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General Software Discussion / How to remove 6741afb79c635b436c393169e8c1a754 folder from my Ext HDD !

« on: January 25, 2011, 11:22 AM »

Hello folks , two days back i installed dotnetframework on my friends PC, and after the installation this folder by the name of 6741afb79c635b436c393169e8c1a754 which had amd64 and i386 were created on my External HDD ( i had copied the dotnetframework from my Ext HDD to his D:\ , on checking the attributes it was read only, i changed and unchecked the read only from the Properties and tried to delete it ,still no good.
 I tried it from DOS to remove it too, i dont know what to make of it and how to remove it completly, the Properties doesn't show any file size 0 bytes.
I insatlled Unlocker with the same results,,,,, its really bugging me,,,,

   These files/folder were created after installing Dotnetframwork 3.5 (232 MB), which was needed for the last Giveaway , if u remember, SimplyGoodPictures



What do i do
Any assistance is greatly and warmly welcomed.....

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dual Booting Win XP and Win 7

« on: January 18, 2011, 11:33 AM »

Well i have no plan of installing Win7 first, XP for me is the first and needed OS of choice : after that i would like Win 7 in another partition like D:
But suddenly that's a great idea, Installing Xp and then Win7 in Virtual  PC.  Their would be no reason to Dual Boot , instead use it on Virtual PC.

THANKS
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dual Booting Win XP and Win 7

« on: January 17, 2011, 10:44 PM »

I triple boot XP, Vista and 7 and have no problems.

The only issue I am aware of is that Restore Points for System restore aren't independent and they can get a bit muddled - esp. XP restore points.

Simple solution is to turn off System Restore in XP and use another method to roll back in an emergency.

The other important point is that if you install Windows 7 it will update the MBR and boot system on the Windows XP partition. This doesn't cause a problem with multiple booting but it does mean a bit of head scratching if you need to remove XP at a later date (you can't simply delete the partition and hope it works).

Golden rule with multibooting windows systems when not using 3rd party tools to build the boot system is to make sure the versions are installed oldest version first and then proceed with installs until the most recent version is installed last.

PS. I agree with fOdder - unless you have a real need to multiboot (like a piece of software that doesn't run in Windows 7) just start with a clean Win 7 install and forget XP. Windows 7 is a good operating system.

The only reason I multiboot now is that I support computers with all three OSes so I need access to them on my computer - otherwise I would go to Win 7 (64 bit) permanently.

If you have the odd program that needs XP why no install a virtual XP setup within Windows 7?

-Carol Haynes (January 17, 2011, 12:36 PM)

I have already installed Win 7 in Virtual PC, its not the same thing consuming only half the resource Pc has.
Thank you all for your valuable input, i mainly want Win 7 in D: because its a new PC, [with 3 Ghz , 2 GB Ram and Dual  Core] and my partitions are staying idle. Some games doesn't work well in Win Xp, soon getting a 1GB Graphic card for this; hopefully those games will run in Win 7.
  Carol Haynes have you locked your XP,Vista and Win 7 Volume when you switch in either partition and any Bit Locker program do you use.
   Also how does the each Volume Label show-up in My Computer,when you boot in each OS: is their any thing a users need to do.

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General Software Discussion / Dual Booting Win XP and Win 7

« on: January 17, 2011, 10:42 AM »

Hello folks,
            i have four partitions c: being default XP and d: e: and f:  So i want Win 7 in my D:\ , although i am fairly rehearsed with installing OS'es and renaming the VOL. My main concern is that each partition contains System Volume Information and Recycler folder, so after installing Win7 how would this folder behave and would that have any effect when i run Win 7 , i also plan on locking the drive when i am on either OS, how would that impact in any way.
                Has anyone tried Dual booting xp and win7, how does the PC respond.

Found one post Here:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 22, 2010, 11:51 AM »

i agree with with the above comments, ClipBoard not to be taken as a Notetaking program,which CLIPMATE does :but it still is good to hear other peoples opinion,,,: just came to find out that CLCL does have word wrapping feature,,,i guess i'll use CLCL for now,,,,

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 10:49 AM »

Thank you skwire and cyberdiva for your direction and pointers: from a bunch of Clipboards i really found Clipmate to be great and what i was looking for( its got editing the txt ). CLCL gave the same function with less feature: and it was freeware, i really only need to copy/paste and to a extent edit. Does CLCL have wordwrapping as seen on the pic, if that could be achieved i really don't need ClipMate(which is great, but not free !). I will be happy with the latter. 


10 Most Downloaded Clipboard Apps [Movers & Shakers]:

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General Software Discussion / Any better Clipboard program.

« on: December 21, 2010, 09:09 AM »

Hello folks,,
         i was looking for a good Clipboard software, the default Clipboard of Winxp is quite incomplete, i was looking for any Clipboard that would paste the selected copied txt from the screen. And that has the feature to view the txt in a Clipboard. Any commercial or a Freeware Clipboard from any User.
         
                     I quite don't understand the use of Clipboard, its just their are times when error pops up and i need to see what the message is, but the clipboard seriously needs a paste feature.

Any suggestion is welcomed

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 13, 2010, 01:22 PM »

hello 4wd, thank you once again for taking your time out for this thread.
Sorry for late acknowledgement, all this time i was downloading WAIK 1.1 for Vista . I am on a narrowband ! and making plugins through trial and error.
Prior to your new post i,e., using bbLean as shell for Win PE3.0 found Here:
         My main issue was with making a final ISO after downloading all the needed plugins from Winbuilder, which i figured it:
      

The error things that Winbuilder poped up: i just redownloaded the plugin scripts and then it was OK.

I don't like to bite more than i can chew: going through BBlean thread would be learning new thing from scratch.
I was going through the pic guide: The script generated for MyDefrag was 997KB: do i need to put this to project folder i.e., C:\WinBuilder\Projects\VistaPE-CAPI\Apps\HD Tasks\Diagnostic

I want few plugins like Notepad++, Irfanview, Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 , Acronis True Image 14, XYplorer 9.60, Q-Dir 4.19 , Adobe Acrobat 5/7 ,Winzip , UltraISO etc etc some with complicated registry in Winpe. Would it be possible with your methods. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Return of the Son of the best *free* Windows Text Editor

« on: November 09, 2010, 11:05 AM »

I too use PSPad/Notepad++/AllMyNotes Organizer( that was given as a Giveaway last time:)
Might want to take a look at HippoEDIT 1.49 at Giveawayoftheday [Here: ] [Direct Download ]

CHEERS:)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 06, 2010, 02:57 PM »

Hello 4wd, that was really generous of you.

. If only the author of H7Builder had taken the trouble to make a guide: this  thread would not have started. Although i didn't have much problem with H7WinBuilder. With H7Builder : i feel their is not limit to adding plugins except getting the scripts right.
I removed the previous WINPE and installed WINPE for W7: the process stoped with an error on 26th step. Can't find a proper word for explaining. The project folder and its content that would be lost on the process of creating the Disc: thankfully i have it saved in my External HDD.
This thread clearly stated:

So i have to edit the updates.ini if i have to add any folder: C:\WinBuilder\Projects\VistaPE-CAPI\Apps

Can you provide same guide on how to work with Winbuilder i.e., to make a WINPE DISC. 

Hope i am not asking too much of your time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 06, 2010, 12:41 AM »

Thank you for that, ( i was running Winbuilder from Desktop all along)  i did and made a Directory for the downloaded Project folder in a folder called WinBuilder and converted Barte .inf file to scripts and copied few Barte plugins folder wihit scripts in it: to  C:\WinBuilder\Projects\VistaPE-CAPI\Apps\HD Tasks

On hitting the play button i got errors: one thread here clearly states :BartPE plugins in WinBuilder project: methods to build a plugin from Barte plugins.
I am novice at these things:

This is my error log:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 05, 2010, 01:26 PM »

Wow that's quite a mouthful of stuffs you threw: although i quite dont have the use for MultiBoot USB-stick and other material except for H7PluginBuilder. It certainly is easy i.e., after making it myself. The readme tab for H7PluginBuilder is not so clear , it doesn't have a chm helpfile. Not to mention, how to use script on Winbuilder ,theory on text is ok but it would be great with pictures.

I downloaded Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) from here: whch required me to validate.  However WAIK 1.1 Vista + Server 2008 from Here: which didn't require validation.  Anyways, i guess i can use the former WAIK too for making PE.

4wd can you please help me out: i downloaded all the necessary scripts to be used in VistaPE CAPI, and i also selected all the necessary source, target and the place for iso to be created . But i am getting some errors:

What do i do from here: any suggestion from your part would be of tremendous help.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 04, 2010, 02:18 AM »

Thank you 4wd, i couldn't find too much about WINPE 2.0 but 7PE 3.0 seems to be a popular among the two. And i am trying my hands on WINPE3 .0.
        Same guy in 911cd.net:, i am following that thread carefully, but will soon abandon it:  if it consumes more time to understand and make plugins. BartePE is way less sophisticated and easy to build.

Thanks for redirecting, which do you prefer v2.0 or v3.0 orBartePe or any other.

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General Software Discussion / Easier way to make a WINPE 2.0 DISC

« on: November 02, 2010, 03:05 AM »

Hello folks:
       i am trying my hands on WINPE 2.0 DISC. I downloaded the VISTA WAIK from From Here:. Of course a User needs to have a OEM version of OS.
  
  I realised that a user has to work from cmd prompt: at one point i managed to copy and mount imagex something....
  But i found out it is not easy to make one, i need to make a Bootable 2.0 PE Disc, but i am having a difficult time to add again  mount ??? : so i am asking if some users from Donation Coder could help me.
  
  Is their a GUI for making a WinPE 2.0 Disc: or some batch file already made : That can accomplish this task. I need to add making plugins: like in Barte Disc.
I found one guide here:Windows PE 2.0 Guide:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format NTFS from DOS!

« on: October 08, 2010, 02:32 PM »

yeah my backup is image based: but i just want to format for my satisfaction.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format NTFS from DOS!

« on: October 06, 2010, 10:30 AM »

Honestly, yes I goofed suggesting it, (add fdisk and it's fine though, just tried it here with my laptop - delete partition, create, format - although my laptop only has 2 partitions), and I apologise if the tone of my response was unsavoury in any way.

I didn't mind your suggestion : it was something i had already thought at the beginning even before trying Avira NTFS4DOS Personal 1.9 and Active@ NTFS Reader DOS Boot Disk .  It looked  : you were in a hurry or something.

I really look up to any suggestion from the members of donation coder : but their are occassion when some guy tries to show who's the daddy .....

All the various responses to your query could have been avoided by adding: "I want to do this with a view to restoration of an OS image.", to your OP.

I think i had explained i wanted a Format tool for NTFS so i could restore my backup.

Thanks man Moo0 Anti-Recovery was really a new tool : i could use that to slim my next backup. Like someone has said thier is always a bigger galaxy to explore.....
 I dont think you will find me in the streets : i am from a very distant place....

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format NTFS from DOS!

« on: October 03, 2010, 02:28 PM »

So summing up:

You need to be able to boot into DOS in less than 10 seconds and do a full NTFS format prior to restoring an image of your OS.

Correct?

If so, then you can boot with a boring old DOS floppy and issue a full format command.  It doesn't matter what filesystem you format it in, it will be wiped when you restore your OS image.
In the amount of time spent downloading the relevant DOS files, prepping a Flash drive, copying the files to it and then rebooting to use it - I could have booted off a XP CD and partitioned/formatted the drive.
How to boot from a USB Flash drive.  Partitioning/format tools here.
Just a question: Why do you need to do a full format before restoring your OS?

-4wd (October 02, 2010, 09:12 PM)

I was hoping someone would come up with that suggestion i.e., Load DOS DISK and format the drive, well my friend it ain't any good since the drive is already a NTFS partition as daddydave said:

Although there is no version of DOS that supports NTFS partitions in any form, Microsoft has something called Windows PXE

(still to check on Windows PXE : doesn't sound interesting ).
  
The DOS Disk wont see NTFS so it ain't a proper way to do so , however this time around i used the Recovery Disk to format the partition , it took a less about min a few sec.  I think i'll use both Recovery Console Disk and Easus Partition manager.
I can't give you a proper answer why i format before restoring ,its just good to start with a clean slate. Realigning the sectors that already has been fragmented many times, and restoring the backup without a proper format would inevitable contribute to wear and tear of HD, maybe.......  
Please correct me ,,,,,i have no idea or is it not so necessary to format prior to restoring.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format NTFS from DOS!

« on: October 02, 2010, 12:04 PM »

Is there any reason you can't just boot from the Windows CD/DVD, (eg. Windows XP CD), into a Recovery Console and issue a Format, (and/or DiskPart), command?

No 3rd party software involved.

-4wd (October 01, 2010, 10:55 PM)

I know you don't want a 3rd party solution, but really, one of the easiest ways to manipulate NTFS, outside of windows, is a Linux live cd.

-Eóin (October 01, 2010, 04:44 PM)

Anything to do with boot disk type utility or manipulating a Windows or other OS based drive from a boot something-or-other like USB key, diskette, CD etc.. I would look here first:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/

-MilesAhead (October 01, 2010, 06:37 PM)

Thank you all for your valuable inputs:  i need a Format Tool for NTFS partition because i want to format my drive prior to restoring my backup. Linux live cd is way out of my choice considering the amount of time it would take to boot and the Recovery Console too would take a considerable amount of time. Though it does the job:
I think i would have to satisfy myself with Easus Partition manager which i have been using for few months now.

Thanks Miles Ahead i will check on (later) www.boot-land.net: will see if i can find anything to my liking..........

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General Software Discussion / Format NTFS from DOS!

« on: October 01, 2010, 03:50 PM »

if anyone can help me out here: i want to format a single NTFS partition from DOS . So far i have found Avira NTFS4DOS Personal 1.9 and Active@ NTFS Reader DOS Boot Disk which although allows access to NTFS partition but it doesn't format the drive. Please dont suggest 3rd party program like Easus Partiton Manager Pro and Barte Disc, which i already have and use. Just a personnel preference......any suggestion is welcomed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Few Question about C++ Express Edition n Winimage !

« on: June 05, 2010, 01:23 PM »

For all the time you would spend getting that working, I would go ahead and spend the 10 cents on the CD, unless your time is worth absolutely nothing. I'm serious.

-daddydave (June 05, 2010, 12:25 PM)

May be i h' posted in a wrong forum but still its not something i h' done that infringes the forums policy: I m a hobbyist and i like to try my hands on C language: So its necessary to h' at least the tools needed to get the job done:
Since Express edition installs on :
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\
I could just zip it and again backing the registry is not too difficult:  
Money is not an issue here: its not like i take a taxi and in 20min i reach the nearest market, not to  mention their aren't any distributor here: the nearest one is 720 KM from my place,,,,,so this is second time u'r picking on me, with due respect n u aren't somebody to judge someone by its character at least by it post: but still i forgive u......

Direct Download of MS-2008 Express Edition
[Size:748mb]
I m on a narrow band and can't really afford to wait for 5/10 hrs for it to complete. Hence all these questions:

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General Software Discussion / Few Question about C++ Express Edition n Winimage !

« on: June 05, 2010, 12:13 PM »

Question #1

Hello folks,
             i want to dload MS Visual c++ Express Edition: although when i dloaded a small 2MB Bootstrape was downloaded and upon installing it proceed to download/install MS Visual c++ Express Edition: During installation it would download :

• MS Silverlight Runtime 1.4 MB
  

• MS SQL Server 2008 Express Edition 86 74 MB

As an optional, but MS Visual c++ Express Edition is alone 92MB and installs on C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\ : what i want to know is after download install will i be able to extract the setup of MS Visual c++ Express Edition , so that i can later use it to install on my pc. Since Express Edition is a freeware...i got many other links to Express edition with DVD iso with size 800/700 MB which i don't require.  Is it possible to extract the setup of MS Visual c++ Express Edition, backing the Registry is not a problem for me:

Question #2

I hope many people know Winimage and use it to make backup of their floppies:
Learn about Winimage here:Little about Winmage:

WinImage is a fully-fledged disk-imaging suite for easy creation, reading and editing of many image formats and fileystems, including DMF, VHD, FAT, ISO, NTFS and Linux. The disk image is an exact copy of a physical disk (floppy, CD-ROM, hard disk, USB, VHD disk, etc.)

Download WinImage any version:
U see i use v8.5, v3 and v4 also runs on my PC, but strangly v5 doesn't run: When i check the Task Manager it consume a little about 4000K of memory:

Readme for WInimage v5 clearly states:

If you are running MSDOS + Windows 3.1x, you need to install Win32s 1.30.
There is a link to download Win32s at http://www.winimage.com/othertl.htm
You can also add FDREAD.EXE to your AUTOEXEC.BAT to read 1.68/DMF floppies.

(Note : FDREAD is only for MSDOS 5.x/6.x, NOT for Windows 95/Windows NT)

So i proceeded to install Win32s 1.30, still i dont see the interference: Winimage v5 was Win 98 platform : but i m using Winxp SP3. So i presume it has to be compatibility issues:
Can someone tell me how do i make it work: any suggestion is greatly welcomed and appreciated:
People of DonationCoder has been really great please keep up the good work:)

Many thanks:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can i upgrade to MS-DOS v6 or v6.22

« on: June 05, 2010, 11:38 AM »

Also the command prompt in modern Windows systems isn't DOS, it's a Windows program, a command interpreter, which emulates some aspects of DOS for backwards compatibility and convience reasons.

Remember DOS is a 16bit OS, the closest you can get to running it as a program inside Windows NT is something like DOSbox.

-Eóin (June 05, 2010, 09:58 AM)

Thank u, that cleared up the queries for me,,,,even though i m satisfied.

I dont think the APPEND and ASSIGN are useless cmd line

-hulkbuster (June 05, 2010, 09:20 AM)

You should take that up with Microsoft then. Maybe they will write a custom version of DOS just for you.

-daddydave (June 05, 2010, 09:37 AM)

Thanks for sarcasm to..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can i upgrade to MS-DOS v6 or v6.22

« on: June 05, 2010, 09:20 AM »

That is when I thought you were talking about the actual MS-DOS 5 product, not the COMMAND PROMPT included in Windows XP. You CANNOT "upgrade" the command prompt in any version of Windows. The commands you are looking for, as described above, have been deprecated (discontinued) for good reasons.

-Josh (June 05, 2010, 08:40 AM)

i m really confused i understood the part : You CANNOT "upgrade" the command prompt in any version of Windows and every Microsoft operating system ever has removed older dangerous commands and added new commands.

I dont think the APPEND and ASSIGN are useless cmd line, and how does upgrading DOS v5 to v6.22 fit here.
Since their r no setup.exe, i believe  it is installed in HDD and what about full MS-DOS 6.22 Upgrade product.
What does that mean,,,,i know people scratching their heads for years just to install dos v6.22 .???

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can i upgrade to MS-DOS v6 or v6.22

« on: June 05, 2010, 08:20 AM »

I think you are confused now. Windows XP is Windows Version 5.1.2600. That is NOT the MS-DOS Version. Microsoft stopped running version numbers after Windows 9x/me was discontinued. You do not need to upgrade DOS in any version of Windows

-Josh (June 04, 2010, 12:33 PM)

Can u please rephrase this statement: U do not need to upgrade DOS in any version of windows:
Because some cmd line available for v 6.22 like APPEND,ASSIGN etc etc does not run in my version of DOS:

And u were the only who said  i can upgrade to v6.x, 6.22 etc
Any suggestions ?????????

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can i upgrade to MS-DOS v6 or v6.22

« on: June 04, 2010, 12:04 PM »

If you type VER at the command prompt, you can find out which version you are using. Or you can use the old MS INFO tool (msinfo.exe or MSO.exe i believe). And yes, you can upgrade from 6 to 6.22 or 5 to 6.22

-Josh (June 04, 2010, 11:19 AM)

Thanks for confirming, but the first step would be to h v6.0 installed. My DOS version is v5:
Can u please show some methods to install DOS v6.0, but their is no setup.exe file .

How do i begin to install DOS v6.0 ????
Any suggestion or direction:::Would be great