In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>If you are absolutely intent on saving one or more System Restore
>Points it is possible, but it's a bit of a hassle.
[]
>You cannot save individual restore points because of the way that the
>program saves the information about restore points in files within the
>"System Volume Information" folder.
>
Thanks - saved for curiosity, but ...
>
>You are probably better off, though, downloading the [free] program
>ERUNT - which teaches you all about what files constitute the Window's

.... since I already have ERUNT, I think I won't be using it (the
how-to-save-restore-points I mean)!

>registry, how to back-up the registry and how to restore the registry
>in a number of ways, including restoring the registry when you cannot
>start Windows!

Actually, it's rather coy about that aspect. I eventually asked Lars the
question, and he recommended BartPE, which I now have as a dual-boot
*must get round to making the CD version).
>
>I highly recommend you get this utility...
>
>Download the program ERUNT from the link below...
>http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe
>
>...or go to the ERUNT homepage...
>http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
[]
One of the first things I installed after getting an XP machine!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so
I
said they could shoot me in my absence. -Brendan Francis Behan, playwright
(1923-1964)

You mean you have Bart's PE installed on a hard-disk / partition?

That's very novel.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>If you are absolutely intent on saving one or more System Restore Points it is
>>possible, but it's a bit of a hassle.
> []
>>You cannot save individual restore points because of the way that the program saves
>>the information about restore points in files within the "System Volume
>>Information" folder.
>>
> Thanks - saved for curiosity, but ...
>>
>>You are probably better off, though, downloading the [free] program ERUNT - which
>>teaches you all about what files constitute the Window's
>
> ... since I already have ERUNT, I think I won't be using it (the
> how-to-save-restore-points I mean)!
>
>>registry, how to back-up the registry and how to restore the registry in a number
>>of ways, including restoring the registry when you cannot start Windows!
>
> Actually, it's rather coy about that aspect. I eventually asked Lars the question,
> and he recommended BartPE, which I now have as a dual-boot *must get round to
> making the CD version).
>>
>>I highly recommend you get this utility...
>>
>>Download the program ERUNT from the link below...
>>http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe
>>
>>...or go to the ERUNT homepage...
>>http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
> []
> One of the first things I installed after getting an XP machine!
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>
> I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so
> I
> said they could shoot me in my absence. -Brendan Francis Behan, playwright
> (1923-1964)

In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>You mean you have Bart's PE installed on a hard-disk / partition?
>
>That's very novel.
>
>==
(That should be "-- ", BTW.)
>
>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
Yes; I just followed the instructions; I obviously made certain choices
at some points, including not to make a CD then if that was offered.
It's a few months since I did it now, so I can't remember the details;
but, it comes up at the relevant point during Windows booting, where it
asks me (on a black-and-white text screen) which OS I want to load, and
offers me BartPE and Windows, defaulting to Windows after a few seconds.
(I think I might have reduced that period at some point.)

Regards, John
>
>
>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
>><(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>>If you are absolutely intent on saving one or more System Restore
>>>Points it is possible, but it's a bit of a hassle.
>> []
>>>You cannot save individual restore points because of the way that the
>>>program saves the information about restore points in files within
>>>the "System Volume Information" folder.
>>>
>> Thanks - saved for curiosity, but ...
>>>
>>>You are probably better off, though, downloading the [free] program
>>>ERUNT - which teaches you all about what files constitute the Window's
>>
>> ... since I already have ERUNT, I think I won't be using it (the
>>how-to-save-restore-points I mean)!
>>
>>>registry, how to back-up the registry and how to restore the registry
>>>in a number of ways, including restoring the registry when you cannot
>>>start Windows!
>>
>> Actually, it's rather coy about that aspect. I eventually asked Lars
>>the question, and he recommended BartPE, which I now have as a
>>dual-boot *must get round to making the CD version).
>>>
>>>I highly recommend you get this utility...
>>>
>>>Download the program ERUNT from the link below...
>>>http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe
>>>
>>>...or go to the ERUNT homepage...
>>>http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
>> []
>> One of the first things I installed after getting an XP machine!
>> -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985
>>MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
>> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>>
>> I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my
>>absence, so
>> I
>> said they could shoot me in my absence. -Brendan Francis Behan, playwright
>> (1923-1964)
>

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum." Translation: "Garbage in, garbage out."

That's interesting as I don't have a CD/DVD writer - just a cd-rom drive, but I do
have two hard-drives installed and might look into doing something along those lines,
now that I know it's possible.

BTW changing the "time-out" of the OS choices menu is as simple as text-editing the
root-file "boot.ini" and changing the very first lines:

[boot loader]
timeout=1

You may have to change the file's attributes in order to see / save the file.
Alternatively, there's a built-in editor for the "boot.ini" file. If you open the
System Properties control panel and select the "Advanced" tab and click on the
"Startup and recovery" button. There's a little box to change the numerical value of
[timeout=] or another button to manually edit the entire file. This has the
advantage of not needing to change the file's attributes, as it alters them
automatically.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>
>>You mean you have Bart's PE installed on a hard-disk / partition?
>>
>>That's very novel.
>>
>>==
> (That should be "-- ", BTW.)
>>
>>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>>
>>
> Yes; I just followed the instructions; I obviously made certain choices at some
> points, including not to make a CD then if that was offered. It's a few months
> since I did it now, so I can't remember the details; but, it comes up at the
> relevant point during Windows booting, where it asks me (on a black-and-white text
> screen) which OS I want to load, and offers me BartPE and Windows, defaulting to
> Windows after a few seconds. (I think I might have reduced that period at some
> point.)
>
> Regards, John
>>
>>
>>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>>>If you are absolutely intent on saving one or more System Restore Points it is
>>>>possible, but it's a bit of a hassle.
>>> []
>>>>You cannot save individual restore points because of the way that the program
>>>>saves the information about restore points in files within the "System Volume
>>>>Information" folder.
>>>>
>>> Thanks - saved for curiosity, but ...
>>>>
>>>>You are probably better off, though, downloading the [free] program ERUNT - which
>>>>teaches you all about what files constitute the Window's
>>>
>>> ... since I already have ERUNT, I think I won't be using it (the
>>> how-to-save-restore-points I mean)!
>>>
>>>>registry, how to back-up the registry and how to restore the registry in a number
>>>>of ways, including restoring the registry when you cannot start Windows!
>>>
>>> Actually, it's rather coy about that aspect. I eventually asked Lars the
>>> question, and he recommended BartPE, which I now have as a dual-boot *must get
>>> round to making the CD version).
>>>>
>>>>I highly recommend you get this utility...
>>>>
>>>>Download the program ERUNT from the link below...
>>>>http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe
>>>>
>>>>...or go to the ERUNT homepage...
>>>>http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
>>> []
>>> One of the first things I installed after getting an XP machine!
>>> -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>>> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
>>> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>>>
>>> I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so
>>> I
>>> said they could shoot me in my absence. -Brendan Francis Behan, playwright
>>> (1923-1964)
>>
>
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>
> "Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum." Translation: "Garbage in, garbage out."

In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>That's interesting as I don't have a CD/DVD writer - just a cd-rom

(This - a netbook - doesn't have either, though it works fine with an
external one.)

>drive, but I do have two hard-drives installed and might look into
>doing something along those lines, now that I know it's possible.

I _don't_ have two hard drives; the boot menu that offers me the two
choices, BartPE and Windows, is on the same drive (and, I think,
partition) as Windows is. And I didn't do anything special - I'm not
that good at such things; it was all set up for me as part of the BartPE
installation.
>
>BTW changing the "time-out" of the OS choices menu is as simple as
>text-editing the root-file "boot.ini" and changing the very first lines:
>
>[boot loader]
>timeout=1
>
>You may have to change the file's attributes in order to see / save the
>file. Alternatively, there's a built-in editor for the "boot.ini" file.

I probably used one of those options.
[]
>==
>
>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
[]
There is a good reason for having your .sig delimiter as "-- " (note the
space) rather than "==".
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

I'm getting pretty enough for radio now (Desmond Lynam in Radio Times, 1998)

That IS interesting - that Bart's PE Creator handles the creation of partitions on a
hard-drive as well!

Concerning your comments about the delimiter above my sig. I was TOLD (in no
uncertain terms) that having
"--" as the delimiter negatively affects some newsreaders - cutting the rest of the
text off at that point.
So I specifically changed it (it's not automatic - I have to do this manually EVERY
time I post a reply) to "==" to avoid problems with these newsreaders.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>That's interesting as I don't have a CD/DVD writer - just a cd-rom
>
> (This - a netbook - doesn't have either, though it works fine with an external
> one.)
>
>>drive, but I do have two hard-drives installed and might look into doing something
>>along those lines, now that I know it's possible.
>
> I _don't_ have two hard drives; the boot menu that offers me the two choices,
> BartPE and Windows, is on the same drive (and, I think, partition) as Windows is.
> And I didn't do anything special - I'm not that good at such things; it was all set
> up for me as part of the BartPE installation.
>>
>>BTW changing the "time-out" of the OS choices menu is as simple as text-editing the
>>root-file "boot.ini" and changing the very first lines:
>>
>>[boot loader]
>>timeout=1
>>
>>You may have to change the file's attributes in order to see / save the file.
>>Alternatively, there's a built-in editor for the "boot.ini" file.
>
> I probably used one of those options.
> []
>>==
>>
>>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
> []
> There is a good reason for having your .sig delimiter as "-- " (note the space)
> rather than "==".
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>
> I'm getting pretty enough for radio now (Desmond Lynam in Radio Times, 1998)

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>That IS interesting - that Bart's PE Creator handles the creation of
>partitions on a hard-drive as well!

Hmm. I'm not sure it does anything about partitions: I think it just
hooks into the menu system that is part of Windows (isn't it a .ini file
somewhere?).
>
>Concerning your comments about the delimiter above my sig. I was TOLD
>(in no uncertain terms) that having
>"--" as the delimiter negatively affects some newsreaders - cutting the
>rest of the text off at that point.
>So I specifically changed it (it's not automatic - I have to do this
>manually EVERY time I post a reply) to "==" to avoid problems with
>these newsreaders.
>
Ah, yes, I'd forgotten that you top-post. Yes, when I reply to a posting
(or an email), my news/mail software (by default - I can override) snips
at the delimiter, so that I don't post/mail people's signatures back to
them or to the newsgroup. If the post/email being responded to hasn't
placed his/her text below the points he/she is responding to (as I've
done here), but leaves all of the original post below, then yes it will
get snipped (by default).

I'll leave the rest of your post this time (-:
>==
>
>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
>
>
>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In message <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Tim Meddick
>><(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>>>That's interesting as I don't have a CD/DVD writer - just a cd-rom
>>
>> (This - a netbook - doesn't have either, though it works fine with an
>>external one.)
>>
>>>drive, but I do have two hard-drives installed and might look into
>>>doing something along those lines, now that I know it's possible.
>>
>> I _don't_ have two hard drives; the boot menu that offers me the two
>>choices, BartPE and Windows, is on the same drive (and, I think,
>>partition) as Windows is. And I didn't do anything special - I'm not
>>that good at such things; it was all set up for me as part of the
>>BartPE installation.
>>>
>>>BTW changing the "time-out" of the OS choices menu is as simple as
>>>text-editing the root-file "boot.ini" and changing the very first lines:
>>>
>>>[boot loader]
>>>timeout=1
>>>
>>>You may have to change the file's attributes in order to see / save
>>>the file. Alternatively, there's a built-in editor for the "boot.ini"
>>>
>>
>> I probably used one of those options.
>> []
>>>==
>>>
>>>Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>> []
>> There is a good reason for having your .sig delimiter as "-- " (note
>>the space) rather than "==".
>> -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985
>>MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
>> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>>
>> I'm getting pretty enough for radio now (Desmond Lynam in Radio
>>Times, 1998)
>

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. -e.e. cummings, poet
(1894-1962)