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Windows XP Mode

Does anyone here know if it's possilbe to do a full clean install of the free Windows XP Mode that you can get with the Windows 7 Virtual machine?
I do know it's possilbe to convert a .vhd into a .iso file which can be burned to disk but i can't find anything on google that would help me with this.
Any help would be appreciated.

If I understand correctly you want to V2P (virtual 2 physical).
I wonder if since Windows 7 bootloader allows you to boot vhd file's if you can boot the Windows xp mode vhd.
Also I think clonezilla will allow you to dd the vhd to a physical disk.
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converting a vhd to ISO? that's uh not going to work buddy.
i have no idea hwat you're trying to do, but based on experiance drop xp mode, use vpc2007, virtualbox or vmware. vmware can physically access drives, which is..extremely handy.

Yup, that's exactly what i want to do, is to make the .vhd to physical so i can full install it at boot then dual boot windows 7 and windows XP without the need of useing Virtual PC all the time when i want to use XP.
It should be possible in everyway and i also have a genuine key for Windows XP Mode that come with the download from microsoft.

it isnt going to work. repartition your drive and use a real xp.
xp doesnt like being swapped between hardware configs. specially with whatever insane method win7 uses to boot to vhd files.

so i no its naughty but if you have a legit key then just download xp, with a built in key, then use jellybean to activate your legit key, prob get flamed for that info but fine if u are telling the truth

[Q] Linux

Hello,
I am a Windows user and want to try Linux on my pc. It's possible to install Linux if i came from Windows ? If yes, then how ?

Of course it's possible, Linux is an awesome OS, I'm using Ubuntu it looks wonderful and works amazingly fast.
If you want to use ubuntu take a look at
http://www.ubuntu.com/
You can choose to use Linux as your only OS or dual boot with windows, if you have issues or if you don't know how to install it, you can try wubi
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer

if you have a USB stick use Unetbootin or something like that to install linux on the stick. Once you have it on a stick you can boot and run linux off the stick so that nothing ever happens to your HD.
Also, once you download linux (most if not all) distros allow you run the OS to check it out and see if the drivers are compatible etc. Have a look...there are Many distros, they all have their place.

Ya, i know Linux is a great OS. I heard that it's more appropriate OS for such things like Android hacking, developing because Android OS is based on Linux.
In terms of installation, i'd prefer method using a DVD disc. So, what version i need to download and burn to the disc ?

What sort of specification is the PC that you want to run Linux on? If it's a fairly modern PC then you might be better placed downloading a copy of VMware Player and a VM Image of a Linux distro (Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora) - that way you can just run it without affecting your PC at all or having to worry about USB booting, dual-booting etc.

SimonTS said:
What sort of specification is the PC that you want to run Linux on? If it's a fairly modern PC then you might be better placed downloading a copy of VMware Player and a VM Image of a Linux distro (Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora) - that way you can just run it without affecting your PC at all or having to worry about USB booting, dual-booting etc.
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My laptop spec's: 2-core x64 bit intel cpu, 2gb of ram, 256mb vga, 1366 x 768 resolution.
Actually i'd like to run with dual-boot... Windows 7+Linux. So, which is better - Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora ? Gonna use more for android development purposes, not for gaming. Any suggestions guys ?

Mariacci said:
My laptop spec's: 2-core x64 bit intel cpu, 2gb of ram, 256mb vga, 1366 x 768 resolution.
Actually i'd like to run with dual-boot... Windows 7+Linux. So, which is better - Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora ? Gonna use more for android development purposes, not for gaming. Any suggestions guys ?
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Before you run dual-boot, download each of the distros and run them as a Live image - try them out for a while. Mint is an improvement (IMHO) on Ubuntu, but they are very much the same base. Fedora is totally different.

I personally use Linux Mint. I have found that it integrates very well with everything I tend to use my computer for. To get a good base of what you like, I would recommend trying out both Linux Mint and OpenSuse live disks before you install one.

In the meantime, check out Wubi .
What is Wubi?
Wubi is an officially supported installer for Windows users that allows Ubuntu to be installed and uninstalled in a safe, easy way as with any other Windows application.

Mariacci said:
My laptop spec's: 2-core x64 bit intel cpu, 2gb of ram, 256mb vga, 1366 x 768 resolution.
Actually i'd like to run with dual-boot... Windows 7+Linux. So, which is better - Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora ? Gonna use more for android development purposes, not for gaming. Any suggestions guys ?
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http://distrowatch.com/
Here is a list of the top 100 linux distros. It is also a news site and good general knowledge.
Out of the options above, if you want only to use it for android and nothing else, go for Mint, it will most likely 'work' the best. But later on as you learn linux you will want to change and try other distros.
You can also have different window managers on one distro...personally I love E17 but it is underdeveloped. Have a look at the website above.

Moved to Off-Topic.

Rizur said:
In the meantime, check out Wubi .
What is Wubi?
Wubi is an officially supported installer for Windows users that allows Ubuntu to be installed and uninstalled in a safe, easy way as with any other Windows application.
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WUBI can only do 30GB installation though. How can you do an installation that is bigger than that?

I love ubuntu
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Ok so I tried installing Ubuntu but some error happened (something about it not being able to save the bootloader or something like that) and it cancelled the installation. Now I boot into windows and when I go into Disk Management there's 37GB of free space that I can't do anything to. I can't delete it to expand C drive. So I've got 37 GB sitting around not doing anything. wtf do I do?
When I try to delete it gives me this error.

veeman said:
Ok so I tried installing Ubuntu but some error happened (something about it not being able to save the bootloader or something like that) and it cancelled the installation. Now I boot into windows and when I go into Disk Management there's 37GB of free space that I can't do anything to. I can't delete it to expand C drive. So I've got 37 GB sitting around not doing anything. wtf do I do?
When I try to delete it gives me this error.
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Windows cant read EXT2/3/4 partitions that are used in linux so as far as windows is concerened that part of the hard drive does not exist. as such the built in windows partition editor cant work with it
i use a live linux distro callled PartedMagic. it fits on a 1 gig USBstick all the instructions for creating that stick are on their site. from there you can resize your windows partition to reclaim that space. or you can reformat it to NTFS so that windows can see it as another drive. PartedMagic is also great for accessing your data should windows refuse to boot and accessing the OEM partition so you can reinstall windows if a virus screws it up.
If you resize a windows partition dont be alarmed if windows gose through its check disk routine on its first boot. Widows usually has a little freakout every time you resize its partition.

Of course it's possible!
But it depends on what you mean by install...?
Do you wish to virtualize it or actually install it to a physical partition?
Linux is an amazing OS, I've been thinking of switching to it full time, and just virtualizing windows on it. I recommend Linux Mint.

I ditched Linux after I went nVidia
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scoffyburito said:
I ditched Linux after I went nVidia
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I ditched nVidia after I went Linux
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veeman said:
Ok so I tried installing Ubuntu but some error happened (something about it not being able to save the bootloader or something like that) and it cancelled the installation. Now I boot into windows and when I go into Disk Management there's 37GB of free space that I can't do anything to. I can't delete it to expand C drive. So I've got 37 GB sitting around not doing anything. wtf do I do?
When I try to delete it gives me this error.
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You can try GParted

freebsd compilation will go or not?

Use the WUBI installer. Some folks say it's a bit slower than running Ubuntu on a dedicated partition, but on your dual core pc, you'll never see a difference. Some say a WUBI install is less stable, but I've been using the same WUBI installation for over a year with not a single problem. It is true that it will only install up to 30 Gb but you can re-size your disk.img however big you want later if you decide you need more space, and you also have access to your Windows HDD space from within Ubuntu. Installation is super simple, and you won't have to mess with partitioning your HDD. I would go with Ubuntu 10.10 personally, because 11.XX uses the Unity gui and I think Unity sucks compared to Gnome2 which comes with 10.XX.
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Running windows xp,7, possible

Hi since this phone has intel arm tech it should be possibke to run windows xp is this possible is anyone working on it etc.

Drivers would be a huge problem. Especially for xp. Windows 7 would have the better chance. Maybe a netbook version.
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I am not sure but I suggest that the problems way start with the bootloader. As far as I remember will the MBR at the RAZR complete different as at the PC

In theory I think the RAZRi could run any ARM-supporting operating system. But as a previous poster has said, the MBR that it uses is completely different - and as such, installing any proprietary Windows version on it will be impossible without heavy modification to the Windows installer. The best chance would be an ARM-based Windows flash to the device - hence bypassing the install method - but you'd have to have great faith in your flash image before doing it..

Hi, the Atom in our Razr I is an x86 CPU, not an ARM. This means you cannot run any ARM systems on the Atom!

Woops silly me - of course it is My mistake!

[INFO] How to install OSX Snow Leopard as a Virtualbox VM

How to install OSX Snow Leopard (10.6.3) as a Virtualbox VM
(on a 7 year old AMD and nVidia based HP Laptop)
This is definitely not one of my preferred XDA topics. But this info need to be out there.
Two years ago (2011) I tried to install Apple's OSX on my already aging HP
Pavilion laptop in a virtual VM (using Virtualbox). This without ever having
used OS X nor finding any clear instructions on how to make this happen.
Needless to say, I was not successful. However, since then, many people around
the world have started making their own "Hackintoshes", and so some better
bootloaders and tools have emerged.
So after finding an interesting open source program, that was only available
for OSX based Apples, I decided to try a OSX VM install again. But according
to many online-blogs and forums, it was pretty much against all odds. Not,
because it was impossible, but because of the lacking installation
instructions, and widely varied results highly dependent of the underlying
hardware. So I decided to attempt an out-of-the-box boot load by grabbing an
old iAtkos Snow Lepard distribution. Here are my results.
My Hardware:
Code:
[SIZE=2]OS: Windows Vista Home (32-bit x86)
Laptop: HP Pavilion dv9700 Notebook PC
BIOS: F32 2009-03-03
CPU: AMD Turion64 X2 TL-68 [BH-G2]
Motherboard: Quanta 30DA (nVidia MCP65) [nForce520, ID 0442]
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS (G86M) with 256 MB VRAM
Network: nVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000
CPU-Z info: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
CPU Bus Speed: ~200 MHz
CPU Multiplier: ~4
[/SIZE]
My Virtualbox/OSX distro Combination:
Code:
[SIZE=2]OSX Distro: iATKOS S3 v2 (June 2010)
OSX version: Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Virtualbox: 4.2.16 r86992
[/SIZE]
Distro downloads is generally considered Warez, but can be easily found by
Googling/Piratebay etc. and are not allowed to be linked to, from XDA. To know
more about what suits you, you should check iAtkos own site. However, although these
are great for testing your hardware compatibility/issues, it is strongly recommended
to just buy your own copy of OSX. That way you are both legal and get to have the
latest version running with only some minimal hacked modification to the Kernel,
drivers and Kext's...
I basically followed these instructions:
http://iatkos.me/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=12269
http://anonymous00.hubpages.com/hub/Installing-Mac-OSX-On-Windows-Virtual-PC
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/snow-leopard-virtualbox.html
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/07/mountain-lion-virtualbox.html
...
To summarize:
1. Download and install Virtualbox
2. Change the default Virtualbox VM snapshot location,
to use a disk that is not part of the Windows installation.
I.e. Not on default C:, but any other. This is for performance.
3. Download the iATKOS S3 V2 distribution from any torrent site.
Or directly from iATKOS website below.
4. [ Naah, there are already too many ways of doing this. Google yourself tired! ]
To my pleasant surprise both the bootloader and installer worked without a
hitch right out-of-the-box into Virtualbox. This gave me good hope to
continue. But after installation according to above instructions, I rebooted
and disabled boot CD to go native, and ... no boot. VM machine started booting
process up to the gray Apple logo and then froze. No spinner but CPU running
very high. Trying again to boot using many different boot flags and various
verbose safe-boot's etc. It would always hang at the same place.
Code:
[SIZE=2][Hit F8 key during boot.]
...
Boot> -v -x
...
[WARNING] "Extra/DSDT.aml not found"
...
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Funny enough this was shown until I clicked anywhere outside the
Virtualbox VM window, at which point the VM screen would just go
black. Thus I concluded that the only way this could happen, was
that it was either a video or USB problem.
Now, apparently everyone whoever attempted putting OSX on a non-apple
machine has gotten to this point, so while Google showed 100's of
thousand's of hits, none of them were any good to me, apart some bits
and pieces. These are the bits and pieces.
During the initial installation, there is a point where you can change
various boot options, including Kernel's, patches, drivers etc. That is
exactly what we need to do! Don't skip this, or you will have to
erase/reformat and re-install your VM again.
The problem? The default installation options:
a) are not meant for AMD processors,
b) not meant for 32-bit processors,
c) not using nVidia video drivers
d) not allowing certian boot options.
To fix this, you need to make sure you activate the following boot
configuration items in the "Customize" menu after clicking button:
See the default options HERE.
Code:
[SIZE=2][B]Bootloader[/B]:
1. Chameleon v2 RC 4 32-bit Bootloader
[B]Bootloader Options[/B]:
2a. 32-bit boot Boot in 32-bit format, 64-bit is default otherwise.
2b. Graphics Enabler Enable some nvidia specific graphics options
2c. USB In case of USB problems...
[B]Patches[/B]:
3a. /Extra directory
3b. fakesmc
3c. Disabler
3d. RTC/RTC
3e. EVO Reboot
3f. Modified Kernels: Qoopz 10.3.0 32-bit AMD friendly Kernel
3g. USB ???
[B]Drivers[/B]:
4.Main Hardware/SATA/IDE: <all> ahci sata dan jmicron sata
5.VGA/nVidia: NVenabler allow many legacy nVidia drivers
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[I actually recommend leaving out the USB related support until you are sure it is needed.]
After accepting and installing with these options, you'll be waiting a very
long time >30 min with a progress-bar that is not visibly moving and making you
think several times that nothing happens and it has failed. But then, there it
is!
Similarly, after disconnecting CD (iATKOS S3V2 Boot image), and restarting the
VM, you can boot with verbose mode, and you'll see a lot of errors and
messages, and then nothing happens at all, but you can enter text without any
effect. Just Wait! Then boom, there it starts up with Apple logo and colored
spinner. Very slow, probably due to a bunch of faulty drivers and time-outs.
But you're running OSX! The next trick is how to tweak this success into
something we can actually use.
Post Installation:
Code:
1. Install the Virtualbox additions:
a) In the Virtualbox host menu "Devices", select "Install Guest Additions.."
b) In your guest OS, go into the "VBOXADDITIONS_4." desktop CD-icon.
c) I actually never got this to work, since the CD-image in ([B]b[/B]) doesn't contain any OSX support...
2. Go into "System Preferences" and:
a) select "Energy Saver". Then set all timeouts to "never" and disable sleep modes.
b) select "Desktop & Screen Saver". Then set the "Start screen saver" bar to "never".
c) select "Software Update". Then uncheck the "Check for updates:".
d) Set time-zone, date and time in "Date & Time".
3. Go into "xxxxx" ...
4. <TBA>
Other Resources:
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http://www.osx86.net/ Drivers, DSDT, kext, tools, files etc.
http://iatkos.me/
http://www.hackintosh.com/
http://www.osx86project.org/
http://www.insanelymac.com/
http://www.hackint0sh.org/osx86-snow-leopard-212/
http://iatkos.me/forum/viewforum.php?f=54
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/forum/178-osx86-106-snow-leopard/
OSX:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/65-amd-kernel/
http://www.souldevteam.net/blog/category/osx86/osx86-virtual-machines/
http://www.souldevteam.net/blog/2013/02/06/os-x-mountain-lion-vmware-image-amd/
http://anonymous00.hubpages.com/hub/Installing-Mac-OSX-On-Windows-Virtual-PC
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...77x-up5-th-8gb-ram-gtx-660ti-100-working.html
http://www.macbreaker.com/2013/07/a-look-at-amd-hackintoshing-mac-os-x.html
http://lifehacker.com/5938332/how-to-run-mac-os-x-on-any-windows-pc-using-virtualbox
Patched Kernels:
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Patched_Kernels
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/category/6-kernels/
Mountain Lion: (x64 only!)
http://www.macbreaker.com/2013/01/install-mountain-lion-iatkos-ml2-hackintosh.html
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/07/mountain-lion-virtualbox.html
http://www.macbreaker.com/2013/01/iatkos-ml2-mountain-lion-virtualbox.html
Snow Leopard:
http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/snow-leopard-virtualbox.html
Some Particular Files:
NVENABLER http://www.osx86.net/files/file/1322-nvenabler/
HP Pavilion series USB fix for Leopard 10.5.x 1.0 http://www.osx86.net/files/file/3297-hp-pavilion-series-usb-fix-for-leopard-10-5-x/
Kexts for nVidia GeForce 8400 GS 1.0 http://www.osx86.net/files/file/247-kexts-for-nvidia-geforce-8400-gs/
A few other bootloader options to try:
Code:
arch=i386
DSDT=0
wait=yes
npci=0x2000
fsb=<busspeed in mhz> busratio=<muliplier>
GraphicsEnabler=Yes
USBFix=Yes
UHCIreset=Yes
For a more complete description of various bootloader options see HERE:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...-install-snow-leopard-retail-on-amd-pc-osx86/
http://iatkos.me/forum/viewforum.php?f=54
Virtualbox Resources:
http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/vi...VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.18.vbox-extpack
http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.2.18/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.18.iso
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html
ENJOY!

I have mountain lion installed on vmware, currently downloading a newer version of ml from a "legit" source to try and install it on my laptop, the internet says it works, last time I tried it didn't
but maybe I was doing something wrong and now I'm wiser
nice info, man!

[Bliss OS] Stuck on a screen with a _ symbol or similar. Help anyone?

Hello! So, read the title. I have that issue. Help anyone, please?
The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3501 with Windows 11 and Secure Boot Disabled (just in case it helped with the issue) if the info helps.

Calling all mind readers, psychics, et al - where's my keys?!?!

Samuel the Techno Kid said:
Hello! So, read the title. I have that issue. Help anyone, please?
The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3501 with Windows 11 and Secure Boot Disabled (just in case it helped with the issue) if the info helps.
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I don't have experience in Win (11, 10 nor previous ones - last touched was in 2001) but if you want to install a Linux distro (anyone!) on a strict win/laptop bundle (if course probably you go to loose warranty.... be careful) i can suggest the follow as first tests steps:
1) simplify the firmware to not use UEFI
2) be sure to have the firmware set on FAT/DOS legacy settings
3) start the laptop with the live Linux distro of your choice *in legacy / DOS mode* NOT in UEFI mode (i recommend an ArchLinux based like Manjaro i.e. very solid and installation friendly)
4) during the installation process, choose to completely reformat the disk(s) in ext4 type fs
5) follow the procedure installing the bootloader on the same disk (if you have at least 8 Gb of ram you can avoid to have a swap partition and you can ever have it after the installation managing it in memory or on the disk - follow wiki for that.
6) reboot.
7) enjoy a pure GNU/Linux Box with legacy (always working) partitioning.
After this will be successful you can experimenting the UEFI mode, eventually.
P.S. This is the simplest method. Cause to complicate things is always easy and dangerous. Follow the "KISS" ArchLinux and derivates as Manjaro principle (Keep It Simple Stupid).

Tetractys said:
I don't have experience in Win (11, 10 nor previous ones - last touched was in 2001) but if you want to install a Linux distro (anyone!) on a strict win/laptop bundle (if course probably you go to loose warranty.... be careful) i can suggest the follow as first tests steps:
1) simplify the firmware to not use UEFI
2) be sure to have the firmware set on FAT/DOS legacy settings
3) start the laptop with the live Linux distro of your choice *in legacy / DOS mode* NOT in UEFI mode (i recommend an ArchLinux based like Manjaro i.e. very solid and installation friendly)
4) during the installation process, choose to completely reformat the disk(s) in ext4 type fs
5) follow the procedure installing the bootloader on the same disk (if you have at least 8 Gb of ram you can avoid to have a swap partition and you can ever have it after the installation managing it in memory or on the disk - follow wiki for that.
6) reboot.
7) enjoy a pure GNU/Linux Box with legacy (always working) partitioning.
After this will be successful you can experimenting the UEFI mode, eventually.
P.S. This is the simplest method. Cause to complicate things is always easy and dangerous. Follow the "KISS" ArchLinux and derivates as Manjaro principle (Keep It Simple Stupid).
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Why on earth switch off UEFI? I use it since like 8 years; never had any problems with it.

Keule-Tm said:
Why on earth switch off UEFI? I use it since like 8 years; never had any problems with it.
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Exactly, the best way to boot is UEFI