jaclaz

Here: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowshutdown.htm http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm jaclaz

Happy to hear a story of success. jaclaz

Other thread started here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=131041 You seem like having two problems. First one, much bigger than the one you think you have is that XP by design is not meant to boot from an external USB device. Second one is something in your Vista, which can easily be solved by simply using the Xp on the "other" laptop that you can borrow. (it is simply not worth the time to troubleshoot this problem since, even if it worked, it WON'T produce a bootable from USB XP) There is an automated way to install XP on a USB device, here (suggested): http://www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php besides a number of tutorials/manual ways Read this thread (AND links therein): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=119963 there is more or less the full experience, problems and solutions of another user installing XP on an external USB device while running Vista. jaclaz

I would avoid double posting, if I were you. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408 Also, presuming that a forum is dead because noone else answered your post in a 4+6 hours is a bit pessimistic.... See the other thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=131021&hl= jaclaz

Yep, why not? Though I cannot see how using USB_Multiboot_10 you got in this straqnge situation, did you change ANYTHING in menu.lst? Let's start from "basics". Boot to grub4dos. Press "c" to access command line (or do nothing if it cannot find menu.lst you will already be in command line. Type: root [ENTER] <post result>, it should be (hd0,0) or (hd1,0) Type: configfile [TAB] you should see the files on the root of your USB drive, including menu.lst. If yes: press m [TAB] and continue adding letters of menu.lst and pressing [TAB] until you have the complete name of menu.lst on command line, then press [ENTER] What happens? If NO, try chaniging root, i.e. if output of previour root command was (hd0,0), type: root (hd1,0) [ENTER] and repeat above steps.... or viceversa if output of previous root was (hd1,0) do a root (hd0,0) jaclaz

There is NO such thing as a file that can link the menu.lst to grub. First thing it is grub4dos, NOT grub. grldr contains as the last bytes the "internal" entries that search for menu.lst: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6775 Have you got multiple menu.lst's? However you can use command line in grub4dos to search for the menu.lst (or for another "configfile"): http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/cli.htm jaclaz

did I link to perfect disk? What I normally use is ultradefrag: http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ jaclaz

Simple math? You can use this small spreadsheet, though it was intended for another use, it can serve your purpose: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2959 (hint: offset should be the value "sectors before") or are you asking about which values are appropriate to better performance? I know nothing of this latter aspect, unless you are referring to this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929491/en-us If the document is not proprietary/reserved, can I have a look at it? jaclaz

Nice. I am not sure to have understood if you are using somehow the "short names" or "~1" can be "anything". Can you post a "dirtectory tree" of your setup, so that it is clearer? jaclaz

The point is, WHY you want to use an image/cloning tool+a defragging one. You make a new sparse file, of appropriate size (when expanded). You mount it as a Virtual disk. Or you make a new partition of given size. Then you use file copying/backup utilities (driven by a script or batch) to copy the files in a given order to/from the image/other partition. When files are written (for the first time and on a newly formatted filesystem) they are contiguous. That's the old way we used (poor man's or poor Admin's if you prefer ) with NT4, which did not came with a Defrag utility. On NTFS you will need something like robocopy or xxcopy or strarc: http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html capable of keeping NTFS info and metadata. jaclaz

Really? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...8603&st=499 Links are not more valid, but we still have the Wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20071110031012/...1999110241.html http://web.archive.org/web/20071107064829/...1999110255.html This is however not-so-hidden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskeeper The Vista defrag is said to be a a new thingie developed internally by the Vista team. Pagefile defrag is "MS" because they bought Sysinternals, and all tolls made by Mark Russinovich. jaclaz

No prob. Sure it is. To boot from a drive, it must be made bootable. But this thread is related to a program that makes the drive bootable, and the OP clearly stated that he can successfully boot. For the record the drive must be partitioned and formatted and first partition must be made active, which is exactly one among the things USB_multiboot_10 does. If you need to ask, it simply means that you haven't (yet ) mastered this particular topic, thus you should refrain from posting unrelated/irrelevant info or however anything that you are not sure about, as it may confuse the member who originally asked for help. More generally, while every help/suggestion/ideas are always welcome, it should be given as much as possible as a direct answer to the OP question. Try looking at the question: and to your suggestion: Does it make sense to you? To me it sounds a bit like: Q:Which paint should I use for my walls? A:First thing you need some walls. You need to drive some piles in the ground and build the foundations before starting building the walls. jaclaz

Yep, I really like the idea of the ASCII art. Simple and effective. It is assumed that you already tried the DOS-LOGO.SYS: http://logosys.logotypes.se/ and for any reason it did not work for you/you didn't like it, right? For the record, DOS-LOGO.SYS is a device driver that "reloads" the graphical logo from config.sys, thus "hiding" the text that would be otherwise seen on screen. jaclaz

WINNER: http://ping.windowsdream.com/winner.html Most questions/problems/solutions about PXE installing Windows can be found on the TFTP32 Forum here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=58 jaclaz

What about EKKO.COM? http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/Tips.html#Tip011 This way you can have a coloured ASCII Art logo.... jaclaz

I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that original WIN9x files had files in the ROOT, not in a \WIN95\ directory.... jaclaz

Well, with windows 7, that changed all that. You no longer need more than one partition if you install to a VHD. Actually it has traditionally been possible to multiboot even on the same partition, with a few tweaks, erlatred to the "default" common folders like "Documents and Settings" and "Program Files". jaclaz

You can BET we are interested , heck this is our hobby ! We are craving for new ideas/methods/ways. B) In exchange for your report, I will give you this link : http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7138 I am sure you will be interested in that approach. jaclaz

Nlite NEEDS as source what you call a "Windows OS files CD only", which is actually an install CD. OEM install CD often have integrated the drivers for the specific hardware. OEM recovery CD can be mainly of two types: a clone (disk image) of the installed system in factory and a way to deploy the image an unattended install CD 1st one may nonetheless have somewhere a \I386 directory with contents identical (or very similar) to the one on an install CD. In any case it is generally possible to "reassemble" files from an installed system in a \I386 directory structure, using, if needed files coming from Service Packs, or from available sources. Every OEM has his own ways, thus your mileage may vary. jaclaz

Let's say that no one yet managed to find a way to Fix it, Vista bootsector has BOOTMGR, which is 7. FAT32's bootsector was 512 bytes, last time I looked at it. There is space in it for a "full" 8+3 name, but I don't think that it will ever be able to"traverse" directories. If you use grldr.mbr as the MBR, grub4dos grldr and menu.lst can be on ANY partition, even a hidden one. jaclaz

Yep, it simply "vanished" However : http://web.archive.org/web/20060702015605/...X86/default.asp Download Link : http://download.microsoft.com/download/win...-US/sp6i386.exe jaclaz

Usually it is due to it looking for "something", like a mapped network drive: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=18327 But it's also possible that you have a loopback address set to something else from 127.0.0.0: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884020/en-us Check also Event viewer... It could also be "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks": http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15159 jaclaz

[italian] Non credo proprio... [/italian] No way, not really welcome on international fora... Hmmm, check THOROUGHFULLY the FAQ's: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=116766 we are sure that it is NOT FAQ #8, but what about the others? Where does the source come from? Is it OEM/nlited/modified? Best test would be to FORGET (for the moment) about USBmultiboot and try WinsetupfromUSB: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120444 and see if the result is the same.... jaclaz

Cannot reveal my true identity, nor the search methods I use.... ...otherwise... http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...16534&st=23 jaclaz

Yep but the files INSIDE the .iso, are they the "proper" ones? BTW, I guess that NTLDR is a renamed SETUPLDR.BIN.... jaclaz