Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:46:51 +0100 From: Kapusta Gerhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Win2k on Lib 110? Hi! Since some Days I own a Libretto 110. My plan is to install Win2k, but there is no official support for this. My current state is: - BIOS V8.00 installed (should be Win2k capeable). - Win2k installed and up. - Power management for Win2k installed. The Control Panel has now an extension (whrere processor speed and brightness of the display is adjustable) but changes on this panel make no effect, these parameters always remain on the defaults. - There is no "Battery"-control panel (as in Win98), and I see no need for it, because the extended power management control panel covers all. - Suspend and hibernate is working correct. Win2k generates for hibernation a file "hiberfil.sys" on the system-partition. So is there an need for a second "hibernation-partition" which is used for other operating-systems? And how can I remove this partition, if it is not needed? - I have not yet found the Win2k-utilities to make BIOS-adjustments. - What is the Toshiba mobile extensions software? - I have planned to install a IBM 20GB HD - will it work in Win2k (because the BIOS-limit is still 8GB!) Does anybody has experience with Win2k on a Lib? regards Gerhard ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Libretto CD-ROM to Spain by internet!!
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:05:57 +0100 From: "Aldazabal, Javier" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Libretto CD-ROM to Spain by internet!! Hi to all!! I have a fast internet conection!!. I can download the 560MB of the CD and I can burn it and send it to Spain, Portugal, and other European countries. ...Javi ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
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Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:20:18 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? How do you go about swapping displays between internal and external. Do you have to reboot every time? I will agree that everything else works really well and has been the OS of choice since Win2k RC1 Mike - Original Message - From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:54 PM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:49:02 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "Kapusta Gerhard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:46:51 +0100 From: Kapusta Gerhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Win2k on Lib 110? Hi! Since some Days I own a Libretto 110. My plan is to install Win2k, but there is no official support for this. My current state is: - BIOS V8.00 installed (should be Win2k capeable). - Win2k installed and up. - Power management for Win2k installed. The Control Panel has now an extension (whrere processor speed and brightness of the display is adjustable) but changes on this panel make no effect, these parameters always remain on the defaults. It does work on my machine as tied to the current power profile. - There is no "Battery"-control panel (as in Win98), and I see no need for it, because the extended power management control panel covers all. The W2K bettery meter works very well and even displays how many hours and minutes left for the battery. - Suspend and hibernate is working correct. Win2k generates for hibernation a file "hiberfil.sys" on the system-partition. So is there an need for a second "hibernation-partition" which is used for other operating-systems? And how can I remove this partition, if it is not needed? The BIOS is the one that uses the "hibernation partition" and there are times that something will trigger this hibernation and possibly corrupt your data that saved in the same region. To remove the parition, just use Win2K disk manager to format the unused the parition. - I have not yet found the Win2k-utilities to make BIOS-adjustments. - What is the Toshiba mobile extensions software? There is none. - I have planned to install a IBM 20GB HD - will it work in Win2k (because the BIOS-limit is still 8GB!) Win2K does not rely upon BIOS. If you format the drive in Win2K, you should be able to get 20GB Does anybody has experience with Win2k on a Lib? Win2K is much better than other OSes I ran on my L100 provided you have enough memory (64MB). I haven't tried WinME yet. Foxbat ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:08:01 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:29 AM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:20:18 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? How do you go about swapping displays between internal and external. Do you have to reboot every time? Actually I never tested external displays. Does the new Win2K display driver allow you to switch between internal and external as it used to be in Win9x? I don't have the machine in hand right now. If you open Display properties\Settings\Advanced, see if you have a special page on there to switch displays. Lawrence ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:11:47 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:31:27 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? One point to remember about the hibernation: I can't speak for the 110 but the older machines can go into hibernation if they overheat and this can't be turned off. So it's probably a good idea to leave the space available, even if W2k is handling normal hibernation... Haven't have any thermal shutdown on my L100 (OCed to 200MHz) so I can't say for sure it won't happen. I believe the ACPI handles behavior of thermal shutdown and OS is the one to determine how it operates not the BIOS. Again, there are occasions that BIOS will kick in and ruin your data. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:29:00 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Nahh. If you reboot with the external attached it will use it but I can't switch on the fly. It would be most useful though. Mike - Original Message - From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:09 PM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:08:01 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:29 AM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:20:18 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? How do you go about swapping displays between internal and external. Do you have to reboot every time? Actually I never tested external displays. Does the new Win2K display driver allow you to switch between internal and external as it used to be in Win9x? I don't have the machine in hand right now. If you open Display properties\Settings\Advanced, see if you have a special page on there to switch displays. Lawrence ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:30:10 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Lawrence, How easy is the overclock and what sort of performance gain do you get? I could do with a boost on mine. Mike - Original Message - From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:19 PM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:11:47 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:31:27 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? One point to remember about the hibernation: I can't speak for the 110 but the older machines can go into hibernation if they overheat and this can't be turned off. So it's probably a good idea to leave the space available, even if W2k is handling normal hibernation... Haven't have any thermal shutdown on my L100 (OCed to 200MHz) so I can't say for sure it won't happen. I believe the ACPI handles behavior of thermal shutdown and OS is the one to determine how it operates not the BIOS. Again, there are occasions that BIOS will kick in and ruin your data. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:18:51 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? I'm actually running a L100 as well in standard trim apart from a hi-cap battery. It runs Win2k very well considering the hardware limitations of processor and memory. It's just the little details I'm just trying to sort out now. Mike - Original Message - From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:05:15 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:30:10 - From: "Mike King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Lawrence, How easy is the overclock and what sort of performance gain do you get? I could do with a boost on mine. Since you have the L110, overclock may not suitable for you. Mine L100 is over-clocked from 166MHz to 200MHz. As for the actual performance gain, I don't think it's substantial because of the lack of L2 cache on L100. But it's faster enough for me to run Win2k comfortably. The procedure of overclocking is easy and simple if you're experienced on soldering and computer hardware. It's not an easy task for novice as you can easily screw up your machine. Lawrence ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:38:30 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:19:56 -0700 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:11:47 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? - Original Message - From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:31:27 GMT From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Win2k on Lib 110? One point to remember about the hibernation: I can't speak for the 110 but the older machines can go into hibernation if they overheat and this can't be turned off. So it's probably a good idea to leave the space available, even if W2k is handling normal hibernation... Haven't have any thermal shutdown on my L100 (OCed to 200MHz) so I can't say for sure it won't happen. I believe the ACPI handles behavior of thermal shutdown and OS is the one to determine how it operates not the BIOS. Again, there are occasions that BIOS will kick in and ruin your data. My ancient CT50 will happily go into overheat shutdown irrespective of OS and it's handled by the bios. But I've never played with a 110 so I can't speak for your machine. Though I'd still be very careful :) _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Get the lowest online freebies / Cloudy Libretto future
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:39:21 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Get the lowest online freebies / Cloudy Libretto future Don't know what the future will bring for the Libertto as Toshiba Japan has removed the Libretto completely from their current PC products list, and has not mentioned a replacment at all. They usually have released a new Libretto within 6 months of the prior model for all prior models, but in this case, it has been many months past that and we've seen nothing yet. I wonder if they've moved out of the mini-notebook market, or plan on a release for early next year. (They'll miss the Xmas season this year if they don't get the product into the channels by mid next month - almost saying that they've either killed the Libretto line or are waiting until later next year.) Interestingly, they pulled out of the US market last year, while Sony continues to chug on with new Picturebooks year after year. One does wonder how large the market is and why they doesn't/can't compete. In any case, let's hope they have something new coming up. (If not, I'd hope they'll release the full schematics for the Libretto so we can go in and modify ourselves.) -- I know that many people at work often ask me where to get stuff cheap and get freebies and offers. I don't remember ever posting everything good that I've found to this list, so here goes. Hope someone saves lots of money on their next online purchase. (eg. using $20 off $100 buy.com coupon at www.dealcatcher.com, etc.) (a few of the offers below are self-serving, but hey!, you still get free stuff...and I want my candy bars paid for ;) 1. Use a price search engine. www.shopper.com, www.pricescan.com, www.pricewatch.com, mysimon.com Works on DVDs, music, VHS, computer HW/SW, etc., etc. (eg. try looking up something like "La Femme Nikita" DVD and see how low prices go online vs. locally. Try to pick a company out of state and with free shipping if among the lowest prices listed to avoid taxes and shipping fees. 2. Use a coupons rebates freebies page. www.dealcatcher.com, www.dealnews.com, www.fatwallet.com (forums) Lots and lots of freebies that you can get for free, like www.dealcatcher.com - book magazines - efollet/gorefer's free magazine subscription offers. I'm already getting mine w/o any hitch at all! 3. Create a 'junk email' account at www.yahoo.com and others that offer free email accounts when filling in these forms. That way, you won't get junk mail. eg. for the free 2000 US Road Atlas at: http://www.safeco.com/offer/default.asp?FRIEND_CODE=1338769 You simply fill in your address (work address if you don't want junk mail coming home ;), a fake phone number if you don't want them calling you, and a junk email account. 4. Subscribe to free trade magazines. www.yahoo.com - search "trade magazines" Suprisingly, a large number of publications are completely sponsered and paid for by the money from the advertisers. As such, you only need to ask for the free trade magazine subscriptions (fill in fake info to make you look important to them), and voila! lots of free subscriptions. The computer industry related ones are particularly interesting for this group if you want to keep up with the happenings in this industry. Naturally, once you've gotten on their mailing list, they'll send lots of junk mail (so maybe send all of it the work address! ;)-, but at the same time, lots of offers for free stuff (like what I've gotten in the past, free maglights, swiss army knives, clocks, watches, pens, etc. etc.) If you're not on anybody's junk mail list, you won't get a lot of freebies, so naturally, just sign up for tons of the free trade magazines and watch it go! 5. Fatwallet.com - forums are especially good and fast at catching the latest freebies and such. Read it everyday and you'll really find yourself with amazingly low prices on computer HW/SW, and other freebies. eg. http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/productlink.cfm?PID=na let's you now download and use PCAnywhere 5.0 DOS and 2.0 Windows 3.1/95 for free! 6. Surf for Cash. http://4freecash.com/ The very first on the scene in a big way was AllAdvantage, which pioneered the concept of paying the user money for each hour they've spent online with the ad banner running at the bottom of their window. Self-serving link to sign up: http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp?refid=DDS873 Most run on the idea of referals, where one person's account is refered to when signing up others. That person gets additional $ for each person that signs up with his account ID and surfs the net (they also get their own $ as well). Interestingly, while some people have said they've made $$$ off these, I've yet to see anything but a small number in my account, so it's hard to say if they actually work well (they'll work, but who knows when they'll get around to paying you). I'm sure the guy
Re: Libretto 1100v and W2K
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:52:43 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto 1100v and W2K I decided to take the plunge with W2K and was wondering if anyone else had solved a few of the driver issues with the 1100v and Windows 2000. I knew If available (and compatible with US Win 2K rather than 2K/Japanese), then it'll be at www2.toshiba.co.jp/pc/catalog/ under their drivers section. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Libretto CD-ROM to Spain by internet!!
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:54:32 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Libretto CD-ROM to Spain by internet!! I have a fast internet conection!!. I can download the 560MB of the CD and I can burn it and send it to Spain, Portugal, and other European countries. That would be nice. I'll keep your offer in mind. It would allow European Libretto owners to receive it sooner than shipped from the US. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Win2k on Lib 110?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:24:54 +0100 From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Win2k on Lib 110? Hi! - Power management for Win2k installed. The Control Panel has now an extension (whrere processor speed and brightness of the display is adjustable) but changes on this panel make no effect, these parameters always remain on the defaults. You are probably running localised Win2k. No problems in native English version. Power extention also rely on ACPI toshiba value added logical device but as long as I remember but not sure in this case you will not see extention panel at all. So is there an need for a second "hibernation-partition" which is used for other operating-systems? And how can I remove this partition, if it is not needed? Control Panel- Administrative Tools- Computer Management- Disk Management. But I would warn you to do that. BIOS will force hibernation into that area if it runs out of battery while on stanby. Lib 100 does not hibernate on overheat it just shutdown. NTFS puts backup of boot sector to the last sector of partition. If original boot sector is damaged and backup overwritten you loose all your data. - I have not yet found the Win2k-utilities to make BIOS-adjustments. I verified Toshiba page with that utility is no longer there. I will post it later if no one can do this before. - What is the Toshiba mobile extensions software? no idea. - I have planned to install a IBM 20GB HD - will it work in Win2k (because the BIOS-limit is still 8GB!) the only problem is to localize hibernation zone. Hope this helps, Alexandre ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: 20GB experience + a few questions
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:24:57 +0100 From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 20GB experience + a few questions A HD sector editor would let you manually alter the master file directory, then let you chain files together sector by sector by hand. Since all directories pretty much are laid out like: Directory Listing for File0001 points to first HD sector #, with pointer to second sector, which points to second HD sector # and has a pointer to the their sector .it is merely a matter of locating the first sector of your ZIP (or any other file you want to recover), locating the second sector, and so forth, then making sure the directory is properly updated with this information. Yes, you can spend days working on this recovering multi-MB files by hand, but it works fine. The solution was much simpler than that. Win2k has an utility called diskprobe. It allows you directly manipulate sectors. In fact in my case information in first EBR about the next extended partition was overwritten. It was matter of minutes to calculate the right data, write it and all the chain of extended partitions was recovered. However I spent the whole week-end learning about partitions in order to do this. BTW recover boot sector in NTFS is even easier. Actually I made floppy backup of all partitions tables as well as boot sectors. Now I am looking for two DOS utilities from NT4 resource kit: disksave and diskprobe. As for a program that writes 1's to disk, I wouldn't know. I'd just write a program myself. I am doctor not programmer! Maybe www.softseek.com or www.deja.com/usenet has some clues. No 1 From time to time I hear a rather loud click inside and Windeows freezes in that moment. This problem was present from the first time I installed the drive. What that could be? Does Windows crash or do anything bad? No it just freezes for a fraction of second. It's either the HD head moving about, or HD failure. Both IBM and Toshiba have low-level diagnostics programs you can run on the HD to make sure nothing bad is happening, just in case. This is certainly HD head hitting something. But I have never heard that kind of sound on other HD IBM or not. 2 Some time ago I read from your page about SIIG PCMCIA fan. Have you seen Win2k drivers for it? No idea. But one person who did try it recommended against it. It is such a tight fit that it damaged the MB/circuitry around the area and caused problems for that one person. however,that was merely an example of stupidity. If the card, if out of spec sizewise, was too hard to squeeze in, then why did that person proceed? I'm sure another PCMCIA fan card, if the proper size, would fit just fine and not cause problems. The name of "one person" is Nicolas Rubinstein. As I remember he is no longer on the list. He is otherwise smart guy and gave us many useful tips about Win2k and overclocking. By the way I remind you that he fixed his motherboard with a drop of glue. Remember, for all electronic equipment, it shouldn't need much force to put together. If it does, something is most likely wrong and you shouldn't force it in -- or else you'll risk damage. I must admit that card in question fits rather tight and if your motherboard is weak it can be damaged. But in my opinion his and mine problem is that we tend to forget that most so called IT professionals are just incompetent when are not trying to cheat you. It just hard to imagine that you paid $$ for a potentially dangerous misconceived card. Finally, David about previous suggestion about FAT. From all that I had to read about FAT/NTFS comparative stability I am happy to stay with NTFS. Most if not all recovery utilities just take the address from MFT of the first sector of file to recover and then recover the next sectors corresponding to file size. Thus, unless you defragmented partition minutes before failure your chances to recover are nil. Theese are just my 2c, Alexandre ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
LibrettoCD - Update for 30 October
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:55:09 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LibrettoCD - Update for 30 October Navigation is going quickly and approximately 40% of navigation for the first ~950 files are done. Another ~1200 to go, not counting the additional web sites and other last bits of downloads I'll add at the end of this. After testing and a few test burns, the CD should be ready at the end of two weeks, if not less. At that time, I'll open orders for one week only, taking all initial orders at that time. A burn session of all ordered discs, followed by delivery of all orders placed during the initial one week ordering period will occur then. I'm limiting the initial ordering period to help me keep track of the dozens/hundreds of orders for this disc, and to allow time to burn the dozens/hundreds of discs before taking another round of orders. This may consume weeks if orders are large, and delivery may be delayed accordingly from the time of order. Those placing orders on CDs to host them for download or for local distribution in foreign countries should contact me at that time so I'll know to send you an ISO image as well, while putting your orders at the top of the list to finish and send out first. Everyone else will simply get a regular CD disc readable under Windows without any trouble. (If you don't know what an ISO image is, don't worry, it won't do you any good at all.) Hopefully, this will let everyone get their hands on a copy by December. I'll definitely accept payment by PayPal, so get your credit cards ready. I still haven't decided how to accept foreign payments yet, so ideas on this would be valuable to me and you. d =) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
