jaclaz

Yep, sure, get the sc2demo.zip file from here: http://ftp.tpnet.pl/vol/d4/windows/ftp.win...com/win95/demo/ of course it's a demo, you are not asking for warez, aren't you? Seriously, I never used it, but judging from this: http://www.pcug-colorado.org/newsletter/pc...00/2ndchanc.htm should be a great proggie for Win9x users. jaclaz

Don't take it as a "proved solution" as it is not, but I would try using dban on it: Darik's Boot and Nuke http://dban.sourceforge.net/ jaclaz

If you mean a complete restore, best (easier) option is to make an image of the disk. If you mean just registry and related files settings, Winrescue have worked very well, and it has some nice backup options (Not FREEWARE): http://www.superwin.com/index.htm http://regvac.com/frescue8.htm jaclaz

I would check/reseat/change Hard disk cable first thing, it could be completely unrelated to the pagedefrag. Also have a look in the Event logs and post which errors were found. jaclaz

....and as you can rename setupldr.bin to NTLDR as when building a WinPE/BartPE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ http://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/down...s/UserGuide.pdf ....or rename NTLDR to setupldr.bin as seen here: http://daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=4644 ...you should have a good start. Also, have a look at this, seemingly completely unrelated but useful if you want to make a multi-install hard-disk (as the multi-install DVD depicted): http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-cre...multi-os-cd.htm Just for the record, the answers on the "pay for site" you mentioned can be viewed, at least at the moment, here: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:2c_1H..._21475584.htmla It seems like you got same or better answers here for free.... jaclaz

What I would do: 1) take the HD out of the HP PC and mount it as slave on the tiny machine 2) make a copy of EVERYTHING you need from the HP HD to the Tiny one 3) put the HD back on the HP machine and try repairing it 4) once you have somehow managed to make the HP work, if you needed to format first thing copy back to it EVERYTHING you copied in step 2) + anything you care about in the Tiny to the HP HD by reversing said step 2) 5) Troubleshoot the Tiny XP install jaclaz

Oh, yeah, can I ask you where? As far as I know, the ONLY project that ever succeeded in booting XP from a USB key/drive is Dietmar Stoelting's one, published first time at the end of October 2005, still VERY experimental: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181 However as I see it, the easiest way to achieve what you want is to install some kind of DOS/Win9x OS on the stick then run the 16 bit install program WINNT.EXE. There are some known problems using it if you use nlite with it and there could be some problems about drive lettering also, but it shoul be possible to find some workarounds for these latter ones. Using a BartPE install on the USB pendrive and using the 32 bit install program WINNT32.EXE has no known problems, but you will need enough space for the BartPE install and it's booting will be slow. jaclaz

@markavon Nice idea, if I may, can I suggest you to first thing add to your website a list of requests already submitted? You will probably avoid receiving similar requests and visitors could "vote" for the idea that seems more interesting. jaclaz

@LeveL This topic has already been discussed a number of times, please take your time and read these: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=50278 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=39573 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=34955 and God only knows how many other times.... Please do search on the board before posting the same question again, if you need something more just post on an existing thread, information will be kept together, so that next user will find a more complete thread... @Andromeda43, @bristols Just for the record, there is no built-in filesystem driver in DOS/WIN9X, it is perfectly possible by the way to write one, problem is that noone did it. There are a number of programs that can access data on a NTFS partition, you will find most of them linked to in the posts above listed. GHOST does not try to read data inside a NTFS filesystem, like most drive/partition imaging solutions, it just backs up the entire filesystem or volume. jaclaz

Yep, no offence intended, just wanted to make clear which app it was, as in the past there has been some confusion: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=10878 If I may, directly linking a .exe file with no proper description of what it might contain, should be avoided. jaclaz

Under win2k/XP/2003 you can use this: http://www.sysint.no/Nedlasting/MbrFix.htm and (optionally) my small GUI for it: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.net/ You can also use Roger's Layton MBRWIZARD: http://mbr.bigr.net/ jaclaz

Just for the record: jaclaz

Briefly: 1) a key will work ONLY for the correspondent version 2) a License (legal agreement) is a different thing, it makes you legally use a SINGLE copy of the OS at any time, except VLK or other particular forms of License that can be per number or per site basis too. Most allow for the use of an older (preceding) version of an operating system INSTEAD of the one you bouht it for. For a list or known different install CD's of MS operating systems, have a look here: http://www.tacktech.com/software.cfm http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=269 http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=292 etc. (search for "known CD" on the page) there is also a nice compare of contents of some CD's: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=101 http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=103 http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=104 jaclaz

Someone already did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4424254.stm Worse, http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/1...reut/index.html List of CD's with this "feature": http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088 http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121697 Finally, it seems like the cure is worse than the illness: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/m...decloaking.html http://www.sysinternals.com/Blog/ jaclaz

Well, I too have XOSL installed on a few system, but if you just need to boot NT/2K/XP, Win9x and some flavour of linux the "normal" NT bootloader is enough. If you use BOOTPART: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm and have an even minimal FAT16 FIRST PRIMARY ACTIVE partition you can have all of them allright. All you need on First Primary Active Partition is: NTLDR (from NT/2k/XP) NTDETECT.COM (from NT/2k/XP) NTBOOTDD.SYS (driver for non-ATA disks) BOOT.INI (from NT/2k/XP) AUTOEXEC.BAT (from win9x) CONFIG.SYS (from win9x) COMMAND.COM (from win9x) IO.SYS (from win9x) MSDOS.SYS (from win9x) BOOTPART.EXE (just in case you have to rebuild the bootsectors) So even a 32 Mb partition is more than enough. ALL other Operating Systems can be installed on logical volumes inside Extended Partition, with the exception of Win9x, you will have to use the XOSL workaround: http://www.allensmith.net/OS/XOSL/II.htm#II1 or install Win9x on a (larger) C: primary partition. If you want to mantain a "hide unused partitions during boot setup" you can shift to PARTITA: http://www.pedrofreire.com/crea1_en.htm as it is entirely self contained in the first 512 bytes (MBR) it won't have any problem with SATA, etc. jaclaz

Look harder (maybe unchecking "Hide System files") , it has to be there or it won't boot. jaclaz

Please, do NOT double post, it only helps entropy to win. Find answers in your other thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=60338&hl= jaclaz

And another one here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=13205 jaclaz P.S. and the last link in the experts exchange reference Rhelic found is VERY good: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/shared/d...e&hidetoc=false

Have a look here: http://www.virtualization.info/2005/10/how...chine-with.html http://www.virtualization.info/2005/10/how...se-livecds.html http://www.virtualization.info/2005/10/cre...tion-files.html Some interesting info and links... jaclaz

If you are interested, full story is on Mark Russinovich (Sysinternals) blog: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/s...tal-rights.html Sony found it necessary to provide a tool to reveal the rootkit: http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/updates.html jaclaz

No way a hammer is the appropriate tool, you need a hacksaw to partition hard disks, Figure 4.4 of this nice howto shows the details: http://members.aol.com/spoons1000/break/ jaclaz

Go to this site: WOWN http://www.wown.com/ http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ You can find there all the info you need, including step by step guides. jaclaz

Strippers? Did I read the word strippers? Well, let's hope they are actually naked (Windows 95 first edition "normal look") and not have a parka on (Windows XP "heavy look")! jaclaz

However reduced, Win2K WILL NOT run decently on 32 Mb of RAM. As soon as you start an app, it will get from the very reduced 30 Mb usage you achieved well over the 32 Mb of phisical memory, starting swapping on HD. To reduce phisical usage of the HD, I once started a (actually very incomplete) project .... I got as far (with NO network) as something like 80 Mb for ALL win2k files (no third party apps). A list is here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=41208&st=0 jaclaz

If you have TWO primary pertitions AND use a bootmanager, you must install XP with the "other" partition ALREADY hidden, otherwise System drive letter will change and one of the two won't boot. Example: XP Home on First ACTIVE PRIMARY PARTITION (gets letter C:\) XP Pro on Second Primary Partition (gets letter D:\) Everything works. Then you hide the First partition and set the second active through the bootmanager. Thus previously second partition becomes the FIRST one and gets C:\ as drive letter, unfortunately most of the XP install will search for its files on D:\ which is nowhere to be found. jaclaz