Hey guys, it's me again

I bought a cheap ass 64MB flash drive for 50 cents on ebay and thought that I can play a little bit with it.

Here is the chipgenius report : 

 

Description: [E:]USB-Massenspeichergerät(Generic USB Flash Disk)

Device Type:        Mass Storage Device

 

Protocal Version: USB 2.00

Current Speed: High Speed

Max Current: 100mA

 

USB Device ID: VID = 058F PID = 1234

 

Device Vendor: Alcor Micro

Device Name: Mass Storage Device

Device Revision: 0001

 

Manufacturer: Generic

Product Model: USB Flash Disk

Product Revision: 7.76

 

Controller Vendor: Alcor Micro

Controller Part-Number: AU6989SN-GT/AU6998SN [EC05] - F/W 0084

Flash ID code:      ECDE88BF - Samsung - 1CE/Single Channel [TLC] -> Total Capacity = 8GB

 

Tools on web:       http://dl.mydigit.net/special/up/alcor.html

As you can see the controller chip says that it's an Alcor AU6989SN but in reality it's a fake "IDE 5019sn" chip that pretends to be an AU6989SN.

I tried to flash it new with AlcorMP 15.09.15.00 but it gives me an error :

 

50400: Too many bad block error
Bad block: 2101/2101

I would be thankful for an good advise.

Hello SomeBody,

I have a Tablet ASUS Transformer T100HA, and I want to put to Lanscape, but I don't know on Windows 10. With Windows 8.1, I know how, but, in Windows 10, it's different.

Thanks for a Reply.

Best Regards.

• Windows XP
• Windows 7
• Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition
• Acronis 2011 recovery ISO
• LENOVO preinstalled recovery environment
• Grub4DOS command line shell

menuentry "Windows XP Professional"{

set root=(hd0,11)

linux16 /Rescue/grub4dos-0.4.5b/grub.exe --config-file="root (hd0,0);chainloader /ntldr"

}

menuentry "Windows 7 Ultimate"{

set root=(hd0,11)

linux16 /Rescue/grub4dos-0.4.5b/grub.exe --config-file="root (hd0,0);chainloader /bootmgr"

}

menuentry "Acronis TrueImage 2011 Home Edition"{

set root=(hd0,11)

linux16 /Rescue/grub4dos-0.4.5b/grub.exe --config-file="root (hd0,10);map --mem /Rescue/Acronis-2011.iso (0xff);map --hook;chainloader (0xff)"

}

menuentry "Grub4DOS"{

set root=(hd0,11)

linux16 /Rescue/grub4dos-0.4.5b/grub.exe --config-file="(hd0,10)/Rescue/grub4dos-0.4.5b/menu.lst"

}

Update: FILE can be the contents of a menu. Use semi-colon
to delimitate the embedded commands here in FILE. The FILE
can be enclosed with a pair of double-quotes. For example:

GRUB --config-file="root (hd0,0);chainloader +1"

This command will boot the system in (hd0,0).

Another example:

GRUB --config-file="reboot"

This command will reboot the machine.

One more example:

GRUB --config-file="halt"

This command will halt the machine.

chainloader (hd0,0)/ntldr
boot

When I try to mount an image I get:

    > aim_ll -a -t file -o ro,fksig -f "c:\winows10 efi.vdi"  -m #:
    Creating device...
    Created device 000000 -> c:\winows10 efi.vdi
    Disk device is \\?\PhysicalDrive1
    No volumes attached. Disk could be offline or not partitioned.
    Done.


Everything works with the GUI Arsenal Image Mounter.

 

ImDisk is a great RamDisk.

But the only reason I prefer PrimoDisk is Dynamic Memory Management

Hello guys,

I'm struggling trying to find information to customize grub4dos to get a setup similar to grub2 themes.

In particular I have a very simple image 200x200 on grub2 that I place on the upper right corner, aside from the resolution. On grub4dos I found that I can use this line to get a menu that automatically adapt the resolution to the hardware capabilities of the machine:

graphicsmode -1 100:1100 100:1000 24:32 

Thing is, if I create a 1024x768 background manually putting the 200x200 image on a static background, the splashimage doesn't resize automatically when the resolution change.

Is there a way to get this kind of effect or is there a way to place the small image on the upper right corner?

Thanks for the help

So, I have an external 4TB HDD (USB3) that has 1 primary GPT partition. Said partition is encrypted with triple-layered AES/TwoFish/Serpent by VeraCrypt. I also have NTFS compression enabled on the entire filesystem within the partition.

Recently I found a software called FancyCache that can cache reads/writes that are directed toward an HDD, into an SSD. The goal is to boost the HDD speed. I know that ImDisk can create images and ramdisks, etc, giving it much of the functionality of proprietary software, and for free. So I would like to offset the performance hit of encryption and compression. Usually it isn't an issue except sometimes when playing newer games or other high performance software, there is a slight but noticeable lag which wasn't present before. Compression of a file only has a negative effect once, when a file is compressed, all reads to that file thereafter should be around the same speed as uncompressed. I mostly just want to cache reads, and writes to a lesser extent, into either a partition/unallocated space on my SSD, or into RAM.

Can ImDisk do this? If not, are there any free/open source utilities that can accomplish this?

Thanks!

Edit: Write caching (or whatever it's called) is enabled in the drive's properties, for better performance. But it doesn't seem to help much. The volume must be properly unmounted in VeraCrypt anyway or else I risk corruption, so it makes sense that I go the extra mile and safely eject it too (which write caching says is neccessary).

Edit #2: I think a simpler option would be to manually decompress the files/directories of any applications that exhibit lag. But this shouldn't be an issue for static data like ISOs. I have checked on the performance degradation costs of encryption. It seems to be incurred only during the initial encryption process, after that the difference is next to nothing compared to not encrypting. Long ago the hits were significant, but today's modern hardware can more than compensate. My laptop is AES-NI enabled, so that helps. CrystalDiskMark shows only a tiny difference that is discernable, too small to make a real difference. Of course stuff that is newly written will be encrypted on the fly, that might have a small effect. But in practice I haven't noticed any difference. I have already encrypted every byte of the partition in advance.

Hi,

I had done a few proxies for ImDisk in the past based on the libyal libraries (vmdk, qcow, vhd, ewf).

This time, as the VDI image format is quite simple, I made my own proxy for VDI images.

Imdisk + Discutils could achieve the same except that discutils requires .Net 4.0 which is not always available.

It is an early version (no error handling) and I was able to test dynamic images only.

It supports only "read only" for now but it should easy enough to implement "read write" if requested.

As always the command line :

Regards,

Erwan

PS: Devio should output something similar to the below.

File to open: c:\temp\freedos.vdi
szFileInfo:<<< Oracle VM VirtualBox Disk Image >>>

u32Signature:BEDA107F
u32Version:65537
cbHeader:400
u32Type:1
fFlags:0
szComment:
offBlocks:4096
offData:8192
cCylinders:0
cHeads:0
cSectors:0
cbSector:512
cbSector:0
cbDisk:524288000
cbBlock:1048576
cbBlockExtra:0
cBlocks:500
cBlocksAllocated:108
Successfully opened 'c:\temp\freedos.vdi'.
Read request - size:1536 offset:0
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:1536 offset:8192
Image size used: 524288000 bytes.
Read request - size:512 offset:0
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:512 offset:8192
Detected a master boot record at sector 0.
Using partition 1.
Total size: 524288000 bytes. Using 523805184 bytes from offset 32256.
Required alignment: 1 bytes.
Buffer size: 2097152 bytes.
Shared memory operation.
Waiting for connection on object test_proxy. Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
Connection on object test_proxy.
Read request - size:512 offset:32256
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:512 offset:40448
Read request - size:8192 offset:32256
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:8192 offset:40448
Read request - size:126976 offset:36352
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:126976 offset:44544
Read request - size:4096 offset:288768
vdi_read_buffer_at_offset - size:4096 offset:296960
Connection closed.
Close request
Image close result: 0

Native VHD boot is currently supported only on certain versions of Windows and is disabled on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how all versions of Windows 7 can be installed and booted from a fixed size VHD using a free driver called Firadisk.

The post Install and Boot all versions of Windows from VHD using Firadisk appeared first on AgniPulse.

Windows product policy contains a lot of useful settings.

By modifying the Kernel-NativeVHDBoot native VHD boot can be enabled on all unsupported versions of Windows 7.

 Native VHD Boot on unsupported versions of Windows 7

By modifying Kernel-WindowsMaxMemAllowedx86 and Kernel-MaxPhysicalPage to 16384 (from a lower value), 32-bit versions of Windows 7 can potentially access more than 4GB of RAM.

http://reboot.pro/topic/20585-productpolicy-viewer/?p=201389

http://reboot.pro/topic/18593-vhd-w7-compact-make-mini-7/page-4#entry201388

Erwan built an excellent tool called ProductPolicy Viewer to view and Edit the Product Policy Settings. The discussion was first started here - http://reboot.pro/topic/15407-booting-from-vhd-in-grub4dos/?p=193727 

A few facts about the Windows Product and License Policy

1. The settings are stored in the registry at SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductPolicy
2. The structure of these settings is not straightforward and is described at http://reboot.pro/topic/20585-productpolicy-viewer/?p=201357 and http://www.remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2010/06/15/having-fun-with-windows-licensing/
3. The product policy registry key cannot be modified on an online registry hive. The kernel protects it from modification. 
4. Erwan's tool - modifies the product policy on an offline registry hive. The modified values have effect only on the first boot after the modification. On subsequent reboots, the modified settings are lost as the software protection policy restores them from Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat .

One option to overcome this problem is to disable the Software Protection Service(sppsvc). However, this causes problems with Windows Activation, installation/uninstallation of Windows Updates etc

Other options include running Windows 7 in RAM, so the changes are not persisted. However not everybody runs Windows from RAM, so it's not feasible - http://reboot.pro/topic/18593-vhd-w7-compact-make-mini-7/page-4#entry201388

Since Grub4dos can edit files using cat, I started investigating and did hex diff between an unmodified system hive and a system hive modified with ProductPolicy Viewer. I found the corresponding hex entries for Kernel-WindowsMaxMemAllowedx86, Kernel-MaxPhysicalPage and Kernel-NativeVHDBoot.

Using my rudimentary grub4dos skills I came up with the below working Grub4Dos entries

PAE Patch for Windows 7 Starter - Alternative to patching the kernel

title Windows 7 32 Bit Starter with PAE Patch
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /Windows/System32/config/system
cat --locate=\x77\x00\x65\x00\x64\x00\x78\x00\x38\x00\x36\x00\x00\x08 --number=1 --replace=\x77\x00\x65\x00\x64\x00\x78\x00\x38\x00\x36\x00\x00\x40 /Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-WindowsMaxMemAllowedx86
cat --locate=\x61\x00\x6C\x00\x50\x00\x61\x00\x67\x00\x65\x00\x00\x10 --number=1 --replace=\x61\x00\x6C\x00\x50\x00\x61\x00\x67\x00\x65\x00\x00\x40 /Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-MaxPhysicalPage
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
pause Press any key....

Native VHD Patch for WIndows 7 Starter in a VHD

title Windows 7 Starter with NativeVHD Patch
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Win7Starter.vhd
map /Win7Starter.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
cat --locate=\x56\x00\x48\x00\x44\x00\x42\x00\x6F\x00\x6F\x00\x74\x00\x00 --number=1 --replace=\x56\x00\x48\x00\x44\x00\x42\x00\x6F\x00\x6F\x00\x74\x00\x01 (hd0,0)/Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-NativeVHDBoot
map --unhook
map --unmap=0:0xff
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr

Native VHD and PAE patch Windows 7 Starter 32 bit in a VHD

title Windows 7 Starter 32-bit with NativeVHD and PAEPatch
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /Win7Starter.vhd
map /Win7Starter.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
cat --locate=\x56\x00\x48\x00\x44\x00\x42\x00\x6F\x00\x6F\x00\x74\x00\x00 --number=1 --replace=\x56\x00\x48\x00\x44\x00\x42\x00\x6F\x00\x6F\x00\x74\x00\x01 (hd0,0)/Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-NativeVHDBoot
cat --locate=\x77\x00\x65\x00\x64\x00\x78\x00\x38\x00\x36\x00\x00\x08 --number=1 --replace=\x77\x00\x65\x00\x64\x00\x78\x00\x38\x00\x36\x00\x00\x40 (hd0,0)/Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-WindowsMaxMemAllowedx86
cat --locate=\x61\x00\x6C\x00\x50\x00\x61\x00\x67\x00\x65\x00\x00\x10 --number=1 --replace=\x61\x00\x6C\x00\x50\x00\x61\x00\x67\x00\x65\x00\x00\x40 (hd0,0)/Windows/System32/config/system
echo Patched Kernel-MaxPhysicalPage
map --unhook
map --unmap=0:0xff
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr

The menu entries are not entirely bug-free. Since the cat command is restricted to 16 chars, I cannot be very specific about the entries I am finding and replacing.

The entries patching the files inside VHD are very slow and don't work if the files are already patched - the menu just gets stuck. I am not sure why this is happening.

Let me know your thoughts, feedbacks, suggestions etc.

Below is a picture of an  error I received.
https://gyazo.com/90c3c4e0d7d5935dae5a34c40c40ec45

Not sure how to fix this. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I'm willing to pay to make a specific USB with easy2boot. Ive been struggling to make this usb for a month and I am tech savvy, but I always get errors and post them here. It seems like every time I post the error it takes alot of time, and the people here help me get past one error, only to go back and encounter a new one. And then you guys suggest something else and something else. And quite frankly, I need this done. Its not something I can spend months on going back and fourth on a forum and asking questions. I want to learn, but I also am stricken by time. I figure I can learn over teamviewer.

I am not just stricken by time but I am also personally annoyed at all the back and fourth I have to do to make a bootable usb, because its always been easy for me, until It came to trying to put multiple ISO's on one usb and selecting the RIGHT options one right after the other, trying to see it on QEMU. Then when Ive read tutorials on a specific PE that I want to put on the USB, its so much information to use programs to make the ISO compatible etc. Its just so much work and I'm so confused and lost.

In other words Ive determined its too difficult to try on my own, and I am very much of the philosophy that I prefer to learn something then to have someone else do it. When you cant learn it on your own, then you need to learn where and how to get help, and so Ive resorted to posting on this forum, and its been very time consuming and frustrating.

So if any of you are willing to help me, please respond.

NFL is wildly popular all over the world. All over the world, people are enjoying the knowledge that can be gained along with the fun. There are lots of games to suit every taste. The following article will teach you some valuable tips and tricks about NFL 17 Coins and how to make the most of your time at it.

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MapleStory 2 are wherever you look now, get the most from them. There aren't that many households out there that don't have at least a single MS2 system. This does not mean you might not need gaming help every once in a while. Apply the ideas within this article to make sure that your MapleStory 2 Meso hobby is at its fullest potential.

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If your child's MS2 console goes online, make sure to adjust the settings before they play. You will be able to protect your child from exposure to unsavory content using these filter settings. There are also options to set the levels of chat they can participate with others when online.

Illuminate the screen. Games that have settings in dark caves or buildings may look good, but can negatively effect your performance. It can be very hard to see your enemies in the darkness, giving them the upper hand as they sneak up. Increase the brightness if you do not mind sacrificing a little ambiance. You will then notice the enemy before he has a chance to get you because the colors will be brighter.

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TINY is a set of programs that lets you control a DOS computer from any Java-capable machine over a TCP/IP connection.  It is comparable to programs like VNC, CarbonCopy, and GotoMyPC except that the host machine is a DOS computer rather than a Windows one.

Seems like a really good remote control program. From Linux we can use SSH + screen but hadn't yet seem similar for plain DOS.

http://josh.com/tiny/

Just popping back in to say Hi! and see if anyone is lurking about, or if anything new and exciting is happening.

Alright everyone, here are the details.

My Operating system is windows 10 64 bit. My USB drive is a Samsung flash drive. Below is the flash drive I bought.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4P03NV6157&cm_re=samsung_32_gb_usb-_-20-147-452-_-Product

My goal is to put Gandalfs windows PE, a few versions (Windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, specifically 32 bit versions so that it works on 64 bit computers as well). I also want to put a few antivirus ISO's (Avira, Kaspersky, bit defender). I want this USB to be able to load while I select from the list what I want to run. Ive been able to accomplish getting one PE on the USB using other programs 9xboot and rufus), but I dont want to buy multiple flash drives for every ISO. I want to be smart about this and thats why I bought a 32 gb flash drive.

This is the website to the windows PE: www.windowsmatters.com

Ive come to the conclusion that the best available software for what I want to do is Rmprep combined with easy2boot.

Ive put the Gandalfs pe in the PE folder of easy2boot. I opened up Rmprep and selected FAT32 and HDD option.

https://gyazo.com/ad61d5bbe50e802ecea454d6b146fca7

Here are images of the QEMU after running it.

https://gyazo.com/0e14a714a938e4f2ad9dcbcf1b14c9df

Here are some instructions I found from the Easy2boot website regarding my ISO specifically. I had trouble going through the process. (control+F, type gandalf)

http://www.easy2boot.com/add-payload-files/winbuilder-and-winpe-isos/