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like this: [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 Adapter2=params.Adapter2 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [params.Adapter2] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=No UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX IPAddress=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX SubnetMask=255.255.255.0 DefaultGateway=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX DNSServerSearchOrder=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX NetBIOSOptions=0 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2] SpecificTo=Adapter2 DHCP=No IPAddress=192.168.0.1 SubnetMask=255.255.255.0 DefaultGateway= DNSServerSearchOrder= NetBIOSOptions=0 would it work?

great! delete the topic, sorry for posting on the same subject but I didn't find the initial one with forum search

thanks, I'm updating it now btw: after the ... [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] line DHCP can only be set Yes or No ? ...or can I use the address of my DHCP server?

I'm just wondering if it's possible it might make the whole install process a lot less borring I guess there must be a point where the sounds drivers should be installed, before anything would start making sounds... any ideas?

could someone provide a full example to setup a network connection.. please.. ( Default protocols will do, but I need to set the TCP/IP protocol with correct IPs so it will auto activate XP.. and is it possible to setup 2 network connections? (I have to 2 network adapters, one for LAN of course)

I made it in XP because it happend when installing XP from my unattended XP setup cd... but yeah, it could be included in this category too. Also, I know someone else who got cursed with this after installing XP (normal) on system with Win2003 (to have two operating systems, not to overwrite)... and I managed to get a few files back using a recovery program for FAT32... very tricky and long process And, a question, while we're on the subject of HDDs... is it true that FAT32 partitions over 36 GB have problems (in time...)?

The hard drive looks healthy, I never had any problems with it and it's only 6 months old. Like I said before: I installed windows on drive [C] and most of my files on drive [F] (renamed to D) were changed into what you see in the picture above. After that, when I restarted, ScandDisk kicked in action and converting every bad folder and file to a simple 32 KB file without any extention. :| I belive that the files are still there somewhere on the hdd, because there still the same free space on it... help

The main problem is: Some of my folders and files have been renamed to something unreadable and inaccesible. Details: I made a quick bootable CD with nLite and removed a lot of options, and I do remember removing a lot of language packs (and a lot of other junk too). Well I started installing and formated my system hdd, got a tone of bugs in the setup (missing files.. skip.. etc) and finally had a very "light" windows. I must say it worked extreamly fast, too bad almost nothing worked. The files where still normal I think, I didn't check cause they were on the other hdd. Lucky for me I could install Nero and burn an older Windows image I made for my network which did in fact work. The problem is that a tone of files and folders where converted to some weird name (I'll post the screenshot bellow)... but no all, and as far as I noticed, these screwed up files and folders where fragmented (used often)... so I lost ALL my pictures (about 8000, I'm a phographer...), and all my backup data from the server which I moved this other hdd which would not be formated. (The system HDD has NTFS filesystem and the other had FAT32). It got even worse... after I restarted, scandisk started and renamed everything to it's original file title, but all these new files had NO extenstions and had 32 KB in size.. ALL OF THEM, even the folders! The even weirder part is that there still the same free space on the hdd as before, but no files. I did find of the files (exes and configs) in the "System Volume Information" folder, but they're all renamed and mostly useless. So does anyone know how to recover the lost data from my FAT32 hdd? edit: I also found a folder "FOUND.000" which is about the size of the files I lost, but all the files in it are like "FILE0101.CHK", and there are a lot of them. I belive it was made by scandisk.