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Please excuse my curiosity, but why do you post a reply to a question to the effect of "Sorry, but I cannot help you?" @rjz What about this: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alegr/download/memtest.htm jaclaz

Just for the record, program can still be found here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1356.html @Bilou_Gateux If you have the time, you could have a look at this program: Starport by Rocket Division http://www.rocketdivision.com/ http://www.rocketdivision.com/download_starport.html The product includes a RAMdisk and a "Virtual DVD" jaclaz

@pauledavey Well, you cannot have the solution you WANT to have, you can have a solution that is POSSIBLE. It involves the use of a first stage boot loader, as posted above. Your new idea, virtual floppys or virtual partitions, DOES NOT work, as the filesystem driver must be loaded into NTLDR. You could try using the NTLDR from Server 2003 SP1 that can boot an ISO file (for WinPE), but this solution is probably not conforming to: @Jotnar Actually XOSL is what I suggested in the threads I linked to. jaclaz

Ok, here you are. In the attached file there are three files NT911dir.txt is a dir /s of a minimal Win2k install WITHOUT WBEM WINNTdir.txt is a dir /s of a minimal Win2k install with files UPXed and WBEM WIPdir.txt is a dir /s of the files needed for a certain function (i.e. Control Panel or Add printer) Please note that in both version I moved the "external" directory "Documents and Settings" inside the NT directory, renaming it to NTDocs and, since there are no programs installed, deleted the "Program Files" folder, AFTER having moved the MSINFO folder inside the NT directory. jaclaz Filelist.zip

Yes some files cannot be compressed by UPX, moreover compressing files "could" slow your system due to the CPU overhead needed to decompress them on the fly.If you want to reduce to a minimum Hard disk or CD occupied space you must accept some slower working of the system. You have to go on a trial and error basis, to my best knowledge there is not a list of files "UPXABLE" Yes, it is possible, but again, to my best knowledge there is not a complete list. By using nlite on the source directory before making your BartPE you can get rid of MOST of the "unneeded" files. I have made some experiments with Win 2k, not XP. As of now I managed to reduce a win2k install to around 75-80 Mb, by removing unneeded files, including network ones and UPXing all was possible. This was made by trial and error, and on an installed filesystem, so it can be used only as a list of "minimum" files needed, and must be "customized on the hardware (drivers) requirements. How much of this applies to XP I cannot say. If you are interested, post again, I will attach a "DIR" of the files. jaclaz

Just two notes: 1) @ALL it is NOT necessary, NOR useful to call someone else either thick, stupid, arrogant, presumptuous or whatever, and by the way it is against the Rules of the board, you might want to re-read them here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408 2) @un4given1 You forget everything about Windows 2000, that is the one that mixes the stability and efficiency of NT with some of the "multimedia" features of 98. I think, (my personal opinion, though backed up by several years in the field) that Windows XP is an "upgrade" to windows 2000 with much bloat (together with some NICE new features) added. To this effect, nlite is a GREAT project as it allows for removing the bloat keeping the "good" new features, or at least gives one the "freedom" to configure his system as he wishes, but I still prefer Win2k over XP. jaclaz

Short answer: NO, but read long answer below Long answer: The formatting of a "regular" CD or CDRW (ISO9660 with optional extensions) as compared to the type you call "drag and drop", which proper name is "UDF" or Packet writing, is VERY different. BartPE/WinPE (bootable part) need the first one, the "drag and drop" feature need the second. Search with google for "bootable UDF", and "boot UDF" there are some people around who claim they succeeded in making a "mix of the two", booting a linux system, but there is no handy solution avilable at the moment. Nero supports UDF/ISO Cd's , but they are not bootable. jaclaz

You can try loading BartPE on a Ramdisk, using the NTLDR from Server 2003 SP1. You must have lots of RAM though. There is an ongoing thread here: http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10445&st=0 jaclaz

Judging from the thread title: I presume tha people in here already thought that jaclaz

The setting you used allows you to SEE a hidden file, you must remove the READ-ONLY attribute Right click -> Properties -> UNCHECK Read-Only and edit it with Notepad Or use a boot.ini editor: http://www.dx21.com/SOFTWARE/Dx21/ViewItem...I=2&SI=2&OID=14 or DO (in a DOS box) ATTRIB -H -R -S BOOT.INI edit it then: ATTRIB +H +R +S BOOT.INI jaclaz

Is it not that in DOS prompt some commands just read the first 3 characters of extension, just ignoring any more trailing characters? On win 2k it happens the same. Probably the DIR and DEL commands, when used with wildcard use the "Short" 8.3 DOS filename for the file. You can try to use the fsutil behavior set: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...kc_fil_gtzp.asp in XP and see if it behaves the same. jaclaz

you sure? did you actually TEST it? From the site: The above means that if you make an account with the password "demo" the demo version will reset it, UNTOUCHING every other accounts......maybe Jamco's friend is VERY lucky and the old password is "demo".... READ THE RULES http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408 Hiren's is considered WAREZ. jaclaz

Please, re-read my post above, we were talking about a FULL LINUX DISTRIBUTION you know, one of those thingies that come in 2, 3 or 4 CD's. Maybe we could re-do from start: 1) DOS based systems (DOS, Win9x, ME) can boot from an USB stick allright 2) NT based systems (NT,Win2k, XP, 2003) CANNOT 3) NT 3.x, 4.0 and Win2K will probably NEVER be able to do so (unless someone writes some specific code, like the guys at http://www.apct.net/en/products/AB.php3 did for CD booting) Bart himself started his great project after he found a way to start windows with a read only Registry, which is not possible with NT/Win2k 4) BartPE and WinPE, which are BASED on XP/2003 already can, but the topic and experiences are very recent 5) probably it will be possible in a near future to boot a stripped version of XP/2003, but at this moment IT IS NOT 6) Linux can boot from USB stick allright, there are even USB live distributions, like the one I linked to jaclaz

Good find...... .....unfortunately systeminfo is NOT in Windows 2000, only XP and later.... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/Win...nfoUtility.html http://searchwinsystems.techtarget.com/tip...1033464,00.html jaclaz

Yep, and why does not filedisk work for you? By default it starts with 4 devices.... ...as you just need to mount 2 devices... Could you be more precise? jaclaz

Well, cannot say if it's the best way to do it, but in the eventlog at starttime is registred: "Microsoft ® Windows 2000 ® 5.0 2195 Service Pack 3 Uniprocessor Free. " or something the like. If you search in the Registry for "Uniprocessor", you will land here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion where there is the Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CSDVersion whose value is "Service Pack 3" So you can use REGEDIT /E [filename] to export the key to a temp file or use REG QUERY to just extract the value see here: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html http://www.robvanderwoude.com/regedit.html http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntregistry.html jaclaz

@boogy You are talking about a $195 COMMERCIAL software, that will probably (hopefully) be used only ONCE in a lifetime! @JamCo The tool suggested by trickytwista works VERY well, it is recommended to use it to BLANK password, NOT to change/retrieve it. If it sounds too difficult, here is the same thing pre-made (and with more tools): http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ see here: http://ebcd.pcministry.com/example_en.html There are other FREEWARE for personal use way too: http://www.d--b.webpark.pl/dreampackpl_en.htm http://www.d--b.webpark.pl/down/dreampackpl-2004-06-10.zip jaclaz

Out of curiosity, which tool is it? jaclaz

Yes, right, and you need a BIG USB stick! jaclaz

No, Version 8 and 20 Gb are well below limits. Re-check the type of partition, could it be hidden? Is it (the new one) a Primary or an extended? I vaguely recall some problems with multiple primary partitions on non-boot drive.. hmmm, have a look at it through Ranish Partition Manager: http://www.ranish.com/part/ (get the 2.40 - stable version) Just to make sure, can you not plug the HD in another computer and see if it works there? jaclaz

Should be this one: http://parts.emachines.com/emachines/Morei...roduct_Id=68981 aka this one: http://www.ecsusa.com/products/l7vmm2.html Manual is here: http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/manual/l7vmm2_11eng.zip (where the connections are explained) DOUBLE CHECK it is this motherboard! jaclaz

@soldier1st No, if you read the post, dos_attack_ph already got XP booting properly, the prob is in the bootsect.dos file. @dos_attack_ph I may be wrong, but there is no one step solution (there would have been one if you had your primary partition FAT16, through bootpart: www.winimage.com/bootpart/) There are workarounds, with various degrees of complexity: most simple thing would be to use the one depicted here: http://ebcd.pcministry.com/example_en.html search on the page for "You've installed Windows 98 and Windows 2000 on single PC" (without quotes) please post if you are confident with an hex editor, there are other ways. jaclaz

It seems like a "scratched" CD, or a "slightly" defective reader. Before taking any other action, I would try the CD on another computer, running CDcheck on it: http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/helplink.php?helpfn=overview If it does not find errors, you can try to duplicate the CD and have another try at restoring the drive. jaclaz

Yes, it is possible. Easier way is using this FREEWARE utility from batch: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html (there are many others around, but this one has a lot of other features that make it a must have tool) jaclaz

Yes, it is. Point is if it gives any advantage. If on a second (FAST) hard drive it might help speeding the PC, if on another partition on the same drive it might not. (but it might give other advantages) Also size, format (FAT32 or NTFS) and cluster size should be chosen accurately. Find all needed info here: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm jaclaz