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I would add that some Services, besides the "dependency" problems allen2 pointed out , tend to re-set themselves. The USBbootwatcher service: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22473&hl= besides it name (due to the fact that it was born to reset some drivers that Windows XP normally "forces" to 3) can set *any* service to *any* value during boot, compare with: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22473&st=23 so it can be useful even outside or beyond it's original scope. jaclaz

Sorry if the provided info is not up to your standards or do not respect your preferences , this is ALL I have to offer . JFYI, the combined effect of the stoopid board software and the stoopid MS guys that use brackets in URLs result in a parsing error if you just post the link "as is". If you use the actual "link" button (the one that looks like a small chain with an utterly unrelated green ball on one end of it ): you can have this: http://64.4.11.252/en-us/library/dd744280(WS.10).aspx Or this: My link on Technet Or maybe this (more accurate as it will tell you that you are on technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744280(WS.10).aspx jaclaz

Sure , you can even reinstall , the WHOLE point of making an image of something is that after having restored the image ONLY you will have the system EXACTLY as it was before (at the time you took the image) and NOTHING ELSE is needed, not even setting the actual active partition and/or edit the BCD: jaclaz

Review this: you are probably missing some of the needed steps, as per SetAutoFailover.cmd, since you miss the option when booting, it should mean that you are missing the BCD entry, or maybe you used it NOT with the "alternate" (and working ) syntax found by Schiiwa: page__st__31 jaclaz

With all due respect , I have seen better innuendos at first post. Most accurate answer would be YMMV, (your mileage may vary) there is NO way to know what actually is inside your recovery partition, it could be contain BOTH an "install compatible" set of files and an "image" of the pre-configured system, or just the latter. See links given here about similar situations: jaclaz

I am not sure to understand what you mean. If you do an image properly of something you can always restore it (that's actually the idea of an image) . But if you delete the "hidden" partition (or however have it corrupted) and you restore the "second" "C:" partition ONLY, the system won't boot, as in the "hidden+C:" setup the actual active partition is the "hidden" one. jaclaz

What do you mean? You can try adding to that partition (when it is visible and with a letter assigned) a BOOTMGR and a \boot\BCD. Then use BCDEDIT to add a suitable BCD entry. Then you can try using grub4dos (loaded one way or the other) to chainload the BOOTMGR on the 0x27 type partition, but cannot say if it will work Check the links given here: jaclaz

@Tripredacus JFYI, a nice accessory, meet the keybrella : http://www.forensicfocus.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5150&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=36 as said in the mentioned link, in my day .... ... and we LIKED IT! jaclaz

More generally it is possible that the program replaced your USER32.DLL with an older version. Check the version of the USER32.DLL you can find in your \<windows>\System32\ directory, for XP typically it should be 5.1.2600.2180 or later. jaclaz

Maybe knowing EXACT videocard on "the one" and on "the other" system may help. YES. http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html What you are probably missing is the appropriate video driver for the video card you have in "the other" system. A good idea would be to re-do after having integrated either the specific video driver or the BTS (Graphics ) driverpacks: http://driverpacks.net/ that would support most hardware at the expense of a bigger size of the build. jaclaz

I have my personal idea on this. An actual recovery in a protected environment is something that goes in the several hundreds pounds range, maybe 1 thousand or more (PLUS the cost of the media). You EITHER found a recovery company that offers VERY reasonable prices OR (choose one) : It is a "trivial" problem that can be solved by yourself as a "reset" would be enough it is a "trivial" problem that you cannot however solve this way as you need some other technique/commands/hardware they are complete morons and they don't know what they are saying If you take off the 249 pounds shipping and the price of a cheap 500Gb USB drive, let's say 40 Pounds, they get more or less 200 pounds for the work, so the problem must be trivial. jaclaz

Really? Just out of curiosity, how long an experience do you have on a M type keyboard to make a comparison? And with WHICH "now-a-days" keyboard are you making a comparison? NOw, compare this (example): http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net//customizer.html with this (other example): http://www.directron.com/kbimk651.html sometimes (not always, you get what you pay for ) Just for the record, due to an unfortunate accident involving wife, some heavily sugared coffe, and an experimental particle accelerator I have only TWO good ol' IBM keyboards left.... Still just for the record, what cannot be called but "Everything you ever wanted to know about keyboards and never dared to ask": http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/491752-mechanical-keyboard-guide.html jaclaz

Really? And what happens if the "hidden" partition gets corrupted? Will restoring the "other" partition make the system bootable again? Check which one (in these new Windows 7 setups) is the boot partition and which one is the system partition (MS has it the other way round ): http://www.multibooters.co.uk/system.html http://www.multibooters.co.uk/articles/windows_seven.html#install7 jaclaz

Disambiguation: there are NOT two copies of the $MFT. there is ONE copy of the $MFT and the $MFT mirror, which is a copy of first 4 (four) records of the $MFT. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938949.aspx You can use this app: http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/v3/drdd.htm allright to make a copy of the defective disk, by doing partial copies and joining them together (and filling "gaps" with wiped sectors, also in some cases iomaging "backwards" helps. To rebuild the $MFT is something that is NOT "easy-peasy", it needs some knowledge of the NTFS and how it works, though there are apps that do help. See this: http://www.forensicfocus.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=6543925 AND given links. jaclaz

There has been reports that this kind of behaviour may be due to an imperfect contact of the "motor contacts" of the PCB with the actual drive. When a drive spins up it needs an AWFUL amount of current, and In some cases a USB enclosure simply does not give enough power In these cases, thoroughfully cleaning BOTH sides of the contacts (i.e. BOTH on PCB and drive) AND tighting screws properly has solved the problem in several occasions. If using the cardboard trick, it may happen that contacts are slightly bent and have not enough "springiness" to make full contact after the cardboard has been removed, expecially immediately after the cardboard was removed. Another cause could be semi-stuck bearings, in these cases, having the drive set vertically, and even SLIGHTLY tapping on it, once vertical, with something like a plastic or rubber screwdriver handle may help. See here: jaclaz

And people BOTH because of lack of attention AND because they have non-clicky keyboards do much more typing errors, which the smart correctors catch and transform in something usually unrelated, stupid or ununderstandable. Iqaluit is an example of a common word that is messed up : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887571/en-us Another interesting suggestion is that you should "Learn to spell HTML": http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/frontpage-help/learn-how-to-spell-html-HA001042927.aspx?redir=0 (it hints that FrontPage may create "superfluous" HTML code ) jaclaz

Just to clear the issue (since this topic was linked to from here: ) Grub4dos can be: installed to the MBR (+a few hidden sector) (file grldr.mbr) loaded from a bootsector (file grldr) see examples here: http://reboot.pro/2362/ invoked from DOS (file grub.exe) loaded as a Linux kernel (file grub.exe) added as an option to BOOT.INI (file grldr) added as an option to the BCD (file grldr.mbr) used as CD/DVD bootsector (file grldr) Notes: grldr and grub.exe are "self-standing" whilst grldr.mbr needs ALSO file grldr. grldr can reside on *ANY* partition (even hidden ones) as long as formatted as FAT12/16/32 , NTFS or Ext2/3/4 The Guide for it is here: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm jaclaz

To disambiguate, XPe means "XP Embedded" (though widely used XPe can be confused with "XPE" , which is a sort of XP like environment in a PE - where PE is again Pre-installation Environment). Basically XP Embedded is nothing but "normal" XP in a "modularized" or "componentized" version. (there are some slight diferences and additional components, but nothing really "important" that would justify the behaviouur you describe) There is no (afaik) limitation of the kind you describe in "normal" XP Embedded (though it is possible that Samsung "forced" one). It is more likely that the XP driver you attempted using "rely" or "depend on" any number of service(s) or however "components" that are "standard" in a "real XP" but that have not been included in the particular XP Embedded build Samsung made for that device. You have to think at XP vs. XP embedded as you would think of an already built LEGO house vs. a normal LEGO kit to build it, BUT WITHOUT any meaningful schematics to follow when attempting to assemble the house . While with XP you get the house pre-assembled (and also with blocks "glued" together ) , with XP Embedded you get just the blocks (all of them) so you can build (if you are very clever) the same house as the pre-assembled one or (say) a cube of bricks with no openings, additionally this "kit" has also wheels, axles and what not that of course are not used in the actual house. This gives freedom to the actual device developers but obviously does not guarantee that what would work on a full build (like entering from a door and exiting from a window ) will also work in the "freestyle thingy" that was assembled from the blocks (a solid cube on wheels). jaclaz

Yes, it is possible. An example/reference is given here: http://reboot.pro/13912/page__st__6 jaclaz

AGAIN, READ the available info: point #6 that links to: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Use_a_Nokia_Serial_Cable_on_an_ARM9_Linkstation You check connections of the cables on the "Nokia" end. jaclaz

Most probably (but not really my field of knowledge): Get to the "Sitemap" line. From it get to sitemap_index.xml. From it get to 0.xml. Read the line "viewforum.php?f=66" and LEAVE FORUM #66 alone since it is disallowed as well as the whole site.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps But it could also be the other way round, like that the Forum Admin meant to have that forum crawled, but that *something* prevents the robots to follow the chain and the result is involuntarily to "disallow" it specifically. The "Disallow /" should prevent ANY robot from crawling ANY page, from what I understand, no matter what the Sitemap says.... jaclaz

Naah, it was just an attempt to a "Kansas City Shuffle", showing some arrogance : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Shuffle If you see Mr. Goodkat or Bennie (Moten) behind the green glass door, please bring (or better carry ) them my gratefulness and appreciation for a nice piece of music and a nice movie (which I know they miss over there, the only use of celluloid being for cartoons). jaclaz

You don't need to "redo". You need to read the stickies in the given forum, they are all aimed to have an XP install (possibly from a nlited source) from a USB device, you read them, than you choose one and see what happens. /and if there are problems, then you ask for help there) If this is the question. jaclaz

Hmm, that sounds a lot like the Chewbacca defense! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense And yes, there are plenty Wookiees among the furry mammals over there... jaclaz

AFAIK NOT needed anymore. Embedded menu.lst in grub4dos 0.4.4 10-16-2009 "current release": http://reboot.pro/14/ http://nufans.net/grub4dos/current_release/ BUT newer versions (experimental) like latest here: http://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/downloads/list And you can avoid the hexediting, there is a tool for it, grubmenu.exe : http://reboot.pro/12591/ inside good ol' grubutils: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/grubutil/grubutil-1.1-bin-w32-2007-07-24.zip jaclaz