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Modified/enhanced 7zip sfx stubs+detailed instructions/examples: http://7zsfx.solta.ru/en/ jaclaz

Well, sorry to say so, but it makes NO sense, the bottleneck will be anyway the USB bus, that tops at 480 mb/s (as opposed to 1330 or 1500/3000, to keep the "high" numbers ) or if you prefer at roughly 60 MB/s . Maybe a recent firewire (read ieee1394): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire Would be not affected, or we'll have to wait for USB 3.0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB_3.0 jaclaz

OK, now it's time to test your hard disk. You can try getting the HD Manufacturer testing tool or try using this: http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/ MHDD): http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/ jaclaz

Would you mind reading the given links?: And think a bit about the matter? You might later want to review your opinion... jaclaz

Am I? ...hopefully NOT infamous . You're very welcome. jaclaz

press "S" ? Put the floppy disk in the floppy drive, with the compuiter off. Boot from CD. Press F6 at the very beginning of the booting, you will be prompted in the lower white bar and have a handful of seconds to press F6. Chack this if in doubt: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/operatingsys...xprepair1_3.htm About BIOS there won't probably be a "USB floppy" related entry, there might be a "generic" USB legacy support" or a "USB keyboard support" jaclaz

Only thing you may try using I can think of is letter assigner: Site went beserk: http://web.archive.org/web/20080206033439/...s.com/LetAssig/ Missing 00 byte at end of the archive: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=2681&st=24 but cannot say if it will be of use. jaclaz

If only I could understand what you are trying to do.... ...Where is USERDNSDOMAIN defined? However maybe this is the missing point, (alternate solution to the one already posted) enabling delayed expansion of variables and use the !var! syntax together with the %var% one, that allows for !var1_%var2%! SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET USERDNSDOMAIN=Domain2 set D_Domain1=Server1 set D_Domain2=Server2 set D_Domain3=Server3 set Server=!D_%USERDNSDOMAIN%! SET Server PAUSE net use O: \\%Server%\Share jaclaz

Did you try by any chance this : http://www.msfn.org/board/Patched-IOSYS-98SE-t118119.html jaclaz

There are several factors affecting the choice. Start with reading here: http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm In a nutshell: 1) FAT32 is slightly faster on "smallish" sized volumes 2) FAT32 gives far less security in case of a filesystem corruption (but on the other hand file recovery is generally easier on FAT drives then on NTFS ones) - file recovery on NTFS compressed or encrypted drives usually is a nightmare and often gives no or very scarce results - but the event of an unrepairable broken NTFS filesystem is much less probable than a FAT (16 or 32 doesn't matter) one 3) FAT32 misses features like quotas, access security and more generally anything might be of use in a multi-user environment 4) NTFS makes a far bigger number of disk writes that may wear out prematurely Solid state devices like USB sticks, SSD cards and drives. (and probably conventional hard drives also, though the latter are designed for such a high number of write cycles that there is no concern on them) 5) the single filesize limit of 4 Gb FAT32 has can be a severe drawback if you use video's DVD's or similar BIG multimedia. For example on a Laptop (just one user) like the EEEPC with it's (smallish) SSD card, I would personally prefer FAT32 over NTFS. ALL programs (exception made for "low-level" ones like defraggers and similar ones) are "filesystem agnostic". They use the IFS driver in the NT subsystem to access both in Read and Write the mass storage devices. jaclaz

By any chance was he also abducted by aliens any time in his childhood? We all know about the conspiracy by car manufacturers to give us fuel thirsty cars whilst they do have already in production new engines that they only give to a few chaps under a very strict non disclosure agreement. Obviously they do so because if they mass produced them they would be so cheap that they could sell more new cars and completely ruin the maintenance workshops for the old models. jaclaz

Actually you do not need to buy anything. There are several Freewares capable of doing that. It's up to you to decide which level of security you think adequate, but do READ these: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21073 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2683 and links therein before wasting hours (and possibly increasing the wear on the drives) doing multiple passes of random data, which is perfectly unneeded. jaclaz

Hmmm, NO. A "dd-like" image is as byte by byte, 1:1 copy and is even "filesystem agnostic", in other words an imaging application can image also filesystems (like BSD or Linux EXT2/3, ReiserFS, etc.) that you cannot mount/access from your OS. jaclaz

I don't have Vista (you see why I am a rather happy guy, don't you ) so I cannot help you as much as I would like but you cannot "invent" the syntax like you would like it to be, this line seems to me WRONG: Bcdedit /store c:\PXEServer\Tftproot\Boot\BCD /set {bootmgr} displayorder {d4c3277e-af2e-11dd-83c2-0002b3cc4b18} {d60c2c02-af2e-11dd-83c2-0002b3cc4b18} you cannot pass two parameters to /set displayorder. Or may be you have a timing problem? Some further reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791568.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886.aspx See if this helps: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4197 Why don't you try using one of the GUI utilities to modifiy the store if you are not confident enough in batch/command line syntax? http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 http://www.vistabootpro.org/ jaclaz

Well, you cannot expect to find exactly what you want all nicely put together. For XP install, see here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=157 (and yes, it uses grub4dos) For all the rest, including Acronis software, dos boot disks and some .iso's proved to be booting from stick, see here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66 For a "cute" boot menu, you might want to experiment with AeroStudio: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=72 (and yes, underlying there is grub4dos) jaclaz

Usually problems with hard drives are "binary": 0 or 1, works or crashes. The freezing and later unfreezing appears more like a badly configured software/service. However, once you run chkdisk, you should run it until completion, or, if you need to shutdown the PC re-run it afterwards immediately. Start your PC, run chkdisk, then, once it has finished it's job, start Task Manager and check which processes eat up too much CPU (and possibly cause the freezing)... jaclaz

My wasn't a suggestion for you to follow now, it was a suggestion to follow when re-formatting/re-partitioning, and a (needed) clarification about the fact that you can format and repartition all the times you want, but still some data (that may actually prevent an install of some picky OS on some particular hardware/BIOS) will remain untouched. Now, in order to help you in troubleshooting and hopefully solve the problem: Can you tell us WHICH BSOD STOP code do you get? Can you check with a disk editor/viewer whether sectors 2-63 are all 00's or not? jaclaz

@Andromeda43 You should get your figures straight before accusing someone else of dropping zeroes. Read this: http://www.harddrivereport.com/pata_vs_ata...ata_vs_ide.html then read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA Then, disregard all the above and do your own tests. Get a 133 IDE (actually ATA) drive and test it. Get a 150 SATA drive (SATA I) and test it. Is the second over 10 times faster or a mere 13% faster? Now try a 300 SATA drive (SATA II) and test it, does it result in roughly doubling the speed or is it over 22 times faster? Ideally you should actually also take into account the other added features that newer SATA drives have, that can speed noticeably the actual throughpout. Now, read this: http://bluecouch.com.au/?p=49 where a comparison between similar drives (PATA, SATA and PATA through adapters) has been made. jaclaz P.S.: It's all right if you say that fastest ATA tops at 1330 mb

Not to gatecrash anything (as usual .)) but you should actually be aware that the use of nlite in a Commercial environment is NOT allowed, read here (and given links): http://www.msfn.org/board/Petition-Nuhi-t119463.html jaclaz

GOOD news. jaclaz

Can I sit at your right hand? jaclaz

ANY brand will do. Just get the cheaper you can find, there is so much difference in speed between a IDE device and the SATA that even a slowish (read worst) adapter won't be noticed, IDE tops at 133, SATA starts at 150. Here are a few on a UK based resource: http://www.span.com/catalog/index.php?cPat...016fdce8dcc9dcf If you are going "cheapo" this should be perfect: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IDE-to-SATA-Converte...1713.m153.l1262 jaclaz

Please also note that technically, even if you remove your serial, if you give a pre-made CD you are distributing copyrighted software in violation of the MS EULA. jaclaz

Read here: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/ there is everything you need to know. jaclaz

Links removed. @yocarim Be VERY, VERY aware of Rule #1: http://www.msfn.org/board/Forum-Rules-Updated-Re-t18408.html jaclaz