They should be the same size.. EDIT: Look the same size here too.... If the drives are spinning, can you boot and flash the backup???
Hi willko2008, I'm sorry that you had a bad flash. If it stopped at 35% while flashing then it definitely won't boot right. You'll probably have to order a new bios chip for it or RMA it. The bioses look the same size to me-- both 262,144 bytes.
Sorry, I'm being an idiot - I was looking at the "packed" size of the two files in WinRAR! - Of course once extracted, the files are the same size. DOH! getting to the mobos in these little shuttle boxes is a pain - BIOS chip looks soldered on...
Thanks for the kind words - seriously. I think you're probabably right re: bad flash. I've done quite a few and this one was defo a dud. It was an old box anyway and if you gotta have a failure now and then , this was the one to go. Maybe I'll make a SAN out of it, nifty sized case Thanks again for the effort and sorry I can't verify the BIOS.
Now I can get system up.I used hiren's boot and this morning i installed (clean) vista but I don't activate bcos I want to install OEM type same past. I wand to have my OEM DVD. Please help me, guy Plsssssssssssssssssssssss Thank a lot
i have a question if i will put my computer in my store at the mall and use it with my store tax invoice software it will be legitimate use? i'm asking this because i see in the sticky post that this is legitimate way for activating vista and xp
No..It will not be legit. This is the legitimate way of activating, if you have legit software. If it is a pirate download, it will never be legit. But I am not tellin'. Using the OS for personal use is one thing, just dont get caught selling the products or profiting from it..that is a s**tstorm I don't want to be in..
i have server 08 std without r2 but i get it from microsoft website (i found a site that make server to workstation) and install the hp cert file and add matching serial let me get this straight microsoft is giving for me windows server for free and its ready to use with any key and cert? okay!!.. on my computer there is non genuine slp2, what if i will install it on machine that have a genuine slp2 like laptop? threre is a way that microsoft is making for us loophole? what the hell?!! i'm confused
You buy a computer shipped with Vista, and the SLIC is present in the bios to activate, also a certificate in the OS. You do not buy vista, only the privilege to use vista. If you have bought a computer with vista home premium, it is legal to reinstall vista home premium on the computer, not ultimate; at least without paying an upgrade. We have found a way to add the SLIC code to a bios. No loophole, just good engineering. Microsoft will NEVER give you something for free. If you install Vista, without buying it, on any computer it is piracy. If you install an upgrade without paying for it, it is piracy. If you replace the same OS you bought with the computer it is legal. To put SLIC code in a bios that never had it, and install a downloaded copy of vista from a website, or even microsoft, without paying, adding the cert and serial and activating offline as OEM...this is piracy. Go into business selling said computers, OS or other. Or make a profit from such software piracy, and this is a serious, serious offense. Last I knew at least 7 yrs. federal.... Got a better idea now. Keep in house, and not in your business...