jaclaz

Are you using HX DOS? http://www.japheth.de/HX.html Check also the FreeDos versions: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/...util/file/7zip/ Something you may want to try is FreeArc (it should work under HX DOS, but cannot say ): http://freearc.org/ jaclaz

Check fonts. Check, if needed, Encoding override. Check your IME support: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/do...me/default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en Go thoroughfully through this: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/index.html And this particularly: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/browsers.html http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/opera.html jaclaz

Try: 1) IMDISK (strongly advised) http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html (please note that support Forum will be offline for another couple of days) 2) FILEDISK (oldish): http://www.winimage.com/misc/filedisk64.htm (the download contains 32 bit version also) 3) Clone Drive: http://www.elby.de/en/fun/software/index.html 4) Another couple ones: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...22259&st=12 Whether ANY of them will work under Windows7 is up to you to test.... jaclaz

A few: http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html http://www.jedit.org/ (JAVA) Recommended by Mdgx: http://www.contexteditor.org/ http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm Though this should be what you are looking for: http://www.esperanto.mv.ru/UniRed/ENG/index.html Worthy info, links and more: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/ http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/utilities_fonts.html http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/utilities_editors.html jaclaz

My personal "better be safe than sorry" approach to anything DATA related would be to make sure BEFORE an upgrade and expecially such a consistent one, that I am able to re-create the current setup EXACTLY as is, just in case anything goes wrong. I would image the drive, or however make sure to backup ALL data and have the install media,and ALL serials, settings, EVERYTHING needed to re-create from scratch. Is the laptop networked (or can it be)? How big is the internal HD? Do you have an external USB HD you can use? Can the laptop boot from USB (or has it a floppy drive/internal CD drive)? jaclaz

Yep , but: (and NO, that is not Homer Simpson) jaclaz

There are several "old style" menu programs. Here are a few, choose one: http://www.pc-tools.net/dos/pwrmenu/ http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/menu.htm http://saliu.com/menu.html http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/menu.html Personally (but it is just a matter of tastes) I would go with MOO: http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/menu.htm as it has some security features to restrict access to some operations. Site is down, get it here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://member...4/dos/moo31.zip jaclaz

REG.EXE: http://www.ss64.com/nt/reg.html There are a great number of examples on the board about it's use, expecially by Yzöwl , IcemanND and me. http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.msfn.org+REG.EXE jaclaz

Here is a recent topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126727&hl= jaclaz

Yep, I meant \USBSTOR\gendisk. I guess that IDE connected card readers are nowadays a thing of the past, and PCMCIA CARDbus are already (or will soon become) outdated by USB "stick-card readers", so not a big problem. jaclaz

It's hard to admit that in this instance (and probably in this one only ) it's not the fault of the MS guys and the way they transformed BOOT.INI into something unneededly complex.... Happy for your success. jaclaz

Well if you run diskpart list volume, with one CD/DVD ROM it is always detected as Volume 0, I guess that second CD/DVD ROM will be next. You can read which volumes # are given to a CD device and then "call" the appropriate "couples" of: Here is just an example - just to verify that CD drives are detected correctly, you will need to add yourself the "logic" to assign drive letters. (check also the updated example in the linked thread for ideas on how to find FREE drive letters) @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%A in ('FIND /N "::THIS IS START OF DISKPART BATCH COMMANDS::" "%~dpnx0"') DO SET More_offset=%%A FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('ECHO list volume^|diskpart^|FIND "-ROM"') DO ( SET LINE=%%A SET token1=!LINE:~7,2! SET token1=!token1: =! REM IF !token1! lss 10 SET token1=0!token1! SET token2=!LINE:~13,1! SET CD_Vol#!token1!=!token2! SET CD_Vols=!CD_Vols! !token2! ) SET CD_ PAUSE FOR %%A IN (%CD_Vols%) DO ( SET /A DP_Line#=%%A*3+%More_offset% FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%B IN ('MORE +!DP_Line#! "%~dpnx0"^|diskpart.exe^|FIND "*"') DO ( ECHO Active Volume is %%B ) ) GOTO :EOF ::THIS IS START OF DISKPART BATCH COMMANDS:: select volume 0 list volume EXIT select volume 1 list volume EXIT select volume 2 list volume EXIT jaclaz

Great work, cdob! Since you "attached" cfadisk to gendisk this should be "hardware VID/PID agnostic", right? jaclaz

Thanks for the reminder about the quotes: I am so used to use the "right" naming convention of paths without spaces that I always forget about other users habits. Maybe there is no need to make a multilingual check, try this version - where I tried to use actual "places" on lines to get the info. @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=[]" %%A in ('FIND /N "::THIS IS START OF DISKPART BATCH COMMANDS::" "%~dpnx0"') DO SET More_offset=%%A FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('ECHO list volume^|diskpart^|FIND "Vol"^|FIND "B"') DO ( SET LINE=%%A SET token1=!LINE:~7,2! SET token1=!token1: =! IF !token1! lss 10 SET token1=0!token1! SET token2=!LINE:~13,1! SET DP_Vol#!token1!=!token2! ) SET DP FOR /F "tokens=2,7" %%A IN ('ECHO list disk^|diskpart^|FIND "B"') DO SET DP_disks=!DP_disks! %%A FOR %%A IN (%DP_disks%) DO ( SET /A DP_Line#=%%A*3+%More_offset% SET /A Counter=0 FOR /F "skip=8 tokens=* delims=" %%B IN ('MORE +!DP_Line#! "%~dpnx0"^|diskpart.exe^|FIND /v /i "DISKPART"') DO ( Set /A Counter+=1 IF !Counter!==1 CALL :Parse_Line DP_disk_sig_%%A %%B IF !Counter!==2 CALL :Parse_Line DP_disk_bus_%%A %%B IF !Counter! GTR 7 CALL :Parse_Line DP_disk_letters_%%A %%B ) ) FOR /F "tokens=2* delims==" %%A IN ('SET DP_disk_letters_') DO SET DP_disk_letters=!DP_disk_letters! %%A SET DP_disk_letters=!DP_disk_letters: = ! SET DP_disk SET ALLDRIVES=A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SET BUSYDRV= SET FREEDRV= ECHO. :: List drive letters for physical drives FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=\ " %%A IN ('MOUNTVOL /L ^| SORT ^| FIND ":\"') DO SET BUSYDRV=!BUSYDRV! %%A :: List drive letters for network drives FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('NET USE ^|FIND ":"') DO ( SET This_Drive=%%A SET This_Drive=!This_Drive:~13,1! SET BUSYDRV=!BUSYDRV! !This_Drive! SET NETDRV=!NETDRV! !This_Drive! ) SET BUSYDRV=%BUSYDRV::=% :: Check which drive letters aren't used and list them as free driveletters FOR %%A IN (%ALLDRIVES%) DO ( ECHO.%BUSYDRV% | FIND "%%A">nul IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (SET FREEDRV=!FREEDRV! %%A:&ECHO %%A: FREE) ELSE (ECHO %%A: BUSY) ) :: Remove leading comma SET FREEDRV=%FREEDRV::=% FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1 delims= " %%A in ('reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk\Enum /s ^|find "\"') do ( SET ALLDisks=!ALLdisks! %%A ) FOR %%A IN (%ALLDISKS%) DO ( ECHO.%DP_disks% | FIND " %%A ">nul IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET NOT_DP_Disks=!NOT_DP_Disks! %%A ) FOR %%A IN (%BUSYDRV%) DO ( ECHO.%DP_disk_letters% | FIND " %%A ">nul IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET NOT_DP_Drives=!NOT_DP_Drives! %%A ) SET NOT_ SET BUSY SET FREE SET NET GOTO :EOF :Parse_line SET %1=!%1! %4 GOTO :EOF ::THIS IS START OF DISKPART BATCH COMMANDS:: select disk 0 detail disk EXIT select disk 1 detail disk EXIT select disk 2 detail disk EXIT select disk 3 detail disk EXIT select disk 4 detail disk EXIT select disk 5 detail disk EXIT select disk 6 detail disk EXIT

Maybe you can use the PID's, see my post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=127263&hl= jaclaz

I simply LOVE this one: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/experts.html jaclaz

Just for the record (and FYI) I just found a way to "feed" diskpart with commands from within the batch (no need for additional file chgdrvltr.txt): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...26069&st=19 cannot say if a similar approach works with runonceex... jaclaz

Not sure if it would help, but did you check the OfflineSysprep here? : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=43 I am pretty sure to have seen the problem raised and solved.... jaclaz

Yep, boot-land had a lot of problems lately and is currently offline for maintenance, being transferred to a new server, it should be back in a couple of days. On 911Cd, that had similar problems with BOTs, some additional measures to prevent automated registering has been taken, from what I can see: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showuser=44049 you should either have received a confirmation e-mail or the Admin will send you one shortly. Back to topic: At first sight (but I am NO expert on this matter) your BCD entries seem fine, are you sure that you haven't anything BEFORE that "wrong" (wrong no-emulation bootsector for example) How did you created the .iso/burned the DVD? I mean, if the BCD's are wrong, you should see an error message of some kind. You may want to recreate a CD/DVD with just one entry, following (as an example) a tutorial like this one: http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget....1297757,00.html When it works, you may want to add the second instance and recreate the DVD. This: http://www.msfn.org/board/bootmgr-based-Mu...tly-t99823.html may be useful. jaclaz

Hmm http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exifto...Names/EXIF.html Could it be some kind of mis-match with codepage in the CMD window or something weird like ANSI/ASCII? (read DOS as opposed to Windows source) Try the other way, i.e. put your comment with XP GUI on the image and read it through EXIF. It is possible that a conversion is needed..... Or try putting your comment in notepad and save it as UTF-8, then "feed" the file to EXIF through redirection.... jaclaz P.S.: I guess you can use chcp and python: http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Python...0/msg00141.html but not really my field. I guess that on Chinese Forums this problem has come out and has been resolved already.

@Analada Here: http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/cs-009302.htm jaclaz

It's a "grey area" matter. Yes, there are tools that check keys/pids and can tell you some info. But since they are usually connected to - let's call them reproachable - activities, I do not think that posting info about them here to be appropriate. This (old) link is however allright (though it won't work properly with recent versions AND does not give the info you are looking for): http://www.licenturion.com/xp/ A list of "SETUPP.INI" PIDs is available here: http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Product_IDs jaclaz

Try using Chipgenius: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:RiTgg...3D4661%26st%3D0 using google cache untill boot-land is back online: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=4661&st=0 and see if you can find the Manufacturer's tool to "flip the bit" permanently. Try using the Hitachi Filter Driver cfadisk.sys: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17701 Booting Win9x->grub.exe->whatever info can be found here (ALREADY given link): http://www.msfn.org/board/USB-Booting-issu....html&st=47 jaclaz

If it helps, now I see: First post: Second Post: Your (spacesurfer's) post: Now, if you see the 12:17 AM I see as 6:17 PM, it means that we have a six hours difference in our settings, you should also see first post at 5:03 PM of the DAY BEFORE. jaclaz

Yep, let us rejoice. We have back some information that might be useful in the future, at least to those poor blocks that would have downloaded 350 Mb on a 56 K connection only to find out they got a wrong file. Hmmm, actually no, on second thought that won't help them , as they will come here only after having downloaded the wrong file... ....but on the other hand a lot of people will be happy to be able to post More seriously, it's interesting to know how our friends at MS appear to be so overwhelmed by the amount of bits and ends they have for download that they lost track of an old version laying around.... Thanks for the info. jaclaz