XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-11 03:45, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   > On Mon, 11/10/2025 7:27 PM, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Then reboot, and it all works.   
      
   Except, I've discovered, OSs won't hibernate, all that happens is that   
   the screen locks, the PC doesn't even sleep, let alone hibernate.   
      
   >> It's annoying about the 32-Bit problem, though of course I can still boot   
   it via MBR  -  I need to use that for one particular old scanner for which I   
   cannot get 64-bit drivers; it's useful to keep it going because it's quite   
   suited to old gritty    
   material which might scratch the glass of the new one, and also it's the only   
   one I have with an Automatic Document Feeder.   
   >>   
   >> Perhaps next I might try seeing if I can boot W11P from the original MBR   
   menu, which would achieve the desired state of only needing one boot menu.   
      
   Had a go at that meantime, couldn't get it to work.   
      
   >> But for the others I had to wing it, using little clues from various   
   researches online,   
   >> none of which gave a complete template or revealed a crucial extra step to   
   get   
   >> Windows 7 & 10 to boot, which is that you need to load the module 'ntfscomp'   
   >   
   >    "ntfscomp - GRUB is able to support the compression commonly used in NTFS   
   with this module"   
      
   Ah!  So 'comp' is 'compression', not 'compatibility'.   
      
   > That could be Old Compression (an ATTRIB applied to a file), versus New   
   Compression   
   > (a custom Reparse Point invented by Microsoft to annoy Linux users).   
      
   Some folders are compressed in my setups  -  Recycle Bins, foreign   
   language subdirs ar-SA to zh-TW, etc.   
      
   > Regarding scanners, there is the commercial scanner driver package for old   
   scanners.   
   > That could allow you to access the old scanner from a 64-bit OS, for a price.   
   > (hamrick.com VueScan). The main concern for old scanner users, is whether all   
   > the capabilities of the scanner are available, when a novel driver is used.   
      
   Yes, I've heard that mentioned before.   
      
   Tx.   
      
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