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Just to keep things as together as possible, here is the thread where Sfor is detailing his progresses with the EeePC: http://www.msfn.org/board/Asus-Eee-PC-Wind...9x-t122401.html jaclaz

What I would do: 1) disconnect EVERYTHING (ALL drives, optical, floppies, HD's) and the keyboard (leave ONLY the Display) If the BIOS settings are "default" it should stop with a BIOS error like "keyboard/interface error, Press F1 to resume" It should stall on the initial BIOS screen, possibly showing some BIOS information. Post this info, depending on if it is an AMI, AWARD or other manufacturer BIOS and depending on BIOS version there may be alternate ways to access (or just reset) BIOS settings. jaclaz

See reply on your other post: http://www.msfn.org/board/Can-t-install-nL...VDM-t91686.html It appears to be a kind of corruption created by some "bad" antivirus/automatic scanning. jaclaz

I know it may sound unreasonably aggressive , but what you really should do would be to REMOVE any Norton crap and get some good apps: http://charlandgraphics.com/blog/?cat=18 http://www.pchell.com/virus/uninstallnorton.shtml http://www.computergripes.com/symantec.html http://www.msfn.org/board/SP3-registry-cor...-b-t118290.html Generally speaking since a few years Symantec apps are simply too complex and resource hogging to be of any actual use, but they do create more problems that any other average antivirus/antispyware tool. jaclaz

Almost, but not quite, completely unrelated symbol2mvol.cmd Uses: Listdosdevices: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html VLM (part of the DSFOK package): http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/ Output sample: C:\Downloaded\victor888>symbol2mvol C: FIX \\.\Volume{b0b284c3-8a33-11dd-8781-806d6172696f} \HarddiskVolume1 D: CDR \\.\Volume{80cf88c2-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f} \CdRom0 E: FIX \\.\Volume{b0b284c4-8a33-11dd-8781-806d6172696f} \HarddiskVolume2 G: REM \\.\Volume{80cf88c4-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f} \Harddisk4\DP(1)0-0+b H: REM \\.\Volume{80cf88c5-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f} \Harddisk5\DP(1)0-0+c I: REM \\.\Volume{80cf88c6-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f} \Harddisk6\DP(1)0-0+d J: FIX \\.\Volume{98f06d4c-9506-11dd-8147-001fc6bb76ce} \HarddiskVolume3 K: FIX \\.\Volume{98f06d4d-9506-11dd-8147-001fc6bb76ce} \HarddiskVolume4 L: FIX \\.\Volume{98f06d4e-9506-11dd-8147-001fc6bb76ce} \HarddiskVolume5 M: FIX \\.\Volume{98f06d4f-9506-11dd-8147-001fc6bb76ce} \HarddiskVolume6 N: REM \\.\Volume{80cf88c3-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f} \Harddisk3\DP(1)0-0+a S: REM \\.\Volume{5d3e8800-9c1f-11dd-8148-001fc6bb76ce} \Harddisk2\DP(1)0-0+5 Runnning listdosdevices with a /? parameters outputs a mess of data, maybe it can be useful. A similar app is dosdev: http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html and on the same page there is devioctl. Devioctl with the GEOMETRY <drive> parameters gives the needed info, <drive> can be: drive letter PhysicalDriven (but it won't work -obviously- for Removable devices where no media is inserted ) jaclaz symbol2mvol.cmd

I like this one: http://www.1-4a.com/ http://www.1-4a.com/rename/rename-features.htm ...and you can also use StarTrek stardates: http://www.1-4a.com/rename/stardate.htm B) jaclaz

Did you try Using Sysinternals software? PROCMON: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb896645.aspx can trace next boot too. jaclaz

Or, for a few bucks, Atlantis: http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/ smallest WORD "substitute" I've ever seen. jaclaz

It seems to me that after all WMIC is not "the" solution, but it may be part of it. I seem not to be able through WMIC to "find a relationship" between PHYSICALDRIVEs and LogicalDrives when the device is "Removable". Moreover it seems like the available data go as deep as finding Extended Partitions but not deep enough to find Logical Volumes inside them. Find attached another example, it seems to me that it gathers all available data through WMIC. jaclaz getdriveletters.zip

Let me rephrase : jaclaz

If you haven't better tools than Recovery Console....I don't think so. The settings in Registry are here: http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm jaclaz

Just for the record, there is no need of using the .SDI format, (and thus the need for SDIloader from Windows XP embedded). RAW images can be used as well, using the FREEWARE FILEDISK, IMDISK or VDK to mount them. Details are here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19333 An image can be easily created by FILEDISK or IMDISK (for super-floppy images) or by the small batches MBRBATCH/MKIMG (for hd-like images) here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=3191 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5000 jaclaz

@GrofLuigi Sure, just joking. Did you read the linked thread (and the links therein? http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=2683&st=6 Or can you give me (as always for free ) the evidence I am seeking? @All Just in case, this method (the non-secure but "OS effective" way Ponch describes ) takes actually a few seconds and it is recommended to start from scratch: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=4015&st=21 jaclaz

Check "Disk and Profile Quota" in nLite or open TXTSETUP.SIF and check the line: Pagefile = 115,250 try changing it to something smaller, like: Pagefile = 64,128 or even less, you can also try to make it "fixed" like: Pagefile = 64,64 jaclaz

Well, NO. 5 seconds is formatting, NOT wiping. If you do not have security concerns it's allright to simply formatting. Wiping with a SINGLE 00 pass will take some time. Point is that one single pass with 00's is ENOUGH for ANY security requirement. Multiple passes are just a form of unneeded "voodoo". jaclaz

Sure, ANY "dd-like" application will do. Personally I use the already linked to programs for floppy work, and the following ones: Command line: DSFOK: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/ GUI: Roadkil's Apps: http://www.roadkil.net/listing.php?Category=2 http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=12 http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=22 And of course VFD and VDK: http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vdk.html jaclaz

You need to integrate the specific driver for your PC controller. (it may already be in some "driver pack" but it may as well be missing) vlite is a good application to do so: http://www.msfn.org/board/vLite-f153.html jaclaz

A clone of a floppy is NOT a copy of a floppy. DCOPY/DCOPYNT: http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/applications.html jaclaz

Well, NO. The challenge has already been solved for Installing XP ON USB stick FROM another media. It could work from USB stick to USB stick? Why don't you simply try? There are two distinct semi/fully automated methods, linked here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=6110&st=5 Since you can translate to Spanish, most probably you can understand a bit of Italian, these pages might be of interest to you: http://www.etechs.it/howto-installare-winxp-su-disco-usbphp/ http://www.etechs.it/installare-xp-su-usb-...no-reloadedphp/ http://www.etechs.it/installare-windows-xp...a-usb-di-nuovo/ jaclaz P.S.:Please note that I learned just yesterday about the existance of the XP3SD program, so it is currently UNTESTED by me.

This actually saddens me (ONLY the several times ): http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=2683&st=6 jaclaz

It's not grub, it's grub4dos. Grub4dos grldr can be used as no-emulation CD bootsector. Syntax is mostly the same as grub, though you won't need to study it too much, the linked post gives a good example. Just in case: Grub4dos help: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/...ll.htm#method10 How I burn Cd's using grldr as no-emulation bootsectors: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...18045&st=25 Get a good working release of grub4dos: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...pic=14&st=1 either here: http://grub4dos.jot.com/ This one is OK: http://grub4dos.jot.com/WikiHome/grub4dos-...-2008-05-14.zip? or try latest here: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/ I would gladly post my aac.inf, if I had one , and had a problem with it.... Thanks anyway. jaclaz

It could be something "internet explorer" related. Check Registry entries as detailed here: http://phorums.com.au/archive/index.php/t-151505.html You can also try this: http://www.byalexv.co.uk/index.html?UAC.html as a workaround. jaclaz

What you can try is using an unmodified (but for adding the grldr as no-emulation bootsector+ menu.lst+floppy image) source CD and the grub4dos floppy trick to use "normal" F6 Storage drivers: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20543 It is also possible that the USB floppy actually works but some files need to be modified: http://www.msfn.org/board/F6-Driver-USB-Floppy-t82711.html Since you have no way to actually test and see whether nlite unwantingly causes the problem, the above may be a path worth a shot or two. jaclaz

I may add to Tripredacus's nice summary of backup media, that I very rarely succeeded to actually READ a backup tape when it was needed, thus I would add that not only tapes are expensive, but they are also incredibly NOT fault tolerant and SLOW. The HD technology has clearly overridden any other one, I had some "safe, peaceful" moments only for a very short period: http://www.msfn.org/board/before-t52012.html http://www.msfn.org/board/before-t52012.html&st=28 I guess younger people couldn't ever get any... jaclaz

Find attached another example. Nothing actually working, but a little step further. Check testwmic3.cmd: Finding the escaping characters needed to use the "Where" operator with the value "Disk #m, Partition #n" and redirecting failing instances to nul can only be described as a nightmare! Rule seems to be that you need to enclose the Where argument into brackets () to be able to use the quotes "" inside it, and when in a FOR loop: equal sign = needs to be escaped quotes " and commas , (that normally would need to be escaped) need NOT to be escaped jaclaz testwmic2_3.zip