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I seem not able to connect to the autoit place. And of course I do not understand the C code. Anyway keep going. jaclaz

@Fernando Thanks , I misinterpreted johnc, I read "USB drives" (which is what he wrote ) instead of "USB Floppy". jaclaz

Sorry for the OT , but I would be interested in understanding more of the above. In my experience txtsetup.oem's have always been kinda relaxed type of files , but didn't allow USB drives, I would be interested in makng a pretty much calm txtsetup.oem that allowed drivers on USB drives. jaclaz

Problem is "open in current directory". There is also this one: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=2624&st=2 A couple of old topics: http://www.msfn.org/board/cmd-window-curre...enu-t57907.html http://www.msfn.org/board/util-shell-exten...xp-t111384.html I guess this: http://www.msfn.org/board/util-shell-exten...384-page-8.html is what you are looking for. (and yes it works allright on 2K) jaclaz

As a workaround. when you are at the grub4dos choice, press "c" to get to command line. In it type: geometry (hd0) [ENTER] and geometry (hd1) [ENTER] in order to make sure which of the two is the stick (it should be (hd0) as the drives have not been yet exchanged). Then issue the command: makeactive (hd0,1) [ENTER] to make the second partition active OR makeactive (hd0,2) [ENTER] to make the third partition active. Then issue the commands: find --set-root /menu.lst [ENTER] configfile /menu.lst [ENTER] to get back to the choices. In this cases BOOTMGR and /boot/BCD have to be in the same partition that is made active. Report what happens. If this approach works, you can add the makeactive commands in the menu.lst. jaclaz

The good news (or bad news ) are: the: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool returns: And look which results do you have actually searching: http://store.microsoft.com/search.aspx?tsq=iso-tool Page is cached here (at least right now): http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:Ry9mm...ool%22&cd=3 The link to the Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe is not there anymore. The tool requires required .Net, in order to be simple and small..... jaclaz

As long as you won't merge "my" Windows NT 4.0 with Windows 95 , it's allright. jaclaz

@cdob please be aware that the board "linking to post" does not work properly. Your link gives "a suffusion of yellow" and just points to the thread. Use this style of links: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=137714&st=71 hxxp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=137714&st=71 jaclaz

New Migrate2txt.cmd 004 Alpha "Fixed" version to remove the trailing "&" on "short" ParentIdPrefix. jaclaz Migrate2txt_004.zip

That is a glitch of the batch. I assumed that a ParentIdPrefix would always be 12 characters long, with a central part always 8 characters long, I see this is not the case with that one. I will find a way to "fix" the batch for this special case. jaclaz

Hmmm, strange. However one Windows 7 can co-live on the same primary partition as the (one or various) XP's. In other words: 1st partition one or more XP + 1 instance of 7 2nd partition "other" version of 7 64 bit version were having some problems, though. You may wait for a reply by ilko_t, he should be able to better clear the matter and help you specifically. Rest assured , your English is better than you think. jaclaz

Good. ... and how do you expect that setup can see the internal SATA drive without it's drivers? @asriphet Re-read, this time attentively, post #1 Please read "Multiple Vista" as "Multiple Vista or Windows 7". jaclaz

strarc (was "xcopynt" ) can also handle junctions, but I am failing to understand the "direct replacement" requisite, maybe it's not what you want: http://www.ltr-data.se/files/strarc.txt http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html jaclaz

It's not clear WHEN the internal hard disk is not seen. Try this: boot from the USB device and press "c" at the grub4dos choices. You will get to the grub4dos command prompt. Type in it find ( and press [TAB] key. You should see a (hd0) and a (hd1) devices. Has the source the drivers (SATA) for the internal hard disk integrated, right? jaclaz

You may try using a virtual floppy with grub4dos. You create the CD #2 to boot grub4dos, and put in it a floppy image with WINNT.SIF You map the floppy image with WINNT.SIF on it as (fd0). You boot from CD #1. Cannnot say how the two CD-ROM's will be seen, I don't have a machine handy with two of them, you may want to try with command line, to find which devices are seen by grub4dos at boot. Alternatively you can use just one CD adding to it the floppy image. Grub4dos guide: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm Forum: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66 If the floppy needs to "remain" connected in protected mode, you will need a driver like firadisk, some hints are given here: http://www.msfn.org/board/2-t137714.html jaclaz

Waiter come taste this soup ..... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/crazycredits Aha. Aha! ... jaclaz P.S.: Attaching migrateinf2txt.cmd version ALPHA 003 It should now be much faster and able to parse also multi-device migrate.inf's, both in the "plain" format MkMigrateinf.cmd does and in the "complex" one MakeMigrateInf.exe create. Migrate2txt_003.zip

No, that one looks like being self-powered (from the USB port). Pin 1 of the USB is connected to both pins 4 and 20 of the IC. But surely you can ask them to make sure before buying. jaclaz

You can use IMDISK allright, there is a 64 bit version of it. http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=59 jaclaz

Maybe you should look here, also: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22523 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22313 jaclaz

Here is the point you are missing. You can properly format a USB stick ONLY AFTER the HP utility (or other utility) PARTITIONED it at least once. Quick guide: usually (read ALWAYS) sticks are ONLY formatted (NOT partitioned) as a superfloppy device usually (read ALWAYS) sticks are set as "Removable", thus Windows WON'T partition them once a MBR and a partition table is written to the stick by one of the utilities, Windows will read them and will allow formatting the Volume in the Partition table (as opposed as formatting the whole stick as superfloppy) jaclaz

Just to disambiguate. This Forum is "Install Windows from USB", as OPPOSED to "Run Windows from USB" or "Install Windows on USB". With all due respect , your report is not really news, the usboot.org is online since 2006 , we might ask ...Tim... but I guess that the method made USB booting XP for a few tens of thousands people, maybe hundreds of thousands. And as well, I doubt the "any" in this: How did you solve different HALs and different processors? You might be interested in this : http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9227 jaclaz

You don't need to go through the code. I will rephrase once again Given this: WHAT DO YOU THINK the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool V2.0.6 does? jaclaz

No, i'm just using the "MULTIBOOT_USB_10.cmd" with option (H) to format the whole stick and it boots fine. Well, then WHAT DO YOU THINK the "MULTIBOOT_USB_10.cmd" with option (H) does? jaclaz

There is an entire sub-forum about installing windows FROM USB device (including Windows 7): http://www.msfn.org/board/install-windows-usb-f157.html jaclaz

Where are you based? How much are you wanting to spend? Some results from a fresh search on e-bay: http://cgi.ebay.it/INTERFACCIA-USB-3V-TTL-...=item2c50e23ba9 http://cgi.ebay.ph/USB-To-TTL-Converter-AR...=item53dd53df4e http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=320393829874 http://cgi.ebay.it/Cavo-Seriale-USB-TTL-3-...=item1c0dc6fa62 http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-To-TTL-Converter-M...id=380170437518 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-to-TTL-serial-Co...=item4834ba47d9 Some various links: http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/EvaluationKits/TTL-232R.htm http://www.rs232-converters.com/single_usb...l_converter.htm http://deccanrobots.com/productdetails.asp?prid=29 http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/391 http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/S22...L-INT-CONN.html http://spiffie.org/electronics/archives/ha...0Converter.html http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cable_deta...199%2C601%2C461 Please note that I do NOT personally endorse ANY of the products listed above, the above list is just an attempt to help you. ANY "USB to TTL" converter will work, most are based on the said MAX232 or on FTDI chips, but no matter which chip is used, a USB to TTL adapter will do. jaclaz