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I can say that this allows writing the WIN98 type bootsector. Rebooting and the DOS "image" comes up as normal. So this will work using Mbrfix presuming the original image was created using one of the 3 boot sector types it supports. So if it were actually using a Win95 or other version of DOS, some other method would be required to deploy it properly. For the sake of documentation, here is the current .cmd file: regedit /s z:\diskpart.reg diskpart /s z:\fat32.txt imagex /apply z:\dos.wim 1 c: diskpart /s z:\offline.txt z:\mbrfix64 /drive 0 /partition 1 fixbootsector WIN98 /yes exit offline.txt is: sel disk 0 offline disk exit

The idea that the UI is back to being HTML based seems to be a security hole waiting to happen. Wasn't that the reason why Active Desktop was ditched?

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Well I do hope you contribute more than posting a link to a PS3 mod...

Allow me to doubt about this. Sure that's fine. I know it works because I had *tried* something just for fun... I had used Mbrfix to backup the MBR of the Seagate drive and applied it to the Toshiba drive... which obviously did not fix the booting issue.. BUT the BIOS detected the Toshiba drive as a 500GB Seagate. I'll take a look at your links on Thursday (vacation day) Thanks for the help so far.

Are you using a custom install? Also, what is the current Domain Functional Level?

Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news? I ran it again without the align, see attached files... although you won't see everything you might think because of this: X:\WINDOWS\system32>z:\mbrfix64 /drive 0 /partition 1 fixbootsector WIN98 You are about to Fix boot sector, are you sure (Y/N)? y Partition 1, type: 12 WIN95 OSR2 32-bit FAT, LBA-mapped Reading sector: 16065 FAT type: FAT32 Creating a new FAT32 bootsector, 1536 bytes long Writing boot sector to sector 16065 and to sector 16071 Function failed. Error 5: Access is denied. But it should be noted that this isn't specifically related to MBRFix not working properly, as it can write a Vista or Win7 bootsector if I choose that option. I can also restore a backed up bootsector... Hmmm another thing I thought of, does this matter that I am using FAT32 (the original file system) and not FAT? noalign.rar

Should be, but won't. Spec only supports 64bit capable "things." But... that's just official support. No one can say it won't work which in this case it sounds like it does.

Is this a separate issue than your other topic you just made?

I don't think it is required for you to demote the old DC. If it has no roles it can just sit there. Last time I did a migration I did this... however I left a role on the old DC because I got an error xfer it... and also put DNS on there. BUT my question is this (since you aren't too clear on this): Were your users able to work properly during those few hours after the promo, but before they got the error?

No I don't think I was using transparencies back then... It is simply white text on black background, maybe the "layer" is 1: background, 2:font. But the filter was applied to the letters only. I made multiple different attempts, then just stuck them all together. But it has been quite some time so I may be mistaken. iirc it was my first attempt at animation. I had another one made as well, but that file is not as good (IMO) and probably saved on my Windows 98 PC. Probably the last time I used Photoshop 5 (it was the LE version that came with something I bought) before getting Fireworks 2 at college.

My current progress, using a .cmd to run everything: regedit /s z:\diskpart.reg diskpart /s z:\fat32.txt imagex /apply z:\dos.wim 1 c: With this .reg file to add the VDS changes into the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\VDS\ALIGNMENT] "LessThan4GB"=dword:00000000 "Between4_8GB"=dword:00000000 "Between8_32GB"=dword:00000000 "GreaterThan32GB"=dword:00000000 And this diskpart script adding an align option (not sure if needed or what) sel disk 0 clean create part pri size=31000 align=64 sel part 1 active format fs=fat32 label="LocalDisk" quick assign letter=c exit However it still does not boot the OS. I am wondering if it is possible to use Grub4dos (no experience with this) to solve this? For some reason I tend to think Grub4DOS is some sort of miracle program someone came up with... Attached is HDHacker files from deployment in this latest attempt. VDS.rar

Boot into your WinPE, and get to a CMD. Then try to run image_it.exe manually. I wouldn't be surprised if you either have an architecture mismatch or are missing a dependency.

The Autounattend.xml can't do what you want. You'll need to use a programming or scripting language... or maybe even batch. You'll have to change the winpeshl.ini on the DVD to run your app/script instead of setup.exe. So you will need to determine what to be looking for... probably searching for a Windows folder, but remember that WinPE might not see the OS volume as C: every time.

AEN007, submix8c's question was perfectly valid. So everyone needs to settle down and get back to the problem or else this thread will get locked.

You can find release dates for Windows 8 here: http://www.msfn.org/_/windows/windows-8-has-reached-rtm-milestone-r8937

Your best bet is probably going to be in your thread on AutoItscript. http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/143118-autoit-and-windows-8/ There are some people here who use AutoIT, but the response might be better there. I personally have not encountered any problems in Win8 so far and I get worried every time I read that someone has. I have not tried RTM version yet, but I sincerely hope my scripts still work in that version!

It isn't deleted, you just can't see it. As for why, I can't answer that. I rarely even go into that section to begin with ... Anyways, I'll check into it.

Ah there is certainly a difference! A quick glance it appears that the "Physical Drive (MBR)" first sector is the same between the two, but the Logical Disk (Bootsector) is vastly different. I do have a 32bit Make_PE3 I was able to run HDHacker on just fine. Hopefully I didn't capture the USB key's bootsector like I did that other time. Rar file in Skydrive Here is a question I'm not sure about. The testing drive is just that, a testing drive. Previously to me trying to put DOS on it, it had some newer version of Windows on it, 7 or 8... in case that means that something could have been leftover during the imaging process.

The donation tracker does not show all donations either, only ones done through the system. If you made a donation directly, it won't show up in the list.

It was my idea that the original image was in higher resolution than my current avatar, meaning that the original Ravage from that picture would be "larger" and better to use to make a larger image. I agree, I've noticed over the years that the Xenotron font doesn't work well at a small size. For most of my uses I have it fairly large... I don't know exactly what size I use since I haven't made any new images for at least 7 years now. I like how this one looks (and the other one) ... I'll have to think of how to use it since I have to do some formatting changes soon. I'm thinking of something to replace an existing animation that fits nicely next to the w3C CSS badge... unless I rearrange how that is used. Either way, I may consider using the sparkly T as a favicon, since I don't have one of those. This is the old one I made in Photoshop 5, over 10 years ago now! Wow that seems like a long time.

I'm not sure you can boot a FAT32 volume in UEFI mode.

There is a version number in the registry, in this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\

I'm fairly certain I have WLE installed someplace but I don't think I use it for anything. As far as messengers go, I actually use Astra for Live IM.

I think I was more having a malfunctioning brain instead. So I withdraw my wish to get a volume larger than 32GB, especially since the client doesn't use nearly even that amount of HDD space.