jaclaz

Hmmm, and you did not succeed with tutorial 3, 4, 5 or 6, nor with the other tutorials by Bshoang ? : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16760 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16696 Did you try the apps from: http://www.usboot.org/ (I DO NOT use them, as all the other methods worked for me , but they are reported to work.) jaclaz

I have a bit of experience with USB mass storage and/or Windows NT based OS installs, and I CAN do it, even WITHOUT the floppy, the difference is that when I make a suggestion, I actually EXPLAIN it: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16713 B) jaclaz

Interesting, how did you manage to fit the installation files on the "little bootdisk", WITHOUT USING A CD-ROM ? jaclaz

Maybe, but a honest one. Cheers, jaclaz

Wayback machine: http://www.archive.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/20050311005714/...sfnhosting.com/ jaclaz

Are you using Veritas Backup? Just google for {3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752} there is a known problem related to "Shadow Volumes" jaclaz

@No6 That script MapDrive.cmd uses DISKPART, i.e. a XP tool, and a number of features that only NT based OS have in their batch interpreter. @King_V I presume in your project you somehow boot into DOS, so that you can use DOS batch files only. If you can explain in more detail when this happens (i.e. in autoexec.bat BEFORE loading mscdex or shsucdx or after it) and exactly what you need this for, maybe I can give you a couple of ideas. jaclaz

Yep, but is faster than anything I know. I suggested it because if the intended use is to backup all *.doc files, it should be a routine operation, and as such a batch script, and consequently a command line app can be useful. Some GUI ones: A very old, but very fast one is still Waldo: http://www.sfu.ca/~tmott/ (that has some "limitations" that actually can be turned into "features") Another one is the "demonstration program" actually a free working app from Witzend: http://www.witzendsoft.com/SrchLib.htm Vistaglance is VERY nice, but it is more like the Mac Finder, it is a completely different approach/interface to the system, as they declare on their page: jaclaz

Please note that the > character (as in last post) will OVERWRITE the file, if existing before, whilst the >> characters will APPEND to it. There is an even simpler method using a built-in, not widely known, feature of NOTEPAD: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260563 jaclaz

ntldr has not an extension, memtest.exe has one. the \ntldr is correct, see this screenshot, the problem must be elsewhere. http://pointerx.net/blogs/glozano/archive/.../05/09/282.aspx Try booting from a floppy, built along the lines of here: http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm Then make sure that a copy of XP ntldr is in the root of the drive. jaclaz

Try looking here: http://www.oehelp.com/ maybe you can find a way... jaclaz

If you use NTFS do try this ndff: http://ndff.hotbox.ru/en/ it is FAST! jaclaz

I guess you missed travisowens' self-appointed title of On a side note, can we keep politics out of MSFN? jaclaz

In my experience it is not the "brand" that matters, but rather the "series" or "model" of the drive, I have had some Maxtors failing in under 1 year and some other model are more than 7 years old and work perfectly. Same thing happened with both WD and Seagate. I did not have a significant number of Samsungs, the few I had started delivering problems after approximately 5 years of service. Another factor that dramatically affects life of HD's are: 1) whether the PC is always on/switched off and on more than once a day, spin up spin down can really kill motors and bearings 2) whether power surge protection, and/or UPS is installed and efficient 3) GOOD cooling, is ESSENTIAL, with appropriate space all around the drive and significant airflow, use an app like HD tune: http://www.hdtune.com/ to check for temperature, a drive that exceeds 45/50°C has a lot more probability to fail than one that "lives" at 40°C jaclaz

Please note that that app is CHIP SPECIFIC, for I-Create ones. There are others utilities for different chip controllers, check these: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?s=&...st&p=116954 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?s=&...ost&p=98600 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?s=&...st&p=112882 every chip producer has it's own. And yes, there are FREEWARE testing apps for USB sticks and cards: http://usbmst.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/s3u jaclaz

Just for the record: Actually, "run.exe" has nothing to do with cathy.exe, , it is part of the cygwin utilities: http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/run/index.html It's use is advocated in an article related to cathycmd.exe, though : http://www.virtualplastic.org/html/alt_find.html Cathy homepage: http://www.mtg.sk/rva/ jaclaz

Well, a simple thing to do is to quit using Internet Explorer and use Opera: http://www.opera.com/ jaclaz

Some ideas from my friend The Hive: jaclaz

What I would do: 1) Get GRUB4DOS http://grub4dos.jot.com/ 2) Add GRLDR to your standard Setup Some references: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16980 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17425 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17633 This way you will have BOTH the possibility to use standard MBR/NTLDR/BOOT.INI and the GRUB features. jaclaz

From the link I provided: (bolding is mine) jaclaz

@aaly I have a friend that is interested in designing the logo, is the request still open? jaclaz

You are telling NTLDR to directly load a DOS 16 bit program? Entries in boot.ini can only be: 1) An arcpath leading to a directory 2) A bootsector Some more info and links: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17538 jaclaz

With all due respect to both support people and truck drivers, you don't seem to have the right attitude to work in support, maybe driving a truck would be more suitable to you. You see, when people ask something on a support forum, most of the time it is because they don't know much about the matter, you are not obliged to reply, but I don't see why you should offend their intelligence or knowledge. jaclaz

Well, yes, it can be straightened back, but it's a Catch 22 situation, if you know how to straighten it you don't need to ask, if you need to ask you won't be able to straighten it.... jaclaz

Just for the record, this "edition" of 98, though a bit bigger, has far better capabilities than the original "nano98", which is really minimal: http://winimize.com/ Some more ideas/ways/links here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12326 jaclaz