jaclaz

Have a look at this batch code: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:pPvTS...howtopic%3D3229 http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:SJZ9G...ost%26p%3D22320 http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:ptcEy...D3229%26st%3D20 (unfortunately boot-land is offline, should be back soon) jaclaz

The tool for Vid 1221 Pid 3234 is already on the site you mentioned: http://flashboot.ru/index.php?name=iflash http://flashboot.ru/index.php?name=Files&a...p=cat&id=14 The tool for Vid 0951 Pid 1603 is already on the site you mentioned: http://flashboot.ru/index.php?name=iflash&pagenum=2 http://forum.flashboot.ru/index.php?name=F...p=cat&id=12 sure, but unless you DETAIL what you attempted to do I have NO way to try and help you. Some questions: Are you sure the stick is seen as "Fixed"? (i.e. that cfadisk is working properly?) Did you enable the "optimize for performance": http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/.../05/108205.aspx Which program Utility did you try using on it? Have you tried to format as FAT? Have you tried then using CONVERT.EXE? jaclaz

What about Wings3d? http://www.wings3d.com/index.php (no animation) jaclaz

Man, who wrote this crap? FAT traditionally uses UTF-7 for filenames, not a system-variant "System Character Set". The VFAT expansion adds LFN which are stored in UTF-16, meaning true unicode (well, depending on whether it supports surrogate pairs, though that's implementation specific really). So, no version of FAT uses "System Character Set". Most of the rest is misinformation as well... But WHO are you actually quoting? FYI: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776428(VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776463(VS.85).aspx UTF-7 is another thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-7 jaclaz

Well, either you were the root of all evil or, more probably , you were sold not a "simple" warez copy, but rather a "counterfeited" copy, with fake CD, fake hologram and fake sticker (besides the "leaked" key). Point is that the FCKGW key is a VLK one and should NOT be able to install an OEM release. Can you check the PID of your original (counterfeited) CD? See here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127263&hl= Make a google search for images with FCKGW as keyword, amd you'll see WHY it has been so popular.... jaclaz

All the others have an explanation, these two are tough ones? You may want to go along the (old) path of LFN thingies, but if the end goal is to IMAGE the drives/partitions, why not using a "proper" app?: http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/index.html http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/todisk.html I don't think that a smaller level of compression (from the ZLIB library) would be that bad, when compared with the possible problems that may arise like the one you listed by using a file based approach. You joking right? There are thousands of them, here is what I find best one. DDCOPY: http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/applications.html jaclaz

does this really affect machine performance, my machine is very clean and I have a AC in my office/home. No, it was just a (evidently ill chosen ) comparison with the concept of things that need maintenance after a period of use. There is no air filter nor a spark plug in a PC, so it would be difficult to clean them. NO , I DID NOT suggest OS reinstallation, quite the opposite, I showed you some basic MAINTENANCE steps needed to KEEP your current installation and hopefully have it running more smoothly. jaclaz

Additional info that may be of use: http://www.computer-engineering.org/ps2protocol/ jaclaz

You have to think at an OS installation (and expecially at a Windows one) as something similar to a car. Even if it's still running after two years, you need to: 1) clean the air filter 2) clean the spark plugs etc., etc. Most of the problems in an old install are basically due to the Registry getting clogged with installed applications (poorly uninstalled by poorly designed installers) and what not. As well the disk may be heavily fragmented. First things to do: get ERUNT here: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ and use it to backup your Registry Then get Regseeker: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm and use it to clean the Registry from unneeded entries (you will need to make several passes) Backup again with Erunt. Try using another good Registry cleaner, such as: http://www.ccleaner.com/ Backup again with Erunt. You should see a definite decrease of the Registry size (just compare first with last backup) and the feeling of the XP running faster/smoother. Check if you have still installed anything that you don't really need, and uninstall it (and then repeat the steps above) Check your drives for fragmentation, normally built in DEFRAG is good enough or use Ultradefrag, JKdefrag or similar freewares. jaclaz

The boot files (not the Win98 ones - as you are not making a Win 98 boot CD at this step) are already inside the usb18.bin floppy disk image. A floppy disk image is an image of a floppy, i.e. a byte-by-byte copy of it that can be used to create one of the three ways to make a bootCD, the "Floppy Emulation" one, which is also the most "compatible-with-all-and-expecially-oldish-BIOSes". That particular floppy image has a number of USB drivers that, if you are lucky, will allow access to the USB stick. jaclaz

migrate.inf is a way to assign drive letters BEFORE runonceex: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19663 If the partiion has been formatted as NTFS under a NT based system, it has a bootsector allright. The kind of boot loop you describe seems to me similar to the one described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/en-us I'll have to study your data and think a bit about them, at first sight it might be possible that somehow the XP install is getting confused by the numbers of primary partitions and/or there is some conflict with "default" letter assignment that results in an error that prevents DosDevices assignment to take place. Some reference (to keep you busy in the meantime ): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=90495 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125945 http://www.msfn.org/board/profiles-directo...me-t125819.html http://www.msfn.org/board/Drive-letter-pro...ll-t118149.html http://www.msfn.org/board/Drive-Letter-a**...ent-t90946.html http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=85729 If I were you I would try the migrate.inf approach, possibly using the .exe by zomos. Assigning the letters in the early stage should prevent the problem. jaclaz

OK, this leaves us with 4.24 GB - 2.96 GB= 1,28 GB of data that needs to be saved. It should be possible to compress this data in 512 Mb (the capacity of the stick). There are two possible approaches: 1) try to save current data on the USB stick (better) 2) use ultimatebootcd to re-size you current partition, creating a new one where to copy the data (potentially more risky) First thing we need to find out whether it is possible to boot from CDROM and access this USB stick from the laptop. I am assuming the stick is formatted as FAT16 or FAT32 and has some files in it, and that you have either a CD-RW or a few CD's that will be used for tests. 1) download the USB18.ZIP floppy image for USB access from here: http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/usbdrv.html 2) uncompress it and use the resulting usb18.bin as "El-torito" floppy emulation image to make a bootable DOS CD with your burning software, instructions for Nero are here: http://www.nero.com/enu/support-nero7-tutorials-data.html? Any burning app have similar settings, if you cannot find them, post name of the app you have or use this one (Freeware): http://cdburnerxp.se/ http://cdburnerxp.se/help/Data/bootdisc 3) Connect the 512 Mb stick, insert the CD and try booting from it If everything goes as expected (you might need to try different choices when prompted until you find the one that works) you should be able to type DIR C: [ENTER] and see a list of the files on the laptop HD and DIR D: [ENTER] (letter may be another one, while booting you should have seen which letter the USB drivers have assigned to the stick) and see a list of the files on the stick. Once you (hopefully ) got the above steps done and working, post and I'll give you further instructions. jaclaz

Cross-linking to this other similar thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127282 which includes batches for detection. jaclaz

It seems like there is a "new" 012: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...127263&st=8 jaclaz

Define "better". jaclaz

I'll try again: Where did you get them? And for the third time, try using fuwi's batch on them, it is currently the easiest way to make a pendrive bootable. (one partition only, no matter if "Fixed" or "Removable"). Here we have some problems , actually the ESSENCE of a forum like this is to "waste" time learning, there is a ready available alternative, that involves the exchange of money to rent an expert to do the work for you and save your time. And here we have another problem. As ALREADY said, to have more than one partition available on a USB stick under a NT based OS, the stick needs to be seen by the NT based OS as "Fixed". You were given the links to the two known methods to make this happen. There is NO actual need, and definitely NOT "to save the setup source without effecting with virus", to use a partitioned stick, though it is a "better" philosophical approach. Once you have with either of the two methods, made the stick seen as "Fixed", you can use Disk Management to partition it and format it's partitions. I will repeat myself once again. The "best" way is, provided that you find the right tool, is to "flip the bit" and have a USB stick seen as "Fixed". Otherwise use either dummydisk.sys or cfadisk.sys, just recently cdob posted some new, interesting info: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126868&hl= http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...26868&st=12 Now, let's start again from scratch. Choose one and just one of the three sticks you have. Run Chipgenius on it. Post the info Chipgenius gives. List ALL the Operating systems you would like to install from the stick and utilities you want to run. jaclaz

Yes, and I will repeat myself: WHY? You cannot assume (or expect) that the CDPLAYER.EXE of Windows 98 can work on windows XP. XP is a NT based systems and it's innards are DIFFERENT. What were you trying to prove? Whether CDPLAYER.EXE is a self-standing file? jaclaz

Don't worry, even if you are not that technically wise, the procedure is not difficult. You have an internal CD, rest assured that your laptop CAN boot from it, to make sure, try booting and QUICLY press the key to access the BIOS. Usually it is "Delete", but on Laptops and Compaq ones expecially, it can be: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-283-how-to...our-bios-set-up In the BIOS you should have a choice that could be worded either as: "boot from CD-ROM" (or something similar) or "change boot order" (or something similar) The idea is to boot from a CD and, depending on the answers to the few additional questions I will ask you, save the data "somewhere". I need some more information: you have another (XP running) machine, right? this machine has a CD-burner or however you have a friend that can burn a CD for you, right? you have a USB stick, how big is it? can you delete data that is currently in it? or can you borrow a bigger empty stick or an external USB HD? how much of the 4.24 GB drive is full? (i.e. how much free space do you have on that drive?) On another path: Can you name the program/give a link to a website? If all you have to run is that program, it may be easier to repair your setup. I mean, one thing is to restore a fully functional Windows 98 starting from something "corrupted" or however not working, and another thing is to restore a Win98 "good enough" to run that single program... jaclaz

Yep, the "standard" or "pro" is one thing ($), I was referring to the "Free" edition that appears from time to time (and then it is removed from downloads). Apart from the already given link, they are available here: http://www.oldware.org/ http://www.oldware.org/software.php?swid=169 jaclaz

kmaheshkumar, look, I am willing to help you, but if you do not explain what you are trying to do in a way that I can understand it, it won't be possible. You need to tell me what your final goal is, and then follow the advise I may (hopefully) be able to give you. Where? jaclaz

Good to know. I thought nvu was for NT/2K/Xp only. However I was thinking you asked for a text editor rather than a Web development tool. For the record, nvu has been abandoned, from it's ashes Kompozer is born: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer jaclaz

EZEKIEL, there is no way anyone can help you. You must: 1) Post details on what you need doing and HOW you attempted to do it 2) possibly post them in the RIGHT place (this is MSFN Forums > Unattended Windows Discussion & Support > Multi-Boot CD/DVDs > ) Read this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127214 Report EXACTLY all the choices you took, a description of your hardware, of the source files you are using, the OS you are running etc. We TRY to help you: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=124388 but you have to reply with needed infos Using USB_Multiboot_10 to double boot an install of Vista and XP does work: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120791 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=120631 since at least version 6: http://www.msfn.org/board/vista-t114092.html&st=6 DO NOT use all capitals, it seems like you are shouting at us, something we don't particularly like: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408 CAPITAL letters are used to put in better evidence the IMPORTANT PARTS of a sentence or post. jaclaz

Sure, you can find on google also this way of partitioning hard disks: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...22280&st=10 but that does not mean that is the "right" thing to do. On the other hand, straightening cables does help : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...21827&st=23 Now, back to topic, I guess the only way we can help heartsiphobia is, should he be willing to forfait a little bit of his privacy and post some links, by testing a couple of the he mentions, and see how they behave. jaclaz

There is NO way anyone can help you with just your "vague" description. Please post some details. Attach your lastsession.ini. Set appropriately this: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/229/ NOT to reboot Post the BSOD STOP ERROR you get. You are having a Blue Screen of Death, right? (or what do you mean by "crash") jaclaz

Just for the record: Maxthon was based on IE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxthon Newish version can use Gecko as well. Nonetheless, it is NOT "slim". jaclaz