jaclaz

NO prob. Let us know how it goes. jaclaz

Full disclosure about "lacking of disclosure", if I get it right. jaclaz

You don't want a video (which is a good thing, but NOT for these kind of things, where a missing comma may be a BIG problem) You want a clear, illustrated, step by step tutorial which you can print, read, re-read and understand before trying... ...which you can find here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133387&hl= http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html jaclaz

I don't think nlite was ever mentioned until you did. jaclaz

If we are going to start debating "value for byte downloaded" The answer (speaking of something pre-install) is IMNSHO UBCD: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ which contains, beside parted magic, a great number of diagnostic utilities, everything in a 115 Mb .iso also downloadable as 87 Mb 7-zip SFX. jaclaz

That projects does exactly that, though for XP. I don't think the changes between 2K and XP are that much. If you are interested I do have somewhere (it may take some time to find it) a Win2K SP0 build fitting in 80 Mb with a greatly (though not at the same "essential" level of the referenced XP one) reduced Registry and still using the "full" Winlogon. References here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=41208 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5679 One of the missing steps (largely due to the complete lack of interested members) of the referenced project is the ability to switch form the current "only minlogon" status (which might be one of the reasons of the scarce interest in it) to a "switchable minlogon/winlogon" status, that should enlarge the intended "audience". jaclaz

And you post in MSFN Forums > Unattended Windows Discussion & Support > Multi-Boot CD/DVDs a question about USB UBUNTU? You should read a bit here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=157 different methods: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=111406 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=121446 (Yes, they use grub4dos) (Yes they allow multi-booting with Linux builds) And possibly "mix" with UnetBootin: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=79 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6958 And info in the grub4dos Forum: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7834 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=5041&st=20 jaclaz

I know that it may make you "deviate" from your original goal , but maybe, just maybe, you can find in this thread something that could be of use: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3717 In any case, these could give you some hints on how to perrform the integration: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=72864 http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/winnt-base...lite-image.html jaclaz

See if either of these help : http://www.felgall.com/doswin58.htm http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en...e2-3c8b50ac550b jaclaz

You are right, my bad. The behaviour of FORMAT changed with Vista, here is the reference article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941961/en-us I take back all the previously said, that remains however valid but only "up to" XP or Server 2003. jaclaz

Surely NOT! Please read these threads, where some details are explained: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125900 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=134982 If you do not trust the info above, read the difference between "quick" and "full" from the actual makers of the FORMAT command: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686/en-us (they should know what something they've written does ) jaclaz

You may be interested in this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...134982&st=0 With a "normally" working HD, it is not "normally" needed to do a "Full Format". When installing/re-installing from scratch, it is "better" in the sense of "safer" to: wipe the hard disk, possibly with SecureErase: http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml check the disk with it's manufacturer diagnostics utilities (which should update the "firmware" mapping of bad sectors) - sometimes the same utility also has a "wipe" one format it "normally" during setup Using DISKPART, you can easily "script" it, using it's /s option or "feeding" it a script file with redirection: http://www.ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html or using a "self-contained" batch: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...26069&st=16 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...26069&st=19 jaclaz

Off-topic, but not much , and just FYI (and for a quick laugh): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133835 jaclaz

Just for the record, and FYI, there is this thingy, based on a prollish new and experimental OS, Visopsys: http://visopsys.org/ Partition Logic: http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ Of the Linux distro's, the one I personally prefer is Parted Magic: http://partedmagic.com/ ALSO included in UBCD: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ jaclaz

Sure , if you run a hardware detecting program and post the exact kind of hardware that PC has, someone may be able to provide you publicly available links to download the software. The currently available technology prevents from actually downloading hardware at the moment. ....something connected to pieces of not properly compressed pieces of silicon jamming into cable bends.... Otherways you will have to wait for these three things to happen concurrently: another user of the board has that exactly same hardware the same user is willing to help you the same user knows where to download the appropriate drivers from ...at an approximate probability level of (120504-2)=120502 to one against. jaclaz

Completely off-topic, but not much an interesting article on the growth of Office suites: http://www.oooninja.com/2008/05/openoffice...ice-moores.html jaclaz

Just for the record: http://toastytech.com/guis/indexwindows.html 5.0 means 2K 5.1 means XP 5.2 means Server 2003 So the function must work something like "later than". jaclaz

@spacesurfer JFYI, Opera renders that page allright, however it does render strangely the last link in your signature : jaclaz

Or here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490925.aspx Rather obviously using any of the "normally no-no" characters is generally speaking not a very good idea, as they will probably result as being incompatible with many batches/tools that only provide for "OLD" limited set of characters. Particularly, in the batch assigning the name to the volume, if I am not mistaken, at least these: | < > will need to be escaped with: ^ jaclaz

It seems like that PC was shipped with Vista (and ONLY Vista is supported on it). See here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product...ng=en&cc=ie http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documen...043〈=en I guess, that your best option is to use on it a "hardware" identifier, like SIW: http://www.gtopala.com/ or a similar app, then search for the needed drivers from the "real" manufacturer, like Realtek, 3com, or whatever. jaclaz

Does the LABEL command ring any bell? http://www.ss64.com/nt/label.html Possibly used in a batch in conjunction with the VOL command: http://www.ss64.com/nt/vol.html To make sure that the drive C: has no label before/has the given one after. jaclaz

Try these: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...87993&st=17 The "j" is a known problem with some incorrect geometry values, expecially when using FAT32 as filesystem. A good idea is to start from a "clean" status, by wiping the first, say 100 sectors of the stick: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=4015&st=21 If none of the above method works, attach to your next post a .zip file containing a copy of your MBR (first sector of PhysicalDrive) and bootsector/PBR (first sector of Logicaldrive), which you can extract with HDHacker: http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ And I'll have a look at them. It is also possible that the problem relies on your motherboard BIOS (and the way it "detects" the USB stick). In such cases, it may be useful/necessary a PLoP "kicker" disk: http://www.plop.at/ http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html http://www.plop.at/en/bootmngrusblog.html jaclaz

Try booting from a DOS floppy and see if the behaviour is the same. FYI: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/cdfaq.htm#cdstupseq Usually it's the sides of the tray clogged with dust (attached to the lube that it's already there, put in factory). Another point is the gear rack (rarely this is the cause). Yet another point is the "latch" that initiates the tray movement on some models. The accent is more on "cleaning" than on "lubricating": http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_cdfaq4.html#CDFAQ_027 http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_cdfaq4.html#CDFAQ_028 Clean plastic/nylon parts is usually smooth enough/has very low friction. A VERY SMALL quantity of clean silicon/synthetic grease may help. Grease/oil clogged with dust can jam everything. jaclaz

You are welcome. Another small thing that you may want to think about: Q: Why do you want to make an "emergency" CD/DVD with a "simple" floppy image? A: Because either of the following is true: That machine has NOT a floppy drive. That machine has a floppy drive but it doesn't work. That machine has a floppy drive, it does work, but I have no floppies handy. That machine has a floppy drive, it does work, and I have lots of floppy media, but I don't trust floppies. If you answer 1., 2. or 3. it may be useful some reference to using a floppy image instead of a "real" floppy and floppy drive, and to tools like Ken Kato's VFD or Olof Lagerkvist's IMDISK (NT based systems only) or Winimage (Shareware, both Win9x/ME and NT based) or,(only DOS/Win9x/Me) use grub4dos to map a floppy image. Keep up the good work! jaclaz

A small addition, if I may: The floppy needs to be formatted under 2K/XP in order to have the "proper" bootsector invoking NTLDR. The "full reference to create such an "emergency floppy" is given here: http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595/en-us A similar bootfloppy for Vista/Server2008/Windows 7 is detailed here: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/floppy.html This said, I personally would use grldr as the no-emulation bootsector and would create a .iso with mkisofs, containing any number of floppy images to be loaded through grub4dos. Also, if you don't have Nero, IMGBURN is a very good, small FREEWARE app to do the same: http://www.imgburn.com/ jaclaz