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quick reply, off to work:

1. I read for hours last night... everything from 525MB to 1gig partition that holds simply the .nbh file . That's correct, right? -- the only file that ever goes on that partition is the .nbh file (renamed) , correct?

2. I have a MicroSD card reader.... I've been using it to move files on/off my phone for past year. 90% of the time I use my Macs, taking card out of phone, stick into reader, move over MP3 files, .cab files I have downloaded, .rar files, .zip files. When I go back to using my PC to move files around (on and off storage card, and on and off phone device sometimes), the only prob i've ever had was that Mac OS adds a bunch of what I'd call "ghost files".... that begin the filename with a "dot" .name of file.mp3

and I always just delete those.

3. I kept reading in all these threads about "you MUST use WM5torage" to do xyz before copying .nbh file to storage card. I kept looking for exceptions because it didn't make sense to me that I needed to have my card in my phone using phone/card as a readable drive on my PC, but that's what I kept seeing. I swear to god, half the info on this site is partially obsolete when it comes to impt stuff like HardSPL and now this.

(side grumpy note: There are wonderful guides all over XDA, and many people have taken lots of time yo write them, you included, and I appreciate all of that. I just wish that those who DO create a guide try their best to update them with newest correct info... otherwise it takes senior members and newbies alike a whole day reading thread after thread to try to decode which info supercedes which.... /grumpy note)

So I spent hrs trying to get wm5torage and all lead back to mocado ... and file was not found. eventually a found the authors new BETA i believe version .18

SO now I read here I don't need to run that util at all if I have a card reader!.... another whole night wasted, not due to you, but due to this partially obsolete info problem that is widespread. XXXX process wasn't available til year 2008 or 2009, and since then you do BBBBB instead of AAAAA.

I also got the mistaken impression that I needed to use WM5torage to MAKE the PARTITION itself..... And I was planning today to run WM5** on my 8gig sdhc, then I was going to put card in my reader, then use windows to format & partition the card.

So, could you please clarify --- is there any benefit to myusing WM5torage -- a down the line benefit etc.... and if so, if I run it, i can then take the card out of phone, put inot my reader which is what I do 99.9999% of time anyway, then use PC's util to partition? And then rename/copy the .nbh to the card thru the card reader? then place card into phone to flash?

or is that a NON-benefit. i get the concept... i am out and about and can hook up a usb cable from my phone to someone's PC or mac to move files mp3s etc..... HOWEVER, I carry card readers with me all the time, everywhwre, have one tied to my power cord for laptop, desktop, etc.

i will read replies tonight... i appreciate if you ca untangle this for me. Can you please just SUGGEST a specifc size allocation for partitiom so i can read like a DUmmy and just do it vs having to figure it out? All I want is to use the rest of the 8gig drive, but I am not interested in cutting oit down to the bone for the .nbh .... unless that is a huge factor in fooling the bootloader that card is fast enough. So... 500mb? 600?, 700? 800? 900? 1gig -- please just say which :) appreciate it and bye