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post #21 of 30
1/3/03 at 11:26am
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Originally posted by iNetJunkie
yeah, Midern calls it a recovery CD. It has more than just Win2K on it. When you boot off of that CD, there's a 'recovery' program that starts up to return your system to factory specs (ie 1 partition with Win2K, no other choices).
That's kinda irritating... I should have opted for the no OS option and just got a retail version of Win2K. Oh well.

Regarding standby: I don't think I'll ever use it, because I agree in general it is more trouble than its worth. Still, I can't get it to 'break' since I reinstalled. Wierd.

-iNJ
I have loaded a desktop with the Windows XP CD to prove it works as a full version Windows CD.
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post #22 of 30
1/3/03 at 11:39am
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I have Windows 2000 on my recovery CD, not XP

I'm sure the XP CD is new and improved

-iNJ
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post #23 of 30
1/4/03 at 12:27am
Hmm.... what other stuff does it have on it? Cuz the cds they give us at UD are WinXP recovery cds, not 2k, but they are still called recovery cds... all they are are windows with a little batch file telling it to make a partition and install windows... you could install it anyway. It is a good idea to have that partition, though, that's why they put it there. You could use a program like partition magic to change that if you like.
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post #24 of 30
1/6/03 at 11:54am
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I wish it were just as simple as 'installing it anyway'.
I cannot see any way to unpackage the Win2K installation media from the recovery utilities. How do you get to the Win2K install process without using the recovery executables?

I don't like the fact that it recreates your partitions and forces you do start from a FAT partition...that's just silly.

I'm smart enough to know how to create a boot disk with all the cd-rom drivers and disk tools needed to create, format, and prepare for a multi-O/S installation. The Midern recovery apps don't care what your hard drive looks like, it will just wipe everything and do the install its way.

-iNJ
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post #25 of 30
1/6/03 at 1:24pm
That's how it is with my school laptop recovery cd... but I got around it by doing the following: Open the cd in my computer... if it does some autorun junk, right click on the cd drive and hit explore. See if there's a directory called i386, and if there is, check in there for a file called winnt.exe or winnt32.exe. This is for windowsxp, I know, but if I'm not mistaken, win2k has the same install directory (someone correct me if I'm wrong). By opening winnt32.exe in windows, you should be able to install windows as though it were a regular win2k cd... Just make sure the cd is not in the drive when you reboot otherwise it will read it as a boot cd like normal. Keep it out til it gets to the boot manager screen, and then put it in. There will be 2 options (unless you have more than 1 OS installed), one should be your OS, the other should be the win2k install... Try that. Hopefully this works, if not, we'll find some other way :-) Best of luck to you!
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post #26 of 30
1/7/03 at 11:33am
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I'll see if I can extract the install files off the original recovery cd and burn one of my own.

The process you described would work if there is an O/S installed already. It would not work to repair a damaged O/S or start a fresh install.

-iNJ
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post #27 of 30
1/7/03 at 11:44am
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Originally posted by beebster83
Let us know how the spdif works out...
Got my Logitech Z-680 speakers yesterday... they and the S/PDIF port work flawlessly! The best part is I don't have to mess with the Windows volume controls in order to use the S/PDIF... everything is handled by the Z-680's

In brief, I used the Sager supplied Y adapter and a cheesy little RCA video cable to hook up the Z-680's to the 8886 S/PDIF port.

I'll write more about it in another thread if anyone wants to know more.

-iNJ
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post #28 of 30
1/7/03 at 1:13pm
Yeah, I got spdif to work beautifully with the correct speakers, lol. I haven't been able to get the line in to work, though. Have you had success with this?
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post #29 of 30
1/7/03 at 3:14pm
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I've briefly played with recording video from the S-video in port... that much works fine. I haven't recorded audio yet. I remember reading somewhere that you have to have the TV studio software up and running in order to use the line in... all the A/V-in drivers are 'embedded' within that app.
Good luck!
-iNJ
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post #30 of 30
1/7/03 at 7:22pm
Really?? Hmm... that might be my problem... I'll have to look through that software some more and see if there's an option for line in :-) Thanks!
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