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Actually, and just for the record, the Reanimatolog version is NOT a "CYGWIN" version, but rather a "MINGW" one. There is an updated MINGW version: http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools/win32/ but as cdob pointed out there is not one reason in the world to change the version that comes with nlite. jaclaz

Maybe also working 5.1.2600.1331: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838989/en-us jaclaz

I have one word for you: grub4dos http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/install_windows.htm#windows3 Use BCDEDIT of Windows 7. jaclaz

@morland No if it's one of those Network enabled drives you should NOT convert it to NTFS. I seem to remember that GHOST can directly made SPLIT images (how would you make a backup copy of an image on CD/dvd's otherwise?) jaclaz

Well, I don't see that much of a problem with a serial connection . References: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305621/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142065/en-us http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk801/tk36/technologies_configuration_example09186a008017acac.shtml Particularly: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/dccmain.html Maybe there is something in your install that is corrupted and it prevents it from working. .( jaclaz

Just for the record, it is common practice ( and a sign of normal courtesy/politeness) to send to the Author a number of copies (at least one) of the publication that includes his/her work, as soon as it is actually published. It is strange that you weren't offered this. jaclaz

Sure, life is tough , and most people are just ungrateful bastards (and whiners ). Comeon , you found a nice trick , this thread has (right now) 130 views and not one "thank you". You may want to compare with this one: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=111401 7285 views and 5 thank you's? Then compare the above 7285 views with the views the "base" threads have had? (1,088,166+675,581+552,133=2,315,880) http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=111406 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 I should tell you something ..... jaclaz

Here we have a cognitive problem. An answer can be either valid or not, but NOT necessarily the one you know. The teacher in second grade asks to one pupil: The pupil: The teacher: Then the pupil asks the (female) teacher ..... jaclaz

...or use CONVERT.EXE : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456984.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214579/en-us jaclaz

No prob, it can happen to everyone to overlook something. You're welcome. jaclaz

No problem if you short TX-RX, you will simply do a "loopback" test. There are several detailed view of the connections in the thread, take your time on it and you will find them. Best, without a soldering iron, is to use some copper wire non-flexible, typically telephone cables (not the ones from the phone to the wall outlet, the ones from the wall outlet onwards) or network cables are good. You simply get a nail, slightly smaller in diameter than the HD pins and wrap a piexe of the naked cable around it in a TIGHT spiral. You will see how you can easily slip it off the nail (or pin) if turning it in one direction and how steady it is if you try turning it in the other direction o simply try to pull it off. Then you simply intertwine the other end of the piece of cable with the wire coming off the converter and wrap it in insulating tape. The technique is called "wirewrap" and is was commonly used in telephone PBX's and the like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap If you want to create your own "poorman's" wire wrapper tool, all you need is a small metal tube (Hint: the needle of a big syringe - like those sometimes used to apply lubricants or compounds) with a cut notch on one side will do. jaclaz

In my experience it is very often a problem in the boot sector, namely a problem in the partition table unbalanced between CHS and LBA or having different geometry detected by BIOS that gets "hooked" by the bootsector BPB and CODE. This latter is typical when "migrating" from a VM to real hardware or viceversa, since this is what vyruz did, it seems to me more probable a cause than GHOST "automagically" resetting the Active partition entry in the MBR. Example (#1): http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21049&st=8 Of course each bootsector code has it's own story, JFYI the FAT32 and NTFS "windows NT" one have additional checks, as another example (#2) : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23408 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21702&st=129 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8528&st=21 jaclaz

Don't even think of recovering data from a defective hard disk. IMAGE it, (if needed in several sessions) then recover data from the image. This tool is handy: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7783 jaclaz

.....with the chainloader /bootmgr, YES, with the chainloader +1, NO. YES. http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html You won't like them though. HOW did you try re-installing XOSL? HOW did you "ghost" the VM drive? I don't care about GHOST and the switches you used, most probably some parts were skipped nonetheless, or you resized something, or whatever else. The only way to image a disk (virtual or real) when any "delicate" mechanism, like XOSL and it's dedicated partition are used, it is to use a "forensic like" utility, such as dsfo/dsfi or a similar "plain" or if you prefere "dumb" utility. It is also perfectly possible that hardware does make a difference (like drive in the VM being a "standard IDE" one and the "real" disk being SATA). In other words, you are using a tool that has not been developed actively since three years in a BETA release, and not that much has anyway changed since the previous "stable" version since what? 2001? It is very likely that you will find hiccups in it. HOW big are the virtual and real disks? jaclaz

Disambiguation (if needed) PE 1,x XP based PE 2.x Vista based PE 3.x Windows 7 based For #1, besides original MS WinPE, there are two available builder, Bart's PE Builder and Winbuilder. For #2 and #3 besides original MS WinPE, there is only one available builder, Winbuilder. jaclaz

There are not that much stickies in that Forum, among which there is one, fairly popular, that got 1,082,878 views : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 Which sums up to: You can have as many 2K/XP/2003 as you wish (ok, up to 10 or 99 depending on the version ) + up to three different versions of BartPE/WinBulder/UBCD4Win/WinFLPC or Vista/Windows 7/Server 2008 setup - (this limit is given by the number of primary partitions you can have on any HD like device, 4 ) FULLY AUTOMATED. And which answers quite nicely to the OP question: XP+Vista+7 The thread you reference: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=139654 has a different approach, as well as this one: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=121446 in both the approach is to first boot in a PE (Pre-installation Environment) and from it install as many OS as you wish (NO limits if not size of the device) Though number of views are usually a meaningless metrics, it is likely that the most viewed threads are those that you should read (ora at least skim through) first. jaclaz

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Nothing. From what you posted earlier, you got from your friend a 64 bit version of bcdedit.exe and you are running a 32 bit OS, it WILL NOT work. jaclaz

@cdob Thanks for the pointer, hilander999's quote is great : jaclaz

Well, if instead of in "Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2", you had looked in "Install Windows from USB", you would have ALREADY the answers : http://www.msfn.org/board/install-windows-f157.html jaclaz

Good! Edited initial post, now noone will ever suspect what happened. jaclaz

We are drifting towards "ASCII ART".... ... thus I am allowed to add obviously the Vulcan sign of salute and peace: \V/ And bunny! http://www.thisisbunny.com/ (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") jaclaz

See if these help: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Software-2918/Microsoft-Photo-Editor.htm http://www.pchelpforum.com/general-software/56825-jpegim32-flt.html You may want to check if the version in the "office conversion pack" is the "good" one or not: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212265/en-us (open the .exe with 7-zip and extract the graphic filter) jaclaz

Here: http://www.davereyn.co.uk/ http://www.davereyn.co.uk/qemu_manager.html http://www.davereyn.co.uk/qmabout.html jaclaz P.s.: ooops, TYPO! If any moderator can correct the Mannager to the appropriate Manager it would be great.

mel2000 sorry, but I don't get it. What has BartPE to do with SETUP from USB? And what has Recovery Console to do with it? Which of the various apps/methods are you using? On which hardware? jaclaz