From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Jul 15 2001 - 18:30:40 EDT
Vince..
thanks for the update.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Poy" <vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET>
To: "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>
Cc: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>; "Stuart F. Biggar"
<Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Blue screen with Win2000/SP2 on A21p with removable media,
recovery CD ?
> Hehe Bill.. Only 5.0 has this problem... that's why it has to be
> updated to 5.01 and then 5.01s. It's because of TakeTwo and
> DirectCD. 5.02 doesn't have this problem and the only one working with
> XP.
>
>
> Cheers,
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> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > curiously, i have put this product on three w2k machines, with no
problems
> > at all..
> > if you go to the rixio web page that has the bug report
> > http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/ecdc5win2k.html it also has two
> > updates..
> > a 5meg and 750k update..
> > i took them both down..
> >
> > from what it says there, the bug is caused by some devices attached to
the
> > afflicted machine.. i.e. certain CD's and USB devices..
> > WHOOPS..!!!
> > power just went down, so i must log off and start the generator.. :-)
> > and the cable ISP went with it..
> >
> > Cordially, :-)
> > Bill Morrow
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> > E-Mail: bill at thinkpads dot com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
> > To: "Stuart F. Biggar" <Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu>;
> > <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 5:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: Blue screen with Win2000/SP2 on A21p with removable media,
> > recovery CD ?
> >
> >
> > > There are known problems with EZ CD Creater v.5 in W2K. You can see
some
> > > discussion at
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/ (just search for Roxio, then click on
the 8
> > or
> > > so obvious stories,
> > > such as the one titled "Stop! Don't install Easy CD Creator 5 til you
read
> > > this story")
> > >
> > > - David R.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Stuart F. Biggar" <Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu>
> > > To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > > Cc: <Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:34 AM
> > > Subject: Blue screen with Win2000/SP2 on A21p with removable media,
> > recovery
> > > CD ?
> > >
> > >
> > > > I recently installed Vmware for Win2000 and the Roxio Easy CD
creator
> > > > 5 on my A21p (I have one of the IBM CD-R/RW drives (Matsushita
> > UJDA310V).
> > > > I have a HTU model which came with Win2000. 384 MB RAM, Win2000 SP2
> > > > added and current version drivers from the IBM web site.
> > > >
> > > > After that I have had intermittent Bluescreen crashes (with reboot)
> > when:
> > > >
> > > > 1) plug in a 128 MB CF card (in ATA adapter), stop it, remove it. A
> > > > reinsertion of the card/adapter triggers a blue screen. Card is
used
> > > > to transfer data from field computers and photos from a digital
camera.
> > > >
> > > > 2) when off, remove the CD-R/RW drive, put a 2nd 32 GB HD in the
> > > > ultrabay (a single large partition formatted with UNIX UFS), boot
> > > > Win2000. It blue screens before I can log in.
> > > >
> > > > Both of the above are repeatable and the problems go away when
> > > > I remove both programs. I haven't tried to figure out which one
> > > > causes the problem. (I can change CD/disk and write CDs using
> > > > UNIX without problems and get both Joliet and RockRidge onto
> > > > the same CD so I don't really need Easy CD creator.)
> > > >
> > > > Oh well, I was using an eval copy of Vmware and I can use Easy CD
> > > > on a desktop.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone else had such problems with either product and know which
> > > > one to blame?
> > > >
> > > > I was going to try Vmware as I need to run a DOS program which
> > > > crashes Win2000 on exit. I think the real solution is to put
> > > > a FAT partition onto a disk and boot native DOS. Anyone know
> > > > how to make the recovery CD do anything other than format the
> > > > HD as FAT32 and then use then entire 32 GB for Win2000? Or
> > > > do I need to get a real Win2000 CD and install DOS in a FAT
> > > > partition and then install Win2000 from a retail CD and then
> > > > add all the appropriate A21p drivers?
> > > >
> > > > One other question - is NTFS a good/better choice of format
> > > > for a Win2000 notebook install than the FAT32 that the
> > > > recovery CD/preload configuration comes with? Would it
> > > > be more reliable/less likely to experience corruption with
> > > > crashes?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Stuart
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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