jaclaz

Hey, wait a minute , you did not mention "compiling" the bat to exe, you used "encrypt or hide". Have you actually analyzed the tool you mentioned? Are you really-really sure that the way it works is suitable to your "encrypt" or "hiding" needs? Hint: look carefully in the Temp directory of the user running the compiled batch.... Just for the record program homepage is here: http://www.f2ko.de/programs.php?lang=en&pid=b2e jaclaz

If the drive/laptop is off, you should have NO fear whatsoever (most if not all 2.5" disks use a "parking ramp" or however a "safe parking zone" when off). With the laptop on, there may be moderate reasons to worry, nothing will happen on a "normal" railway, maybe if the line is particularly "bumpy", though many laptops, besides using disks that can stand that kind of stress, have particular "mounting hardware" that insulates the disk from vibrations, and a few models additionally have sensors that simply "cut off power" if a definite G variation (such as a fall) happen. Maybe if you post exact make/model of your laptop (and possibly also make/model of the disk inside it) we may give you some more - if not certainties - accurate estimations of the possible risk. A good idea (indipendently from the planned trip) is to make a full backup (or image of the disk, even better), a hard disk 6 years old may well fail independently from the vibrations and bumps (mind you it is perfectly possible that that hard disk will survive for another 10 years, but the only thing that I have learned - in some cases the "hard way" - is that *any* hard disk can fail at *any* time for *any* reason). The three golden rules: backup backup again while considering the consequences of first two rules, BACKUP AGAIN! jaclaz

Cannot say about it, in the sense that Windows 7 and "direct disk" access are "long time enemies" , but yes, there is a Hdparm port to win32 (cannot say about 64) see: http://reboot.pro/13601/ http://reboot.pro/13601/page__st__125#entry119855 http://hdparm-win32.dyndns.org/hdparm/ that does work under Windows 7 too, but really cannot say if *all* functions will be accessible/working/whatever. jaclaz

Just for the record there are reports "here and there" that besides the difference between "good" brands and "bad" brands, there are other two kinds of issues: a "same brand" CD/DVD may have been manufactured in a "good" factory and as well in a "bad" factory (there is a way to identify media, see later in this post) more then the above it seems like a given brand/model of burner will work "better" with a "given brand/make" of media and "worse" with "another brand/make" of media In other words I have seen more than one report that: burner model A+media type B=good result burner model A+media type C=bad result BUT: burner model D+media type C=good result burner model D+media type B=bad result There is some info "hard encoded" in the media, called "ATIP", (Absolute Time in Pregroove) or ADIP (Address in Pregroove), and quite a few programs capable of reading it, such as: http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/ If you analyze this info on a few different media, it will be evident how a same "good" or "bad") factory/manufacturer may make a disc that is sold as either "good" brand A or "bad" brand B, i.e. you can easily find two differently branded disc's (often payed a very different price) having been actually manufactured in the same factory. It is not at all clear if (as it happens in other industries) there are (within the same factory) "better" batches (which are then marked with "good brand" name) and "bad" batches (which are then marled "no-name" or "cheap brand") jaclaz

Maybe, just maybe, this fits (if you have a suitable nvidia chipset): http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/127138-what-actual-sata-tranfer-rate-real-world.html And now, some BAD news, actual instruments needed to actually measure Disk/SATA speed (among many other things) (example): http://www.lecroy.com/oscilloscope/oscilloscopeseries.aspx?mseries=343 http://www.lecroy.com/oscilloscope/oscilloscopeseries.aspx?mseries=331 Please take a seat before reading the price tag jaclaz.

So, if it is the BT series (and not the FP) one, this should be latest version of drivers: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Obsolete/Obsolete%20Common%20Files/aspi420g.exe.zip or this one: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Obsolete/Obsolete%20Common%20Files/aspi410k.exe.zip Can you try the above ones and report? jaclaz

You cannot imagine HOW MUCH it is for me. An example of what your posts/reports are NOT like: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html jaclaz

@ppgrainbow We won't go very far this way. FORGET (tempotrarily) about Windows 3.x, and let's see what happens with "pure" DOS. HOW exactly are you loading the drivers? The readme.txt suggests these two lines in config.sys: are you using them? Or *something else*? WHAT the heck do you mean "I don't know where I got the BTDOSM.SYS from?" did it matrialize by sheer magic on your hard disk and config.sys? HOW MANY similar drivers "materialized from thin air" into your config.sys? (in other words, use the plainest possible config.sys when experimenting, disable each and every *other* driver/device in it ) jaclaz

Cannot say specifically, but first thing, simplify your environment (have ONLY one SCSI disk connected). Then, I cannot see why you don't follow (at least initially) "to the T" the contents of the README.TXT within the given fpdos302 archive. Particularly WHY you did not set to load FLASHPT.SYS (which AFAICU is the "main" driver). WHERE does the btdosm.sys come from (it is NOT in the referenced archive)? Are you using "something else" form what was suggested? jaclaz

The "size" of 1.5x to 3x the available RAM is within the "normal" settings. Personally I would never run a "dynamic" pagefile on any of my machines, i.e. I would use a "resonable" sized fixed size, like, on a 512Mb machine, a fixed 1024÷1024 one or a 1536÷1536 one. This said, the issue you are experimenting is quite common with "modern" browsers, and I don't think you can do much about it (if not fixing the size of the pagefile, which does help). You could monitor memory usage of the browser, you will see that the slowness when the pagefile is hit will be a little less with a "static" pagefile. See: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_fix_too_little_virtual_memory_in_windows.html jaclaz

Not that I know of, those ARE the LSILogic DOS drivers. jaclaz

Naaah, not at all , just showing you another "classical" destructive tool. Yep : jaclaz

JFYI : http://www.marriedtothesea.com/041808/this-is-what-i-get.gif jaclaz

Hmmm, I doubt you have actually READ carefully the article , item #7 in the references is particularly interesting . And, JFYI: http://www.marriedtothesea.com/062810/compact-disc-research.gif jaclaz

Are you using the SCSI drivers? http://communities.vmware.com/message/83153 Should be these ones: ftp://pds.tcrc.edu.tw/Hardware/mylex/archive/fpdos302.exe Earlier versions: ftp://pds.tcrc.edu.tw/Hardware/mylex/archive/fpdos301.exe ftp://pds.tcrc.edu.tw/Hardware/mylex/archive/fpdos201.exe Other drivers (if needed): http://www.scampers.org/steve/vmware/ jaclaz

CD/DVD's in the microwave is NO laughing matter. http://raptor.physics.wisc.edu/wacky/cd/ but hardly a desired target for scientific studies I have always thought that most Youtube videos are produced by people with too much free time, but seemingly also respectable scientists have plenty of it. jaclaz

These may help you (or completely fail to ) in doing the right thing : (basically IF the issue with your drive was the original log entry issue, your drive is likely to live with no firmware update and a reset every three to nine months time, die instantly on a failed firmware upgrade, or live happily *ever after* a successful firmware upgrade) BTW, good to have another happy bunny in the basket : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128727&st=10 jaclaz

Sure , but you do not report whether you are actually following what you have read in the given links. Have you provided grounding? How EXACTLY are you powering the adapter? Are you trying insulating the head or motor contacts? Have you successfully performed a loopback test? etc., etc. About the adapter you are using, there is NO specific info on that page about the kind of TTL level that adapter uses. (unless the "working voltage" means TTL level) The photo *seems* like having a "323x" chip (which should mean that it is of the "right" kind) but cannot say for sure. But yes, trying another adapter (not necessarily a CA-42 one) is your next step, it is very possible you have a DOA one or however one that is not suited. About CA-42, please DO READ point #10 of the read-me-first (you know, it is written for a reason ) and FGA #6, then: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/quotes?qt=qt0362962 jaclaz

Good, now that we have if not solved, at least easened the cost aspect , back to the issue. I personally find that if a DVD survives immersion in liquid nitrogen, it means that it survives immersion in liquid nitrogen (and not necessarily that it will last longer). The actual Warranty they provide: in NO way endorses - not even INdirectly - the actual durability of a recorded media, so, call me tough as you wish , but I won't trust this particular technology (or the claims they make) based on a single test that may (or may not - independently from the results) be only loosely related to actual time passing. UNdoubtedly these thingies are "tougher" than conventional media, but are they "tough enough"? jaclaz

That has nothing to do with the M-disc technology, that is a "duplicator" most of these machine sport that kind of warning (I presume for "legal" reasons ) of course everything depends on the kind of protection the CD/DVD's have, some are simply NOT duplicable, some are, no matter what they say on the home page. You can get a simple burner, though. http://www.produplicator.com/mdisc-external.html jaclaz

Here: http://reboot.pro/forum/66/ Read AT LEAST these two, first thing: http://reboot.pro/5041/ http://reboot.pro/8944/ jaclaz

There is probably *something* that you are "doing wrong" . Please do the following: FORGET (temporarily) whatever you have read on the topic ONLY read the Read-me-.first and FGA's: Then try following (to the T) the suggested guide here: http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html VERIFY that your RS232 to TTL converter is using the compatible "lower" TTL level, make sure about both power (power to the PCB board) to be "stable" and make sure of proper GROUNDING. Report. jaclaz

Just to disambiguate. The "usage paradigm" of dvdisaster and isopuzzle is completely different. dvdisaster is a "preventive" tool that allows you to burn media with redundant info (you will need more bytes used per byte saved). iso puzzle is a "recover tool" to recover an already (badly burned or deteriorated) media There is a known Commercial tool (bought a license for it many., many years ago, and at the time, if I remember correctly it was a steep amount of bucks, now at around 40 it sounds to me like a fair price): http://www.infinadyne.com/accuburn-r.html that behaves like dvdisaster (adds redundant data) and possibly has a few more little tricks up it's sleeve (and also has a "companion" recovery app) And now, for NO apparent reason Millennium (maybe) media: http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=6553813/ http://millenniata.com/ jaclaz

Yep, that is "expected". The original assumption was that a "]" is only used for "Section". Just re-process the line, this should do: ::Remove CR+LF after a ] and before a " followed by a CR+LF CALL :run_gsar ::x5d:x0d:x0a:x34:x0d:x0a :x5d:x34:x0d:x0a jaclaz

Jaclaz actually is not getting much fun with this. The whole point is that benchmarks are - generally speaking - benchmarks and they are ONLY useful to compare different settings (or different OS or different hardware), BUT the results need to be verified. In no way thy are (or can be) representative of "real usage". In other terms, it is perfectly possible that the result of a benchmark (which is an "absract" set of copying data with a given method) seem "almost the same" but on real usage a BIG difference is actually "felt", or viceversa, it is perfectly possible that in a benchmark a given setting produces an astoundingly "better" result, but then when the setting is applied in "real life" no (or very little difference) is "felt". I personally find that most of the bla-bla about sector/cluster size and alignment is just "bla-bla" and one setting that gives SOME advantages in a given usage will produce a few disadvantages in another usage (or will have anyway some strings attached). In some cases some advantages can be found "all round", example: http://reboot.pro/16775/ http://reboot.pro/16783/ but quite obviously the actual relevance only is noticeable with implicitly "slow" devices . The only thing that I can say is : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/quotes?qt=qt0362962 jaclaz