It contains for example following software:

• ATK Hotkey Driver for SL300/400/500
• Gemplus GemPC Smart Card Reader from Lenovo
• Gemplus GemPC USB Smart Card Reader from Lenovo
• Gemplus ExpressCard Smart Card reader from Lenovo
• Hotkey Features
• Intel AMT 4.2 LMS&SOL
• Intel AMT 4.2 MEI
• Intel Robson
• Lenovo Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
• Lenovo Fingerprint Software Authentec
• Lenovo Fingerprint Software UPEK
• Lenovo Optical Mouse
• Lenovo ScrollPoint Mouse
• Lenovo USB Fingerprint Keyboard-Hotkey
• Lenovo USB Laser Mouse
• Lenovo USB Modem
• Lenovo USB Smartcard Keyboard
• Lenovo USB-to-DVI Monitor Adapter
• Lenovo Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
• nVidia Quadro FX1700 Qual-VGA/DVI,HDTV-Out Full Height 512MB Graphics Adapter
• nVidia Quadro FX 370 Low Profile DMS59 Dual-DVI and Dual-VGA Graphic Card
• nVidia Qual-VGA/DVI Full Height 256MB Graphics Adapter
• Power Manager
• Power Management Driver for SL300/400/500
• Ricoh Multi Card Reader
• System Interface Driver
• Tablet Button Driver X61 Tablet
• Tablet Button Driver X200 Tablet
• Tablet Shourtcut Menu
• ThinkPad Bluetooth Laser Mouse
• ThinkPad Power Management Driver
• ThinkPad UNDP Wireless WAN Driver
• ThinkPad USB Numeric Keypad
• ThinkPad USB Travel Mouse
• ThinkVantage Access Connections
• ThinkVantage Active Protection System
• ThinkVantage GPS
• UltraNav Driver
• UltraNav Driver 2
• UltraNav Utility
• WiMax Intel Echo Peak US/RU
• WLAN Intel Echo Peak
• WWAN Ericsson F3507g (Drever)
• WWAN Sierra MC5725 EVDO
• WWAN Sierra MC8775 HSDPA

The last one is related to Service Pack 1 upgrade of Windows Vista Ultimate x64, installed on Intel ICH9 Matrix Raid. After running standalone installation of SP1, there was a reboot and this was the last reboot of my Windows Vista x64 SP1 installation. I got loved bluescreen with error code STOP 0×0000C1F5. Problems started, when the error was appearing also after running original installation DVD with Vista. Read further for a solution …

The worst is, that there is not possible to repair problem with Vista installation (or repair) DVD or running another Vista installation. The error is appearing always, at the moment of mounting system partition (obviously C:) to be available for read/write operations, by other Windows Vista or by setup running from installation DVD. So what to do, if you can not repair system and even better, you can not install Vista from a scratch with Vista installation DVD?

If you want to don’t loose data at disk, you have to do following (thanks to Tom Karpowitz revealing the solution). Following Linux commands are case sensitive!

1. Boot the SystemRescueCD disc, answering any localization questions as required, until you get to a command prompt. The good is, that this CD includes RAID drivers.
2. Mount your hard drive at /mnt/windows using ntfs-3g, e.g. “ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows”. You may have to look at /dev/hd* and /dev/sd* to figure out the correct device to mount. Also, if the NTFS file system is corrupted (which it probably is if you are reading this post) you may have to add the “-o force” flag to the mount, e.g. “ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows -o force”.
   At my installation, it was worst, because I have Intel Matrix Raid (ICH9 driver) and have 2 RAID arrays. To activate RAID disks, you have to run command “dmraid -ay”. After running it you have new devices available at /dev/mapper/ folder. Find, which one is your system disk and mount it with command published above with force parameter used.
3. Verify that you have the correct file system mounted by “ls /mnt/windows”. You should see the content of “C:\”… if you don’t, repeat (2) until you mount the correct device.
4. Navigate to the hidden folder: “cd /mnt/windows/\$Extend”. Note the backslash before the $; that is important as it keeps the command shell from interpreting the $ (it is really part of the file name).
5. Type “ls”. Among the files/folders listed you should see either “RmMetaData” or “$RmMetaData”.
6. Type “cd RmMetaData” or “cd \$RmMetaData” depending on what you saw in step 5.
7. Type “ls”. Among the files/folders listed you should see “$TxfLog”.
8. Take a deep breath and recursively remove the $TxfLog file: “rm -rf \$TxfLog”. Use “ls” to verify that it has been deleted.
9. “cd /”, “umount /mnt/windows”, and “init 6″ to reboot, removing the CD when appropriate.

For more information, go to Tom’s article.

This error is well known at Microsoft as KB946084, but for now, there is no fix to use at this situation.

I strongly recommend to backup whole system partition before Vista SP1 upgrade! There is a very good tool for backup partitions, Acronis TrueImage software.

Article content:

• RAW convertors for Sony A700
• Reviews and information sources for Sony A700
• Known issues of Sony A700
• Tips for Sony A700

RAW convertors

List of most used convertors with feedback of their users and my experiences. I highly recommend to every owner of A700 to do colour calibration with X-rite Colour Checker.

Sony Image Data Converter SR v.2

• Good colour conversion, still not possible to get JPEG colours.
• Not user friendly interface, requires big LCD.
• Weak at extraction of details in shadows/lights, using exposition and level sliders damaging photo.

Adobe Camera Raw 4.3.x (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom)

• Weak at details extractions at higher ISO’s.
• Highly recommended camera calibration with X-rite Colour Checker.

SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3

• Recommended by some users.

Capture One 4.0.1

• Is incompatible with cRAW, resulting in underexposed photos, not correct default Color Temperature.
• Recommended for high ISO photos.

RAW Photo Processor

• Only for Apple Macintosh.

Apple Aperture 2

• Apple Aperture 2 seems to be better choice than Adobe Camera Raw 4.3.1.
• Only for Apple Macintosh.

Reviews and information sources

• www.dpreview.com – A700 in-depth review
  
• www.imaging-resource.com – A700 in-depth review
• alphatrack.com – A700 Battery life analyzed
• Sony A700 FAQ at Dyxum.com
• Sony A700 FAQ at Sony Europe Customer Support website

Known issues

• Adobe Camera Raw 4.3.1 and low details of RAW in higher ISO’s
• Not correct colours? Sony Alpha A700 Adobe Camera Raw Calibration results
• Sandisk 8Gb Extreme IV is not working, reported by users (see official FAQ for supported memory cards).

Tips

• Turn off Eye Start AF, if you have no sensor for holding a camera in hands (otherwise camera will start focusing each time the LCD will be close to anything and it is leading to draining battery)
• Super SteadyShot works better with lenses reporting focal point distance (some of them marked as D)
  From official FAQ: “The Sony α700 realizes highly-sensitive Super SteadyShot function based on various types of data, including the focal point distance from the lens. Lenses from other manufacturers may not be able to obtain sufficient data, thus reducing the effectiveness of the Super SteadyShot function. (The Super SteadyShot function is performed, but the results may not be the same as when using SONY or KONICA MINOLTA lenses)
• From official FAQ: “When Dynamic Range Optimization (DRO) is used with RAW mode, RAW data does not change, but will be optimized when developed using the specified RAW application. On the other hand, when viewing enlarged photographs shot in RAW mode on the camera’s screen, the DRO effect will not be applied to the photographs due to system restrictions.”
• From official FAQ: “There are no differences between RAW and cRAW. Quality is not a problem even when compressed, but for those users who like uncompressed data, we left the uncompressed raw data support.”
• From official FAQ: “With ISO200 or higher, the dynamic range of recordable subjects becomes wider by 2/3EV. Nevertheless, it is recommended that you use ISO100, a lower sensitivity, when shooting subjects with nearly full-open aperture, or using a large external flash with which is difficult to turn the amount of light down.”