jaclaz

At first sight the MBR and Bootsector seem like allright. It's an HP (laptop ) using a "PC Angel" recovery system (the MBR CODE is one of those peculiar ones that allow F11 for recovery partition), see here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=131620 but the actual DATA seems "normal". It could be some settings in the Registry. Can you try attaching the disk to another system? Can you check the output of MOUNTVOL? Can you try running ddlistw? http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8219 Can you post the whole bootsector fo the partition (first 16 sectors of the partition)? jaclaz

In other words, basically since you cannot fix the partition that cannot be seen/mounted, you decide to "fiddle" with the working one (that maybe should be defined as "the one working BEFORE" ) RULE #1: If ain't broke don't fix it! RULE #2: If item #A is broken, "fixing" item #B won't usually have any effect on item #A I'll check the files and let you know if I find anything "queer" (besides your repairing approach ) jaclaz

Unless the drive has a TVS protection Diode shot.... thus grounding power Try just connecting the power connector to the HD (and NOTHING else) A little more info: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128092&st=1213 jaclaz

Well, no. It's not a "specific" problem with NTFSDOS. It's a "generic" problem with BCDEDIT NOT being a DOS program, you know, like: This program cannot be run in DOS mode jaclaz

No prob , you asked, I answered you , my personal estimation is: Or if you prefer: Sorry if I seemed sarcastic, I actually meant to be pragmatic. This might come handy for similar calculations : http://www.thateden.co.uk/dirk/ jaclaz

Let me before express my opinion (this one founded) on the utter futility of your question. Unless you attribute me clairvoyancy related powers, WHAT actual reliability do you think can have the opinion of a Mr. Nobody on a board? It's just like asking me if the next year Brand "X" new car Model "Y" will sell or not. Here is a "trend report": http://trends.builtwith.com/framework/Silverlight'>http://trends.builtwith.com/framework/Silverlight Even IF the data is actually anywhere accurate AND IF you can see a pattern in it, ANY pattern , HOW the heck do you think that anyone can do anything but a completely random forecast? Here is a general report or current framework usage: http://trends.builtwith.com/framework The amount of Silverlight made sites found is currently negligible. jaclaz

You should see it the other way round. Nowadays there are BIG disks. Notwithstanding the amount of bloat that made basically the same OS get from 600 Mb (Win2K) to 1.5 Gb (XP) to 4 or more Gb (Vista and Windows 7), still disks have grown much more, so a lot of space in them is unused. Silverlight is a very good way to occupy a relatively small number of sectors that would otherwise feel lonely/uncared for being all 00's (that's about the only practical use of it, short of increasing, as seen above, the chances your system is more vulnerable to web attacks). I mean, the more things you add the more likely it is that they add vulnerability to your system, no matter how quick and effective will be updates, there will always be some chances that you get affected before the update, now having this risk is "reasonable" for something (an app, protocol, whatever) for which you have an actual use, it is much less so for something that you don't use, don't need or don't even know what's for. The safest route is always NOT having something (anything that isn't there, cannot break) . jaclaz

Rest assured, it won't. BTW there are a few FREEWARE NTFS dos drivers. Since the BCD store is actually a Registry hive, it would be interesting if someone could modify this: http://paullee.ru/regstry.html to run from a DOS floppy and access/edit the BCD. To change a BOOT.INI (not a BCD) from DOS, there is this nice thingy EDITBINI: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm their Commercial BootIT NG does allow to edit a BCD (from floppy): http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=318 I am NOT familiar with it, thus cannot say if it can run from floppy. jaclaz

What about nircmd? http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html nircmd setvolume 0 0 0 Would it run early enough? Earliest should be runservice: http://antivirus.about.com/od/windowsbasics/tp/autostartkeys.htm You might need to experiment with INSTSRV/SRVANY and/or with NSSM: https://iain.cx/src/nssm/ or similar utiities.... jaclaz

Isn't this the one? It's just one of the board updates that made links invalid. jaclaz

"not loading" says nothing. If you removed it without "safely removing" it, it is possible that the drive is perfectly OK, BUT *something* remained as a "left-over" in the Registry that prevents from having it show properly in the "Safely Remove" window, which means it is not "loaded" or not "loaded properly". (in disk manager the disk CANNOT be seen) Another issue that is likely to happen is that for any reason the data in the MBR (first sector or LBA sector of the drive) has been corrupted. There are three main types of corruption: MBR code was corrupted (disk will show normally, as well as all partitions in it but it is NOT bootable anymore) partition table entry (ies) have been wiped (in disk manager the disk can be seen as "RAW") Disk Signature and Magic number bytes have been wiped/changed (in disk manager the disk is seen as "not initialized") We need more data, some better descriptions. First thing to try is anyway connecting it to another working system (better if one to which that specific disk drive was never connected). jaclaz

I guess that you assumed that PLoP does everything (it doesn't). A "normal" Install XP from USB setup is needed to install from USB normally. If the machine BIOS does not support USB booting you can use (if it works on your machine) PLoP to replace the missing feature (and nothing else) in order to be able to run the said "install from USB". As well, you need PLoP to initiate the whatever will allow to copy files from the USB to the internal HDD to follow other methods or to boot a PE of some kind from USB. In other words, grub4dos can initiate a lot of "things" from HDD, but how do you get the things ON the hdd? If you prefer you have a "limping" PC (with the BIOS missing a feature) PLoP may act as an artificial limb to allow it "walk" normally, but won't take it anywhere, it only changes your question to jaclaz

Just for the record and FYI, I am probably the *only* boot-land member that doesn't use Winbuilder, finding it overly complex and the .script format/syntax an actual obstacle to knowledge. Just to show how I hold your findings in the highest esteem: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11850&st=58 @joakim Sorry for the OT. jaclaz

Wouldn't it be easier to shorten member names? Hallo, Trip jaclaz

Just for the record, the advanced search became a gear next to "normal" search, later BOTH the "normal" search AND the "gear" disappeared, replaced by ONLY Google search, now it is back (both normal search and "gear"). Just for the record a "gear" has been traditionally used (wrongly) as a symbol for "Settings" on a vast number of softwares, the equation gear=advanced (search) is somehow unexpected, expecially since 99% of the board choices are (correctly) textual, using when needed dropdown textboxes. (the exception of the actual "Search button" replaced by a magnifying glass is otherwise VERY common in a great number of softwares) I mean, the "gear" could be an icon representing a hammer, or a shark, or a dodecahedron (first three symbols that bear roughly the same connection to "advanced" ) jaclaz

Unless I am mistaken "normal" and "advanced" forum search have disappeared, and only Google search has remained. Not only a link to it has disappeared, but also the otherwise used code: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=Search seems like not working. Nice added feature. It takes some time to understand that this still works : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=core&module=search jaclaz

YES. http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html Here (three different links to SAME project): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=143529 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23931 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11852 jaclaz

I know. The linked to topic contains TWO things: - something about the F10 editing (which in my ignorance of anything Vista and 7 related seemed to me not "widely reknown") - something about not definite reports of BOOTMGR also reading BOOT.INI (which I haven't found any definite report about) I was just asking, since you are fiddling with those things if you were interested in these things and possibly write a few lines of confirmation. I didn't get it was "hacking only". Hallo, Kullenen_Ask, nice to see you still have a lot of free time. jaclaz

Relevant posts split from http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 Snake, your report does NOT make any sense/help in any way. ilko_t posted instructions for 3 (different builds): do ALL three fail to work? or 1? or 2? If NOT all three WHICH one does not work? WHAT are you experiencing (like error messages, strange things on the screen, etc., etc.) Just to use the same terminology, what you posted is NOT a "config" it is a (menu).lst.(I know it's confusing, since a .lst is actually loaded by the configfile directive, but using .lst helps in disambiguation with Syslinux/Isolinux and also GRUB2 "config"'s) Syslinux/Isolinux use "config" (syslinux).cfg's, grub4os uses (menu).lst's. jaclaz

Nice. If you are into this kind of things, and still are bored/have some spare time, what do you think of checking and then adding this info to your thread on sanbarrow's: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11395 jaclaz

Is the IMHO utter awfulness of the choice of colours an "issue" or just a "gratuitious comment"? Since I believe it's the second, I would just like to point out how the white text on the "gradient" orange is nearly UNreadable AND the same applies to the white text inside "gradient" blue (expecially bolded items, like Forum titles). The choice of colours may be appreciated or not, that's a personal choice, but actual readability should be an "absolute" parameter to be taken into account. jaclaz

"Fearless Fonzarelli"? http://www.tv.com/happy-days/fearless-fonzarelli-2/episode/20515/summary.html jaclaz

JFYI : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133309&st=5 jaclaz

Maybe it was on any of "Plus!" pack? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Plus! But it would be strange the us of it by MS isn't mentioned on it's (rather detailed) Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Don't_Fear)_The_Reaper jaclaz

Why not try using PLoP? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140412 jaclaz