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That is not surprising. I have encountered systems that refuse to boot WinPE as well, but they seem to be more motherboard limitations. By that I mean the machines I could not get it to work on, that particular motherboard, has not worked on ANY machines with that board, ever. In those cases (for me) I am then forced to use an alternate method such as Ghost or PING, which we keep around just for those instances where WinPE doesn't work in one way or another. But it is interesting that a stock PE worked and not the modified one... For me, that scenario has never happened. Although, I have encountered situations where a motherboard handles memory different than others. This also came up in the past when a customer tried to use a Thin Client OS on a particular motherboard. I forget which board it was... some EOL Intel board. For some reason it always tried to write the RAMDISK on the hard drive instead of memory IF a hard drive was present in the system. There wasn't many options to set in the BIOS, but I can only think of these even if they don't really make any sense: 1. Try booting to the PE without the Hard Drive hooked up. 2. Make sure ACPI is enabled in BIOS and Suspend State is set to S3. 3. Try a different PE version? In the end, your option for this particular machine might be to work around the issue the best you can.

These specs seem fine. Nowadays, the CPU isn't a big deal for game playability. At worst case, you might just have to drop some of the details down if you encounter any game lags. The video card is the real minimum requirement. Memory, as far as playability goes, is more so on the speed of the RAM than the amount. For example, I was able to play Crysis on the following specs: Intel D850MV motherboard with Intel P4 1.7GHz (no HT) 512MB RAM @ 800MHz Radeon 9800XP 256MB AGP 2x And my current config is able to play Far Cry 2 with these specs: Intel 865GBF motherboard with Intel P4 2.0GHz (no HT) 1.5GB RAM @266MHz Radeon X1650 HD PRO AGP 8x In the above configs, you may be surprised to find out that the 512MB running at 800MHz outperformed my current config of 1.5GB at 266MHz. Basically, your main point of concern is the video card. If you experience problems, you can change the game settings or upgrade your hardware.

Its a new feature on Adobe's website to download or install software. I agree, its quite annoying. Not only do you need to accept it, you also may have to add adobe.com into your browser's exception list or into the Trusted Sites. Otherwise, the download or install fails around 90%. I really hate it, but what are you gonna do? On the download page, it even has an instructions for Firefox users but it does not always work. If you can't get DLM to work properly, you MAY be able to find it on ftp.adobe.com. It still allows Anonymous connections, but it doesn't have everything that is available on the website. I'm going to move this to Software Hangout, as it is a topic about Adobe's website. It is not specific to OS or Browser.

Good point. I forgot to consider the RAM Drive as well. How much memory is needed to create and maintain the RAM Drive? It has to be more than the amount of space you allocate for it. I could definately see the resources of this going over 2GB. In fact, in recent testing, I tried to get an 800MB WinPE (I made it that size on accident) to boot on a PC with 4GB RAM and it also failed in this way. So perhaps there is some other limitation the PE has?

Those specs definately seem good enough for it. How are you booting to it? Using CD or USB or even Network? How about trying to boot a stock PE, one without any additional items?

Is this really on XP, and not Windows 7, Buster123? Try these links: http://www.airattack.co.uk/portal/viewtopi...=23&t=31817 http://ukclub.airattack-central.com/ed/php...p;sk=t&sd=a

What should I do? Install the OS on a separate hard drive? Please explain how you would do it if it was your computer. Like I said before, RAID is kind of new to me and I did it because one of my friend suggested it to me. If it were my setup, I would either use JBOD or RAID1 for OS and programs, and then use the RAID10 for storage. Then again, I'd also only use RAID10 (or RAID5 for that matter) on a server and not a workstation. I have some server examples in the "my servers" link in my sig.

Windows won't really care one way or the other. But both drives might have different connectors. In this case, it doesn't hurt to try. Just be careful if you have to take anything apart.

By cannot boot, do you get an error? What is the model number of the notebook? Also do you have at least 512MB RAM on it?

Greetings, Please check out the forum rules, including: Anyways, you may receive this message if you were to reboot your computer without dismounting the image first.

Not necessarily. Granted I am experienced only with Intel and MSI BIOS updates, but have seen sometimes it load Setup Defaults (which can disable or enable devices depending on previous settings) or sometimes changes the date and time as well. So a BIOS update could do it for sure. Also, especially if you bought your PC from an OEM and it came with Windows installed already, and you did a BIOS update using a BIOS file NOT from the OEM's website, it could break the OEM Activation in Windows as well.

You'll have to edit your BCD or the Setup might do it for you. Or, why not just use a VM and have it store the VHD on the other hard drive?

I've edited an MUI once but I had to use a hex editor. And it wasn't in XML but then again it was WinPE v2.0 bootloader, not Windows 7.

don't make me shiver. as a web developer, i absolutely hate when someone gives me a word doc and wants me to convert to html. dreamweaver does an ok job at cleaning it up but it just never comes anywhere close to correct. I understand as well. Currently there are people at my company working on designing a new website and they are using things like Word and FrontPage, even though we have Expression 3, Visual Studio and Dreamweaver CS4 available. I remember my CEO asking me "isn't programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver meant to make websites?" And my response was that these programs are great for those who are just learning about websites but eventually you get away from them. I guess I had that same idea when I first started out making websites too. But its hard for my co-workers to grasp that I now make websites in text editors (like Scite or UltraEdit) and only use programs like Dreamweaver to quickly determine coords for tables/divs or use their site manager to update links, etc. And that is why the OP is getting responses from those like us about garbage code and bad programs, because we have already past the part where we require a program to make websites for us. But if you are just starting out, using any web development program is just fine to help you learn how websites work. Eventually, if you keep at it, you'll end up in our boat as well. The real trick for us web-experienced folks is being able to handle TALKING to people without the same or relevant experience!

Try putting them in the system32 folder and see what happens.

My first step would be to check the ToS of my ISP to find out if my current plan (likely residential) allows me to run a server. If not, then upgrade to a business account. Everything else would depend on that.

It is normal for Matrix to rebuild the array on a reboot IF it finds a problem with it. But why are you running your OS on the RAID10? But yes, your replacement drive should either be blank or in RAW format.

Its actually 3 days or 3 boots. After your third boot, it will say you must activate in order to use Windows. Just hook it up to the internet and activate. If it doesn't, call up the activation center.

Please be aware of the forum rules, specifically: As far as MUI editing goes, I have not done a lot of it. But I think you have to use the same amount of characters (including spaces) as the original text. So in your case (if I am correct) the replacement string may be too long.

Its only worth switching to Windows 7 if there is a need to do it. Basically only if you have a program that requires something that 7 offers that XP doesn't. Off the top of my head, I can only think maybe DirectX 10+. If you have no specific requirements to get Windows 7, then its purely a judgement call. The only thing you are going to run into is learning the GUI differences between it and XP.

Welcome! I removed your duplicate post.

I totally disagree. Word adds way more bloat than Frontpage does.

Somehow I managed to find a Wireless Draft N 2.0 router for $40 at a store. It was on sale and the last one. It supports G too. I set it up without even reading the manual, but was disappointed that the WiFi side comes unsecured by default. I haven't had the DHCP problems my Linksys did, so I don't think I need to worry about the static IP idea at all. Also I found out after setting it up, that my router is the only WPA2 network in my area. I can see 3 other networks but they are WEP. Man, you didn't tell me the WPA key was so long and annoying to type! Oh also, default when enable security for this one was WEP. I remembered your post and had chosen WPA instead. Thanks a lot.

Indeed, the Recovery partition (for Vista and Windows 7 at least) should be flagged as "hidden" so it shouldn't get a drive letter. For Windows 7, the System partition may end up getting assigned the C drive instead of the OS volume. Also note that certain notebooks that contain Realtek card readers can get that drive (even if no media is present) the C letter. It depends on in what order the system enumerates the volumes so the PE can assign the letters. As far as partitions of 1 volume go, the SB (Dell) should have marked the recovery partition hidden, and it won't get a letter. Its up in the air whether C will be the System or OS volume. Best to check the total size to be sure.