jaclaz

Hmmm, I like to peruse this page as an example: http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/angelgurl/ Probably starting tomorrow we will get this when clicking on old bookmarks: http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/nointelligence/ jaclaz

Sure there is interest in such a tool. A good start before releasing the source code would be to release the actual app, instead of a couple of screenshots... With all due respect , I doubt that even the few features implemented are actually tested extensively , until you release it and let people play a bit with it. jaclaz

My bad , I "translated" back my italian "internazionale" to "international", it was meant as "Regional". Happy problem is solved. jaclaz

Just in case : tokens jaclaz

: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...28727&st=10 http://www.msfn.org/board/cant-access-repa...27-page-10.html jaclaz

You can use bootpart allright: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm And or MBRFIX: http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm newer versions have a "fixbootsector" switch that allows changing the bootsector code. Please note that FAT32 has a "spare" bootsector on sector 6, it would be advisable to check it and re-write it with a copy of the first sector, in order to have a fully "kosher" FAT32 "DOS" filesystem. For the record DOS 6.22 had the requisite that IO.SYS MUST be first file in partition FAT, DOS 7.x/8.0 DOES NOT have anymore this need. However copying files in this order: IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS COMMAND.COM is a good ol' rule of thumb that always worked. Lots of info can be found "between the lines" of this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/create-easily-se...23.html&hl= jaclaz

I don't think that a Win9x/7 multiboot is possible "directly". You may need an "intermediate" loader, such as grub4dos or the 2K/XP/2003 NTLDR+BOOT.INI. Read (between the lines) here: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/...all_windows.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/...ws.htm#windows3 http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/boot.htm#dos jaclaz

I don't know if we are saying the same thing or a different one. The command is Ctrl+Z (capital Z). Ctrl+z is NOT AFAIK a valid command. jaclaz

It is possible that the original tool Microsoft used/uses is slightly different, but same app should create n times the same compressed file, unless an "external factor" like a "seed", a "salt" or whatever is part of the compression algorithm. Something unrelated, but not much: http://www.msfn.org/board/w98-slip-genuine...-9x-t81068.html (about Diamond compression) 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