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Actually besides writing in BIG, FRIENDLY letters you seem to fail to describe how did you actually setup your machine, which services have you installed, and which settings you are using, how the lan is setup, which FTP app you are using, etc. . Would this be useful: http://leenux.org.uk/lpackham/smbclient/ You can try using this: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction it is also a FTP client. or core FTP Lite: http://www.coreftp.com/ to see if an "alternative engine" changes the behaviour. jaclaz

@cdob Well, if winnt32 is not to be used, it's better to use the "known to be working" mutiboot method: http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-from-USB-f157.html In that method, migrate.inf works. Would adding cfadisk.sys or dummydisk.sys filter drivers work? + http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4701&st=6 You must be right about gray's reports, that would account for the "stop" fusan is experiencing with the write protect key enabled. But we still need to understand why there is a difference with the 4 Gb key and the 16 Gb, would it be possible that on USB sticks FAT16 is so faster when compared to FAT32 that it makes the difference? I wouldn't think so, FAT32 has not any "complex" structure as NTFS has, from what I know is nothing more than an "improved" FAT16. What could maybe make a difference is "quality" of the sticks involved, if the 4 Gb belongs to "top range" and the 16 Gb is of the "cheap ones", that could make a whole world of difference. See the measured performance on this (alas rather oldish) comparison: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/384/3 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/384/4 I guess that since there is a great number of small files when installing, access time and read speed would be the most useful parameters to judge. To remain among OCZ products, the OCZ Rally is almost 20 times faster than the OCZ Roadster in access time, and, assuming that read speed would be roughly proportional to the measured write speed (irrelevant in our case), the difference is anyway more than 3 times. @fusan Performing a quick test with HDTACH may confirm or debunk this latter theory: http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index...?request=HdTach the TRIAL version should have enough features to do the access time and read tests. jaclaz

Unfortunately, NO. For some "marginal" things it is possible and relatively easy: http://www.msfn.org/board/problem-with-dig...ra-t120469.html but that one is one of the most "complex" parts, it is simply not worth the hassle to spend hours or days to try re-adding it, test, fail, try adding something else, test, fail....you've got the idea. You really have NO choice but re-running nlite. jaclaz

NTVDM.EXE "sounds" to me as meaning DOS (16 bit) software. It is probable that you need to setup some particular "compatibility mode" , but since you tried and failed, you can try, supposing that the problem is within the installing routine, to extract the files inside the installer and attempt a manual setup: http://legroom.net/software/uniextract You can also try running an old DOS (not Win32 Console, a 16 bit DOS app) and see if the problem with NTVDM is the same, Registry Viewer: http://paullee.ru/regstry is an app that I found needing the NTVDM engine (on 2K/XP), see here: http://www.msfn.org/board/HIMEMSYS-exists-...1.html&st=2 In this seemingly unrelated thread: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5105 you can find a list of the files that should be needed for 16 bit programs, cannot say if it can help you. jaclaz

Not really my field, but maybe you need something like this: http://www.msfn.org/board/a-sample-autouna...ood-t90286.html http://www.msfn.org/board/a-sample-autouna...6.html&st=6 somehow edited/modified jaclaz

The 16Gb MBR appears correct, being 0C it is a LBA FAT32 partition. The 4Gb is not the best way, it probably uses the NT extension to FAT to allow for 4Gb, at the expense of 64 kb clusters, partition type is 0E (FAT16 LBA), I would re-format it as FAT32. Some info: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html But of of course any of the above is unrelated to the problem you are experiencing, truth is I have no idea why your particular BartPE behaves as you describe. Let's wait and see if cdob or someone else comes out with some ideas.... jaclaz

Hmmm, did you use PEtoUSB: http://gocoding.com/page.php?al=petousb Last time I checked it, it only formatted as FAT16 and thus with a limit of 2 Gb. No, grub4dos should have not any relevance. The only possible difference between a 4 Gb and a 16 Gb may be in the partition type used, a 4 Gb can have both a CHS and a LBA mapped partition, a 16 Gb may only have a LBA one. Save the MBR from both the sticks, use HDHacker (pointing to Physical Drive), compress them in a .zip file and attach the file, I'll have a look at it. Just for the sake of experimenting, can you try the migrate.inf and/or the setupreg.hiv on this new 4 Gb stick? jaclaz

Hmmm, did you use PEtoUSB: http://gocoding.com/page.php?al=petousb Last time I checked it, it only formatted as FAT16 and thus with a limit of 2 Gb. No, grub4dos should have not any relevance. The only possible difference between a 4 Gb and a 16 Gb may be in the partition type used, a 4 Gb can have both a CHS and a LBA mapped partition, a 16 Gb may only have a LBA one. Save the MBR from both the sticks, use HDHacker (pointing to Physical Drive), compress them in a .zip file and attach the file, I'll have a look at it. Just for the sake of experimenting, can you try the migrate.inf and/or the setupreg.hiv on this new 4 Gb stick? jaclaz

Well, there MUST be a reason. The problem is probably in your BartPE, possibly a conflicting plugin or something like that, cannot say. How did you build it? Do you use any "non-base" shell, like XPE or somethng like that? jaclaz

I383? I must have a much later release three versions up , it's I386 for me. jaclaz

@Wimb @ilko_t Why not a SEPARATE Auto-it .script "The8Steps4unattended.exe" ? Can you explain better the problem? jaclaz

Well, no. The idea is that WHILE booting BartPE reads migrate.inf and then loads the key. It has been reported to work by several people, so there must be something "peculiar" with your build. Next try is to add the key to setupreg.hiv. jaclaz

Wimb, maybe you are making it a bit heavier than needed. Noone is forcing people to do anything, if people does not want to use this GUI tool they can use your more featured .cmd. There is a possibility, that you seem not to take into account, that one already has a perfectly lited, tweaked and tuned up source (these steps made with whatever methods) and simply wants to use that source to install it from USB. As I see it, this project is somewhat different from your USB_Multiboot, it is not a GUI translation of it, just a simple, honest, plain, "Install from XP USB" GUI app, it is not intended to compete or replicate the already working, full featured batches. You may notice that most of the (very few) reported problems with your batches were "tracked down" to the user having made a wrong or inappropriate choice among the several possibilities the USB_Multiboot offers, if you remamber I even (frienldy ) once accused you of being caught by "featuritis".... jaclaz

amio, clearly you do have some problems in communicating in English, let's try again . Please post: 1) the actual file you need to modify 2) the batch or script you used to attempt modifying it 3) the file edited by hand as you would like it to have after changes jaclaz

Maybe, just maybe, this can change that behaviour: http://www.plop.at/ http://www.plop.at/en/bootmngrusblog.html jaclaz

Sure, I may have misunderstood that, but I must have misunderstood the whole thread as well. How I would thought this thread would go (condensed): .... How the thread has gone (condensed): No problems though, just wanted to clear my view on the matter. jaclaz

Another one, hidcon.exe: http://www.msfn.org/board/Alternative-To-C...1.html&st=5 jaclaz

The program is Letter Assigner: http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/ Can you try retrieving the Vid and Pid of the USB device? I have no idea of what USB tool would work on 9x, SIW: http://www.gtopala.com/ should be able to get those ID's you can also try these ones: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4661 Don't you have a friend running 2K or XP? jaclaz

@Wai Wai Just to clear things up. You asked a question, I gave you my best answer, citing what I consider a reputable source, Hardware Secrets. Then, once you have read the article where the reasons behind the "rule of thumb" are explained, you are free to simply ignore it or comment it's contents, to trust what is written in it or confute it, but I find ignoring it or classifying it as BS only because it does not contain what you want to hear, to be simply unpolite to me and to the time I spent trying to help you better understand the problem. You weren't able to find a single article about the question, I gave you one. Go and buy your 300W PSU, you'll be happy with it, rest assured. jaclaz

Well, since you did not find any article, WHERE did you quote from? It is a "rule of the thumb" that has it's merits when you look at reliability, efficiency and possible heat peaks of the PSU, of the case, or of the room where the PC is. Additionally, PSU somehow work like big cars, that can, at medium speed, actually burn less fuel than smaller ones. You may want to read this article: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/181 And expecially pages 8 and 9 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/181/8 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/181/9 Very often, besides, it's the initial data that is a bit too high, the use of a calculator to more accurately sum up the amount of power actually needed is strongly advised: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp you may find out that the requirement to be doubled is less than what you expected. jaclaz

@ldb From the screenshot by herbalist it is clear that his external drive uses a Prolific USB to ATA or USB to SATA controller. Usually the make/model of the controller can be derived from the USB Vid/Pid: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=1659 Once you have the manufacturer and chip, you can try getting the win98 drivers from the manufacturer site, in the case of Prolific: http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/download.asp If you could post EXACT model of the hard disk it may help too. jaclaz

Hmmm, the fact that the site is registered to godaddy.com from Belarus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus that the Admin and Technical representative is the same person, with a gmail account, that there is no actual address or telephone number on the site, that the cited "OEM SoftSales Ltd." company appears to be non-existing, that the site is listed here: http://spamtrackers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Soft_Sales aren't, when put all together, the best clues to answer yourself the question? jaclaz

REG.EXE: http://www.ss64.com/nt/reg.html http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntregistry.html jaclaz

The usage of "Me" in the same sentence with the verb "to run" is usually considered a (minor) offence, using also the attribute "better" could be judged as a felony. jaclaz

What USE is that machine aimed to? That is the main thing you have to ask yourself when choosing an OS. jaclaz