@techdude  your second question was answered in his OP. LOL

nawazm007 wrote:

When POSTing, I can see the Kingston drive and am able to enter the RAID setting on the new SATA controller. But, I do not see a way to make the new SSD a primary boot drive. The SATA controller is not an option to select in the system BIOS and the SATA controller also displays no option to make it bootable.

as you pointed out the card may be enabled by the setting "boot from SCSI" but it may also be listed as somthing similar to "Bootable add in card" or "boot from Other"

techdude wrote:

Now that XP has assigned a drive letter for your SSD drive (& detected in Device Manager), is it now possible for XP to use this drive as a bootable system partition? (an open question to those who know far more than i)

You almost hit on another important point, when the OP partitioned the drive did he set the partition as active? This may need to be done as well. big_smile

Seems like the post contains a lot of forum appropriate detail for a spambot... this time it may actually be an honest mistake by a real person in need of advice big_smile.

Thanks for not contributing anything useful sir...

But if you have problem in forum rules (IE spamming) I will just click the "banned" link big_smile

Thanks cdob,

Good to know.

Always nice to see you and the other members of the UBCD4Win Team!

all my solder is older than my kids... and when i run out i will hang up my soldering iron big_smile
"Give me lead or give me death" LOL

PS i have a drawer full of HP 8 gigs that i and others snapped up when they were cheap... HP had a really bad run there for a while seemed like 3 out of 4 was a brick or they would work on some machines and not others.

A) after a fresh install defragmenting is ABSOLUTELY necessary take a look at a HDD after a fresh windows install wink. It normally takes me several passes with a good defragmenter to get the drive into even a half way decent condition big_smile. Note: the DriverPacks are about 3 gig of disc space... tell me that won't cause some fragmentation big_smile. Not to mention the Windows temp files that are removed too, and any service packs that may have been included in the install, and any applications that may be installed, and their temp files, and so on. A drive is rarely more fragmented than after a fresh install...

Fresh install = Swiss Cheese

In fact after i reload a client machine i spend about 8 hour defragmenting it and then i make a Ghost image of it and burn it to a disc just in case i ever have to "restore" that machine again big_smile. (hint: for a home user machine, use a paper sleeve and tape it to the inside of the side panel... it's like buried treasure big_smile)


B) if KTD is not used then all drivers that are not used by the system are completely removed. (verify that %systemroot%\D is removed to make sure)

Glad you got it figured out!

Welcome to DriverPacks.net,
Have an Awesome day.

you don't have to modify anything manually... You simply did not select mass storage text mode from the GUI...

PLEASE LOOK AT / REFERENCE FIGURE 2 IN THE TUTORIAL big_smile

Since you did not select "mass storage text mode" you effectively told DriverPacks BASE to remove mass storage, and it did. GIGO (garbage in garbage out)


PS  YOU ALSO FAILED THE VERY FIRST LINE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS

"Extract / install the DriverPacks Base program to a folder that IS NOT in your plugin folder - IE C:\DPsBase\"

from your log:
2011-05-23 07:37:00 : <CLNP> Create a DPs_Base.log backup @ C:\Dev\UBCD4Win\UBCD4Win\plugin\DriverPacks.net\BASE...

Clearly IN the plugin folder, contrary to the tutorial.


PSS Alternately you could have configured (added) Mass storage from PeBuilder plugins page as described in the lower part of the tutorial. The part that follows the line:

" Run UBCD4WINBUILDER.EXE or PEBuilder.exe and open the "plugins" page. "

AKA How to properly run BASE as a plugin ~ that is to say when you want to run BASE from within in the plugin folder structure



NOTE: It's better to do a "clean install" by installing DriverPacks BASE in a a folder that   IS NOT   in UBCD4Win and allowing BASE to completely remove the plugin and create a new one big_smile.

did you follow the directions cdob linked to? (also in my signature)

lets see your DPs_BASE.log?

TechDud wrote:

Are the licences time-limited, or transferable?  Is there any major relationship between TechNet & MSDN?

MSDN just has more licenses and better support (free calls to MS for support). Also they send you a complete set of discs (so you don't have to download all the ISOs. I had a MSDN universal account a few years ago... the Disc set is a nice thing to have around if you are a tech big_smile big_smile big_smile

the license are technically for "non production environments" (testing only) but work just the same as a "valid" license... otherwise how could you do valid testing tongue.

so no they are not time limited and they are not transferable... Technically they are not even to be used ... except for testing. BUT you can test as much and often and as long as you like tongue - HINT: Don't activate your installs unless you have to big_smile.

Glad to help!

noted big_smile

Thank you!

Asked and answered... no you can't use a server OS to play the game...

You can host the game on the server for everyone to play on, but you will need another machine for yourself to play with them.

Besides if you were to play the game on the server that would be cheating.... since your ping would be 0 (zero).

you will have to install XP or Win7 to do what you want ( and it would still be giving you an unfair advantage )

spammer ... taken care of now big_smile

this may also help http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 51#p409514

definately read this... http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 127#p33127 ( i think you did already)
BUT specifically the very last post by jakeld http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 127#p33127 links to ...

the meat of it starts here... http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 219#p30219
you will probably have to use 2k3 AND patch your 2k3 source to get this to work

PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A

is supported already in DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1101

; C4 only certified for w2k3, but should work on XP
[C4]
ms_count=1
ms_1_deviceName="Compaq\HP Smart Array SAS/SATA E200/E200i/E500/P400/P400i/P600/P700m/P800"
ms_1_tag="hpcisss4"
ms_1_sysFile="hpcisss4.sys"
ms_1_hwids="PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3230&SUBSYS_3223103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3230&SUBSYS_323D103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3220&SUBSYS_3225103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3230&SUBSYS_3234103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3230&SUBSYS_3235103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3230&SUBSYS_3237103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3238&SUBSYS_3212103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3238&SUBSYS_3211103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_3232&SUBSYS_40A00E11,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_3241103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_3243103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_3245103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_3247103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_3249103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_324A103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_323A&SUBSYS_324B103C,PCI\VEN_103C&DEV_333F&SUBSYS_333F103C"
ms_1_isBusExtender=false
ms_1_exc_skipIfOS="w2k,wxp"

however the driver (as noted) is for 2k3 only...

try building UBCD4win with a 2K3 source (instead of XP) and report... (no editing of the pack should be required)

PS adding a new driver without removeing the old driver will absolutely cause a failure...

A HWID   CAN NOT  be duplicated in the mass storage INI file or it will definately fail hmm

PS DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1104 has the same driver in the same section as DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1101
So i don't expect you will get a different result by switching packs big_smile

715

(33 replies, posted in Other)

adamw wrote:

Maybe include a shipment of the physical disk as option, and/or a limited edition Bâshrat/overflow autograph DriverPack CD smile

I also think you should make the prices concrete and not rely on donations.

That Idea has merit... I think that is a workable solution...
What is a fair price, I wonder out loud.

716

(3 replies, posted in Site & Forum Issues And Feedback)

this has been asked and answered (in detail) several times...
A site search (from the bar above) using the term "Why Bittorrent" yeilds these results:

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=5181

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=5062

the short version is:
10~20 terabytes of traffic a month costs a huge amount of money... 
Nobody ever donates any money.
Torrents are free, and that is what we can afford based on the donations we recieve.

717

(9 replies, posted in News)

Absolutely... All donors are given access to the testing team forum big_smile.

It has been our experience that adding the above listed patches cures this issue... are you sure they were integrated?

Alternately this driver can be cut out ... As dave surmized above

David McMahon wrote:

Still getting this error, any chance of it being fixed at DP level? where is the offending blighter, so I can work around by cutting it out?!

by removing it's entry from the MassStorage.inf in the \plugin\DriverPacks.net\MassStorage\ folder.

Welcome to DriverPacks.net, excellent first post big_smile

719

(7 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)

ah you have had virus issues...

Try useing UBCD4Win to virus scan and test the nic. you can also edit the registry offline with it

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

720

(7 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)

have you tried removing it in safe mode?

721

(4 replies, posted in Other)

if you installed utorrent when you open the torrent file (on the download pages) it should brin up utorrent and ask you to add the torrent to your downloads.

Pretty simple...

you could save the file and then right click on it and select "open with" Utorrent...

this would only be neccessary if for some strange reason Utorrent was not associated with torrent file types / extensions... this should have happened automatically when you installed utorrent

slipstream patch to source... done

723

(2 replies, posted in Hardware)

well at least it is posted in the hardware forum big_smile...
Technically it is a hardware issue. [They lack the proper hardware.]
mr_s is correct netbooks are not designed for gaming. (See alienware for gaming quality laptops)

having said that your netbook does exceed the minimum requirements for the game.

minimum:
System:PIII 800 Mhz or equivalent
RAM:256 MB
Video Memory:16 MB
Hard Drive Space:2000 MB

Recommended:
System RequirementsSystem:P4 1.4 Mhz or equivalent
RAM:512 MB
Video Memory:64 MB
Hard Drive Space:2500 MB

that should have a gig of ram and 256 of that dedicated to video.

Try to update your video / graphics drivers and cross your fingers.
Try adding a couple Gig of RAM (there may not be 256 MB of ram after the OS loads.)

if that doesn't work ... oh well... your not supposed to put a square peg in a round hole to begin with.

724

(2 replies, posted in Other)

yup our bandwith routinely exceeds 10TB a month... no free options to handle that kind of bandwidth.
We are considering a pay for option for our users that would have CDN downloads. We haven't had much interest expressed in that option to date. As always everyone wants something for nothing... Ask for a little money and people act like you ran over their cat. Torrents cost very little and that is what our user base is willing to pay. If you would be interested in or willing to donate for direct downloads this is your opportunity to say so big_smile.

Direct downloads would have cost us well over 1000 USD a month based on 10~20 TB, We were fortunate in the past to have that donated, but we can not expect that to always be an option. Direct downloads are prefered by us as well as you but we simply can't, our revenue stream does not exist. the cost of one month of direct downloads would exceed the total of all donations recieved over the past two years sad.

725

(33 replies, posted in Other)

the signifigent difference is we don't modify / rewrite the drivers. He actually hacked their drivers.