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Precisely today, 13 years ago...

https://paparadit.blogspot.com/2007/06/installing-sata-hard-drive-with-windows.html

After 13 years using Windows XP until finally I wiped it out couple weeks ago with 64bit Windows 8.1. And here below the story...


But somehow I couldn't find the driver for the LAN & built-in Wifi. So, I'm using my TP-Link TL-WN725N USB Wifi Adapter to connect it to the internet.

Labels: Acer TravelMate, USB Install, Wifi, Windows 8.1

When I want to install fresh OS from USB flash disk on my old laptop, it failed due to problem with USB boot. Somehow, the screen show "EFI Part Please remove this media and press any key to reboot" and the boot installer system couldn't continue.

If this screen shows up when you try to install ISO operating system image in a legacy computer or laptop from your USB flash disk, then you need to change the partition scheme of flash disk from GPT into MBR. So, now I'm going to show you how to fix it from Rufus.

First, put your flash disk on the USB slot & open up your Rufus. Let default selection of boot to disk or ISO image & select the file. For example, I'd like to load Windows 8.1 64 bit in this case. Next, don't change image option. Jump to the partition scheme & change it to MBR, so that there will be no other option available on target system except BIOS or UEFI-CSM.

Skip to the file system & cluster size selection & let it by default. And, now you are ready to load the image. See below video for detail above explanation.



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Labels: Acer TravelMate, USB Install

I think I never found a wonderful value for money of branded Windows tablet PC after having Hewlett Packard (HP) Stream 8 since 2015. For anyone who doesn't know yet what kind of hardware devices & features inside, you can read below:

• Intel Atom Z3735G 1.3GHz (Quad Core Processor)
• RAM 1GB DDR3
• eMMC 32GB
• MicroSD 32GB (max)
• Battery 4000mAh
• 802.11 b/g/n
• SIM 3G
• IPS 8" TouchScreen
• 5MP Rear Camera
• 2MP Front Camera
• Accelerometer
• GPS + SAR Sensor
• Windows 8.1 pre-installed
• 32 bit Architecture
• Intel HD Graphic
• 3.5mm Audio
• Bluetooth 4.0
• Bluetooth Keyboard + Mouse operation simultaneously

 Along with it, this tablet has been re-installed 3 times:

1. Have been tried to install Windows 10 for couple days, but it was too lag.
2. Downgrade to Windows 8.1 for couple years
3. Re-install to Windows 8.1 when I realized that there's corrupted driver files after doing VGA driver update manually. Tried to repair first with no luck & it failed to boot somehow.

So then I archived the processes in 3 separate videos (in Bahasa) & a silent review after 5 years using it. Hope you enjoy it.





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Labels: Gadget, USB Install

However, these sounds more little bit primitive but I believe that it’s still useful to administering your computer, especially for systems that don’t has floppy or optical drive. On this chance, I’d like to share you about on how to creating a USB based DOS boot. This was my experience happened last month when I need to make a GHOST partition image from a typical laptop which doesn't have floppy or internal optical drive except tons of USB slots.

For this, you need a USB flash disk at least with 128MB capacity & DOS packages (2.7MB) which available from this link. Extract on your local drive directory (e.g.: C:\) just like image shown below.



Execute program hpusbfw.exe after plug in the USB disk. Automatically, the program will detect & recognize your flash disk (it's refers to H:\ drive letter on my experience).



Browse the DOS file system on the same path where you execute the program then click Start button to begin the formatting process.



Note that it will erase all of files on USB disk, so be careful & backup your data first.



Formatting process will established.



It's done & your flash drive is ready to boot.



If you checked it out from Windows Explorer, there's 3 files only on it. But actually, you can freely adding others DOS based utility tools you prefer. As an example, I added ghost software since I only have a deal with it.



Restart your computer & prepare for USB boot.



Here it is, a lovely C:\ prompt will appear. Next step is up to you. Have a good day.

Labels: DOS, Ghost, USB Install

Actually, this current article has many header titles. As I succeeded uncover several hidden things behind my Aspire One during the installation of Fedora 7. But the great was, it’ll describe how to make Fedora 7 USB boot setup and also revealing what is under the 1st partition of the Aspire One hard drive - the recovery partition indeed. Why I choose Fedora 7 because I already loved it so much, a better performance, quite complete applications including 3rd party additional tools and of course a stable operating system kernel.

What you need to do this is a Fedora 7 boot disk image, an idle USB flash disk at least with 32MB capacity, Fedora 7 ISO DVD image and also a Linux computer system for preparing of USB boot. Anyway, disk partitioning tools such as Partition Magic might be required to restructuring the Aspire One hard drive partition under Windows.

Install disk partitioning tool if you don’t have any dedicated partition for Linux. At minimal, it need 2 system partitions; the root system & swap space. The size is up to you, but in my experiences, 7GB root partition & 500MB swap space was more than enough (see green box on picture below). Anyway, a red box on image referring the Acer recovery partition. This partition is unique. Somehow, we can’t see it from Windows Explorer even that it has been on FAT16 file system. You even can’t reach it from GHOST tool which I though it can. So, it makes me so suppressed & would like to see it physically from Linux.



Back to topic again, after you prepared the partition, put Fedora 7 ISO image on any kind partition with FAT32 file system, so that it readable from Fedora 7 setup. In my experiences, I put it on 2nd partition (drive D under VBOX directory ~ D:\VBOX). Next, it’s time to create the bootable USB disk. Download disk image from this link & extract it on your existing Linux system. Type the command below on current path in terminal where you extract the image.

$ dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sdax

The device /dev/sdax refer to your USB flash disk, so make an appropriate for your situation. If nothing goes wrong, now you’re ready to boot the flash drive. Change boot selections from F12 shortcut after you restart the computer. Press Enter to continue.



Then, a welcome screen will appear. Select first menu to begin the installation process. Continue the setup wizard until it asking the installation method screen.



On this chance, simply select Hard drive option then click OK to continue.



Next, the wizard will asking what partition and directory on selected partition hold the image for Fedora 7. On my example, select /dev/sda5 and type VBOX (without the ISO file name) which refer to directory holding image. Click OK again to continue.



The installation will begin. Follow the rest wizard just like the same as you install in normal condition until it completely finished. Now, you have Fedora 7 inside your Aspire One (dual boot with default Windows XP Home). By the way, did you remember when I told you about Acer recovery partition above? Check it out from file explorer (e.g.: Konqueror) after you manually mounting it, you can see the files physically & backup it to safe place.



To gain more additional 5GB space, you can delete it or merge this 1st partition from Windows Explorer to another existing partition using Partition Magic. Be careful, the change of partitions table might caused your Fedora 7 could not boot properly anymore.

Labels: Acer Aspire One, Fedora, Linux, USB Install

What if you have this situation: you need to install Windows XP into a notebook or computer without any existing optical drive on it. In this case, you only have 3 solutions; 1) Leave the situation & stick to old-dummy OS, 2) Buy an (USB) optical drive or 3) Simply using your existing USB drive to create your own setup. This article below will describe you a trick how to create Windows XP installer using an UFD (USB Flash Disk) & make it boot from any computers that allow you to boot from UFD (including netbook, notebook or PC). All you need is a single UFD with 1GB capacity at minimal & another computer with optical drive built-in to make the USB portable process. Don’t forget to provide device drivers & also an original copy of Windows XP CD (or at least both SATA drivers & Windows installer mixed on a bootable CD). Prepare these 3 tools also (bootsect.zip, PeToUSB_3.0.0.7.zip & usb_prep8.zip) before getting started. Download them all from link available.

First, create a folder named xpusb on C:\. Extract 3 zipped files on each folders name, so that you will have same display on yours just like the picture below. After this, you may plug in the UFD to begin preparing the format session.



Next, copy PeToUSB.exe from PeToUSB_3.0.0.7 folder to usb_prep8. Then, execute usb_prep8.cmd. A common DOS based application will run, press any key to continue.



PeToUSB program will running. If your UFD has plugged in, you may see the destination drive on which drive it will be formatted. On my experience, the UFD assigned on H:\ drive letter. Press Start to begin formatting.



After operation completed successfully, a dialog box will show up press OK to continue.



Okey, formatting process has done. Now, open command prompt & enter bootsect path on c:\xpusb. Execute the following command to updating FAT filesystem bootcode to the UFD (H:\ drive letter on me or depends on yours):

Bootsect.exe /nt52 h:

After the bootcode was successfully updated on UFD, now exit from existing command prompt & close PeToUSB application. Load a copy of Windows XP CD into optical drive then back to first command prompt (usb_prep8.cmd) & the display will change to the following image:



Enter “1” to continue to browse your XP CD drive letter & press OK to continue.



Then, enter “2” & give non existing drive letter as virtual drive for Tempimage. Give it “T” as default drive letter.



Last question menu is entering target UFD drive letter (H:\ on me).



The creation of virtual drive T:\ is started. Continue to proceed with format.



After format process completed, the files extraction from CD to virtual drive will established. This will take couple minutes, so I suggest you go to kitchen to make a coffee & back to your desk with a cigarette.



Files extraction process has done & a confirmation window will show. Press Yes to copy files from virtual drive to UFD.



Copying files now established. Please burn your cigarette, sit back, relax & enjoy your coffee. This will take more than couple minutes.



Press Yes to below like confirmation dialog.



And again, press any key to continue. The process is now releasing the T:\ virtual drive.



Your UFD now is ready to boot. Curious with the disk size? It’s a similar to your CD installation source & get synchronized to UFD!



The fact is, there are more than 300MB free on UFD. Is there any additional way you can do to make the UFD more perfect? Yes, sure! Copy the device drivers or portable application into it. Note that this is an optional & you don’t have to do it. A complete set of portable application can be downloaded from this link. For shortcuts, install it first on your local drive. It’s faster than you install it directly onto USB.



After it finished, create a special folder (eg: _PORTABLEAPPS) on UFD. Then, copy installed files in computer to this new folder. You also able to add or remove the application depend on your necessity.



Now you have a complete “weapon” right on a single UFD. The latest process is plug the UFD in your machine, turn it on & activate the UFD boot from BIOS.



After booting from UFD, here come 2 menu displaying on monitor. Select menu #1 (TXT Mode Setup Windows XP). Use only C: drive of computer harddisk as partition for install of Windows XP & then select quick format with NTFS filesystem. XP install copying files is automatic.



After it finished copying files, quit XP setup with F3 or switch off your computer & boot in any case from UFD again & select menu #2 (GUI mode). Let the rest process run as normal as you install from CD. But I noticed, never unplug the UFD until after first logon of Windows XP. Your computer now is ready with Windows XP.

Labels: My Tricks, USB Install