jaclaz

I see very little fun in having half-@§§ed (NO offence intended to the posters that kindly provided them, mind you ) lists in text form, with various degreee of details/comments, but if you are happy with them it's allright, of course . It's just like this thread here: it contains lots of useful info, but it is pretty much useless, in the sense that by the time you can extract from it the info, you may have already tested yourself ALL versions of the apps you are interested in and find yourself which one works. jaclaz

...and if you choose the latter you may go for Windows 2000 . jaclaz

Of course but then the only difference between the two is: XCOPY/DY 1 Files(s) copied vs. XCOPY/DLY 1 File(s) NO, the difference is that the L switch WON'T actually copy the file AND it will show the name of the file IF it corresponds to the D switch. jaclaz

Owww, comeon , use XCOPY/DLY jaclaz

Maybe YES, maybe NO. You see, we have NO idea whether the issue is "inside" the PCB or inside the actual disk (head, pre-amp, voice coil, whatever). If the issue is *something* in the "old" PCB, a new, working one (with the transplanted ROM chip) will work allright. If the issue is *somewhere else* it won't. If you know how to carry the procedure and you are relatively confident that you won't fry the ROM, it is a possibility, nothing more. jaclaz

Sure, the issue is quite clear . Unfortunately NO pre-made and tested solution. To swap a PCB (what you call "ST32000542AS board") you will need to transfer the ROM (which is not an easy DYI job if you have no experience and IF the chip gets damaged in the attempt a professional recovery will ask you even more money than usual ) jaclaz

What about: Depending on the output you have in your language, you may want to use something like: (if a file is NOT copied, XCOPY will display (on my Italain System "0 File" and when a file is actually copied "1 File") jaclaz

As often happens a semi-random idea. What about finding a "software inventory" tool that actually runs on 9x/Me so that the list of apps can be made "automatically" and in a "standard format"? Something like this: http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit/hlp_install.html#sysreq I have no idea if the above is suitable, though jaclaz

Sure , the "queer" thing is that you actually doubted it Happy you made it! jaclaz

That ONLY works past midnight on fridays with full moon. jaclaz

Getting a "new" PCB will make you need to de-solder the "old" rom and replace it on the new board. If you think that the issue are those tracks, it is far easier to fix them than to do a chip swap. Judging from the pic, it can be fixed in no time with a fine pointed solder gun. Here is a good example of the technique involved: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=185066&mpage=1 Have you checked for the continuity of the traces? From they picture the scatch doesn't seem too deep. jaclaz

Besides the space, there can be also a LENGTH issue: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23656&st=128 jaclaz

Welcome to the wonderful world of "percussive maintenance". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussive_maintenance Just don't overdo it: jaclaz

And you miss how this nice guy also PMed me for this kind of info (which were given to him by pointing hm to FGA #6 + additional info). jaclaz

Well, this does not answer the OP question. Example: You have a nice PC you built yourself (you are a one-man-show OEM ). The install is activated online and you make a nice copy of WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK. Years pass by, you never need to reinstall. The hard disk dies, you buy a new or used working one and you want to reinstall legitimately your Windows XP OEM copy, you can find your original OEM CD with it's key but you cannot find anymore your backup of the files. The MS activation servers have been shut down in the meantime. What can you do? I hope that at the time MS will shut down the service they will give a "local" activation program or give a "good for all" key, or give the delta to make such OEM's VLK-like or however needing no activation. jaclaz

Which part of the city? Or do you have a list of suitable streets.... jaclaz

Not only the sales/marketing, also the Legal department may benefit from some plain-english. Just for the record: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/is-it-ok-to-use-oem-windows-on-your-own-pc-dont-ask-microsoft/1561 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/oem-licensing-confusion-starts-at-microsoftcom/535 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2005/08/a-welcome-change-in-microsoft-licensing-terms/ That link to the TWO official MS documents, one still online: http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_for_hobbyists.aspx and one removed by now, (and being behind the login portal has not been archived by the Wayback Machine) but for which some excerpts are given in the above blog post. jaclaz

For the record contents of code boxes at reboot.pro are botched. This: http://reboot.pro/15275/ http://pastehtml.com/view/b4t99xk89.html May be of use . jaclaz

Yes and No, IMHO. There is a number of OEM licenses that require activation unless I am mistaken, i.e. there are "common OEM" and "big OEM" (pre-installed) the latter may not need activation, but the former do. http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php And there is a (legitimate AFAIK) market for "used" copies of RETAIL XP. The doubts are about OEM licenses (that are sold anyway all over the net) of the "first" kind. This should be NOT a big problem since legally what you get is a licence to install that OS on a given hardware that probably won't last until after the servers will be shut down eventually, but still one might preserve an old machine (as an example for historical/collection purpose and need in the future to re-install the OS to it). But say that you buy legitimately a RETAIL version of XP (or you already own one). This might need to be activated when you re-install (for whatever reason, and since it is a RETAIL you have the right to install and use it on completely new hardware). The good news are that Vista users will have eventually even greater problems : jaclaz

Just for the record this piece of info is also present on the actual "recommended" guide: http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html It is not clear at all in which cases one set of contacts works and in which the "other" set is needed instead, but it does cost nothing trying one or the other, so the rule of thumb is: flip a coin if you got tail try with the motor contacts if you get head, try with the heads contact if whatever you tried doesn't work, try the other set @ominouswanderer But, can you "feel" the drive motor rotating or not? As in here: jaclaz

Still not immune from cleaning lady hack: http://reboot.pro/12367/ jaclaz

Yep, but the issue here is seemingly that the actual driver cannot be installed or cannot be installed "fully". jaclaz

Look, I don't want to be more picky and grumpy than usual, but what you normally advise your customers to do is (mainly) your business, it is obvious that if someone wants to have a zillion USB things attached he/she will need a USB powered hub OR an additional PCI card, choosing one or the other solution depends however from a number of factors. The whole point is that usually USB devices - with the very notable exception of not-self-powered external hard disks (typically 2.5", which often need an Y cable to get up to 1 A) - use very little power. Expecially, in my experience, USB sticks were always among the ones that drew the less current. You stated that you have a motherboard that, when you connect to it two 16 Gb sticks gives you a "Hub power exceeded" message (with NO other USB device connected to it), can you confirm this report? If yes, I would find this very strange, for the reasons mentioned, but I do trust your word for it. It is very possible, that those devices being USB 3.0 were designed to draw more power, though I find it "queer". The actual specs for this model (I presume it's this one): http://www.corsair.com/usb-drive/flash-voyager-usb-drives/flash-voyager-usb-3-16gb-usb-flashdrive-cmfvy3s-16gb.html are quite "scarce", and there is no meaningful technical documentation I can find on them. Seemingly the previous GTR models had a higher (NOT specified) than normal power consumption: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=508680&postcount=6 http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=465473&postcount=39 jaclaz

Alleycode supports wildcard characters ! jaclaz

The: has been a problem for some time in a USB initiated setup, cannot really understand, my mind reading capabilities being temporarily blocked, if this is your case. Are you missing a hard disk OR a CD/DVD device? Or you are missing a hard disk BUT you get a message about a CD/DVD device? Maybe - just maybe - you can find in it some useful info: http://reboot.pro/9076/ jaclaz