jaclaz

It sounds like "DUD" unfortunately. You simply CANNOT measure TTL levels with a ohmeter/voltmeter. You need an oscilloscope, even a poorman's one would do: http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en http://www.electronics-lab.com/downloads/pc/002/index.html and you need to measure while transmitting to the port. Sure, Tx and Rx labels can be very confusing. Did anything change? jaclaz

Exactlly, the "smallest" subfloppy (but with "large" capacity) I managed to produce has only 2560 bytes free, but is pretty FAST in loading to --mem with grub4dos.... 4096 bytes total size, gzips in 246 bytes. I might review it at the light of the new findings on this thread an maybe I can find a way to make it even smaller. jaclaz

OT , but just to keep things together as possible, the opposites of superfloppies (would they be "underfloppies"? ) http://reboot.pro/8752/page__st__59 (I just happened to get by chance on that thread again, that I had completely forgotten) jaclaz

HOW exactly (I mean with what tool(s)) and doing what) did you make that voltage measure? Can you post a link to where you got that adapter? Have you tried exchanging the Tx and Rx connections on the hard disk side? jaclaz

Happy to know also your problem is "closed". jaclaz

http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-write-access-to-usb-hard-disk-and-flash-key-drives/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/disable-usb-removable-mass-storage-device-drive-access-in-windows/ Maybe just maybe, by somehow using on 2K some disk related drivers from XP (IF actually possible at all ): http://reboot.pro/9844/page__st__17 jaclaz

Yes, but for example, if you type in the "Start->Run": ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} it opens the actual "user" "recycle bin", whilst (say XP) C:\Recycler contains the various S-1-5-21-..... and in it/them the INFO2 file. Somehow the interface must "know" where the actual path is. I don't think that there is anything in the Registry, maybe checking the windows explorer files (shell32.dll?) for a "hardcoded" name? BTW HOW is called the Recycle Bin in Vista on FAT32? Still "$Recycle.bin" ? Here there is the reference to the "canonical ones": http://www.forensicfocus.com/downloads/forensic-analysis-vista-recycle-bin.pdf jaclaz

Actually the only BIG "mistakes" myselfidem made are : posting without quoting the reference actually trying the link posted by the spammer Attributing the post to bristols was simply a common mistake - it happens all the time, memory can be easily tricked - expecially since you (bristols) have a quite characteristic/visible avatar (whilst the Spammer had none - AFAICR) so that scrolling the thread is likely to have give such a false impression (supreimposing of images). Anyway, everything is cool, it's a nice day, so let's go on, no need for reciprocal accusations of anything, OK? jaclaz

Well, IMHO three possibilities seems not very like anything "brute", let alone "force". It also depends on filesystems and actual OS involved, if I recall correctly. Care to narrow (or widen) the scope of the question? And maybe, if you provide some background it may be useful.... jaclaz

Relax. It was a spammer, with user name "harrymark". I haven't a screenshot of his post, but this should be enough to tranquilize you. jaclaz

Yes, this would be advised. No, what happened was that a SPAMmer posted on the thread (and there was a link in his post) that post was then removed by an Admin/Mod, probably you mistook that reply as if it was bristols'. jaclaz

Yep. JFYI: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21043 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=13283 It is more common than you would expect. The rule of thumb is: for CD burn at the LOWEST possible speed for DVD burn at an "average" (half max) speed Additionally : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20755 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20755&st=21 jaclaz

WHICH link? This one works allright here: http://bristols.zxq.net/windows2000/updates/ And this one also: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Write_Blockers jaclaz

There are TWO ways. One (NO animation) is to use the COLOR command and a background image. The second (animation possible) is by using GFXboot. A couple samples are given here: OK, I lied , there is also a third possibility, Aerostudio, though it is not "strictly" grub4dos. OK, I lied AGAIN , there is also a FOURTH possibility, which is to use the nice tool ded put together (still EXPERIMENTAL, mind you): http://reboot.pro/15689/ Pre-made gfxboot: http://reboot.pro/13437/ should be relatively easy to add. jaclaz

Apart from the fun/exercise/experience/whatever there is not much sense to remove the HPA on that drive. The specs say that it has 156,301,488 sectors, it has the default 255/63 geometry thus you can have (since it is used with OS that use the good ol' convention of cilinder boundary) an unueven number of accessible sectors. 156,301,488/255/63=9729.317647.... cylinders So the max value is: 9729 x 255 x 63 = 156,296,385 OP already has this space available, and it doesn't make IMHO much difference if he has a bunch (156,301,488-156,296,385=5,103) unused/unusable sectors at the end of the disk or, like it seems, only a few of them (156,301,488-156,299,437=2,051) as unused/unusable space at the end of the disk and the remaining as unused/unusable space in the HPA. I mean nothing will change in the available/usable space so why attempt to fix a non-problem? @submix8c It's not "only DELL", AFAIK several other companies use/used the HPA, including IBM/Lenovo: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Hidden_Protected_Area and Fujitsu-Siemens, more generally *anything* with Phoenix BIOS may have it. But given the very small size of the area, I presume more likely that the HPA is WD installed in factory. Specifically half the internet is upset about WD using the HPA on their "Mybook" external hard disks for every kind of crapware, this would be the first report I see about WD using it also on "normal" disks, but it is very possible. jaclaz

Because it isn't "my" topic? I opened a parenthesis in it (and duly closed it). OP has had the most he could get as an answer/solution. Only your problem with 98 is currenly "open". jaclaz

Then install syslinux to the stick and go the other way round, i.e. add BOOTMGR to the Syslinux menu. jaclaz

Oh, yes, I have it, I just inserted the plug in the motherboard socket and my Me detected the mouse allright. No need to start a new thread for my problem, it is already solved. My apologies to the OP for having temporarily hijacked the present thread. jaclaz

Yep, those are the data, clearly RPM senses the disk with 512 bytes/sector. 9,729 x 255 x 63=156,296,385*512=80,023,749,120 63+156299374=156,299,437 both CHS and LBA are more orr less correct (given the HPA region) All is well that ends well. Go slowly, come back quickly. jaclaz

I doubt that any number of piranhas or similar bombing tactics can do anything to my flying-submarine-tanks, but I don't think anyway this is the right place to proof that. In my basic English: the bolded part is enough to doubt that a Me problem goes here, additionally while looking to the previous posts to make sure I had the exact same problem, I noticed how the problem seemed like being connected with a Toshiba laptop and it's BIOS, so I think I will start a new thread for it, calling it: MSFN Forum> Microsoft Software Products> Windows 95/98/98SE/ME> How can I get a PS/2 scrolling mouse to work in Windows Me (no, not on a Toshiba)? If you want, if you have the same problem as mine, you could post on the new thread, and I will change it's title to : MSFN Forum> Microsoft Software Products> Windows 95/98/98SE/ME> How can I get a PS/2 scrolling mouse to work in Windows 98SE or Me (no, not on a Toshiba)? jaclaz

I don't care (much ) about the size. I asked about the geometry. With reference to this screenshot: Second line from top how many Mb/cylynders/heads/sectors does RPM see? At this point most probably values meaningful with a sector size of 512 bytes. jaclaz

As another suggestion (that will go unlistened to as before), you should not play too much with that kind of tools, you know, kids, matches..... Leave alone the HPA and forgive about the handful of sectors in it. The only important thing is that you managed to get Windows 9x installed. I would have appreciated a reply to the simple question I asked, but it seems like it's not my lucky day. jaclaz

I am having the same problem, only on Me. I am starting to think that I should actually connect the PS/2 plug on the mouse cord to the PC motherboard socket. Maybe I should start a new thread, since it has nothing to do with Windows 95 and this thread is specifically about Windows 95 and the problems in conjunction with a specific Toshiba laptiop model and it's Accupoint device..... jaclaz

Apparently YES , if you expect to have an IPL right after having Zeroed out a disk..... The disk is ALL 00's->the IPL is all 00's-> it is an "unknown" IPL (does it makes more sense now?) Can you post WHICH drive geometry RPM finds? You know, like in : jaclaz

Do you mean "found a .iso" or "found a .iso having bought a License for it"? The question is NOT so-slightly different. Your first step should be to make sure you are NOT using Warez releases. Be VERY aware of Rule #1.a: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules jaclaz