jaclaz

If it could boot up, I wouldn't be posting the question here, eh? Bolding, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, also if you had enough knowledge to actually run a PC repair shop you wouldn't be posting here....(and wouldn't also be using WAREZ) jaclaz

Like using WAREZ? NO, you did not. If you had you would have found a zillion threads where people asking about Hiren's have been told to read the Rules: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules jaclaz

Well, to be picky , I would be curious to see the license of the MS DaRT too... jaclaz

To be fair you didn't explain anything before, you may have "announced it" or "stated it", NOW you explained *somehow* *something* But still it is not an explanation, it's a simple report about why it was disabled, and doesn't really explain why "SP (levl N) can ONLY be integrated in a fully configured DVD with N-1 level". A possible explanation goes something like : jaclaz

The difference that you mention is COMPLETELY unrelated to the problem. You have stick "A" WRONGLY partitioned/formatted (which may also mean that it works on other 99 PC's but not on that one) and stick "B" PROPERLY partitioned/formatted (which may also mean that it works on that particular motherboard and not on another one). It is also possible that the BIOS of that motherboard behaves differently because of the size of the sticks, and/or because of they way they are set in factory (fixed/removable) and for a number of other reasons. A number of possible solutions have been already given in the present thread, and there are other ones. If you wish some help on the issue post the MBR and PBR of bothe the non-working and of th eworking stick, and I'll have a look at them. jaclaz

Maybe, just maybe, something like these could work? http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/registryasxml.aspx http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/registryxml.aspx Or maybe good ol' Registry Viewer: http://paullee.ru/regstry.html http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpaullee.ru%2Fregstry.html&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 jaclaz

What you report is VERY strange. kDn is usually VERY reliable in his posts about grub4dos. Anyway this has NOTHING to do with WinsetupFromUSB, it may be grub4dos or syslinux problem, and should be troubleshooted in the appropriate place. jaclaz

Provided that the ink in the "waste tank" is still liquid (otherwise you need to use some kind of solvent, you get a piece of paper napkin, you roll tightly, you wrap it in some kitchen plastic film, and put the tip of the small and long cylinder you created touching the inside of the "waste tank" or of the "sponge". Then you go for a walk, have some fun, take a nice cup of coffee, whatever. Once you come back, you will find that a conspicuous quantity of the ink will have "migrated" to the paper napkin without a single drop of ink spilled anywhere (thanks to capillarity). Throw away the napkin and make another one. Repeat until everything is clean. A long time ago I had a number of Canon printers, B/W, A3 size that had a separate reservoir of ink connected to the print head (cannot remember the exact model, some 15 years have passed and I am getting lold and forgetful ... ) that did have a tendency to "waste" lots of ink, with this method I was able to clean them periodically before things got out of control, smearing ink everywhere... jaclaz

There are several ways, copying a file to the internal hard disk may be one way. A simple conditional check would be enough WARNING! PseudoCODE: find /somefile.xyz && <do something> find /somefile.xyz || <do something else> It would also possible to put directly a signature on some sector of the hard disk, but it is more prone to errors, and it makes thing complex or could create some incompatibility with something else. There could be a "reversed" way, i.e. write a file on the USB stick *somehow* identifying the PC on which it has been run and have *somehow* grub4dos check this list before choosing the booting entry....:usnsure: Please note that if you go for the "last choice", until you don't delete that file you won't be able to re-install (if unfortunately needed ) from a USB stick setup this way. Typical line of reasoning of the "inexperienced user" if he/she actually has free access to the USB stick : the stupid PC doesnt work I will re-install Windows .... this stupid stick doesn't boot let me re-format it AND run on it any stupid random app I have around it still doesn't work... Phiiilster....! ...and you'll have to prepare another stick and delete the file before being able to re-install Please also note, that the solution has to take into account also multiple internal disks, and what not, to be - as much as it can - "foolproof". jaclaz

The mechanism through the default file currently implemented assumes that someone "responsible" actually makes the installation and chooses wisely among the options. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/quotes

Broken google? Current: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd581628.aspx Just in case : http://sysinternals.freedoors.org/sysinternals-Real/ jaclaz

You could have a look at a (oldish) version of Serif DrawPlus (I guess version 4 should work allright): http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/Serif-DrawPlus.shtml Obviously there is NOTHING (AFAIK) as lean and efficient as EVE.... jaclaz

I guess the same that drove you to post your question: curiosity. (you know the thng that killed the cat ) There could be several reasons. A few examples: In Computer Forensics, finding a file with all dates on filesystem referring to 1999 for a .doc that has "Microsoft Word 10.0" inside it may mean that there is something "fishy" on the disk (altered dates), or if the PC has an installed, say, Word 2007 and you find a .doc with "Microsoft Word 8.0" it may mean that either that particular file was NOT created originally on that machine or that it was created by another app capable to save in .doc format that uses the "Microsoft Word 8.0" "signature".Same thing applies IF there is a way to understand if a file was originated on a PC or on a MAC. In Data recovery (or simply File searching) it could be a "selection" method. In programming, you could write a program that superimposes a "OBSOLETE" watermark on all documents created by a certain version... .... jaclaz

Not because I once proposed it , but: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=98552 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=98552&st=6 Me thinks something like this would "soften" the otherwise very steep initial learning curve.... jaclaz

No, no, it's the "right" Forum , it's just the wrong thread, if it's OK with you (just post so) I will split your posts to a NEW thread (still in this Forum) BUT named something meaningful like "How to further simplify WinsetupfromUSB install options", in order to "separate" it from the "general" present thread. (present thread is already 54 pages long, I am trying to avoid it get jammed with several posts that will either represent no interest for a lot of "generic" users or have a lot of relevance for a few "specific" ones) jaclaz

I guess it is, but since it's "your" users, it is something that *you* should do . I mean, it's not something actually *needed* or a *bug* of some kind, it's a "custom request" that has very little to do with the "main" app thread. If you start a new thread, posting the actual menu.lst that you have on your USB whatever, I will give you some ideas in which direction to experiment. Essentially it is a "more structured" or "with conditional execution" grub4dos menu.lst, it is possible, but it needs some time (yours ) to do the experiments and the checking. There will be the NEED to write *something* to either the USB whatever or to the actual HD to which the XP is installed/to be installed, in order to "switch" the conditional execution. jaclaz

I am not sure that I have understood fully the question , but you cannot simply check cell formats? Right click on a cell, select Format. Go to the "hour" in the left "categories", click on any of the formats on the right. Now click on "Personzlized" on the left. You should see how the actual format is "conventionally encoded", as an example: h:mm:ss means: h=hours in a 0÷12 AM/PM format,WITHOUT leading 0 if hour is one digit :=separated by ":" (colon) from mm=minutes :=separated by ":" (colon) from ss=seconds Now, try formatting column A simply as: hh:mm (this shows only hours in a 0÷24 format and minutes). In first cell of the column (A1) enter only: "1" and ":" and press [ENTER] copy the cell down 24 times, up to cell A25. In cell B1 insert formula =A1 In cell C1 insert formula =SUM(A$1:A1) In cell D1 insert formula =C1 Copy cells B1:D1 downwards up to row 25 Copy column D rightwards a few times, say in column E,F,G,H. Now select colums B and set it's format to "General" Select columns D,E,F,G and H and set their format as "General" You should have an easy representation of how "hours" are stored in Excel. Now, play with different settings for the cell format of columns D,E,F,G. For column H, change the format to: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss So, what you entered initially as "1:" has become 01:00 but actually represents one in the morning of "day 0" of January 1900. (some spreadsheet programs may actually use 31/12/1899 ) As you can see in line 24, when you sum 24 times "one hour", you get "00:00" of the "day after". Now, in cell I1 insert function: =HOUR(H1-H$1) and copy it down up to cell I24 Now, in cell J1 insert function: =HOUR(A1) and copy it down up to cell J23 In cell J25 insert function: =SUM(J1:J24) Now, in cell K1 insert function: =MINUTE(A1) and copy it down up to cell K23 In cell K25 insert function: =SUM(K1:K24) Play a bit changing values in cells A1 to A24. So, summing "hours" increases the actual hours up to 24 and then it increases the day (or date), in other words a spreadsheet treats "hours" exactly as a conventional clock does, using a 12 or 24 modulus. Data input as "hours" is actually a date (01/01/1900) of which you can ONLY see the hour part. You need "special" DATE functions, like HOUR, MINUTES, SECONDS to calculate the difference between two dates OR extract the relevant parts. I hope this clears a bit the issues.... jaclaz

That would sound very "queer". I mean there is not AFAIK a known hard disk size limit in that range of sizes. The nearest is the 128 Gb LBA28/48 limit, but that applies to the OS and not normally to BIOS. Notebooks/laptops are prone to have "peculiar" BIOSes, but desktops are unlikely to. I guess you need to get your hands on a smaller drive and check it works on that MB, it is possible that *something* else is wrongly set or defective. There is at least a report: http://www.techenclave.com/storage-solutions/intel-865gbf-motherboard-compatibility-500gb-1tb-150875.html of 320 Gb acdtually working (but 1 Tb NOT working) on that board, and one definitely saying that 320 Gb does work: http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/intel-d865gbf-and-seagate-sata-hdd/48293.html and here is a report of a 500GB being detected (but working slowly): http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1218331 So right now I would vote for the *something* else.... jaclaz

What you need is some kind of inventory software: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=75959 though the thread is mainly related to hardware inventory, there a few links to (free) software inventory capable apps too. jaclaz

Sorry, but I don't get it. Please choose one : Before I posted my question I knew this printer was toast, but I posted the question all the same as if it was an actual problem I was having, just to see how I could waste some other people's time for nothing Before I posted my question I assumed this printer was toast, and I am so stubborn I won't even try the suggested remedies Before I posted my question I assumed this printer was toast, but now I have tried resetting it and it worked Before I posted my question I assumed this printer was toast, but now I have tried resetting it and it did not work, then my assumption was correct Before I posted my question I knew this printer was toast, as I surely killed it using the cleaner on the head, but .... Before I posted my question I was bored to death, just like I am now, and not having anything better to do in my electronics related business and when this happens I just post something random on a technical board to see how people reacts to it (or expand to the actual meaning...) jaclaz

There must have been a misunderstanding. Windows XP/2003 and later by default: CAN see multiple partitions on a USB device that is seens as "Fixed" (please read 100% of USB hard disk drives) CANNOT see multiple partiions on a USB device that is seen as "Removable" (please read 99.99% of USB Flash/sticks/pendrives) The filter drivers cfadisk.sys (Hitachi Microdrive Filter Driver) and Anton Bassov's dummydisk.sys allow Windows to see ANY "Removable" device as "Fixed". The filter driver "reversed" dummydisk.sys (as well by Anton Bassov) allows Wondows to see ANY "Fixed" device as "Removable". The two current versions of WinSetupFromUsb: 1.0 beta6 - 7.March.2010 and Latest "stable" - vers. 0.2.3 - 06.July.2009 are DIFFERENT, they use different approaches and may use Filter drivers in different way. You need to specify WHICH version you used. Since you are saying (if I get it right ) is that the "just and newly installed" XP cannot see more than one partition of the USB HDD from which it was installed, it should mean that *somehow* rdummy.sys is installed and running on the newly installed XP. To simplify (hopefully): if you can see only one partition on a USB Hard Disk Drive (Fixed), it means rdummy.sys is installed and running. if you can see more than one partiion on a USB stick (Removable), it means that either cfadisk.sys or dummydisk.sys is installed and running. Or if you prefer: "removable"+"nothing"="removable" "fixed"+"nothing"="fixed" "removable"+"dummydisk.sys"="fixed" "removable"+"cfadisk.sys"="fixed" "fixed"+"rdisk.sys"="removable" jaclaz

Interesting question, maybe you had some experience with a few "less fluent in English" Italians? I presume that the "average internet English" (written by non-British people) sounds a lot like "pidgin English" to the British (well actually a lot of American English probably does the same ), but don't think that average "Italianish" is in any way worse than "Portuglish", "Spanglish" or "Germanish" .... I simply try to do my best in writing in English as it was taught to me (more years ago than I like to recall... ) by an English mother-tongue teacher, I am sure she would be happy to know that all the time she spent with me wasn't entirely wasted. Sure it is possible , only you are making it much easier (or rather too "one-size-fits-all") than it really is. Take your time reading these TWO threads: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8944 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041 Here we have a problem, disambiguation needed: GRUB is "GRUB Legacy", discontinued, has NOT ANY "special" provision for DOS, NT or .ISO mapping/booting grub4dos is an evolution of #1, which ADDS "special" provisions for DOS, NT, .ISO mappping and many more GRUB2 is now "GRUB" it is a COMPLETELY REWRITTEN bootmanager, with same features of #1, AND added .ISO mapping BUT NOT any "special" provisions for DOS, NT, and a number of other features grub4dos has. What you want is NOT "GRUB", NOT "GRUB legacy", NOT "GRUB 2" but grub4dos: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66 Read AT LEAST (besides the two already given threads) the other "stickies", i.e. the WHERETO: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=14 AND the GUIDE (linked to here): http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5187 jaclaz

Read here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128092&st=1213 (2.5" being smaller, the effect is less evident, but you can feel it allright if you move it slowly) Also, take into account that generally speaking, 2.5" external USB drives draw, if PERFECTLY working ALL the power available on a USB port (and some more ). Some cases have a Y USB cable for this reason, like: It is not actually impossible that for *any* reason the drive draws a little bit more current than expected (and thus it fails with a "normal" single connection). jaclaz

I have one word for you : CAPILLARITY: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_action jaclaz

I'll try again. Since you "removed" it, although you completely fail to describe it, that drive must be in an external case, connected either through USB (more likely) or e-sata (less likely). Exception made AFAIK for a few WD drives (that actually have a USB interface on the actual disk drive) most of these are either IDE/ATAPI/PATA or SATA hard disks connected to a USB converter, powered by an external or internal power adapter. Thus what you call "drive" is actually made of THREE main parts: actual disk drive USB converter Power adapter ANY of the three may have gone foobar (and it could also be a mere coincidence that it happened at the time you removed the drive from a booted system without "safely removing"). So the troubleshooting path is: try the whole thing on another PC <-it doesn't work check if the drive actually spins up If not check the power supply. If power supply is OK, open the disk case and try the disk in another case, or hooking it directly to a PC (through PATA or SATA) or using an el-cheapo USB converter, example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002 really el-cheapo: http://cgi.ebay.it/CAVO-ADATTATORE-USB-2-0-IDE-SATA-2-5-3-5-/160475671112?pt=Cavi_Prolunghe_Convertitori&hash=item255d186a48 jaclaz