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When you use "C: as system drive",
- if you boot in "first" OS and delete (say) the file C:\myfile.txt, you are deleting the file myfile.txt on the first partition.
- if you boot in "second" OS and delete (say) the file C:\myfile.txt, you are INSTEAD deleting the file myfile.txt on the SECOND partition.
I'm still VERY fine with that.
There would be a reason I create that file on both places at first. If not, I'd create one file on a 3rd partition that I'd access the same way from both systems.0 -
one (right) that makes setup so that no matter which OS is booted the same volume gets the same drive letter (which limits the risk of modifying the "wrong" volume).
which is more difficult to remember;
-you are running "the other" OS, most probably with a different background/wallpaper, your C: drive you're using now is the "other" C: drive... Duh!
-you are running one of the OS, what was my system drive again...C: or D: or F or G: ?
I'm with the majority of people prefering the (in your eyes) "wrong"option. Almost by definition, people thinking "differently" from one will be "a majority".
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I recently moved 70Meg of mails to a purposely created pst (Outlook 2010). Those are a big amount of small mails (typically 3kb) in about 15 sub-folders, so the info "about" the mail might weight more compared to the mail itself, OK, but still... ... The bastard was 350MB big, this is exactly 5 times the size of the mails as shown by Outlook! Then I thought "of course... a non unicode capable pst will surely be smaller". So I moved those mails to a new pst. The bastard was still 255Meg. After compacting (a new pst needs compacting? It doesn't cost a penny to try), it's down to 220Meg.
My question is: is this normal or is this Microsoft helping hardware manufacturers with Outlook 2010?
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Do you encounter the same message or popup when using another browser like Google Chrome?
It looks like he's not using any other browser than a file browser, he got an Internet Security warning while using Windows Explorer.
There is an option described as "Drag and drop, copy and paste files (disable-enable-prompt)" that looks quite close to this problem.
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Either you concentrate on reinstalling or you go on trying to fix your broken XP. If you ask for help on both, you are wasting your time.
I can't install (or reinstall) Windows XP from either of my CDs. Windows says that it can't reinstall because the existing installation still exists.
How exactly do you start the installation and what's the exact message?
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Ironically this brought you to at last make a post without link.
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What do you mean by "a lot"? Is it like 50 or 5000 ?
Google "odt to doc batch converter", you'll find some.
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If the drive can read pressed (data) CD's but not "burned" ones it is very likely to be something "internal" of the drive (and not cable/cable selext/master/slave) IMHO.
Few (
) years ago,music from audio CDs was transmitted to the computer through an additional thin cable connected to the audio output of optical drives. I think that cable was not needed anymore starting Win2k (or was it ME) but I'm not sure it could still work that way or not with later OSs.The motherboard had to have that connector as well. It could be that yours was "working" like that (for audio only)? Have you tried a pressed (data) CD ?0 -
As far as I know, CDex is a portable program so it doesn't need to be installed,just copied (or expanded).
It is possible to install F6 drivers from USB, I've never done it and I can't tell you if it is possible for all motherboards or with all USB drives. I found this (doesn't seem as easy as you would expect) and this (explanations in the readme file created by the exe).
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Woohoo ! Someone sure waited for the right time to press that key.
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Few thoughts;
-I can't remember if there were bootable and unbootable 98se CDs but I'm quite sure all XP CDs are bootable. You can install an XP "upgrade" from scratch, it will prompt you to insert a former Windows version (98 or ME or whatever) at the beginning but that version does not need to be on a bootable media.
-You say you want to repair but 99.9% of people will advise you to reinstall from scratch. There is no way you can repair that mess and go fro 20 minutes boot to anything acceptable. That system should boot a fully updated XP in less than one and half minutes.
-You do not need to buy any additional hardware nor software.
-for your SATA drive to be assigned a drive letter, you first needed to create partitions on it. Partitions get drive letters, drives don't (at least not in case of Harddrives).
-in order to install to your SATA drive, you needed your (failry dated) XP install CD to recognize the SATA contoler of your Gigabyte motherboard (from ~2009). In order to do that, you have several possibilities.
-The Microsoft way (intended by MS in the era people had floppy drives) is to use so called "F6 drivers", You can find them on Gigabytes site (note that there are several revisions of that board, I didn't check whether SATA drivers are the same, I'd guess yes but you better check the right page) but you need to put them on a a floppy drive and press F6 when prompted by the XP install.
-the DIY way is to modify your XP CD and remake it. A program like "nLite" makes it fairly simple and adds some extra possibilities like including the latest Service Pack and Microsoft updates (that you can get from this member's site). You don't need to play with all the options, it would take hours. nLite has its own forum on this board.
Of course you will need a working computer and a way to backup your existing install, and a CD (RW is best if you're not sure).
Make your decision. I'm sure other people could help you repair as well. I wouldn't.
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edit: and as a side note, do I need to slipstream these drivers to BartPE too in order to boot it?
not in order to boot (which I guess you do from CD or from USB) or run BartPE, but in order to see your partitions on the HDD; yes.
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Few ideas;
-as bphlpt suggestes, it is possible that all those burned CDs are actually unreadable-> test few of them on an other PC.
-for the HDD to perform optimally, it has to be at the end of the 80 wires cable.
-Is there only 1 IDE connector on the motherboard ? If not, you could use the old 40 wires cable for the DVD.
-can you check both drives are appearing correctly and enabled in Bios (that could also explain the former 2nd DVD drive "not working").
-also check the properties of the controller in "Device Manager", primary and secondary devices (in Windows).
-always double check the IDE connectors are fully pushed in on all 3 connections.
-If I understand, that DVD drive has not been physically moved in the computer, so you can rule out a shock that would cause hardware defect from the operation (but the whole computer has been moved)?
Good luck.
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This is already reported in the author's "to do" list.
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it makes sense to create an Administrator account where you go in and set it up for minimum distraction. Disable everything not needed and only benchmark from there ( leave the other user accounts set up for daily use ). It still isn't anywhere near perfect, especially on later versions of Windows, but you can get closer to the desired "Idle" state that is needed.
Benchmarking from a Windows PE that would have the needed drivers included is also a good idea.
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@Ponch
Antivirus or not antivirus, Explorer normally "chokes" when a large number of files are selected, more specifically it "freezes" when you right click to select Copy or Move.
I've had that some times, but being patient was more efficient that waiting several hours for an answer on a forum. Eventually it comes with a reaction. Then again maybe there were less files.
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Windows Explorer just chokes on it trying to open it
Have you tried deactivating you anti-virus while doing this ?
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Funny. "Office free" linked above, "free office" here (it's german) :
I haven't tried it but I read some positive reviews.
I'd still use the MS Viewer (free) for Powerpoint as I think that is the most problematic when it comes to compatibility.
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I got Flash 11.9 today. 17.4MB !!! Woohoo, go Adobe! Do you remember two years ago when it was 2 Megs for IE and 2egs for FF? Now it's 4 times bigger. It reminds me of that other program which only purpose was to open pdf files... What was the maker again ?
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I think 7 should run more than OK on that sort of machine. Of course it will feel faster after XP is installed, but you can't compare an OS that's been running for 2 or 3 years with a clean install. That's the fault people make, and that also why they're happy buying a "new" computer, when in fact, reinstalling would have got them the same satisfaction. Maybe for more work hours, but for far less money.
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I don't know when you got this but yesterday the download was a folder in a zip file, not a folder "in a zip file in a zip file". Maybe you downloaded it too soon and then he corrected it. Anyway this shouldn't have "file corrupt" as consequence, neither unpacking the file or running the batch.
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Your mails are in
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{...}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ *.dbx
Cleaning your "deleted items" folder can save you few megabytes in the transfer.
Your adress book is probably in
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\username.wab
wab stands for Windows AdressBook.
Whatever the new program you choose, you'll have to see if the import function can import those files.
In OE, you also have the Tools/Accounts/Export function that allows to save the accounts settings as ".iaf" files but I'm not sure how far they will get you with an other program.
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Maybe the last line on this page can help.
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I was just pointing to submix8c the fact that having no "administrator" folder in "Documents and Settings" doesn't indicate black magic or tempering with folders/accounts.
Simply, you have your 2 accounts and always logged on with "gr" or "ross" but never with "administrator" because you never had the need to. I do understand that "gr" is member of the administrator's group, but you need to understand that the "gr" account is not the (unique) "administrator" account that comes built in XP. That last account should still exist in your system as such unless you renamed it (but hopefully you'd know that).
To be clear, renaming the built in "administrator" account is not the same as creating an administrator account named "gr" during the "Out Of the Box Experience".
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There would be a reason I create that file on both places at first. If not, I'd create one file on a 3rd partition that I'd access the same way from both systems.
) that makes setup so that no matter which OS is booted the same volume gets the same drive letter (which limits the risk of modifying the "wrong" volume).
Size of .PST vs. size of actual mails
in Microsoft Office
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I moved (drag & drop) 6 folders ("2012_06" to "2012_12") straight inside a new "2012" folder in the new pst. I did them one by one because I didn't know how long it would take and I didn't want to lock my outlook for more than 5 minutes at a time (the Exchange server is not on this location). But it went quite quickly. Then from the 2nd to the "non unicode" pst, I did it in one go.
Now Outlook shows the "Total Size" inside the pst as being 165Meg. This is ridiculous as I moved them following a warning that the mailbox had just passed 150Meg (so I moved about half the mailbox and Outlook was then seeing 80Meg remaining, now it's grown just a bit more).
Tain, Yes, when you empty a pst, you can compact it, but this is not my case. I don't want to delete items, I sort of filled a new bag which should be the size of what's in it.