jaclaz

I am not sure to undersatand this as well. You install a launcher (the one you like it best), then you connect it to one of the stupid Windows 8 "buttons" or whatever they are called, and you have the equivalent of a "Start menu". jaclaz

From what you write the only thing (among the "known ones") you haven't done is clearing the G-list, but I have NO idea if it could be of ANY use or if it will brick the disk for good If I get it right you are in a BSY status and not in a LBA0 one http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=152456431478526 jaclaz

If I may, if DELAYEDEXPANSION is set, you don't even need the FOR /F: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION Set Pets=Cats Dogs Horses Set Cats=FiFi FruFru Fluffy Set Dogs=Lassie MrMuggles RinTinTin Set Horses=MrEd Trigger For %%A In (%Pets%) Do ( For %%B In (!%%A!) Do ( For %%C In (%%B) Do ( Echo %%A %%C ) ) ) jaclaz

Are you talking of DOS or of a NT system (command.com vs. CMD.EXE)? jaclaz

Just found these: http://web.archive.org/web/20100416080308/http://www.datarecoverystory.com/2009/07/typical-data-recovery-case-for-7200-9-and-7200-10/ http://web.archive.org/web/20100325045852/http://www.datarecoverystory.com/2009/06/data-recovery-from-read-only-hdd/ that seem like confiirming what the OP posted. jaclaz

Use grub4dos (or other similar bootmanager) to boot only once (the first) from USB and then boot only from HD. Add to the Windows 7 install something auto-running when install is completed that re-sets the menu.lst to boot the USB stick next time. Or set "fixed" to boot form hard disk with a 10 seconds time out and make sure to be there during first boot to select the USB stick (the thingy can be unattended as mych as you wish, but someone must be there to insert the USB thingy and switch the PC on). jaclaz

http://www.pegtop.de/start/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/asuite/ http://www.aignes.com/psmenu.htm http://www.ugmfree.it/SyMenu.aspx http://blaze-wins.sourceforge.net/index.php http://colibri.leetspeak.org/ .... jaclaz

Well, NO, it is a GOOD idea and it is perfectly possible. The posts in this thread say THREE different things: if your CD is unattended you won't be asked to press R to get to the built in Recovery Console it is possible to ADD a separate instance of Recovery Console to XP install CD by using a bootmanager the recovery console is there allright on unattended CD's, only you won't be prompted to "press R" BUT you can access it with F10 when prompted for F6 to add drivers Some reference: Fourth one is not clear, doesn't descirbe WHAT has been attempted and the results reported are different from those in the above reference thread, which contents have been verified. Recovery is NOT Repair and Repair is NOT Recovery. Yes. http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html Start here: http://reboot.pro/forum/66/ jaclaz

bootrec is documented. If you use the Vista / 7 bootrec with bootrec /FixMbr it will write Vista or 7 MBR CODE. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us So, if you want the XP MBR code, it is NOT a good idea. If you are OK with a system that has the Windows 7 MBR code, it's OK (though non-standard). Now, guess why MBRFIX was developed? http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm jaclaz

I like this : http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/pdg4r/windows_8s_next_victim_microsoft_kills_the_start/ jaclaz

Depending on the media used and on a few other requirements that might make the difference it should be possible - by using a bootmanager such as grub4dos to have more than one WINNT.SIF, and thus choose between the UNattended (BUT with NO recovery console) and an attended (BUT WITH recovery console) or, more simply - and this is definitely possible - add an "independent" recovery console. jaclaz

Well, there is some "canonical" order in data recovery, which basically is: So you try to recover: whole disks if above not possible, whole partition/filesystem(s) if above not possible, whole file(s) if above not possible, fragment(s) of file(s) if above not possible, you have (yet another) doorstop exactly in this order . jaclaz

Well, maybe I am a genius (possibly also absolute ), but not because of that three-liner, which is very basic. Sure it does, BUT take into consideration what Yzöwl said, there are situations where this approach is NOT 100% "foolproof" or "safe". Depending on the actual value of data, I would implement a slightly more complete check, along the lines suggested. The posted example simply skips over first result: What you could do is check the first result: The above is just an example and can be definitely bettered, it will fail for files inside a subdir (but can be easily adapted to take care of this also). jaclaz

It is more likely that it is the "real" dd (originally for Linux) or maybe dd_rescue or ddrescue (two very confusingly named forks of dd aimed to data recovery still for Linux). There is no way to suggest you an app without knowing something more about what was recovered. If it was just the beginning of second partition, i.e. it's first sector is a bootsector, the best tool you can use to attempt mounting it is IMDISK (under windows), but it is possible that some data needs to be corrected, I would rather create a dummy MBR and mount it in TESTDISK. If you post first few - say 100 or 200 - sectors of the image you have I can have a look at them and ossibly give you some more targeted advice. A suitable tool (under Windows) is dsfo, part of the DSFOK toolkit, : http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/ Unzip everything in a directory, say C:\dsfok\ Open a command prompt, navigate to it, then issue command: dsfo C:\whatever\yourimage.img 0 102400 myfirst200.bin you will get in the directory file myfirst200.bin with size 102,400 bytes that represent first 200 sectors of your image, then compress the .bin in a .zip archive and either attache it to your next post r upload it somewhere an post a link to it. jaclaz

Good. The actual version is set in SCROLL.INI BUT the only seemingly reliable data/dates are seemingly in SETUP.INF That specific driver that worked for you has in it "Mouse Driver V1.0"-> http://it.driverscollection.com/?aid=4107506016957ad05bbd7e3cb71 e-bue Movbit drivers MovBitDrive.zip and: The one here: http://radymno.org/sterowniki/Mysz_EasyTouch_5/ has also "Mouse Driver V1.0" and files have same dates, so they should be exactly the "same thing" The Pilot mouse pointertovoid initially mentioned seems like the one here : http://driverscollection.com/?H=3%20Button%20Scroll%20Mouse&By=Memorex http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=11977 Driver3202-2362.exe with "Pilot Mouse V1.00" and: The one here: http://yo.flocky.free.fr/periph/Dual%20Souris/ has "Dual Wheel Mouse V5.2 (95/98)" and: The one here: http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/28/28886.htm has "Dual Wheel Mouse V5.3 (95/98)" and: There is another one that you can get here: http://web.archive.org/web/200012050024/http://www.cre.com.tw/english/index.htm vivi-p.exe that has "Scroll Mouse V2.0" and: Besides the same .inf contents, the typo in Se®ialName= makes clear that the source is the same, no matter how they are re-branded, so it seems like they are all the same thingy BUT the file LoneCrusader tested successfully (e-bue Movbit drivers) is the most recent version (notwithstanding the version numbering). jaclaz

On ES2 you need to short the "read channel" to ACCESS the terminal, but if you cannot you should get a LED:000000CC FAddr:xxxxxxxx, if you get the if you get the Error 1009 DETSEC 00006008 it should mean that you already connectted to terminal, however it means "roughly" "cannot spin up", THis can be caused by problems with contacts (see above) or drive motor stitched, again see above. If drive motor is gone or bearing really stuck, you cannot do ANYTHING (without opening the drive ). Does the drive rotate/spin? See here: DO NOT EVEN THINK to swap a PCB: (unless you also know how to swap a ROM and you have the tools/knowledge, but then you wouldn't be here asking questions ) jaclaz

No. http://wingeek.com/news/40507/windows-7-god-mode-mythbusting/ http://www.askvg.com/truth-behind-hidden-secret-god-mode-found-in-windows-7/ Seemingly yes. jaclaz

Just for the record, neutral.cab is a biggish file, around 500 Mb, maybe you can try to download only it using httpdisk: http://reboot.pro/13049/ IF the issue is some kind of "timeout" due to a slow connection, you may get away with it since your screenshot shows an issue at around 580 Mb. jaclaz

I meant the main point about proper ways to deal with the issue you were having. And rest assured, you missed it. You are evidently trying to extend your past experience to modern technology. It simply won't work, because whilst some things actually remained the same, and thus for these past experience is very useful, for some other things, that have changed, past experience is not only unuseful, but - to a certain degree - counterproductive, in the sense that it may make you believe things that were correct, but that are not correct anymore. In other words, though it is perfectly possible that you are right when you say that some specific manufacturer tools suck (and a few actually do suck big ) you cannot state - given the limited experience that you seem to have with modern hard disks and with modern programs for them - that "since this used to be done like this then it must be done in the same way", as said some things have changed very little, and some have greatly changed. Think about cars, 10, 15 or 20 years ago, with a medium sized toolbox you could fix *any* car, nowadays on many cars you need a specific interface, a specific connector, a speciifc program (besides a computer) even to change a light bulb. Or maybe more simply out of the paradigm of the specific programs you used, among others the suggested Victoria will give you this kind of information. Better (in the sense of faster/larger) may not be the same as better (in the sense of more reliable/failproof). Modern hard disks are way more complex than older ones and - as said - there are some factors that may make them more likely to fail. Just as an example, perpendicular recording: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording creates a number of engineering problems in manufacturing, precision and ultimately in reliability/life of the disk. I also expect that in a few years HAMR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-assisted_magnetic_recording will pose more and new challenges to the engineers. You are welcome. jaclaz

Strangely enough "OEM installation & Recovery " discs. What you failed to take notice of was that most common are EITHER "Oem installation" (ONLY) OR "Recovery" (ONLY) discs. The former are usually an "*almost* standard" (where the degree of *almost* is inversely proportional on how big the OEM is, meaning that "small OEM" make installation disks that are 80% to 99.99% alike the MS OEM discs, whilst "big" OEM's like - to name one - DELL, tend to make less standard OEM installation discs). Big OEM's like SONY and HP ship with ONLY recovery disc, or, even worse, ONLY recovery partition on HD and a tool to make ONLY Recovery discs. So, you are in a "special" case. As said, given the peculiar way the "Recovery" part of your "OEM installation & Recovery " disc was created, there are very little (please read NO) chances currently to fiddle in any way with the "Recovery" part, whilst it should be relatively easy to deal with the "OEM installation" part. And this brings you back EXACTLY on the path that was suggested to you threee months ago : jaclaz

It seems like firefox only adds a trailng space in CODEBOX on second line. Go figure.... jaclaz

Yep, it is in a "developers" only test/report section, sorry for not noticing it. However nothing that cannot be re-posted publicly: Following are several tests, but not yet a definite solution (also because of the board software change). This is strange. I will post the following text but without double quotes : "This text has NO trailing spaces" normally, inside a QUOTE, inside a CODE and inside a CODEBOX: This text has NO trailing spaces This text has NO trailing spaces This text has NO trailing spaces In Opera, plain, QUOTE and CODE have NO trailing spaces, but the CODEBOX has it. If I try with two lines: "This text has NO trailing spaces and is on 2 lines" This text has NO trailing spaces and is on 2 lines This text has NO trailing spaces and is on 2 lines This text has NO trailing spaces and is on 2 lines plain and QUOTE are OK, in CODE first line has an added trailing space, and in CODEBOX last line has a trailng space. With Ie, the results are similar. What happens in Firefox? jaclaz I am attaching opera.txt and ie.txt made by copying from "This is strange" (included) up to (excluded) pasted in Notepad. Run a binary comparison of the two and you will see the differences. Can you do the same and upload firefox.txt? opera.txt ie.txt

Well, I did change the name in the batch from disks.txt to unbound.txt, obviously. Now that I can do a binary compare of the copy/paste with your original attachment, it is clear that the issue is "trailing spaces", replacing 200D0A with 0D0A solves the issue. Opera browser, copy -> Paste in notepad, Win XP 32 bit. On my machine it runs in a x10 loop in around 80/100th Cross posting on: jaclaz

And, at the ONLY scope of showing what the idea behind Occam's Razor is, I tried the various batches timing them on the sample file posted, which I saved as "unbound.txt". Results (in a x10 loop): the second one posted by me (with "unbound.txt" hardcoded) takes around 30/100th in a x10 loop. the one by 5eraph is not working ( it just shows the total number of unbound disks, than hangs) @5eraph, can you check it? (maybe is one of those pesky copy/paste from board) updated, see below, it runs in around 80/100 the one posted by Yzöwl takes around 1 seconds and 80/100 the following one (in which I took the liberty of inverting the order of the output in order to remove a FOR loop) takes around 16/100th @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%A IN (unbound.txt) DO ( IF "%%A"=="Capacity" SET /A Current=%%B IF "%%B"==" Unbound" SET /A Unbound_!Current!+=1 ) FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=_=" %%A IN ('SET Unbound_') DO ( ECHO Count of Unbound disks with size %%B = !Unbound_%%B! SET /A Unbound_=!Unbound_!+%%C ) ECHO No. of Unbound disks: %Unbound_% jaclaz

If I get it right , since you can't afford it, then you use WAREZ? Maybe you could use a Trial version until you get the money to buy a license for it. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx An OS, is not like bread (which in some cases you may be morally justified if you steal some since you can't afford it). Be VERY aware of Rule #1.a: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules jaclaz