAL ways in which you may have used either Firadisk or IMDISK, several ways in which you could have edited the BCD and most probably n other factors that I am completely forgetting . So, the mere fact that I extorted from you that you used firadisk and your subsequent report that you also tried IMDISK are of no actual relevance. It is possible that if you DETAIL as much as possible your attempts someone can (hopefully ) spot where the issue lies. Right now it seems to me that this thread till now is about people giving maybe 1/10 to 1/5 of the needed informations and other people giving "vague" guesses in such a way that they can be ambiguously interpreted. Compare with: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html jaclaz

Yep , once I tried to use my long-time-trusted hammer to drive a nail into a wooden plank and the little bastard got one of my fingers instead . The moral being: jaclaz

Heck, it is a VERY gruesome practice! Anyway, you may have better luck looking for "seppuku", here is a (rigorously copyrighted ) nice T-shirt design that has NO blood in it: http://everyjoe.com/play/how-to-commit-seppuku-t-shirt/ but I guess clay is allright jaclaz