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http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=93160 http://www.winprj.net/board/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=399 http://camtech2000.net/Pages/XPIcons.html jaclaz

No prob , only too happy to have contributed to another happy bunny in the basket: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128727&st=10 jaclaz

Good. Then: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=4033925 jaclaz

Sure it will. Connect the "new" hard disk. It will get a drive letter, let's say "G:". Copy all files from D: to G: (please note that if you use copy and paste dates of folder will change), a better idea is to use the NTbackup or a more suitable copy app, like XCOPY or ROBOCOPY, or STRARC. Go to Disk manager. Remove the drive letter from drive D: Assign the now free D: letter to drive G: Assign another letter to the (orphaned of the D: letter) drive Rather obviously don't keep a few tens of Word and Excel files open while copying. (actually you should be running NO other app but the copying tool and Disk Manager until you have perforemd the copy and the re-name). jaclaz

As an alternative to what? Automatically produce a set of drivers out of thin air? The HP site is a good place. Guess WHY I asked you to DESCRIBE it: http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h_pagetype=s-001&h_lang=en&h_cc=us&h_product=3943763&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_page=hpcom〈=en&cc=us&jumpid=hpr_R1002_USEN *ONLY* 270 (twohundredsandseventy) models to choose from. jaclaz

Yep, it's entirely possible, though that should give a BSOD, see FAQ #3: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=116766 While you are at it, review all of them FAQ's, there may be something else useful ... The mini is reported to work: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133379 check the settings in BIOS: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444&st=578 jaclaz

Well, NO. IF it worked, you would have XP installed by now. Post the log: Describe your hardware (the PC you are trying to install to). jaclaz

For the moment FORGET about the HD, and try the Stick ONLY. Read part #3. "3. Making a Bootable USB-Drive with USB_MultiBoot.cmd" of the guide. Try using either Petousb or the HP Format tool to partition AND format the USB stick. If those do not work, use RMPREPUSB: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?noref=1&showtopic=7739 It is also possible that there are problems with Windows 7. In case, try the GUI app: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 jaclaz

@fdv JFYI: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/SetSfcFileException.aspx Maybe useful for something. jaclaz

...and you probably missed this one : B) jaclaz

A "modest", "shy" kind of warezer? jaclaz

I would call that "completely ignoring Yzöwl suggestions" You need to get a basic understanding of IF ELSE: IF CONDITION==TRUE DO_SOMETHING ELSE DO_ANOTHER_THING is equivalent to: IF CONDITION==TRUE (DO_SOMETHING) ELSE (DO_ANOTHER_THING) If you need more than one action performed, you need to use a single ampersand: IF CONDITION==TRUE (DO_SOMETHING&DO_THIS&DO_THAT) ELSE (DO_ANOTHER_THING&ALSO_DO_THIS) Or, more easily and readable, structure the code on multiple lines: IF CONDITION==TRUE ( DO_SOMETHING ) ELSE ( DO_ANOTHER_THING ) The above allows for mutiple commands WITHIN brackets: IF CONDITION==TRUE ( DO_SOMETHING DO_THIS DO_THAT ) ELSE ( DO_ANOTHER_THING ALSO_DO_THIS ) jaclaz

I see exactly 25.28 reasons not to. @COKEDUDEUSF Possible solutions: use an older version that behaves as you like (latest is not always best) post on the IMGBURN forum about your issue: http://forum.imgburn.com/ jaclaz

Hmmm, that's very nice of you , though I presume that if a Mod or Admin of the Board thinks this thread is to be closed , he/she doesn't actually *need* your permission to close it. jaclaz

@novicee In your words your XP install worked until (though a gigabyte utility) you changed the BIOS settings, simply re-enable IDE mode at BIOS and XP will work as before. What do you mean FROM? If you can boot Linux, use Linux, if you cannot, use another PC.... Not necessarily you have to go to Intel download center, the linked to thread is for a specific chipset/motherboard which EXACT motherboard do you have? It is possible that the drivers are on Gigabyte's site or anywhere else on the internet. About installing Windows 7, I don't see the problem, if you want to install it INSTEAD of XP, but right now you failed to provide ANY useful information on how you set your existing dual boot. Which is your PRIMARY bootloader? Which MBR code are you using right now? Which "menu" are you talking about? A dual boot XP+Linux can be set up at least as: Standard XP MBR->Standard XP bootsector of Active partition->NTLDR->BOOT.INI->whatever Standard XP MBR->bootsector of Active partition->whatever bootmanager Bootmanager MBR->whatever An install of Windows 7 will probably only "recognise" #1 above, integrating it in the new install without "user intervention". jaclaz

I guess you've got it wrong. "Real" text extractors don't care about the format of the file. If you can see the text in a hex editor or Wordpad (i.e. the text is not compressed/encoded), you can recover it with one of these. As said you will get just the unformatted text, nothing more. I suggested you TWO apps, the first one is "real" text extractor, the second is a "wild guess", that could have worked (but didn't). The.wbk is just an extension. Make a copy of the .wbk. Change it's extension to .doc. Try opening it with the "specific" word recovery program you want to test, like this one: http://www.repairmyword.com/ It is possible that the "recover text from any file" from within word failed because of file access problems, do a copy of the file on another drive and make sure you have nothing running that may be using the file, and that you have full prmissions/credentials on the file, and try re-running it. jaclaz

Why double posting? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=144127 jaclaz

...unless johnmar was EXTREMELY fast in soldering: and very, very, VERY fast in de-soldering: The usual method is a pair of tweezers. Bent tip ones are handy for this: jaclaz

Yep it's BIOS related. Also, some motherboards have a hot-key to change booting order on-the-fly at boot time that behaves sometimes differently/strangely from what happens if you change the booting order inside "real" BIOS page. Most probably you can work around the issue by using grub4dos to re-map drives before booting the OS. Typically: title boot from internal HD map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) map --hook root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 You will need to check in grub4dos command line if it sees the internal hard disks (it should). To start playing with it start here: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm You may also want to try using methods #1 or #3 (chainloadeing from windows) http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/install_windows.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/install_windows.htm#windows1 http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/install_windows.htm#windows3 Read about command line: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/basics.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/cli.htm Then press "c" and type: find [TAB] If you see something like: it means that the internal drives are seen nonetheless at BIOS level and you can re-map them. Happy to know that also cfadisk.sys worked. jaclaz

You can install the right driver post install allright. Go to the BIOS, set the drive in IDE mode. Read the post you found: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444&st=589 Install the driver as detailed there. WHAT is the problem? Getting the data to write the small .reg file? jaclaz

Again, what the heck! . This: searches ONLY for "CD-ROM" string. If you just open a command prompt and type in it: [ENTER] you should get an idea of what the output is (it depends on the language of your OS). Most probably this would work: @ECHO OFF FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=\" %%A IN ('MOUNTVOL^|FINDSTR [C-Z]:\\') DO ( FOR /F "tokens=1,* delims=-" %%B IN ('fsutil fsinfo drivetype %%A^|FIND /I /V "mov"') do ( ECHO Checking drive %%B ... IF EXIST "%%B\OEM\RunOnce\Auto Setup.bat" ( CALL "%%B\OEM\RunOnce\Auto Setup.bat" GOTO :EOF ) ELSE ( ECHO %%B\OEM\RunOnce\Auto Setup.bat NOT FOUND ) ) ) ECHO \OEM\RunOnce\Auto Setup.bat NOT FOUND on ANY checked drive. PAUSE jaclaz

Chilli, yes, I perfectly know, but since most people WILL NOT use a good converter, nor a good power supply, they will see garbage on the screen and come here whining about it. If the devices are grounded there are NO chances it will happen. See if you agree at least with the Q&A form : From experience, I can tell you that if you tell people that something is: VITAL, ABSOLUTELY NEEDED and IMPERATIVE, most (but not all) will follow the advice and have no errors. IMPORTANT, a few will follow the advice and have no errors. PREFERRED or RECOMMENDED, they will largely do ANOTHER thing, and most of them will have errors. jaclaz jaclaz

Oww, come on , these are snippets, it is expected that you know basic BATCH syntax to make use of these, this is OK :SUB (SET CDROM=%1) IF EXIST "%CDROM%%MYBAT%" CALL "%CDROM%%MYBAT%" if it's at the End Of File, that works as a "Return" command for the SUBroutine. If the above three lines are not the last three in the file, change as: Then the batch code goes: jaclaz

The UNformatted text, yes. The formatted one, maybe, and with "special" programs. A simple text extractor, like bintext: http://www.s2services.com/text-extractors.htm should do. This is worth a try as well (though .Net ): http://www.s2services.com/misc.-corrupt-word.htm jaclaz

BOTH the ones I posted do EXACTLY that. jaclaz