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Which BSOD STOP error you get? jaclaz

Sure it can, it's a driver like any other, point is whether it will work with your hardware. Here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19486 And this also might interest you: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=43 Particularly: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21867 jaclaz

I understand that due to the fact you are in a Commercial Environment you cannot use nlite, but the given thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html gives first the howto to have the right drivers and .inf files, and then suggests nlite as integration method, but there are others, most namely the good ol' method linked to by Nois3: http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattended-insta...ATA-t13173.html the UNATTENDED.TXT suggested by Intel, (you should read a bit here): http://www.msfn.org/board/Device-Drivers-f88.html the F6 Virtual Floppy method with grub4dos: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20543 and probably a few more that I am unaware of or cannot recall. jaclaz

OT, but not much Both FAT16 and FAT32 have by default two copies of the FAT tables. The idea is/was that of having some means of recovery in case of something went wrong. In real world, the two FAT mostly resulted in generating errors about the two FATs not being identical. It is possible to make a FAT filesystem with just one FAT: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-makebootfat.html http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/boot-download.html http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...13784&st=44 http://www1.mager.org/mkdosfs/ Again OT, these may be of interest also: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/ jaclaz

Perspiration? About this: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303013 the pre-SP1 48 bit LBA support is EXPERIMENTAL, I wouldn't trust it, as it can corrupt other filestystems. Maybe, by disabling SFC/WFP (in SP0 it can be done by a Registry key), you could somehow "force" the SP1 ATAPI.SYS to work in SP0. What I would try first would be UNIATA: http://alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/ jaclaz

You mean "menu user friendly" or "menu maker friendly"? Does AeroStudio suits you? http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=72 jaclaz

...or using migrate.inf... ...or modifying setupreg.hiv... jaclaz

Well, NO. The percent sign is the reserved character used to indicate a variable.... There are usually two ways to "escape" special characters, either "doubling" them like in "&&" or using the caret, like in "^&", (I presume that the second may work in this case) but the only way to know if either work would be to test them. jaclaz

Is your controller an INTEL SATA? If yes, looky here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html jaclaz

No Prob. If needed, ask for help in there, Fernando 1 has solved a number of similar problems. jaclaz

Try the other way round. Make a small (less than 2 Gb, possibly less than one Gb) Primary partition, FAT16 Make an extended partition and inside it as many Logical volumes you need, to one of which you will install XP. Install XP. Get bootpart from here: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm Create a bootsector for Win98. (and add an entry in BOOT.INI) with: BOOTPART WIN98 C:\BOOTSECT.W98 "Windows 98" Copy to the FAT16 drive IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and COMMAND.COM Verify that you can boot to DOS (choosing "Windows 98"). Install Win98 normally. When you reboot you should get the Windows 98 (and not any way to run XP) Run Bootpart again: BOOTPART WINXP BOOT:C: to restore a bootsector invoking NTLDR. Reboot and you should have a choice between XP and Windows 98, both working. jaclaz

Nothing, it was just an attempt to explain why your key (that worked before) does not work: it shouldn't be related to SP level, but rather to versions. By mixing files, versions and SP's, you are not having: a SP0 build, you have, no offence intended , a "mess". What I would do if I were you would be: 1) check the files you have from your "original" SP0 with the ones i the lists linked here: http://www.msfn.org/board/XP-Professional-....html&st=19 2) put aside for the moment nlite and try another of the available options: a. slipstream directly (there are hundreds of tutorials to do so): http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windo..._slipstream.asp http://www.magiciso.com/FAQ/FAQ0004.htm http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/xp-recovery-cd.htm b. use HFSLIP: http://www.msfn.org/board/HFSLIP-f129.html c. use autostreamer: http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_a...ostreamer.shtml jaclaz

By default the "separator" in command line and batches is the "space", thus yes, a program that shoud be called as: will not interpret properly a command line like: as: 1st parameter=param1 2nd parameter=para 3rd parameter=m2 4th parameter=param3 By placing quotes around "para m2" you will obtain: 1st parameter=param1 2nd parameter=para m2 3rd parameter=param3 so with "normal" characters everything will be allright, but if a "reserved" character is used like %&<>=|^ to list a few, putting the two (or three) words between quotes may not be enough. jaclaz

It is possible that the problem is not in "more than one word" but rather in the use of the "&" sign, which is a reserved character. If the quotes do not work, you can try "escaping" the character, using && instead. jaclaz

Partition Magic cannot "repair" anything: http://www.msfn.org/board/Partition-Table-Errors-t65337.html Use TESTDISK: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk to check the partitions, though from what you write it seems more like a filesystem problem, possibly not fixable, if not by running CHKDISK. Before that, you should image the partition (just in case). And you may also want to try PHOTOREC (it comes with TESTDISK) to recover the files. jaclaz

@jetman Yes, but use the latest Winbuilder. The UXP combines a "FULL" install with a LiveXP, which is a self standing project capable of replacing a normal BartPE build. Particularly LiveXP has been proved to work for Winnt32.exe use. Do read these: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4111 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5306 jaclaz

Why don't you actually READ the linked to thread : http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html it contains already prepared drivers AND the HOWTO on how to integrate them with nlite. jaclaz

I cannot see the screenshot However, once the drive is formatted as FAT32 by swissknife, can you check whther a MBR has been written to it and post it? Same procedure using Hdhacker.... After having saved and posted the MBR, what happens if you try formatting the stick through FORMAT? And what if you try using convert.exe? jaclaz

Also, this may contain the needed info: http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html jaclaz

I may add that the only way to find out is to actually test a setup. I mean if the machines connected to the network are prolly fast (high speed processor and adequate RAM) and the network is slowish, tramsferring LESS data (and later expanding it) might be actually faster. The other way round, a Gigabyte network and low end machines may prove the contrary. jaclaz

yes, I attached it here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-XP-Repai....html&st=13 including (brief) instructrions. I thought THAT was failing. Or did you think I "fixed" it again? Well the "good" news are that most probably, even if it booted as superfloppy or zip format it wouldn't be useful for booting a NT based system as no arcpath is generated, thus it may perhaps only work as installation media. However, let's try another way, you are running Xp, aren't you? Two further possibilities: 1) install the Hitachi Filter Driver and use "normal" Disk management: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14292 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21572 2) try using Swissknife: http://www.compuapps.com/download/Swissknife/swissknife.htm I have seen reports that in some cases Swissknife (or other utilities) worked but failed to set the partition active. Download Beeblebrox: http://students.cs.byu.edu/~codyb/ and use it to make sure that after using any of the utilities the "Boot" field contains 80 and not 00. jaclaz

The point is that different "editions" of a software (OEM/UPGRADE/FULL/VLK) may (and usually do) use different keys. Thus it is possible that you have a "good" key and license for a version that won't work with your current source, that could be one of the other versions. jaclaz

I just checked (and hopefully fixed) the DATA part of the MBR, it is possible that you are in one those rare cases where the BIOS simply does not "like" NTFS. That would be consistent with "old" FAQ#10: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html What motherboard is it? jaclaz

Yes and no, it is possible, but ONLY if using RAMDISK booting. Just read diddy's guide, already linked to, thre are several ways to. jaclaz

Lots of them. Read here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5187 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5041 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5078 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5369 (AND links therein) jaclaz