The problem with that solution is it isn't very realistic. With more people adopting NForce4 boards, or newer Intel, Via, etc. boards, they have SATA drives without native drive support in the default WinXP. So, you have to add on drivers. And since you have no idea of what you are running into, the smart move is to plan for most anything. Which is why a lot of people just build a pre-prepped OS with something like BTS MegaStorage Pack or whatever built in, and then go from there. But it is a PITA to do so and then wait on boot for it to check for any possible raid controller, etc.
:) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:06 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible At 09:46 AM 4/6/2006, Chris Reeves typed: >There are, however, numerous add-ons that do copy plenty to RAMDISK before >working. Sure there are. Everyone that creates a plugin thinks their apps must install to the RAMDISK. Heck I even copy my Favorites to the RAMDISK on bootup but is it req'd? I don't think so. >What slows it down isn't a slow optical drive, necessarily, it's the amount >of drivers and items that build in. For those of us that just use >"universal" type BART discs, with all drivers we might potentially need, the >load time can be sucky, no matter what you do. That's the catch22 "all drivers we might potentially need". Once we do that it's more like we're installing Windows versus just booting an existing OS but that's also a caveat of the beast. We never know what drivers are needed for the system we've not yet seen & are asked to fix so we're damned if we do have almost all the drivers that we can think of or we're damned if we don't. Maybe we need 2 BartPE disks with one with just the basic driver set that comes with PE Builder & another with a much wider assortment of driver just in case? ----------+---------- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 <http://www.wavijo.com>
