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apparently it is not that simple. Maybe first try it on a test disk. The first thing to do is to write down on a paper where your partitions start and stop (cylinder, head and sector). Once you've wiped the MBR, you have to rewrite it and to recreate your partitions without formatting else you lose your data for good. I can't try it myself right now as I have boot manager in my mbr and it racts differently. And there is nothing to gain from it. Wiping the MBR is not deleting it. I mean you don't regain any disk space, as already stated by McTavish. It is playing with fire, big risk, small reward. And it's got nothing to do with this forum.Edited...
I just tried, this is not for the faint harted. Also no warranty by me (multiboot or XP not starting).
Wanna wipe it ? -> Wipe the MBR with "E" (erase), rewrite it as Standard IPL, and press F2 (get "partition was written" message), go stand on each partition and press F2. Reboot and you'll see ...no difference at all.
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You can do that with Ranish Partition Manager, it takes 2 seconds. Again, you better know what you doing before you begin. Boot with a dos disk, start Ranish, switch HDDs with F5 if you have more, use "E" on the MBR to erase it then rewrite the partition table before you save and leave. It won't change your life though.
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wow, what do you mean ??? ...upgrading to SP2, seems to crash, starts to crash, crash while formatting, ... ???
Are the 2 computers of the same model ? If not, you are not going to get his HD to run your computer. You had better left it in the 1st one and attempt to repair. At least give more info than the fact "it seems to crash".
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Win XP
in Windows XP
I think you use drivers for your input devices ...Uinstall it ...
Yes, try to uninstall keyboard and mouse in the Device Manager, they should come back autimatically, hopefully properly detected.
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Now since I am not using Disk 1 and Disk 2 to boot any kind of OS (s), I can safely wipe out the MBR on those two Disks.
You would lose your partitions (D and E) on those drives well. And again, why do you want to do that ?
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Or run "dxdiag" and check the 2nd tab.
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I meant "usually" as in from what I have heard, and from what I have done, it's never done much of anything.
-Put CD in drive when ME asks for it: 1 minute.
-Doubting, searching the net, downloading, trying 98 drivers, stating it doesn't work, registering to MSFN, posting for help, waiting for reply: 24h ?
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My Abit PX7 with Pentium 233MMX from 1993 could boot from a USB (1.1) drive. This feature is not very new.
hum...
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickrefyr.htm#19930 -
I got an error saying some file was not found, and to insert my ME install disc (which I did not try as, from experience, this usually does nothing).
I sense the answer here. What do you mean "usually" ?
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Have you checked the "Advanced" tab of the new connection ? It could also be the firewall settings.
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Most computers from 2003 can boot USB so it would have surprised me.
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Maybe also Outlook Express and its ability to not "show potentialy harmfull attachments"
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No apology needed. It's just that you were coming with what seemed as a "russian doll" question.
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This is part of IE, that you removed. Either you can live without it or you plan to reinstall IE6 instead and you'll have that (C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch) work again.
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This is getting more and more ridiculous.
This topic is called "Why continue to use Windows 9x?" but for me thefull question would have to be "Why continue to use Windows 9x when
you could just use Windows 2000?"
Since when do people decide what someone else's question "would have to be" ?
Well hold on, the topic is called "Why continue to use Windows 9x?" as if to say,someone give one good reason why Windows 98 is any use these days. Personally
I cannot come up with any reason to still use it.
exactly. ... so then why post ?
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... that means this is nLite forum and if you can't make a dead normal XP install disk (no tweaking, slipstreaming etc) starting from what you got, there's no point bringing the discussion on nLite's ground.
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Is it possible to create an unattended disk using ONLY the Recovery partition(or disks created from partition for recovery) and whatever tools are available for download? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you.
Depends on the type of image. Try first without nLite (using only the i386 folder if there is any).
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After you get the view you want, you need to "Apply to all folders" (menu Tools / Folders Options / View), close and reopen Explorer.
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"as my Windows XP drive"...You want to have XP on 2003 machine's drive and have an other computer run from that drive ? (I don't get it)
Local is local.
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I don't get why you make it so complicated and not a dead simple multiboot with 2 or 3 partitions. Either you have your reasons or you haven't figured out an easier solution yet.
I'd make a bootable dos disk (CD or floppy depending on your laptop's hardware), and use part244.exe from "Ranish Partition Manager" on it. It's fairly easy to use.
It would alow you to create 2 primary partitions (~1,3 Gig or more for each OS) and the rest for a data partition (but keep the last cylinder for a "boot manager"). Then you install the 1st OS (or copy the files or the partition from your desktop) then make the 2nd partition active, then install the 2nd os, then using Ranish again to install the dual boot; change the MBR to "Boot Manager" and the Interface to "text", and there you go. And it's free. Don't hesitate to ask if I put you in a mess, I'll feel responsible.
Ranish can even resize your FAT32 partition.
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You might enjoy this MozillaZine thread. Looks like I'm insane.
WOW... what a forum !
Or he could have been waiting for august 1981 and IBM to invent the PC at first. Then wait for the portable.I have a friend of longstanding, who was a programmer long before many people here were born....When I first met him, 27 years ago, his reason for not buying a portable then, was the bloat caused by IBM's software.This guy obviously also was first to get one:
I've been using PCs daily at work since 19810 -
hum... I must have had sh!t in my eyes yesterday. You are quite clear, I was kind of ashamed when I re-read the title of the thread today
Still, unfortunately, the Windows XP/2000 MUI is sold only through Volume Licensing programs. No free download.
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apparently it is not that simple. Maybe first try it on a test disk. The first thing to do is to write down on a paper where your partitions start and stop (cylinder, head and sector). Once you've wiped the MBR, you have to rewrite it and to recreate your partitions without formatting else you lose your data for good. I can't try it myself right now as I have boot manager in my mbr and it racts differently. And there is nothing to gain from it. Wiping the MBR is not deleting it. I mean you don't regain any disk space, as already stated by McTavish. It is playing with fire, big risk, small reward. And it's got nothing to do with this forum.
hum... I must have had sh!t in my eyes yesterday. You are quite clear, I was kind of ashamed when I re-read the title of the thread today 
can not delete a file
in Windows XP
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I'd say it's a good occasion to make yourself a "Bart PE" disk.