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I am not sure the question is clear, at least it is not for me. You mean that you recreated a bootable XP Home install CD from the C:\I386 directory on your hard disk + some more files? And that now you don't have anymore the C:\I386 contents? I don't think you can make setup copying files to C:\I386 directory unless you create a UNATENDED.TXT file with this directive or you install using WINNT32.EXE, if this is the question, but you can manually copy the \I386 directory from CD to hard disk. jaclaz

I may add that a good idea is to ALWAYS burn bootable CD's or CDRW's at LOWEST possible speed. Just to make sure you are not making the error of just copying a .iso file to the CD, use IMGBURN: http://www.imgburn.com/ using the "write" feature: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots#isowrite NOT the "build" one. jaclaz

Sure it does , though it is not a "full" floppy. FYI, some info about it and some other ways to create it/get the files: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16745 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18896 jaclaz

@Andrew932 The one you found seems like the site of the actual manufacturer, in China. I doubt they will ever shop a single piece, maybe you can mail them to ask them for your national reseller or for any (small) company they have supplied the screen in the past, these kinds of screens are also used in "industrial appliance" types of machines, like CNC and the like. This one appears to be more (geographically) accessible, but you won't like the price... http://www.calibex.co.uk/Laptop-screen-co-...kc2/prices-html jaclaz

@Evanhoe I really don't get what you are talking about, (v 6.25, 7.12, etc.) Just: 1) Download this file on a machine running Win9x/NT/2K/XP/2003: http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disk...No_Ramdrive.exe 2) double click on it, insert a blank formatted floppy and let it create the 98 (DOS 7.1) bootdisk 3) insert the floppy in the unbootable machine and boot from it 4) at the A:\ prompt type FDISK [ENTER] Follow this guide on how to use FDISK: http://fdisk.radified.com/ you need to create a Primary Active partition 5) reboot the machine leaving the floppy in 6) at the A:\ prompt type FORMAT C: /s [ENTER] 7) remove the floppy and reboot the machine jaclaz

Info I found on WINFLP: The one that is currently out should be more like a reduced XP, the Vista based one should be something belonging to future. jaclaz

There is this one also: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAPTOP-SCREEN-LQ13X0...9QQcmdZViewItem doesn't the one you have removed have a serial of some kind, brand, model? (see the picture in the linked page) Sometimes with the serial a google search can help in finding the right spare. Also check here (with the said serial): http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/laptop-...repair-OEM.aspx jaclaz

Can I ask you the meaning of your post in this thread? What would bootdisk.com help for? Which utility on that site would help, and it would help who? A good idea, expecially for people at their second post, would be to actually read what the thread is about, before posting unrequested and generic info. jaclaz

Yep, another maybe not-so-crazy-idea could be to use a VM like Qemu or VirtualBox running Win9x wth Serial redirected to you real COM port. Of course only if you use the device for occasional graphical input... jaclaz

Definitely it seems like you have some problems in putting the DOS System files on C:. Maybe you should re-start from the beginning. Get a DOS 7.x Win9x) bootdisk and boot from it, this one is suitable: http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/98.html http://www.allbootdisks.com/downloads/Disk...No_Ramdrive.exe Run FDISK and create one or more partiions from scratch. Reboot. Run FORMAT C: /s Take the floppy out and try to boot. jaclaz

Since NTFS is 07 and Hidden NTFS is 17, it is probable that Acer "invented" a new partition type 27 based on NTFS. With PTEDIT32 or beeblebrox, have a look at the bootsector on that partition, you should be able to see if the data appears "correct" when viewed as FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS. Or use hdhacker to make a copy of both MBR and bootsector of that partition and post them in a .zip file, I would be curious to have a look at them. jaclaz

I don't think you will ever find a NT/2K/XP driver for that tablet, but maybe you could try another driver. Those tablets used to have (on different brands) the same chip, so it is likely that a driver for another brand/model can be "forced" to work. Since the driver is of the "MOUSE" type, it is possible that a similar device driver can be made to work. All in all, I would say it is not worth the effort, but if you have time and will.... Also you can try this: http://www.vtablet.com/index.htm jaclaz

Cannot say what is wrong, but this: for /f "delims=: tokens=1" %%i in ("%~dp0") do set drive=%%i: set wpipath=%drive%\wpi can be replaced by: set wpipath=%~d0\wpi jaclaz

I didn't say it was "better", just what I would have used. Basing myself on Occam's Razor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor I endeavour to try and simplify things as much as possible. I avoid using the /I (case insensitive) switch and the %share% variable expansion. Also, you could avoid using the "usebacq" and use "normal" ' (single quote): jaclaz

Try using this converting app: http://amazingvb.latinaddress.com/wbmp/ind...lan=en&ID=1 jaclaz

I would use Scr1ptW1zard code , but using ^| FIND ":" instead of ^|find /i "%SHARE%" The colon should be present only in the desired line... jaclaz

Some other "minimal" explorer substitutes (as filemanager): http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=95 jaclaz

@clodhoppers18 Since you are part of a company, you might be also interested in COMMERCIAL apps, (unaffordable by us "amateurs"), have a look at this one: http://binaryresearch.net/products/the_uni...imaging_utility jaclaz

Also, SIV and SIW could be useful: http://siv.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ http://www.gtopala.com/index.html jaclaz

Hmm..., no, sorry. However, I am very partial, not being at all a programmer, to the Wizard's Apprentice: http://wizapp.sourceforge.net/ the exe is just 70 Kb in size and has all the needed features. Since the original procedure has been written in batch (no .NET installation required ) it would be very easy to "convert" it in a way that uses this little proggie's features, when compared to other viable solutions (like AutoIT). wimb, are you reading this? Have a look at my VDK pseudo-GUI batch that uses it to have an idea of it's potentiality: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...ts/VDM/vdm.html jaclaz

The "base" references are usually: Rob van der Woude site: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ The part about variable expansion/substitution is on the pages related to SET and FOR, check also the SETLOCAL one. http://www.robvanderwoude.com/variableexpansion.html http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntset.html http://www.robvanderwoude.com/local.html the SS64 help for windows commands: http://www.ss64.com/nt/ jaclaz

If you want, you can try (at your own risk, of course ) this little batch of mine: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/MakeBScmd-...EASE-t2362.html Latest version is here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...=2362&st=20 jaclaz

For the record, there is this idea from d4vr0s to use a "virtual floppy" with grub4dos that should be able to solve similar problems (missing floppy to use the "F6" feature): http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=20543&hl= jaclaz

@Atheros I don't think that your idea will work by itself, but maybe combining it with the info from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294799/en-us http://www.mcse.ms/message1142291.html to it, it may work. I have no answers, sorry , just some semi-random thoughts. What if you mount with grub4dos a floppy image with a WINBOM.INI, will it be read ? And what if you use the NewBomINI directive? My guess is that the above can be combined with this idea from d4vr0s: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=20543&hl= You simply use different floppy images... jaclaz

If you have a 1 or 2 Gb USB stick, or another hard disk and a USB enclosure, you may go this way: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384&hl= Latest files are here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...1384&st=423 but do browse the thread's last three or four pages to get more info about the process. jaclaz