jaclaz

File association broken for user A for .xls files? Try (as user A) to "Open with" and set the instance of Excel as associated with .xls extension. and/or check with this: http://www.xs4all.nl/~wstudios/Associate/ jaclaz P.S.: iamthekey was (very slightly ) FASTER

Ctrl+z i NOT Ctrl+Z (commands are CaSe SeNsItIvE, though really cannot say if this can help ) jaclaz

Sure, you can use the ATTO benchmark: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1137/...mark_v2.34.html Generally speaking what you describe is perfectly "normal". If using Flash based storage, usually very slow on writes and on small "chunks" you may be interested in this thingy here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8757 jaclaz

It's a really strange one. Obviously it is connected with the separator used, but never saw something like that. A "square" is how Excel usually represents some ASCII unprintable characters. Maybe you have some strange setting in "International". Try this test. Open a new worksheet, enter in A1 37000, change to date Format (Save it while it is "OK", say to 37000_OK.xls) Open a new worksheet, enter in A1 37000, change the date Format and fiddle with it until the problem occurs (Save it as soon as the "squares" appear, say to 37000_Bad.xls) Make a copy of them. Get Spread32.exe: http://www.byedesign.co.uk/ and try opening each file, and see what happens. This should clear if the change/problem is in the actual file or is in some "local" settings of "your" Excel Install. jaclaz

Please, just in case , take note that on CDFS grub4dos is CaSe SeNsItIvE, which it is not on FAT/NTFS. jaclaz

The seller has on e-bay several different types of adapters: A 5V one, traditional: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-KIT-C...=item2ea683a797 A 3V one, traditional: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-KIT-C...=item2ea6678745 A 5V SMD (the one mentioned): http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-CMOS-...=item2ea684f15c A 3V SMD LOW POWER one: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-TTL-T...=item2ea684ed3e A SELF POWERED one, traditional: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-KIT-C...=item2ea683acce A SELF POWERED one, SMD: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-CMOS-...=item2ea683b358 A multi-range 5÷12 V traditional one: http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-CMOS-...=item2ea7666c9e The 5 V one SMD should have a MAX232 (5V IC): http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-CMOS-...=item2ea684f15c The 3 V one SMD should have a MAX3232 (3.3 V IC): http://cgi.ebay.it/DIGITAL-CONVERTER-TTL-T...=item2ea684ed3e Unless of course the seller is completely "dumb" (which I doubt ) and sent you mistakingly a 3V (priced EUR 8,99) INSTEAD of the 5 V one (priced EUR 6,99). If you sum the price with the voltage , the mathematics is right: 3,00+8,99=5,00+6,99=11,99 B) jaclaz

NO you cannot./YES you can. If it works with 3V use it, if it doesn't give it the PROPER voltage/power. Be smart, and use THREE 1.5 V batteries, a 5 V thingy will work 99% with 4.5 V. A 5V thingy, RARELY works properly with 3 V, expecially if the batteries are a bit low and are around 2.9 V, there are a few users that had problems by underpowering the device. The actual chips (example MAX232) can be of the 5V or of the 3.3 V type, 3V usually works for the 3.3V one, but if the interface is designed to be powered at 5 V has probably a resistor or a regulator to drop down the voltage from 5 V to 3.3 V, if you feed it with barely 3 V it may drop well below an acceptable voltage for the chip to work "properly" or "reliably". A loopback test may work AND the actual thing may not, as the HD circuit might have an inner resistance/impedance that may further lower the level of signals. jaclaz

Well, I guess that you reported together different problems, and this only makes the things confusing. The problem of RMprepUSB under Windows 7 is most probably due to this: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8200 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=8200&st=16 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=8200&st=24 Simple fix, under Windows 7, put the volume "offline": http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=8200&st=28 About the UBCD4WIN menu.lst instead of replacing it, you should correct it properly. jaclaz

Read carefully Rules of the Board, please: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum-rules-upda...ead-t18408.html Particularly #13: jaclaz

Which is quite understandable. In fact, the Eee PC is a strange beast because it offers 3 external USB ports, and a MMC/SD/SDHC card reader. But internally, the card reader is connected through a dedicated USB port. Stranger still is the fact that the internal Wi-Fi is also connected through another dedicated usb port. At the risk of going OFF TOPIC , I guess that it could lead, in due time and with the hopefully coming of USB 3.0 speeds, to a revolution in the way PC's are made (not only netbooks). I mean once we actually have a "really Universal" and "really Fast" BUS, a PC may become a "core" with CPU+a USB hub, to which you could attach any kind of device, including network card, video card, audio card and what not, a truly modular and easily upgradable solution. Still off-topic, have a look at this interesting approach to PE portability : http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5634 A PC in a foreseeable future may resemble a big USB hub to which you connect all your external devices..... Now, REALLY off-topic, a crazy idea someone actually created: http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm jaclaz

Yes, life is tough. One-size-fits-all, automated solutions are out of stock, sorry. We have only the above manual possible solution left, you may want to wait until the one-size-fits-all, automated solutions are created, but there is no deadline for them, I guess that they could be here in a couple of years. Otherwise, if you have a problem, you may want to stop whining and try doing something about it, you may even learn something in the process. There is an easier (hardware) solution : http://www.msfn.org/board/hard-drive-erase...37-page-12.html Alternatively, re-partition your hard disk using the method illustrated in Figure 4.4: http://web.archive.org/web/20070716170250/...oons1000/break/ You won't be hassled anymore by the "USB is not recognized" popup, the method removes ANY popup. Just for the record, I have seen the concept of: more explicitly worded. jaclaz

Well, we need a "more accurate" report. A 1Tb drive is "biggish". If the behaviour is the same on XP and 2K it cannot be connected with a pre SP3 2K (48 bit LBA addressing). I wouldn't use it on a ME unless you are really positive that the ME has been completely patched and tested for such a big drive. Did it "never" work on 2K and XP, or it just "started one bad day"? Sounds more like a driver/registry problem. It could also be a somehow malformed MBR that locks the OS when it tries automounting the partition(s). jaclaz

Yep, now I understand what you were saying. I simply "visualized" in my mind a thingy like this one: jaclaz

Sorry , I thought that this meant: that you were trying a USB SD card reader.... Yep, but was it partitioned or "superfloppy"? jaclaz

Yep ,and if I may , the report should be changed to SD card partitioned/formatted as .... through card reader make/model..... card make/model/type..... size ..... I presume that not all card readers and not all kinds of partitioning/formatting will work (or will fail to work) - though I don't think that SD vs. SDHC may make a difference, if partitioned/formated in the "right" way and connected through a "right" reader. jaclaz

Onto USB? You should install from USB onto Harddrive. If he wants to install from. Otherwise he can install onto USB device, i.e. boot from it: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=77 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9196 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9201 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9193 jaclaz

Which is EXACTLY what the guide by CarterinCanada says to do. jaclaz

I am not sure I understand you. If you don't have a suitable DOS environment get the UBCD which includes SecureErase: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ jaclaz

WHY? Use internal nlite facility to create the .iso, burn the .iso with IMGBURN: http://www.imgburn.com/ http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=61 jaclaz

Yep, I tend to split help requests that I foresee (even without my crystall ball ) won't be resolved in one single reply or two, to keep the present thread as "general" as possible and have as many "specific" threads as possible, so that info is easier to find later or by other users that may get the same problem. jaclaz

Strange. Which OS? Which keys? Are you using latest RMPREPUSB? http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7739 If you have time and will, please post some details about the bug on the RMPREPUSB thread. jaclaz

Actually using the HP format tool is NOT recommended (anymore). The use of RMPREPUSB is advised. Somehow the menu.lst entries you have are "botched". The // is wrong, single / should work. Post your WHOLE menu.lst, we'll see what fixes are needed. More generally, change any double // with single / and change hard-code mapping with relative search. Example: change: into: If a given entry is giving you problems, go into command mode and try entering on command line each entry by itself (and press [ENTER]) and report the feedback grub4dos gives you. To "finalize" a set of commands given on command line, type: boot and press [ENTER] Read this: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm particularly these: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/basics.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/cli.htm If a given menu.lst gives you an error, it is likely that each subsequent test with same or other entries will fail if the memory remained "hooked". To make sure this is not the case, go to command line and type: map --unhook [ENTER] before attempting using another entry in menu.lst. To re-access menu.lst type on command line: configfile /menu.lst (if needed use the [TAB] automatic expansion to find the menu.lst in a sub-directory. jaclaz

OK. BACKUP your current Registry with ERUNT: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ MAKE SURE you understand (and have a way to) how you can restore the Registry should it fail after the edits. Disconnect ALL USB Mass Storage devices you may have. Open Regedit. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB Check one by one each entry in the form Vid_xxxx&Pid_yyyy, if it does not corrispond to anything USB connected that you know for sure you are currently using, delete the key. Take note of all the Vid's and Pid's you delete. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR Check one by one each entry in the forms: CdRom&Ven_xxxxxxx....... Disk&Ven_xxxxxxx....... if it does not corrispond to anything USB connected that you know for sure you are currently using, delete the key. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} Check one by one each entry, if the DriverDesc corresponds to "USB Mass Storage Device" or "Unknown Device", delete the key. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} Delete any key with names in the form ##?#USBSTOR#xxxx...... Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} Delete any key with names in the form ##?#USBSTOR#xxxx...... Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{a5dcbf10-6530-11d2-901f-00c04fb951ed} Check the Vid's and Pid's against the list you made in first step, delete any key matching the ones you have deleted. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\UsbFlags Delete every key you can find in the form xxxxxxxxxxxx (12 characters) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR Delete any key that is in the form: CdRom&Ven_xxxxxxx....... Disk&Ven_xxxxxxx....... Try re-booting. If new hardware wizard pops up re-install needed drivers. Check in device manager that you do not have items with question marks. Re-boot. Try again the stick. jaclaz

I guess the only thing that remains is a SecureErase (wipe drive with 0's) through ATA commands, but I doubt it would change anything. http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml Which firmware do you have? Updating it (if possible at all) may change something (for the better or for the worse). jaclaz

Sure. But it formats in NTFS. Just for the record, newish/most updated apps are listed here: http://www.msfn.org/board/4gb-iso-file-siz...93-page-17.html jaclaz