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Also, take this advice from an old man , use an old floppy drive. I don't trust "recent" floppy drive, something you bought new in the last 5 to 10 years and payed $5 to $7 apiece. Ideally you should have a few floppy drives, possibly salvaged from old "brand" PC. I have a 3.5" floppy salvaged from a Toshiba 5100 (a "portable" of the time) that weights a little more than 2 times one of the new ones, it's sturdy, and at least in my simple mind (and on field) more reliable than those cheap thingies. Besides that, every floppy drive can (and is) slightly mis-aligned, let's say that you have a "left misaligned" floppy drive. Anything you write on a floppy with it will be readable on the same drive and on all floppy drives that are perfactly "centered". As soon as you put that floppy in a "right misaligned" drive, it won't be read properly anymore. If you have a few floppy drives, it is probable that some will be misaligned the same way the one on which the floppy was originally written was. Unfortunately, I think that the most you can try is cleaning the heads, without specific tools. Some reference: http://www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html jaclaz

Or use, as it has been done successfully for more than 15 years, a small FAT16 boot partition (with boot files) and any number of logical volumes inside Extended, one for each OS..... jaclaz

Just for the record, rat's nests have been historically proven to be actually an efficient, working solution (for rats).

The SIS groveler is a feature of the "Server" version of MS Windowses, AFAIK. You cannot have it "independently", thus you would need a license for the server version. My guess is that the Server 2003 SIS can be actually installed on XP, if you manage to install the whole RIS: http://www.windows-xp-services.com/windows...e-groveler.html But I don't think it will be an easy task, if possible at all. Sorry for not being of help. jaclaz

It is not needed, not required (or if required, possibly NOT allowed), see Rule #13: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum-rules-upda...ead-t18408.html I guess your thanks are enough. jaclaz

@ilko_t @Ikky_Phoenix Thread splitted: http://www.msfn.org/board/winsetupfromusb-...ce-t137800.html jaclaz

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23269 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...ic=9002&hl= jaclaz

Nice. Just for the record, grub4dos or Syslinux/memdisk can map a floppy image to (fd0) (please read as A:\) allright. As long as the OS inside the floppy is a "protected mode" one and there are no programs that use undocumented ways to access the floppy, it will work allright. jaclaz

See if this is understandable. jaclaz Demo_revised_2.zip

I am completely failing to understand the question. I don't understand. We don't have a or b, nor c or d, we have: Driver Tech We don't have a single "24" in all the sheet, we never talked about break deduction. This is more understandable (maybe): As I understand it: Designation 1 (Driver?) is payed: on weekdays up to 8 hours "standard" rate, everything above 8 hrs as "overtime" (conventionally OT 1.5) on saturdays up to 4 hours "standard" rate, everything above 4 hrs as "overtime" (conventionally OT 1.5) on sundays and public holidays anything is payed as "holiday overtime" (conventionally OT 2.0) The deduction for break does not makes sense to me, at least in this case: This would mean that if the driver works 2 hours on sunday morning, from, say, 10.00 to 12.00 he is payed one hour only. Isn't there a limit to the total amount of hours per day? Is it 10 hours per day? Or there is an "overtime beyond limit per day" (conventionally OT 3.0)? Isn't the break deduction tied to a minimum amount of hours worked in the given day? Or there is a minimum of worked hours per day (say 7 hours per day minimum)? As I visualize the sheet, the "main" condition is if the given amount of hours have been worked in either of three cases: workday saturday sunday or holiday once decided which day is it, the Vlookup simply searches in the corresponding designation table what should be paid. I.E., and with reference to the "Demo_revised.xls" : in sheet VLOOKUP_example you insert between Columns B and C whatever formulas/methods to transform the "TIme in" and "Time Out" in "Total Hours" AND decide whether it is weekday, saturday or sunday. Thus the total hours in Column C become the result of the above. In the "Normal" and following columns you EITHER: make a VLOOKUP to three different tables, i.e. instead of a sheet called "Tables" to three sheets called "Table_workdays", "Table_saturdays", "Table_holydays" Or you make a "cumulative condition". Example: Say that "designation" equals to "Driver" and that the given day is a "weekday", you "concatenate" the condition, i.e. the lookup value becomes either: Driver_weekday Driver_saturday Driver_sunday this way you have a single "Tables" sheet. Give me a few minutes, and I'll post an example of the above. jaclaz

Well, now I am completely lost. I am probably just a bit tough, or tired, or both but your explanation made things foggier that I thought they were before. Can you, when you have time, post a COMPLETE example (as opposed to bits and pieces scattered in one liners on three different threads, one on boot-land and two here on MSFN) for each of the two approaches? jaclaz

But are you looking for a freebie or for a Commercial solution? If the second: http://www.open-e.com/products/ jaclaz

I am not sure to have any clearer understanding than I had before. Unless I am grossly mistaken the attachment contains only a bunch of Excel sheets with NO formulas, but values. What I am I supposed to do with it? Printing it and attaching it to the wall? Nice colours, BTW. jaclaz

JFYI: http://www.msfn.org/board/nuhi-working-mic...ft-t133617.html jaclaz

Check the CD, or however your source against the list of files in a "normal" CD: http://www.msfn.org/board/cannot-access-cd...les-t91907.html You should have ALL those files (and if you have a slipstreamed SP possibly some more) jaclaz

On a side note, it is rarely the case of a PC that cannot run a PE 1.x (please read UBCD4WIN) , given that the appropriate drivers are added to the build. VistaPE is a Winbuilder project. Winbuilder has a dedicated board: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/ A copy of the WAIK is needed anyway AFAICR. But I see that you already got there: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8984 Of course without spending two minutes to search a bit before posting. DriveimageXML has known problems under VistaPE: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3565 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5028 It is NOT advised for a new user of VistaPE. I would rather try to build an XP based project adding the drivers for your machine. jaclaz

How I would like it if people wouldn't speak using codes .... C=Chipset CP=CPU L=LAN M=Mass Storage W=Wlan jaclaz

Very good! May I ask why the need to map XP_INST.IMA: map --mem /Inst/XP_INST.IMA (fd0) map --mem /Inst/XP_INST.IMA (fd1) twice? It is somehow needed to "fill" both A:\ and B:\ drive letters? jaclaz

Network cables you buy are normally "patch" or "straight through" as they are meant to go from a Lan card to a Hub or Switch. To connect two Lan cards you need a "crossover" cable. Read here: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-8.html There are handy "adapters" to make a "patch" cable into a "crossover" or viceversa, example: http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-et-crossoveradapter.html jaclaz

A "normal" CD/DVD drive on notebooks has a tray like this one: You can mount this type vertical allright. The CD/DVD is kept by three little spring hooks. ANY Slim-line CD/DVD (anything that has not a "square" plan but rather a "corner cut out" on one side) has a 50 pin JAE connector, see these: Of course laptops have this connector directly on the motherboard, but you need a converter board (similar to the one depicted above) that has on one side the 50 pin connector and on the other side the appropriate connectors, depending on the drive type (IDE/PATA or SATA): 40 PIN IDE/PATA + POWER: http://www.8starshop.com/en/50-pin-laptop-...de-adapter.html OR SATA+POWER (this is the type you will need): http://www.sourcingmap.com/slim-dvd-driver...er-p-17005.html The POWER connector is the one used for floppy drives, if you don't have one on your PSU, you will need a converter, like this one: Read about SATA connectors here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA Basically you'll have on your "desktop" case a "desktop" SATA that will use a 8 (please read as 7) pin connector, and a "normal" SATA cable. The converter seen above is designed to mount laptop CD/DVD's on desktops, thus the SATA connector will be the "normal" one, this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#Data FORGET about SATA power connectors, you WON'T need them for the CD/DVD drive. If you have a SATA hard disk, you may need a Molex to SATA power adapter, like this one, you DON'T NEED to get another PSU: or this: http://www.sourcingmap.com/pin-ide-pin-ser...er-p-24149.html I hope this clears your doubts. jaclaz

Well, that's strange. The guide has proved to work in several hundreds of cases for "AS". The other thread worked for the "NS", at least in a few cases. Maybe you have a firmware "HP24"? http://forum.hddguru.com/seagate-7200-firm...are-t11755.html Did you "wait enough" after power on/before the Z? Check this guide also: http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home jaclaz

Yes. Will it work? See if this works: http://www.msfn.org/board/unlocking-termin...te-t129551.html Read CAREFULLY! It is not clear WHICH are the terminals to be shorted. Be very careful to NOT short anything else. Read, re-read and re-re-read the info, make sure you find a "safe" way to attempt the shorting, do some tests with the hard disk NOT connected to power. Your mileage may vary. Doesn't the "normal" approach work? Maybe the Italain translation of the original guide helps: http://www.msfn.org/board/riparazione-seag...no-t129366.html The currently easiest and all-in-one tutorial is here: http://www.msfn.org/board/debricking-seaga...87.html&hl= jaclaz

A few points: "clicking" sound generally means that the head arm is "stuck". this has nothing to do with the "general" issue of the "wrong value flashed to HD firmware" which this thread is about the whole or at least the most of this thread is originated from the fact that with modern hard disks you simply CANNOT swap boards (and expect the drive will start working) don't trust connecting directly to the motherboard a drive if you are not sure of what you have done to it, it is much safer to use one of those pretty much inexpensive USB converters or an external case There are several forms of "voodoo" around the internet about how to "unhook" a stuck arm, but noone can tell whether they will work or not. Typically there are two school of thought: freezing the drive in a ziplock bag overnight before connecting it slightly tapping on the drive when connected An advised troubleshoot path would be: "fix" the electronic part as detailed in this thread until the drive is at least recognized, once you have the right cable the clicking sound is NOT normal and cannot be solved by the methods on this thread, you will need to search around for a solution for it elsewhere, see as an exampole the post just above this for the "trrrr" sound in any case, make sure that you have ready the "space" (an empty drive big enough) and the means (OS, software, cables, whatever) to save the data QUICKLY, should you be able to "revive" the hard disk, both the "freezing" and the "tapping" are not "solutions" are temporary workarounds and even if they work, they work intermittently and for a limited period of time jaclaz

I guess yes, though that is not written on their sales page: http://www.binaryresearch.net/products/the...tility/purchase From it it seems like the "CALL" starts from 5000+ seats..... jaclaz

Well, you won't need a "PATA slim line to desktop PATA", but you will need to buy a "SATA slim line to desktop SATA": i.e., you WON'T need any of these: http://stores.shop.ebay.it/gamesalor-com19...mp;submit=Cerca BUT you will need one of these: http://cgi.ebay.it/Slimline-50-Pin-to-SATA...id=p3286.c0.m14 at least for the SONY+SLI "bezel brackets", the Plextor includes the adapter, but the drive is PATA. SLI has a sata one: http://www.slidirect.com/DIGISTOR-5-25-DVD-Writer-Slot-Load (this should be "complete" and need not any other adapter) In other words, all slimline CD/DVD's use a particular connector, a 50 pin one that carries both DATA and POWER, and need an adapter to be connected to a "normal desktop" with SPLIT POWER and DATA cables. Yep , there are four "mechanics" : tray with caddy (obsolete) tray tray with "hooks" like some laptop/slimline have slot (practically only slimline available) AFAIK 1) can be mounted vertically, but it is NOT advised to do so, and however I still have coincidentally a plextor SCSI 4x CD burner with that technology, it must be about 15 years old, 2) cannot be mounted vertically, both 3) and 4) can. It seems like the last full size slot-in ever produced was the Plextor PX716AL/SW: http://www.superwarehouse.com/Plextor_PX-7...6AL_SW/p/607135 You won't like the price of the ones one can find, however : http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...p;condition=all jaclaz