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If you power THAT adapter at 5 V it won't probably work with the Seagate drive, as CLEARLY stated in the read-me-first point #11, where there is a note about that particular adapter. If you power that adapter at around 3 V it may work (make sure that the batteries actually give 2.9V or 3.0 V and nothing less). You should better use power from an Orange cable of a normal PSU (3.3 V) as suggested there. When you ground together several devices, you create a (low) equipotential line, if the voltage from the batteries is a little below "target" specs or if any of the other devices have a slightly negative potential it is very possible that the adapter does not get an adequate voltage to work properly. The fact that as soon as you connect the ground you don't get anymore anything on hyperterminal suggests this is likely cause of the problem. Appropriate voltage levels of the TTL signals (please re-read points #6 and #7 of the read-me-first AND liks in them) is VITAL. jaclaz

You still missing the general concept. MANY NIC's are sold with a ROM socket (but some without the actual EPROM). PXE in this case is simply a BIOS extension. Most modern motherboards have a NIC integrated (and the PXE capability in the "main" BIOS). If you buy a NIC without the (programmed) EPROM, you can program an EPROM or an EEPROM by yourself and put it in it. You can even put in the EPROM or EEPROM something else, like a bootmanager (there is a special grub4dos version for it, as an example) or even a "real" OS, see here: http://rayer.ic.cz/romos/romose.htm If you don't have the Eprom, or have a NIC without the socket for it, you can use a boot floppy or .iso image. jaclaz

It doesn't work like this. WHICH adapter are you using? You don't throw "random" power voltage to the adapter. You give the one appropriate for the adapter. You make sure the adapter is of "the right" type. The Seagate 7200.11 wants the lower TTL level (the one around 3 volts max). You don't ground "anything in sight", you ground what should be grounded. Read carefully (again) the read-me-first: From what you report it is likely you are using a 5 V TTL adapter (which won't work). jaclaz

I seem to remember that on some USB stick controllers it is possible with the manufacturer tool to: enable USB 1.1 ONLY enable USB 2.0 ONLY enable BOTH protocols/speeds It is very possible that newish sticks have been set infactory to "USB 2.0 ONLY" jaclaz

Well, no. You can use - as an example - a BOOT CD that boots grub4dos or Syslinux/Isolinux and from it PXE boot. PXE "assumes" that you have a PXE booting option in BIOS AND a ROM containing the actually PXE booting code in the actual LAN card. But obviously this can be replaced by a PXE booting floppy, which actually is the "right way to experiment": Q: why do you think that rom-o-matic was made: http://www.rom-o-matic.net/ A: As a nice way to have an Etherboot or gPXE: http://etherboot.org/wiki/index.php image built automatically You can have, among others: http://www.rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-1.0.1/contrib/rom-o-matic/ floppy CD Rom jaclaz

..and since Intel re-brands computers as well, what you probably have is a MPC E09E16 http://www.blisscomputers.net/mpc-e09e16-laptop-lcd-screen-8-9-wsvga-glossy-led.aspx Guess why I used the "re-re-brand" term to describe MDG activities? MPC is dead : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPC_Corporation http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050188/mpc-computers-closing But still alive in the memory of the Wayback Machine : http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mpccorp.com/ Here may seem like a nice place to have a look/ask for help: http://www.mpcdrivers.com/ http://mpctechsupport.com/ jaclaz

It's that the specific model? If not, post EXACT name/model, maybe something can be found nonetheless about it. If we are talking of this MDG: http://www.mdg.ca/content/support/ it seems like it has not even *a* driver or Bios or technical related stuff download page. They do have a lousy Word document : http://www.mdg.ca/content/support/pdf/supp_download_web_page.doc that tells you to go to Intel site: http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/gendrive.htm where the page is obviously a 404 and with this warning: They seem a lot more like a financial/commercial company than a computer manufacturer. It seems like they re-re-brand some products and sell them in Canada: http://laptopadvisor.blogspot.com/2009/11/intel-classmate-goes-on-sale-as-mdg.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmate_PC Is this the one you have? http://www.mdg.ca/mini/ According to Wikipedia page above it is actually an "Intel Clamshell second generation". Can you try running USBview or SIV: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12845 and post their screenshots? (from the everest screenshot it seems like more things than usual are connected to the USB bus) If you can only run device manager, please selest the view "by connection" and open the relevant (USB) part of the tree. jaclaz

Isn't it queer that on that page: That brings you here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349350(WS.10).aspx jaclaz

With all due respect, that is a very "old" way to install XP from flash (by running DOS, and from it WINNT.EXE, which forces to use FAT/FAT32 filesystem) The "base" instructions for that method are given here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16713 In the meantime, a number of "other" ways were found/feveloped. Mainly, you can use grub4dos to re-map drives and starting the DOS from a floppy or .iso image (i.e. avoiding the drive letter problem) but, better than that use "native" XP install from USB device, several methods listed here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=157 jaclaz

Well, that's a problem, with no solution if not that of learning how to use one . Maybe the "random" hashcode is not that "random", but is the actual hash of the image. Anyway, when you save a file like that, typically it has a main .html and a subdirectory where the actual linked files and images are saved. Usually the directory entry is near the actual .html file, both in the actuall filesystem index and in it's LBA position. Yes, you should assume that sometimes you win , sometimes you lose in the Data Recovery field, but if, say, 10% of the images can be identified by their EXIF data it is still 10% more than nothing. jaclaz

An interesting use of a little brother.... ... and a few people are still convinced they are only a nuisance.... Happy to know there is another happy bunny in the basket : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128727&st=10 jaclaz

Could it be a SIZE of the stick problem? Otherwise it may mean that you have NOT a "generic" USB Mass Storage driver, but rather a "specific" one, (only compatible with a given controller) and by chance "old" sticks have that controller and "new" ones have it not. Can you test the sticks on another computer (running 2K, XP or later) run on them chipgenius: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4661 http://www.mydigit.cn/chipgenius.htm and post Vid/Pids and details of each stick (both the working and the non-working ones)? jaclaz

Maybe http://www.opera.com/support/usingopera/operaini/ Just for the record, original MS KB is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175500/en-us A confirmation for Firefox : http://www.beatingbonuses.com/scriptwarning.htm jaclaz

It's most probably a "lead-free" solder related problem (but cannot say without more details). In a nutshell: Most video processors use a BGA (Ball Grid Array) as means of connection to the actual motherboards. They are (tiny) balls of solder that are actually soldered by heating the "whole thing" for a certain period of time. At a certain point, in order to comply with environmental laws, the "old" lead based solder was replaced by a new "lead-free" alloy. Typically this has a lower melting point AND tends to crack if overheated. The practical outcome is that devices that generate lots of heat (like a video card processor), expecially if in tiny spaces (laptops) and with no or poor cooling (playstations and the like) tend to overheat the solder, thus causing irregular (more common) or NO contact at all IF this is the case, since "proper" "reballing" is out of questions for it's cost, the only possible way out is to re-flow it. It is a maybe 50% probability, in any case. Here there is some (sparse) info about the procedure: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6102&st=0 In any case DON'T EVEN THINK of running the candle/alcohol trick : http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ibook-logic-%20board-repair Cannot say if this particular problem did affect the Playstation "1". Check this first thing: http://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/PlayStation_Troubleshooting http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Repairing-PlayStation-Logic-Board/1596/1 To disassemble the stoopid thingy properly, and see if here: http://www.eserviceinfo.com/index.php?what=search2&searchstring=Play+Station you can find a suitable service manual for the model you have. jaclaz

Good. Now consider these: http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/partFAT32-c.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192322/en-us Basically, and in a nutshell, the bigger you make a FAT (in this case FAT32) volume, the more wasted space and decrease of performance you will have. Strangely enough XP has limited creation of FAT32 volumes to 32 Gb not ONLY to push NTFS. Mind you I'm not in ANY way trying to start (yet another) Religion war of the NTFS vs. FAT32 or Godzilla vs. King Kong type, we had enough of them, only you need be aware of the limitations of the FAT32 filesystem and be able to choose a partitioning scheme in an informed way. jaclaz

You mean this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/en-us http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Simple-File-Sharing-in-Windows-XP-Home-Edition or this: http://www.ehow.com/how_2169456_off-file-sharing-windows-xp.html jaclaz

I probably realized it before you were even born . http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/how-to-extract-images-from-pdf-files-without-using-copy-and-past/ I guess you should sue either the author of the above post or the author of the program or the author of the .pdf, then. Please note how you asked: and: BOTH your bolded requests were fulfilled, obviously there is no warranty whatever that this approach will work on your particular file, and with the particular image you want to extract. If your file does not contain "trade or military secrets" or "personal sensible data" and if it is redistributable, why don't you post it on a file sharing site and give a link to it? Maybe someone will have a look at it and suggest you another tool/way. jaclaz

NOT ONLY EasyBCD exists. You should have some means to load something on that hard disk, like a USB stick (accessible from the booted XP) or a CD/DVD, don't you? Can you access the partition on which you have installed Vista from the XP one, right? If I get right your partitioning scheme you have an active, primary partition where Vista was installed ( your C:\ drive) to which, by following a tutorial (partially incorrect and actually "worsened" in the updated version): http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm?page=4 you overwrote the actual bootsector of the C:\ partition so that it now invokes NTLDR (and not anymore BOOTMGR). Easiest would be to copy to the C:\ drive grldr from grub4dos: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/current_release/ and add an entry to it to BOOT.INI (the boot configuration file XP's NTLDR uses): http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/install_windows.htm#windows1 In other words, you need to find a way to copy to your C:\ drive some 220 kb of data, if you can get that I will guide you to be able to boot again Vista, and from it you can run EasyBCD or even a "better" tool (not requiring .NET), a few: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7476 and a "proper" bootsector fixing tool. jaclaz

Look, you have been already given a good hint. Get GHOSTSCRIPT and GSVIEW: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/ and/or click here: http://tinyurl.com/245ruo9 http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/how-to-extract-images-from-pdf-files-without-using-copy-and-past/ jaclaz

There is NOT only this thread in the world (or even on MSFN) . If there is even a small possibility that an external USB disk will EVER be connected or booted to a system/OS that doesn't have larger than 128 Gb partition support you risk that you will get a correupted partition. ALWAYS have a first partition (Primary, Active) below the LBA28 limit, to play safe. jaclaz

Some info can be gathered by ImageX: http://apcmag.com/exploring_vistas_wim_format_with_imagex.htm As often happens info on MS is to say the least incomplete: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749478(WS.10).aspx?ITPID=win7dtp but this one is not too bad : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=184706a3-6e05-4d9d-a034-830f4290ee42&DisplayLang=en http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/e/f/fefdc36e-392d-4678-9e4e-771ffa2692ab/Windows%20Imaging%20File%20Format.rtf 7-zip source code could be another place to look for. These may also help (or completely fail to): http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/wimgapi.aspx http://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?/topic/6297-guide-wimgapi-in-vb-net/ http://www.petri.co.il/image-based-installations-with-windows-imaging-format.htm jaclaz

NO. But you can try using as "base" the .esp (or .erp) files in the "old_rally2.zip" (which is for the UT163) AFAIK there are a lot of similarities between the UT163 and the UT165. That file should be corresponding (roughly) to the UT163 MPTool v3.9.35.0: http://flashboot.ru/Files-file-147.html If you get the UT165 1.65.29.0 it should be similar. http://flashboot.ru/Files-file-457.html Of course some data (like the name of the istorage) will be "wrong". Get the above two tools and use Uniextract: http://legroom.net/software/uniextract to expand the .exe without installing it, compare the various .esp and .erp files.... jaclaz

Well you don't need that much. You just run any MD5 (or CRC-32) tool on the bunch of files and then sort them by hash. All you need is a few lines of batch and any spreadsheet. Typically a (e-bay) .html page is made of: some "code" (same or very similar on each page) some "text" (peculiar to the specific page) some "static" images (buttons, logos, etc.) one or a few "specific" images (photo of actual object) With this method you can "rule out" the "static" images rather quickly. Then, checking the actual HTML of the page you can get the "original name" of the "specific" image. Since most of them are made with digital cameras, they will have EXIF data (and more often than you would think they would have been NOT renamed, or you can get a hint from the date, etc.) Just as an example, try comparing data in the HTML of this page (a "random" one): http://cgi.ebay.it/Set-of-2-MINOLTA-16MG-MG-FILTERS-UV-Y48-YELLOW-/220664154738?pt=Camera_Filters&hash=item33609bca72 with the actual image: http://www.glynncamera.com/ebay/2010_09_0116_07_350045.JPG and with the EXIF data in it: (in this case the filename is partially composed by the actual date/time of the shot) jaclaz

NO, you are saying that . The only way for us to know is if you try it and report.... Try following this (I presume this is the "main" sticky you mentioned), it should work allright , but cannot really say until you try: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=107504 As a side note, if the machine is powerful enough (as it probably is) and the program for your kid is not too demanding in terms of computing power, you can use XP in a Virtual Machine allright. jaclaz

Good , EXACTLY what is NOT advised. Unless of course: it is ACTUALLY a 320 Mb HD jaclaz