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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

Hey guys, why don't you just refrain from posting "random" hints? @JohnS Read these posts of mine: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=51016 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=33030 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=25365 get yourself bootpart: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm and/or read these: http://thpc.info/dualboot.html jaclaz

If it is possible, it has to be on MDGX pages: http://www.mdgx.com/ or you can try the 98SE2ME: http://www.mdgx.com/98-5.htm#KRM9S http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349 jaclaz

Here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30251 ( sometimes searching helps ) Direct link (spanish) http://www.pandreonline.com/tzcopy/ jaclaz

THANKS! ..but don't stop searching... jaclaz

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Here is a way to avoid inserting the cd-key: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=8751&hl= (rather complex) jaclaz

Yes, the red stripe goes on pin #1 of the connector. Usually on the floppy it is on the OPPOSITE side as compared to HD/CD. (but there is always a "1" near the connector) jaclaz

You need to use command line switches, read this: http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsiedown.html jaclaz

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There are quite a lot of them, I can recommend these two: (more "technical") http://www.c1tech.com.tw/Dload/i_disk/UsbIDCheck.zip just what you need: CHECKUDISK v5.0 http://www.wbj3000.com/checkudisk.rar If you want to retrieve all the Vid&Pid ever mounted from the Registry, you could use my small batch files: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...ic=14181&st=186 (but read the entire thread): http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181 jaclaz P.S.: There is this "unofficial" list: http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

Don't want to seem rude or anything like that, but you really should search: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61049 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384 You see, if everyone comes here and starts a new thread, good (and bad) info will be scattered around, if we try our best to keep a small number of active threads it will be easier to find them and the infos are kept together. jaclaz

Here: http://www.d--b.webpark.pl/dreampackpl_en.htm or here: http://www.loginrecovery.com/ or here: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html jaclaz

According to the players manual: http://download.orbyxelectronics.com/orbyx...uals/manual.pdf no driver is needed Maybe you should try "detecting new hardware" with the player connected and switched on? jaclaz