Hello,
I would like to buy a 4tb+ capable sata-to-usb adapter and would need your help in picking one.
The following questions come to mind:
Thank you!
I'm trying to use PicoXP as a rudimentary "build environment" of sorts, and I'm running into a problem:
nul doesn't exist. Of course, what I'm trying to compile pipes things to NUL. Is there any way for me to fix this? nul.sy_ exists, and I verified that the registry of PicoXP contains the info for the DOS device nul.
[Update Thread] Intel Management Engine: Drivers, Firmware & System Tools
I found this info usefull and want to let you know. This is a complete copy from the first post (ATM) where all info is available and regularly updated. source (MDL): https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/update-thread-intel-management-engine-drivers-firmware-system-tools.75721/
Mostly based on plutomaniac & fernanods work. Please read the entire thread, before you ask questions like 'which one should I choose'.
This thread is specific to the following tools, firmwares and drivers:
Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware
Intel CSME Firmware
Intel ME Firmware
Intel MEI Driver Only
Intel SOL "Driver" Only
Intel MEI Drivers & Software
Intel TXEI Driver Only
Intel TXEI Drivers & Software
RST/RST(e) AHCI/RAID Drivers
Old Drivers, firmwares & drivers
Credits
MDL Discussion Thread (Background about MEI & findings)
Hello,
I'm dealing with a weird issue and I really need some help. I have two SSD drives connected to an ASUS MAXIMUS RANGER VII motherboard. In one SSD I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro x64, on the other SSD I have openSuse x64.
I don't have dual-boot enabled so when I want to swicth between them I just use the boot menu and select which drive to boot.
The problem is that whenever I try to boot Linux (after using Windows) I get a black screen. No BIOS POST, no boot selection, nothing. DEL key or F8 key does nothing.
I get POST only when I disconnect both SSDs and do a reboot. Only then I can boot to Linux. I only get the back screen when trying to switch from one device to the other.
What I've tried so far:
The BIOS has enabled CSM with Secure Boot. And I'm using the latest BIOS version.
Thank you!
I replaced the internal CD drive of my 2008 laptop with a hard disk caddy featuring an IDE to SATA interface. This is the product link[1]. Then I moved the internal HDD to the caddy and added an SSD in the HDD slot. I can boot just fine from the SSD - it's basically just a disk from a boot perspective. However, I can't boot from the HDD at all. Can it be done, and how? I'm planning to replace the SSD with a larger one, and move the current SSD to the caddy. I would like to be able to boot several OSes (Win7 and Linux) on the current SSD, where GRUB4DOS is the boot manager.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi all guys.
It is my first post here. It's one year I'm using Winbuilder to mount a Win7PE and I love it. Last version is great, I think. I found many responses to my doubts on this web site and I thank everybody for sharing such program and help.
I'm starting now coding some script with PC Packed to add simple programs.
What I would like to add now are the registry keys. What should I replace a key like this with:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.....] ?
With this:
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.....] ?
This is just an example as I know some keys might be useless on the PE.
Another doubt is the Programs path. Let's suppose we have a x86 architecture program and his registry keys looks like this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ <name of program folder >\\ <name of program>.exe"="DISABLETHEMES RUNASADMIN"
Wich folder should I change it to?
Thank you!
Sorry I'm just curious, especially the developer on reboot.pro
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I have a Sager NP9876/Clevo P870KM1-G gaming notebook. In my BIOS it says "American Megatrends" and "Aptio Setup Utility". I assume that AM is the BIOS, and Aptio is just the name of the setup utility.
I have already tried backing up the BIOS with Universal BIOS Backup Toolkit, but it errors out with "Cannot identify the BIOS". Perhaps my BIOS is just too new? In this program I can also select custom sizes, the largest of which is 16384K. But I need an exact byte-for-byte copy, and I need it to be complete. I plan on submitting a BIOS mod request at the bios-mods.com forum, in exchange for a donation. Sager doesn't make my BIOS available for download, nor have they issued any updates for it. Hence the need to dump it.
I don't really need anything modded, per se, like advanced overclocking options, etc. But I do know that many BIOSes have hidden options that aren't normally visible. My main interest is in being able to see and interact with both legacy and UEFI boot options at the same time. As it is now, I can only see UEFI *OR* legacy boot options at any given time, but not both at once. The exception is external booting media, like USB flash drives. Anything internal is an either/or scenario. I can boot internally on either UEFI or legacy modes, it's just that both aren't visible at once. Absent a Prema BIOS mod, this is really the only thing I need this for.
Is there an official tool I can use for dumping?
Thanks in advance!
There is a new thread on MSFN about a new PE Builder project (open source) compatible with our good old WB 0.82:
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/177249-pebakery/
Just tested it and it is very fast.
alacran
I want an offline copy of this forum and all it's contents. I mostly use HTTrack for mirroring sites, usually without asking. But if I'm a member then I ask first. I will set download limits to ensure that the server isn't overloaded. This question is primarily directed to @Nuno, so if you aren't part of management then don't answer, since you can't give/decline permission.
Are there are other domains that need to be included, to get the result of a complete copy?
Hello,
Please allow me to introduce the X-File encrypted text format: http://x-file.xyz/
The safe and transparent way for sharing text documents between different parties, where part of the text is kept private.
It is the digital equivalent of a FOIA request, with two specific goals:
+ lock and unlock your text with a key
+ verify that a text was not modified
I needed a way to publish text files where part of the content could only be revealed with a key and that other people could verify it is original. The text had to be readable even as small parts of it would be hidden from plain view, the syntax needed to be simple so it wouldn't be forgotten or difficult to use.
I've wrote a tool for generating these messages from a normal desktop (java needs to be installed), you can download it from here: https://gitlab.com/x-file.xyz/java/raw/master/latest/x-file.jar
Still missing a tab on that desktop tool to decrypt messages. Feedback is certainly welcome, this is a work in progress.
Thanks!
Anyone does know why The CD Forum is off-line since 1 year (or more) ?
Any mirror ? Or any link to understand why the forum was closed (if this was the reason)?
Hi
I am trying to get wireless working in PE created from Windows 10 1709
I have followed several articles on this site and others including http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/162453-winpe-40-enable-wireless-support/
But I cannot get it working - for some reason wlansvc won't start and I get
"system error 1075 has occurred - The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion"
Has anyone managed to get it working who could give me some pointers
Many thanks
Recently I had a failure on a 1 TB Seagate HDD having it only about 1600 total hours in use, not the usual failure starting with 1 or 2 bad sectors and latter becoming a lot of bad sectors, this was diferent the HDD sudenly became very slow to the point to be unusable. I was runing wimlib-imagex to transform an *.esd to *.wim when this happend so it involved many writes to HDD, then I rebooted the PC but it wasn't able to run Windows anymore.
I had to put an spare HDD and boot from it confirming the PC was capable to boot and run Windows, then shut off the PC and put the damaged disk as secondary disk booting again this time very slow but fine, ran Aida64 and on storage/smart all was acceptable but on storage/ata saw the HDD buffer was not visible anymore (it was 64 MB before), it seamed to me the disk board had fail, so I started inmidiatly to transfer prioritary info to the good disk getting an average transfer speed of 3.5 MB/s, so this took me 4 days to do it.
Latter downloaded Seagate tools for HDD and ran diagnostics from Windows and Dos, it failed to pass Smart and Short Drive Self Test (on Win & Dos), tryed other things but all was too slow so stoped it. Cheked warranty and they said it is Out of Warranty (Build date is 2015-05-23).
I am using now my spare HDD until I buy a new one, latter updated Aida64 to last version and on storage/smart there is a new line on top part called Lifetime writes, it was 1.4 TB when first saw it, I didn't pair to much attention to it, thinking it was for SSD's life, and it was a crazy reading in my case (having a HDD), but today it is 902.48 GB (after doing some WinPE buids), so it is reading it from somewhere, then I remember long time ago Sony put rootkits on CD's to not let copy them.
I start thinking Seagate is puting now an embeded program to measure HDD writes (Lifetime writes) and when you exceeded the limit allowed, the high speed transfer is blocked, but give you a very limited transfer speed just to recover your info.
I have cheked older Seagate HDD's (512 bytes/sector) still working well, made before AF (4K/sector) and there is no reading in that item (Lifetime writes: N/A).
alacran
