Noel
Sun Nov 27 11:00:34 CST 2005
If you use a decent boot manager there should be no problems at all - just
remember that ME will create a /_Restore folder on every drive that it sees.
FWIW, I use BING for multibooting - www.bootitng.com and it can everything
that more expensive programs can do (and more) for less cash. If you're used
to a relatively unsophisticated interface, then it should work for you!
(DOS/self-installed mode only - no Windows interface)
Don't forget to set the HD jumper settings properly!
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)
Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Norman" <nthums1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OlDSAL38FHA.444@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Noel,
> The word puke was used in reference to a file that ME would add. Sorry I
> can't be more specific as to that discussion so very long ago. Long before
> Kold Bear left us, he may be looking down laughing.
>
> If I wandered a bit to much, here from my original post.
> I would actually like to hook it up as secondary and browse around to
> locate
> certain files and familiarize myself with its layout after 6 months.
> Question I have is will that cause any problems that would hamper me from
> hooking it up solo and getting SE back up and running?
>
> I remember some discussion in the early days of ME about it putting some
> file on the disks that might be problematic. Does anyone recall such
> issue?
>
> I'm talking about hooking up as secondary a drive that was the solo under
> SE
> to an ME machine. Then moving back and hopefully get SE back up. As I
> recall
> I may have even moved the cabs to other partitions. I'm a DOS dummy and
> know just enough to be dangerous. With all that is on that 80G drive dir
> would just give me a major headache.
>
> Thanks
> Norman
>
> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@crashfixpc.com> wrote in message
> news:OlTn4428FHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Norman
>> I can almost guarantee that no MVP has used the phrase 'puking a file' -
>> perhaps if you're more exact in your phraseology, you may get a more
>> considered response??
>>
>>
>> --
>> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)
>>
>> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>>
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm
>>
>>
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>>
>> Please read
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>> "Norman" <nthums1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OyTDS818FHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Thanks for this info. Will likely find it useful at least until I get a
>> > full
>> > backup system in place.
>> > If I made a copy of it, it was likely past adding hardware.
>> >
>> > I'm still hoping one of the MSVP will jump on the other part of the
>> > question. Part of the conversation was something about ME "puking" a
> file
>> > to
>> > the drive. A way around it was to add the HDD as a removable, but in
> that
>> > laid the gotcha. You had to first add the drive before making it a
>> > removable.
>> > So that would evolve to something like a 3 drive rotation, the second
>> > you'd
>> > format before using on another system.
>> > Just hard to remember if that pertains to my current situation.
>> > Norman
>> >
>> > "Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:e7JX8Ru8FHA.3224@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> Not sure what you mean by 'the workings of it'. Scanreg /restore will
>> >> restore the backup, from DOS of course, along with the registry,
>> > system.ini
>> >> and win.ini. It seems likely that if you have a backup of it, it won't
> be
>> > in
>> >> isolation, so restoring the total backup would be the option, with the
>> >> synchronised registry. Otherwise there's a very good chance the file
> you
>> >> restore is no longer relevent to the current system, ie new drivers
> have
>> >> been installed since that backup was made. I believe I tried it once
> and
>> > was
>> >> only partially successful. For a long time now I've had a batch file
> that
>> >> edits scanreg.ini...
>> >>
>> >> <snip>
>> >>
>> >> @echo off
>> >> cls
>> >> if exist c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe goto end
>> >> if exist c:\windows\scnrgini.bak goto end
>> >> if not exist c:\windows\scanreg.ini goto end
>> >> cd\
>> >> c:
>> >> cd windows
>> >> copy scanreg.ini scnrgini.bak
>> >> echo.>>scanreg.ini
>> >> echo.Files=11,vmm32.vxd >>scanreg.ini
>> >> :end
>> >> cls
>> >> exit
>> >> cls
>> >>
>> >> </snip>
>> >>
>> >> ...so that immediately after setup vmm32.vxd is being backed up. btw I
>> > also
>> >> run XP, hence the line about cmd.exe.
>> >>
>> >> Shane
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Norman" <nthums1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:Oq6LmSq8FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Yes, I already understood the headaches of what VMM32.vxd is. Just
> not
>> >> > certain if I had created a back up of it or where I would have put
> and
>> >> > part
>> >> > of the reason for wanting hook up drive and search it.
>> >> > If I did, it was a manual copy of it.
>> >> > Can you give me the details of how you set up that back up method
>> >> > and
>> >> > maybe
>> >> > the workings of it?
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you know if that works with W98SE?
>> >> >
>> >> > Norman
>> >> >
>> >> > "Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:#L6bOCq8FHA.1292@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> Without going into the other questions, vmm32.vxd being missing (or
>> >> >> corrupted or whatever), practically speaking, requires either
>> > restoration
>> >> >> back to before such occurred, or reinstallation of the operating
>> > system.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Vmm32.vxd is the only file I bother to add to Scanreg.ini to ensure
>> > it's
>> >> >> backed up every day along with system.ini and the resistry. It's a
>> >> > composite
>> >> >> of the various drivers made by the OS during initial setup and
>> >> >> added
>> > to,
>> >> > but
>> >> >> not rewritten or replaced, as more drivers are installed or
>> >> >> updated.
>> >> > Without
>> >> >> it, Windows don't boot, and it can't be extracted from the cabs or
>> >> >> downloaded from the internet.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shane
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Norman" <nthums1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:e8FxBRp8FHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> > When I set up this machine, I originally installed SE. Many
>> > partitions
>> >> > and
>> >> >> > lots of programs along with transferred data.
>> >> >> > Had lots of problems, likely due to hardware and the fact that
> Ultra
>> >> >> > likely
>> >> >> > rebadged some RAM from 400 to 266 without changing SPD chip. One
>> >> >> > morning
>> >> > I
>> >> >> > find machine rebooted itself displaying VMM32.vxd is missing. Not
>> > able
>> >> > to
>> >> >> > get back up immediately or proficient with DOS, I grabbed a new
>> >> >> > drive
>> >> > and
>> >> >> > installed ME. I've been running for some time and seem to have
>> > troubles
>> >> >> > mostly worked out. So I currently have very few programs
> installed,
>> >> > mostly
>> >> >> > utilities to kill the dragon, and would like to move back to the
>> > other
>> >> >> > drive.
>> >> >> > I would actually like to hook it up as secondary and browse
>> >> >> > around
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > locate
>> >> >> > certain files and familiarize myself with its layout after 6
> months.
>> >> >> > Question I have is will that cause any problems that would
>> >> >> > hamper
>> >> >> > me
>> >> > from
>> >> >> > hooking it up solo and getting SE back up and running?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I remember some discussion in the early days of ME about it
> putting
>> >> >> > some
>> >> >> > file on the disks that might be problematic. Does anyone recall
> such
>> >> >> > issue?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Norman
>> >> >> >
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