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@venery Yep, unfortunately the Win2k (silently and without warning ) "updates" the NTFS filesystem: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=198904 Files from NT 4.00 SP4 are enough to re-access the partition. I would try to bluntly copy the NTFS.SYS from SP4 over the existing one and see what happens.... ....but cannot say if it will work. jaclaz

@midiboy I still don't understand WHY you need to delete the partition. You can boot from a secondary install or BartPE and simply DELETE ALL FILES and DIRECTORIES on C:\ You can be sure that Windows XP WON'T ask you to install to the "existing C:\Windows", as it does NOT exist anymore @Takeshi @all It is NOT recommended to "play" with partitions , Murphy's law is always lurking around trying to prove itself right, and I have seen SEVERAL people weeping because a power sourge or outage WHILST converting partitions ruined ALL their DATA... jaclaz

Well, NO, that kind of setup is NON-standard. There are TWO "weak" points in your setup. as I see it: 1) WHY do you want/need two primary partitions? All NT based systems can be installed on extended partitions, they only need their BOOT files on a Primary active partition. 2) WHY you delete the partition when you want to re-install? You only need to EMPTY it, then reinstall on the same partition. Though windows NT/2K/XP can "live" happily with more than one Primary partition on the same disk, the setup portion will NOT make a second primary partition on the same drive. There quite a few reasons why it is NOT advised to have two primary partitions on the same drive, main one is the drive lettering. Read these threads: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=53177 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=47182 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=35329 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=33964 and referenced to threads. jaclaz

hmmm.... NOT easy. There is a couple of ongoing threads here, though: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=15837&hl= http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181&hl= jaclaz

Mind you I don't have right now a copy of Excel, so I am just trying to remember things..... ...but there are several objects in Excel Visual Basic (in order of "importance"): Workbook Worksheet Sheets Range You should add a "Select" statement for "Workbook" and "Sheet" BEFORE the "Range" one. This is not necessary on the recorded macro as a Workbook AND a Sheets is already selected. These might be of help: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/faqs/xl95faq4.htm http://www.excel-vba.com/v-microsoft-excel-range.htm http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/excel-vba-sheet-names.htm http://www.anthony-vba.kefra.com/vba/vbabasic2.htm jaclaz

NO, the problem is the so called 48 bit LBA limit. Read here: http://www.48bitlba.com/ http://www.48bitlba.com/faq.htm FAQ #1 @dannyd0g http://www.48bitlba.com/win98hbi.htm jaclaz

Most probably the NEW hard disk is NOT fdisked/formatted. So, the BIOS (i.e. the hardware) detects it, but the Operating System (i.e. software) has no way to access it until a minimum of information (MBR and filesystem) is written to it. Read these howtos: http://www.pcmech.com/show/harddrive/43/ http://www.regstevens.co.uk/add1.htm http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/hdrive.htm You should get the idea. If you need any further help, just post again. jaclaz

Well, they work for me: http://winimize.com/min98.zip http://winimize.com/clsidall.zip http://winimize.com/bootcd.zip jaclaz

Well, something VERY similar has already been made using Ken Kato's VDK by Sanbarrow. DO have a look at his site: http://sanbarrow.com/ and search threads where he posted on the 911 CD Forum: http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php? This one is just an example: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14996&hl= (not actally .ISO support, but drive images all the same, and as I see it sparse images are more handy than "static" .ISO images) jaclaz

谢谢 should mean THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Now I can start experimenting with it with less "fear" to make damages! jaclaz

While joining in the celebrations of our Chinese mates New Year.... ....I know that I risk being flamed for "attempted thread hijacking.... , but... anyone willing to help me here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=63553 jaclaz

1) Read these: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...B/USBstick.html 2) if the USB drive is seen as "Fixed", nothing prevents you from multipartitioning it, once booted NTFS filesystem is fully supported, you will need just a minimal FAT16 partition to boot from 3) idf the USB drive is seen as "Removable", you can use the Hitachi Microdrive Filter Driver to make it "seem" "Fixed": http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14292 jaclaz

It could also be a conflict with GHOST: http://www.everythingusb.com/forums/showth...p?threadid=3570 http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost...f7?OpenDocument jaclaz

The c't article derived from the work of Dietmar, at the 911CD forum: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181&hl= There were a couple of threads relating to the install from HD topic: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14723 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384 jaclaz

OUT OF TOPIC Thanks a lot to creboy/PUnitBabyDaddy for the link. Besides GreenBrowser, that does look interesting, but that I am not interested in, as I 'm a devoted OPERA fan, there is this really NICE Command Prompt SHELL: XDOS: http://www.morequick.com/else.htm Multi-window and really useful copy/paste functions! jaclaz

Or it could be failing PSU's jaclaz

The problem is that you need enough storage capacity to contain the image (another hard disk) It can be done from DOS, Win NT/2k/XP or Linux. Best option is to use a bootfloppy or bootcd on a machine that only has: 1) the "damaged" hard disk 2) a newish other one Suitable FREEWARE apps: Windows: Roadkil's apps http://www.roadkil.net/ DSFOK: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/ DD for windows: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite/dd.htm BartPE: http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm Linux: built-in dd command http://www.partimage.org/ http://ping.windowsdream.com/ jaclaz

Sorry, I misread the question. The reference to "50 workstations" led me to think you were wantng a PC to "serve" those 50 workstations, not the 50 workstations themselves. Any PC on the market will fulfill your requirements. Your requirements for windows NT (you sure NT, not 2k or XP?) are FAR too high. As a rule of thumb you take what Microsoft says as a MINIMUM for memory and processor requirements and double it and have a "fairly working" PC, if you multiply them by four, you have a "jolly fastish" PC: NT: http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/Pro...nts/default.asp Win2k: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/profe...eqs/default.asp XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upg...ng/sysreqs.mspx A workstation in an office (if connected to a LAN) does NOT need: -100 GB Harddrive - a 40 Gb will be more than enough, you won't find smaller disks anymore -Dvd-rom drive and floppydrive - newish machines do not use floppies at all, for the rare times you need it you can use an external USB floppy (WARNING:partially NOT compatible with NT, OK with Win2k and XP) - same with the CD/DVD drive, personally in an office like that I would make just a few workstations with a CD/DVD burner and se for all the others, when needed, an external USB unit About UNIX: 1) Generally speaking, UNIX workstations DO NOT use a graphical windows, only Command Line Interface so their requirements will be MUCH less 2) There are so many UNIX versions that it is impossible, without knowing the EXACT version/release to tell the requirements 3) If the workstations are supposed to have a graphical interface, you can take as an example requirements of the Solaris OS for Intel processors, which is a form of UNIX with graphical interface http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/specs.jsp (apply the same x2 or x4 multipliers to memory/CPU speed) About Linux: Same considerations as per UNIX above. In case of graphical interface, you can take requirements for the Fedora Linux: http://bfn.org/~ch952/sysreqfed.html Links to more: http://bfn.org/~ch952/sysreq.html jaclaz

1) Do you mean UNIX or Linux (Linux Is Not UniX)? 2) As a general rule a lan server does NOT need computing power (fast processor) NOR a large amount of RAM memory (you do not need to run X or any other GUI video), but some might be neede. The thing you need are: - FAST disk access and transfer - Storage capacity - if possible a nice way to keep data as safe as possible (RAID disk system) - if possible ability to change faulty disks without going off-line (RAID + Hotswap capability) - if possible a nice way to back up data (Tape or MO storage) - if possible a front panel indicating status/errors THe above sums up as: - Redundant power supplies - VERY good cooling - FAST SCSI RAID subsystem Lan server hardware is generally speaking more reliable, more EXPENSIVE then "common" PC one, mainly due to the lesser volume of manufacturing. Just as an example, browse a little bit here: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/servers.html http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers...s/index-ml.html to see how processor and memory is not usually a problem. jaclaz

You might be interested in reading this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12326&hl= and, more specifically, this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12326&st=74 and this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12326&st=93 jaclaz

You could prepare an image file, with tools like Winimage: http://www.winimage.com/ (it will be created as a "sparse file", so it will take just a few mb). Then you could write it to the desired partition with tools like dd for windows: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite/dd.htm jaclaz

Is this what you are looking for? http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/918/ or this: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/traynotify.htm jaclaz

Simplest way is using beeblebrox: http://students.cs.byu.edu/~codyb/ Make sure you select the RIGHT drive in the drop down box. Change the number in the "boot" editbox of the RIGHT Primary partition you want to boot from to "80" (without quotes). jaclaz

Yep, that is the main problem, though usually Partition Magic works very well, it has on some peculiar configurations, disastrous effects. The best thing you can do at this point is trying to RE-Build the Partition Table. If you remember, more or less, how the disk was partitioned before the diasaster, please post this information, together with EXACT model/make of the disk, it could help make some sense out of the PARTINFO data you already posted to help you rebuild it manually. Alternatively you could try using TESTDISK: http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html read my posts here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=50179 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43132 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=59145 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30378&st=30 jaclaz

Yep, sure, noone said it was uncrackable, major companies have spended millions of $ to find an uncrackable one and all they got was to delay the start of the copying for a few weeks at most. Since the prospected use is: probably it can do the job. jaclaz