jaclaz

And again, using torrents is legal as long as what you download is legal. "Sharing your own files" is NOT illegal as long as you have the license to distribute them, if they are really "your own" you have this right, of course. Sharing a non-redistributable file (and downloading it) may be illegal depending on your local laws. Torrent is NOT "evil" in itself, the use that it is made of it may. jaclaz

It seems to me like you answered yourself to your question : jaclaz

I disagree: directory sorting messes just with the directory structure, while a defragger will tackle the physical location of the files also, which takes much more time. And even if one may be able to configure some deffragger to just to do a directory sorting, it seems to me akin to using an Exocet to kill a common flea. I disagree with your disagreeing, what you say is exactly the reason why I put defragger inside double quotes, as "defragger". However, look at what I found : http://web.archive.org/web/19990222003907/...net.au/~sflynn/ http://web.archive.org/web/19980703181021/...ynn/dirsort.htm Sure it is Shareware (andf there is NO way to register it, since the homepage has disappeared) but maybe this is the "real thing". An older version is here: http://www.programmersheaven.com/download/3085/download.aspx @E-66 but we are talking of DOS/Win9x or 2K/XP would be allright as well? jaclaz

Thanks for the news. I cannot avoid to point out that whenever I see the word "likely" in the same sentence where a fix for a technical issue is described my legs tremble a bit. We might introduce a trinary state: 0=OFF 1=ON A suffusion of yellow="LIKELY" (or "LIKELY NOT", it doesn't make much difference in the result) Besides the flamewar between the companies, have we learned that by removing accidentally a null in a REG_SZ key we can create a BLACK, NOT Blue, SOD on almost any MS OS? Maybe some more "robust" shell (or design) might have been advisable. I find preoccupying how one side uses Google results: http://www.prevx.com/blog/140/Black-Screen...sta-and-XP.html To substantiate a pointless claim: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollar...ess-metric.html And how the other one: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009...ty-updates.aspx uses "not broad": to diminish the phenomenon. Both guys should go back to school and learn a bit about "scientific method", "logics" and "statistics", IMHO. jaclaz P.S.: maybe they went to the same school the Seagate Customer and Technical Support guys went... :whistling:

Great ! I don't need anymore to write on a scrap of paper the DNS address, though aging, I guess I can remember 8.8.8.8 (the 8.8.4.4 will be a tough one, but I'm willing to try) And it is also pingable! jaclaz

May I add my wish that a lot of people will be able to jelp a new user... , gay or not. haclaz @irfan Be careful with your spelling/typing: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guy http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gay

Yep, I guess it's syntax highlighting may come useful for your stated goal, personally I like it a lot, making .inf much more readable than "usual". jaclaz

WHY should I? jaclaz

See if this: http://www.msfn.org/board/sony-vaio-preins...ed-t127624.html puts you on the right "track". Seemingly NOT good news: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=120228 http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=304154 http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread...149#post2706149 BUt you may be lucky and find some more details/more appropriated threads. jaclaz

UDF should support 254 bytes long names. http://homepage.mac.com/wenguangwang/myhome/udf.html jaclaz

How shameful. A windows 98 Frenchman that does not know/use a French program : WillyPad http://snoopy81.ifrance.com/pages/willy.htm From it's help: (the data about 0 is missing though) jaclaz

How much is the levy on a 50 spindle of DVD's. Is it more than 10,000 lira ? We don't have Lira's since the adoption of Euro, January, 1st, 2002 If I am not mistaken current levies have not changed since their adoption: Decreto legislativo 9 aprile 2003, n. 68 Article d ) has been changed : http://gazzette.comune.jesi.an.it/2004/119/4.htm from € 0.36/64 Mb to € 0.36/1 Gb ! But article h-bis) has been added: 3% tax on actual recorders/burners AND related software The referenced document: http://www.digitaleurope.org/web/news/tele...r.php?iddoc=816 says €0.25/700 Mb instead of the above €0.23/650 Mb for "Data" CD's, but result is the same If you get a 50 CD 650 Mb spindle: if the CD's are marked "Audio" you pay 0,29 x 72/60 x 50=17.40 Euros <- this is roughly 34,000 "old" Liras if the CD's are NOT marked "Audio". you pay 0,23*50=11,50 Euros <- this is roughly 22,000 "old" Liras or if you prefer respectively 0.348 and 0.23 Euros apiece It is not clear if producers can get a "discount" on this levy or not. jaclaz

And here comes again the differences with local laws. Most Europe countries have developed a "tax" on blank media: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy We are in the paradox that someone willing to record on CD or DVD his own data (say the novel or programs yo have written) pays a compensation to "content providers". There is even a CLRA: Copyright Levies Reform Alliance http://www.out-law.com/page-6821 http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/docs/other_ac...col_2006_en.pdf (Please read BSA vs. Majors) The original site, eicta.org, is now here: http://www.digitaleurope.org/index.php?id=1 http://www.digitaleurope.org/web/news/tele...r.php?iddoc=816 If I may, lot of bla-bla's and nothing actually done. It is foreseeable that similar levies will be introduced to hard disk like devices. jaclaz

Hey peeps, remember that 7-zip is, besides an archiver a (single pane or dual pane) file manager, and can access a number of .exe installers (of course not ALL of them). http://www.7-zip.org/ jaclaz

1) You should try these batches/snippets: @ECHO OFF ::rdummyinstall.cmd COPY rdummy.sys %Windir%\System32\Drivers\ PAUSE sc create rdummy binPath= %Windir%\System32\Drivers\rdummy.sys type= kernel start= disabled group= "System Reserved" DisplayName= "USB HD as Removable Filter" sc query rdummy sc qc rdummy PAUSE @ECHO OFF ::rdummystart.cmd sc config rdummy start= demand sc query rdummy sc qc rdummy PAUSE sc start rdummy sc query rdummy sc qc rdummy PAUSE @ECHO OFF ::rdummystop.cmd ECHO You cannot STOP the rdummy service! ECHO Run rdummydisable.cmd and reboot. ECHO If you want to remove it, run rdummyremove.cmd ECHO A reboot is needed ANYWAY. PAUSE @ECHO OFF ::rdummydisable.cmd sc cconfig rdummy start= disable sc query rdummy sc qc rdummy ECHO NOW it's time to reboot for the changes to take effect.... PAUSE @ECHO OFF ::rdummyremove.cmd sc delete rdummy sc query rdummy sc qc rdummy PAUSE I am sure you can "fill the gaps" or assemble them in a better way. 2) Not AFAIK, I presume that a filter driver could be written, but cannot really say. 3) It is possible, XP has also the VSS services that do strange things on the system, I would try using good ol' 2K, seemingly OT , but maybe not too much : http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9195 jaclaz

What about cmd.exe /c : http://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html jaclaz

Which command line options are you using with OSCDIMG? jaclaz

Well, why don't you do it? I mean WHAT is the question/problem, all you have to do is to make your USB stick bootable and copy the contents of the DVD to it, there are several tutorials available, one for all: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazin...a/dd535816.aspx More: http://tinyurl.com/yff29ku Or you can try using this app: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-usb-wins...ui-t120444.html If anything does not work, you ask for help. jaclaz

I would try seeing what happens in XP using a USB adapter and rdummy.sys. Another approach. Do a dd-like copy and mount it in IMDISK (as Removable) this should do for corrupted data: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7783 jaclaz

Check here : http://www.murraymoffatt.com/software-problem-0010.html From a logical point of view the needed app is more a "defragger" than anything else. http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/ar...6.asp&guid= defrag /sn Poorman's defragging described here: http://www.msfn.org/board/msoft-uses-diske...017-page-3.html http://kessels.biz/JkDefrag/ Now: http://www.mydefrag.com/ http://www.mydefrag.com/Manual-UsingMyDefrag.html I guess it's just a matter of adjusting the script to go on a certain volume or directory only. jaclaz

Are we talking of DOS or DOS in Windows? If the latter: http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm http://ss64.com/nt/dir.html hint: DIRCMD variable jaclaz

Are .iso hard links (duplicates-once)not working anymore? jaclaz

AFAICR a "Filter Driver" is a "Filter Driver" . cfadisk.sys is a "generic" Filter Driver. If you install it on a USB device "gendisk", see here: http://www.msfn.org/board/fixed-drive-usb-...68-page-12.html you will filter USB, if you apply it to other bus, it should filter it. But "normal" dummydisk.sys is ALREADY "targeted" to USBSTOR.SYS: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/sovie...ct_hooking.aspx and I presume that the same applies to reversed version rdummy.sys. I presume that some changes need to be made in the Source, of which I am not sure of the availability. Ilko_t at the time took contacts with Anton Bassov, and may be able to answer. Maybe it would be easier to modify the source of cfadisk.sys to get a "rcfadisk.sys" Definitely nothing in the .inf will do. jaclaz

Well, you can check the contents of the stick as is, I get that it is already bootable. you could have in either ROOT of the stick or in a /boot folder files like: menu.lst or syslinux.cfg or syslinux.conf First one "means" GRUB, either of the latter two "means" syslinux. The easiest in your situation would be adding if it's GRUB, grub4dos to the stick and the Windows 7 files, if it's Syslinux you may need to update to a later release. From either grub4dos or latish syslinux you can boot the Windows 7 BOOTMGR. jaclaz

Good news. Well, there is no actual need, if your Recovery console starts, as is, i.e. you can see and possibly also the progression bar and All you need is to add the SATA drivers. This thread may help you: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8758 If you re-start from scratch, I would rather use a PE of some kind as it is a "better" recovery environment. Should I choose one I would use the "frozen" LiveXP: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4111 Additional info: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-xp-usb-a...sb-t121446.html Are you able to recreate (from a recover CD/DVD or from a \I386\ on hard disk) a "source" Install CD? jaclaz