DrHoang

Create a real DOS for XP is a so easy problem for an expert but rather difficult to any new bie if he doesn’t hear or know the way how to do that. That topic only aims to guide him steps by steps to create the real DOS to XP and XPE by himself. I) Create the real DOS for your XP : Microsoft gets rid off MS-DOS in his XP and WinMe forever. But we still need that real DOS for our XP by the following reasons: a)Rescue the crash of your PE is a rather easier way in the real MS-DOS: -boot to DOS is only some secondes, too different to Windows Recovery Console ( some minutes and prepared in advance ): -You could restore a ghost file saved( XP still working good ) returning to your primary partition in some minutes( 3 minutes ). b)Delete some file not permitted in XP environtment. c)In that DOS environtment, you could also see any pics with the best resolution of 16 million colors with Picview or hear any music by Mxplayer 1.5 with sound card Sound audigy or Creative SB Live( not setting anything ) 1)You must prepare a bootable diskette( by 98 image from www. bootdisk.com)in advance with some files more like sys.com, debug.exe, read.scr, sysXPfat.com. bootpart.exe in it. File read.scr is prepared in this way: Copy all lines below in notepad and save as in a file( read.scr ) put it in your bootable floppy disk A L 100 2 0 1 N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS R BX 0 R CX 200 W Q Bootpart.exe could be download from www.winmimage.com. 2)In CMOS, set 1st boot device ( Floppy ) save and exit . Reboot. 3)At A:\> prompt, you type sys C: System transferred. 4)Make a bootsect.dos for DOS : At A:\> type debug< read.scr. 5)Reboot your computer, you could log in MS-DOS at C:\ , but never to XP. 6)How to log on XP again normally?: Too easily if you have the file sysXPfat.com downloaded from the web. If not, please write E-mail to me, I send you that useful file( only 930 bytes ) . Copy this file to a bootable floppy disk A . At A:\> ; type systXPfat C: 7)Reboot the last time. Draw out your diskette . 8)Now, you will select easily between to log on Win XP again or MS-DOS if you already have that file boot .ini in C ( using notepad, copy this code and save as boot.ini, put it in C:\ ) [boot loader] timeout=8 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect C:\="MS_DOS" II) Create the real DOS for your XPE( installed to hard disk in a primary partition other than C ): 1)Install XPE to hard disk( other primary partition), you get a lot of benefits: - Boot to XPE now in a so much speedy way( 1 minutes 30 secondes ) than CD ( 4 minutes 30 secondes, USB 10 minutes ); -Easier to update any new plug-in in hard disk than in CD. So that, you are no need to buy any CDRW more; -Also easier to test this XPE in hard disk than in CD or VirtualCD or Vnware50. Following are the principal steps: a)From Partition magic 805 already installed in XP, you resize the actual primary C partition if it is large to make an unallocated primary partition under 2GB and rename it to XPE. b)Choose to format that primary partition to FAT and press on apply. It requests to reboot you PC one time more so that all your commands become effective. c)You select the hidden partition just created( XPE ) in the right and choose to Browse partition\Partition Operations in the left: You could see all folders in Explorer clearly and copy all folders of Bart PE\ from here and go to the hidden XPE partition and paste them there. Rename this I386 folder to minint one’s . d)Copy 2 files( ntdetect.com and setupldr.bin ) from I386\ BartPE and paste them also to that hidden XPE partition. e)Rename file setupldr.bin to ntldr within XPE. f)Copy file pqbw.exe in XP( from PM 805 ) and paste to XPE partition g)Wait for some secondes in PM 805 to make it effective. h)Run pqbw.exe by an shortcut in XP to change that hidden XPE partition to an active one’s (start now or in the next boot) to replace the actual XP. i)Using pqboot32.exe( PM805) within XPE to reboot to XP in the next boot. j)Remark more: When Bart PE or XPE running in hard disk, it always launches a warning message ( running out of memory )after a complete boot even you set whatever ramdisk size . You must set pagefile sys in D partition ( now C: ) 512MB with Paraglider's setpagefile plugin 2)Create the real MS-DOS for that new XPE partition: Two initial steps are the same in the section XP, but the third one’s and the last are totally different: Boot your PC by a bootable diskette . a) At A:\> prompt, you type sys C: System transferred. b)Make a bootsect.dos for 98: At A:\ ; type debug< read.scr. c)At A:\> prompt, type bootpart winnt boot:C: Reboot, your boot directly to XPE not having a menu to DOS. d)WithinXPE, you run in Start menu: G:\ XPPRO\ I386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons to make a Windows Recovery Console and a boot.ini file. e)Open boot .ini by notepad and change its properties)( -r ,-s , -h ) and some lines inside, that becomes: [boot loader] timeout=8 default=C:\bootsect.dat [operating systems] C:\bootsect.dat="Windows XPESP2" C:\bootset.dos="MS-DOS" f)Don’t forget to copy the file bootsect.dat from the cmdcons folder to X:\ to boot to XPE in default windows. g)You could delete cmdcons folder to economize some places( 7MB of your hard disk ). h)Reboot your PC , you have a menu boot to select to XPE or MS-DOS i)You are no need of 2 plugins( DOSPE ant PEHINSTALL ) from Bart PE now. That DOSPE plugin won’t help you running in a real DOS environtment; occupies a real useless place on your XPE. III)Complete this raw MS-DOS to full one’s easy to handle in XP or XPE: a)Your MS-DOS in XPE is still raw , not having enough of files working in an easier way. You better copy 3 folders: DOS and NC, VK ( if you want see any longer file name in MS-DOS ) and 2 files autoexec.bat and config.sys from your C partition or a friend computer . b)Number and name files of DOS folder to add: 8 ( ASPIEHCI.SYS,CP437UNI.TBL,DOSLFN.COM, ECSCDIDE.SYS, GUEST.EXE,MSCDEX.EXE,HIMEM.SYS, MOUSE.COM, SMARTDRV.EXE, GHOST.EXE, GUEST.EXE) c)Number and name files of NC folder to add: 5 (NC.EXE, NC.INI, NCMAIN.EXE, NCEDIT.EXE. NCEDIT.MSG) d)All files of Volkov commander 499 software in the VK folder e)Code file Autoexec.bat: @ECHO OFF PROMPT $P$G PATH=C:\DOS;C:\NC;C:\VK; DOSLFN /Z:C:\DOS\CP437UNI.TBL C:\DOS\ MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 C:\DOS\MOUSE.COM C:\DOS\ SMARTDRV C:\DOS\GUEST.EXE f)Code of file Config.sys: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testm:off FILES=50 DOS=HIGH,UMB FCBS=4,0 BUFFERS=20,0 LASTDRIVE=Z STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\DOS\ECSCDIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 DEVICE=C:\DOS\ASPIEHCI.SYS /INT /ALL g)You could run ghost.exe to save or restore from hard disk to any USB ports vice versa, much speedierly by 2 files GUEST.EXE and driver ASPIEHCI.SYS ( 3 minutes or less ) . If not, it requires for you one hour to wait for a complete ghost action. I hope you would find some interessant problems in creating the real MS-DOS in your XP & XPE. Dr Hoang from Vietnam

You could download this newest driver WHQL ( certified by Microsoft ) from www.guru3d.com in an exe.file( 77.77_winxp2k_english_whql.exe) 20MB with date driver 7/10/2005 . You run this file in extracting all of them in compressed form. So that, you must expand and rename them before making a plugin of Nvidia 7777 in PE 314 effectively. 1) You need a file nvidia.inf with its code in that plugin: ; nvidia.inf ; PE Builder v3 plug-in INF file [Version] Signature= "$Windows NT$" [PEBuilder] Name="NVidia" Enable=1 [WinntDirectories] a="i386\nview",2 [sourceDisksFiles] *.exe=2,,4 *.dll=2,,4 *.hlp=21,,1 *.sys=4,,1 *.cpl=2,,1 ;*.cfg=2,,1 *.xml=2,,1 *.txt=2,,1 *.tvp=a,,1 *.cab=2,,1 *.bin=2,,1 nv4_disp.inf=20 [Default.AddReg] 0x0,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak" 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplExposeWin2kDualView",0x1 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplTvLocaleAutoDetect",0x1 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplAllowForceTVDetection",0x1 0x3,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","CoolBits",ff,ff,ff,ff 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","DisableApplyColorsAtStartup",0x0 0x3,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplEnableAGPSettingsPage",01,00,00,00 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplThermalSettings",0x1 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplEnableOverlaySpanControl",0x1 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","NvCplEnableAdditionalInfoPage",0x1 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","CinematicPageState",0xff 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","OverlayPageState",0x0 0x4,"NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak","nViewShellIsRegistered",0x1 [setupReg.AddReg] 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "Type", 0x00000001 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "Start", 0x00000003 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "ErrorControl", 0x00000000 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "Tag", 0x00000002 0x2, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "ImagePath", "system32\DRIVERS\nv4_mini.sys" 0x1, "ControlSet001\Services\nv", "Group", "Video" 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "D3D_35173345", 0x61243847 0x7, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "InstalledDisplayDrivers", "nv4_disp" 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "VgaCompatible", 0x00000001 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "MultiFunctionSupported", 0x00000001 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "RotateFlag", 0x00000004 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "DefaultSettings.XResolution", 0x00000320 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "DefaultSettings.YResolution", 0x00000258 0x4, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "DefaultSettings.BitsPerPel", 0x00000010 0x1, "ControlSet001\Services\nv\Device0", "Device Description", "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420" Change the last line of this code adapted your graphic card name . 2) You need also my nvidia.cmd with code to expand, rename and make a plugin in PE 314 : @echo off xcopy /y G:\Downloads\new\Nvidia7777\*.* G:\TEMP\*.* expand -r G:\TEMP\*.* md /y G:\Nvidia xcopy /y G:\TEMP\*.* G:\Nvidia\*.* xcopy /y G:\PE314\SAVE\nvidia.inf G:\Nvidia\ rename G:\Nvidia\*.ex *.exe rename G:\Nvidia\*.sy *.sys rename G:\Nvidia\*.dl *.dll rename G:\Nvidia\*.tv *.tvp rename G:\Nvidia\*.cf *.cfg rename G:\Nvidia\*.cp *.cpl rename G:\Nvidia\*.hl *.hlp rename G:\Nvidia\*.xm *.xml xcopy /y G:\Nvidia\*.* G:\PD314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.* del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.Dx_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.hl_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.tv_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.dl_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.cp_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.xm_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.sy_ del /q G:\PE314\Plugin\Nvidia\*.cf_ del /q G:\Nvidia\*.* rmdir G:\Nvidia\ del /q G:\TEMP\*.* rmdir G:\TEMP\ exit Some remarks to this code: a) Run this file 77.77_winxp2k_english_whql.exe, in extracting all files of them in a folder named G:\Downloads\new\Nvidia7777\G:\PE314\SAVE\nvidia.inf You could change this folder of two lines adapted to your partition( G:\ to E: \ and G:\PE314 to E:\PE314 per example at home ). 3) If you edit that nvida. cmd file correctly adapted to your folder at home, you have a plugin of Nvidia with all files of them on your PE314. Drt Hoang from Vietnam

Welcome from Vietnam of a MSFN forum fan All my best wishes for all Following are some lines of my past history: -I am from Vietnam; born in 1945, - Graduated with National doctor with Honorable title from Faculty of Medicine in Saigon in 1972 - Passed ECFMG certificate in 1972 (Educational Commisions for Foreign medical graduates) -Former first laureate at Saigon Faculty of Medicine -Former titulary Internship (4 years) in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatric -Former chief of ICU department at Danang hospital in 1973-1975 -Fomer Chief of ICU department at Dongnai Hospital in 1979-1989 -Collaborator of a lot of VN medicine and computer magazines (Make friend to computer, Echip, VN PC world, Knowledge today, Health and Life ..) You could contact me with my Email address (drhoang@gmail.com )or by the internet phone 84 61 847145 ( 84 is VN country code ) Gold member at Bart's PE forum You could read or download a lof of my former updated manuals, plugins( over 50) on BartPE or WinPE easily at http://xpe.collewijn.info/index.php?mp=art....php&m=articles Dr Hoang from Vietnam

Sorry I should have mentionned that. I have only one drive with only one partition and of course it is in NTFS So the problem does not come from this. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you said one partition in NTFS, the problem is that your partition not defragmented completely now or it has smoe bad links. I already made over 10DVDRW and 20 DVDRD disk data, 30 DVDRD video all are over 4GB size. I never met problem like you said. But if I let it not defragmented, I encounter a problem surely. I need to mention here I always used BCDW 201 to make all multiboot DVD data disk and I burn all of them by WinonDVD 603. Never rely on Virtual PC or Vnware too much . All of them let you see a booted image problem initially. But you could test anything on Audio driver, testing Modem or seeing your partition of your hard disk, never like in a real DVDRD disk. Dr Hoang from Vietnam

Hi ccollomb You must format the partition reserved of saving or burning any file ISO >4GB in NTFS but never in FAT 32 . FAT 32 don't accept any file ISO>4GB I hope you resolve this problem soon. Dr Hoang

Hi,The entire reason why its not possible currently, might lie in how the boot process is carried out. Hi all, All are possible( ISO boot another ISO ): That is unbelievable with BCDW 201 I already made out a sole DVD( multiboot ISO ) with a boot menu choosing between Hiren7. ISO, True image80.iso, 2000 iso and XP install together with XPE SP2. Dr Hoang

Hi landmine You could read my manual for new bie of making a multiboot DVD or CD at http://xpe.collewijn.info/boot-cd/Make%20A...ard%202.01.html Dr Hoang from Vietnam

Hi N30M0D, I don't think that is a file system limitation. You seem be wrong on some stades building ISO file . Check all of them I already build a DVD multiboot with installing XP, 2000, runl XPESP2, HDD regenerator 151 and other files. All are working so good Dr Hoang