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Re: Looking for an Intel Z68 based mainboard with floppy and IDE support

Posted on 2011-11-07, 14:11

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I bought one of these a while ago: http://www.gadgetell.com/technologytell/article/hps-two-in-one-usb-floppy-drive-key/ Works very well. It's a life saver when you have to install Windows 2003 on a server without a floppy drive. It's expensive, but it's been very useful for me. When you plug it on a …

Re: Help reviving USB hard disk

Posted on 2011-10-27, 23:23

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A few pieces of advice: 1) Don't run chkdsk. 2) Don't run chkdsk ! 3) DON'T RUN CHKDSK !!! 4) Use a good data recovery program first: http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm http://www.data-recovery-software.net/Data_Recovery_Download.shtml 5) And if they fail, prepare your wallet for the …

Re: GoG - 6 million downloads celebration event

Posted on 2011-09-27, 22:15

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Is it worthwhile to go with a publisher? I mean, the guy who created QDOS (Quick and Dirty OS) probably commited suicide when he knew of the billions of dollars that Bill Gates made thanks to his product. What's the advantage of selling your rights to a publisher??

Re: GoG - 6 million downloads celebration event

Posted on 2011-09-23, 16:04

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I agree. I don't see why GOG should pay the original devs. They got their money once... Why should the Rolling Stones still get a cut of iTunes sales of their songs? They got their money once, right? These rhetorical questions are great! Why should the Rolling Stones get a cut of the sales of their …

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-28, 22:48

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Thanks for the info, peterferrie. According to this page: http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/MSWin41BRinHexEd.htm The bootloader code is indeed larger and occupies two sectors of the disk. However, Microsoft reserved 3 sectors for the boot loader. The strange thing is that the second sector is …

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 19:01

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By the way, is the bootloader also 512 bytes in length? I know that the MBR is 512 bytes, but I'm not sure if the bootloader is also the same size.

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 18:58

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Mmmm, I was thinking that those programs were no longer needed now that you can simply copy the IO.SYS through normal copy commands to a disk. But you're right, you still need a program to write the bootloader in the proper position of the disk. So, I guess those programs aren't as obsolete as I …

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 18:39

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And Wikipedia claims that version 5 of MS-DOS allows the 3 first sectors of the file to be anywhere!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IO.SYS Strange!

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 18:35

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I've found another link that talks about this: http://cquirke.mvps.org/9x/startup.htm It claims that The boot code of a Microsoft DOS/Win9x bootable partition is expected to seek a file called IO.SYS and jump into it. Win9x boot loaders have sufficient file system smarts to load an IO.SYS no matter …

Re: Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 18:31

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These guys say that the new rule seems to be: http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/help/partitioning-basics.htm The same limitation applies to the DOS IO.SYS file and the Windows NT file, NTLOADER.EXE. Either of these files being installed or moved beyond the 64K boot code boundary …

Does the IO.SYS exact position on the disk still matter on MS-DOS 7.x and 8.0 ??

Posted on 2011-08-27, 18:23

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Hi people, I know that in the good old days you had to use the SYS.COM tool to make sure that IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS were properly located in the very first clusters of the disk to be able to boot your computer. But that rule seems to have been relaxed in recent versions of MS-DOS (7.0 and later) Is …

Re: Video Card Museum in Ukraine

Posted on 2011-08-20, 22:34

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But it is funny if you poke your own country. Like so: Who invented the copper wire? Hint, look at what country I'm from :P That joke is really universal! In some places they say "two jews fighting for the same penny", others say "two scotsmen". Here in Spain we say "two catalans". I suppose that …

Re: How do you guys cope with data corruption?

Posted on 2011-08-05, 19:22

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which baracuda do you have? the 7200.11s were known to have tons of problems, but some where fixed using firmware updates there are firmware updates also with the 7200.12s... you should try a firmware update first to see if that fixes your problem I have a Barracuda ST31000528AS, which I upgraded …

Re: Grrrr....tech help forums and posters....

Posted on 2011-08-05, 19:16

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Wow, it seems that Microsoft had already thought about it: http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper It's still a beta, but that's exactly what I was asking for in my above posts!!

Re: How do you guys cope with data corruption?

Posted on 2011-08-01, 01:23

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Thanks a lot for your replies. Wow, DosFreak, you sure have a thorough backup plan!! I've seen many middle sized companies (and some biggish ones) with backup strategies worse than yours!! Is that for your personal information only, or are you also including your business data (if applicable) ?? I …

How do you guys cope with data corruption?

Posted on 2011-07-31, 17:25

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Hi people, I always try to buy quality components from reputable brands, but I cannot seem to avoid the dreaded problem of data corruption from time to time. I'm currently suffering one of those episodes with a Seagate Barracuda 1 TB SATA hard drive. It has developed more defective sectors than it …

Re: Grrrr....tech help forums and posters....

Posted on 2011-07-26, 00:19

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Yes, there are alternatives, but most of them require a bit of technical knowledge that keep them out of reach of the computer newbies. Microsoft knows how to make things simple. Take, for example, their freeware tool to create a bootable USB drive from a Windows ISO. I'd wish something similar. An …

Re: Grrrr....tech help forums and posters....

Posted on 2011-07-25, 23:04

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I'm one of those who think Microsoft should be ethically obligated to provide a bootable ISO of Microsoft's Security Essentials for free (and also a tool to create a bootable USB drive from the ISO for people without an optical drive). To be honest, it does offer something similar, but only to …

Re: Grrrr....tech help forums and posters....

Posted on 2011-07-24, 00:40

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xDD Hahaha, actually, I didn't expect any answer at all! (in part because probably nobody besides Microsoft knows the answer, but also because it's really intended to be a rhetoric question). I've always thought that all those millions of unanswered questions hanging on the forums do still serve a …

Re: Grrrr....tech help forums and posters....

Posted on 2011-07-23, 17:04

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The only forums I've found to give useful info when I look for Windows problems are Microsoft's ones. They aren't perfect, but they have the correct info most of the time. The sad fact is that the majority of the forums are useless from a tech support perspective. They are great for chatting and …

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