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Remove Ubuntu on XP Dual Boot Problems

Hi folks,
I've been trying out Ubuntu lately which I installed on my laptop which came with Windows 7 installed but had the downgrade to XP option (which I had to have done as some of my work systems are not compatible with Windows 7 yet).
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and used the partition tool to take 100GB off my Windows and reallocate it to Ubuntu.
Everything has been running fine as I got to grips with how to use Ubuntu to build android ROM's.
Now comes the time I have done what I wanted with Ubuntu and I want to remove it from the dual boot. I have read about 5 different guides how to do this and nothing is working.
As I understand it I need to fix/rebuild my MBR after I remove the Ubuntu partitions, but anything I have tried; including XP installation disc, XP Recovery Console disc, Windows 7 disc.....does not let me press 'R' to repair the system as the guides illustrate.
All the discs designed for XP result in a blue screen of death after it does an initial setup of hardware.
The Windows 7 disc gets further than that and asks me if I want to install 32 or 64 bit and gives me the partition/format options but there is no option to 'Repair'.
When I deleted the Ubuntu partition I was left with the GRUB error and my XP would not boot. After trying about 5 different things to repair the MBR (and failed) I decided re-installing Ubuntu would bring back the GRUB and allow me to dual boot XP again (which worked). But now I have 4 different partitions and I just want to merge them all back to my XP and have a working MBR.
Any ideas guys?
Screenshot of my partitions is attached.
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Perhaps you could try Parted Magic or System Rescue CD which can both be burned to either a disk or a usb via Unetbootin. Parted Magic should help you edit/fix your partitions and System Rescue CD should help you repair your system from reading their quick descriptions. I have not used either, but I have used Unetbootin and it works fine for me and those disks are at least worth a try.
Just a btw, but you didn't have to create a new thread for this... you could have posted your question in the Desktop and Laptops thread... that thread + Google should be helpful for all your future endeavors.
Good luck with your computer!

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Thanks for the tips. :good: Shall have another go when I'm feeling lucky.

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Whatever you do, do it carefully. I used to dual boot w7 and Ubuntu and I removed Ubuntu and somehow corrupted grub, which then caused a hard drive failure
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There is a dedicated labtop and desktop thread stickied in this forum, please use that
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[Tool][N5/N4/N7/GNX] neXus Beginners Toolkit [ADB][Fastboot][Drivers][Flasher]

neXus Beginners Toolkit​
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♦ Hello neXus noobies, this thread presents a simple yet helpful package for all nexus users.
♦ This package consists so far of 4 main elements:
Latest Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)
Fastboot
ADB Universal Drivers
Flasher
♦ You will have the option to install ADB & Fastboot + ADB Drivers (Windows 8 users read this) + Flasher, each alone or all together.
♦ ADB and Fastboot will be automatically added to PATH so you can call them with ease.
Flasher
♦ Flasher is a simple console GUI that helps you flash kernel images and custom recovery images (.img files) in addition to pushing zips via ADB sideload.
Note: You can follow this guide to unlock your bootloader and find download links for recoveries etc . . .
Statement
This toolkit was tested by me personally on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise.
If you have any old drivers installed that may cause conflict please uninstall them before installing my drivers.
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neXus Beginner Toolkit v1.0.a
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Informations:
Current version: 1.0.a
Drivers Author: ClockworkMod
Drivers version: 1.0.0
ADB version: 1.0.31
Changlelog:
Code:
initial release
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For Windows 8 users
Before installing ADB drivers on your Win8 machine you should disable driver enforcement in order to succeed with the installation.
To do so you just have to reboot your pc and keep pressing F8 on boot. A menu will appear, from this menu choose Disable Driver Enforcement and hit Enter.
Done!
Now you can install ADB drivers and connect your phone with no problems.
Good luck

ISETool.exe and all IsolatedStorage Explorer Tools suddently stopped working -> "Smar

ISETool.exe and all IsolatedStorage Explorer Tools suddently stopped working -> "Smar
am currently on the edge of madness with regards to the IsolatedStorage Explorer Tools. I've been using http://isostorespy.codeplex.com/ for month now without any problems but today it just suddently stopped working. After a bit of research i found that the command line version "ISETool.exe" also crashes without any explanation (see Screenshot)
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I am using Windows 8.1 Pro x64. Does anyone know what the **** is going on with this and how i can fix it?

Did you upgrade your phone to WP8.1 or is it still on an 8.0 version? Have you tried reinstalling (or installing a newer copy of) the WP SDK?
Also, I can't translate the exception message, so I really don't know what the problem is aside from the self-explanatory nature of a "DeviceNotFoundException". Can you see the device with other tools (XapDeploy, WPPT, etc.) and for that matter does it show up in Explorer?

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Did you upgrade your phone to WP8.1 or is it still on an 8.0 version? Have you tried reinstalling (or installing a newer copy of) the WP SDK?
Also, I can't translate the exception message, so I really don't know what the problem is aside from the self-explanatory nature of a "DeviceNotFoundException". Can you see the device with other tools (XapDeploy, WPPT, etc.) and for that matter does it show up in Explorer?
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Hey,
thank you for your reply. I am running WP8.0 and haven't upgraded yet. Repairing my Visual Studio 12 SDK didn't help, i am currently trying to install the 2013 version.
> Can you see the device with other tools (XapDeploy, WPPT, etc.) and for that matter does it show up in Explorer?
Yes it shows in the explorer and i can use it to run/debug my applications, Only getting access to iso storage doesn't help

I'm getting similar errors too. After a while I just started using Windows Phone Power Tools, it can do the same and it works for me..

Very odd. WPPT uses the same APIs as ISETool and (presumably, though I haven't checked) isostorespy. Hope it works for you, in the mean time I am not sure what the solution is.

[GUIDE] Teclast x98 Air 3G: fresh install Windows 10 and Android with repartitioning

Hi guys,
as we know, Teclast release its tablets with Windows 10 in chinese and Android international (but with bloatware), that's why I decided to format it and reinstall all OSs..
You can apply this guide to ALL Teclast dual boot tablets with the XML repartitioning file in the ROM package.
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This is how we could get a native Windows 10 installation in your language:
1) Install Android custom roms made by Mirek190 (thanks a lot for your work man) using Intel MFT by selectiong full repartitioning XML (it erases all partitions and leave an unallocated space to install Win10):
- Teclast x98 Air II & Air 3G KitKat by Mirek190;
- Teclast x98 Air II & Air 3G Lollipop by Mirek190;
2) With a PC, download Microsoft Media Creation Tool and create a bootable Pendrive;
3) Change your tablet to 100% (it is not a joke);
4) Using an HUB USB plug to your tablet:
- USB Pendrive with Windows 10;
- Keyboard;
- Mouse;
5) Switch on your tablet and press ESC to enter Bios, go to the last TAB and select the pendrive as BOOT Override;
6) The installation of Windows 10 in your local language will start;
7) When asked, select Expert Mode and install Windows 10 the the unallocated space by creating a Primary Partition;
8) Ok, you are on the right way...Installation will take some minutes..
At the end, you need to download drivers and install ALL "*.inf" files available on Double Driver Backup zip you can find here:
- Driver Pack by Maxximo88
I made a video (Italian language) about this procedure, it is a low quality video guys:
Click THANKS and have a nice day!

Thank you Maxximo88 for taking the time to write this up!!
There is some other good guides out there but a little outdated like TecKnight's Teclast Tutorials and sadly I've not seen much activity on the Windows front...YES Mirek has done a excellent job on the Android side and I am hoping there will be more progress and maybe a jump to 6.0 Marshmallow?? I'm no coder so I do not know what's invloved but hats off to these guys!! :good:
I am waiting on mt OTG hub so I can reflash and use my own windows 10, see here for more ways to customise your windows 10 iso build and add in all the drivers for Teclast installs which I am trying to do
As for me I recently only discovered these units and will have an X98 Air 3G and a X98 Pro hopefullt by the end of the week :victory:
Looking forward to more developers and the XDA team to contributing making this a real Ipad killer :laugh:
PEACE
Kosti

Air III won't boot on USB drive

Hi!
I'm trying to install Windows 10 on a M5C5 Air III running Guznos rom, I can't get it to boot on the USB drive.... Check the video, the sceen flashes and goes back to the bios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csAi7mh-g1Q
I've tried:
- making the USB bootable with Iso2Disc and Rufus, using GPT uefi
- on 2 different tablets
- with 2 different USB drives
- with 2 different ISO files of Windows 10 x86
- flashing bios with 2.05 version found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65166671&postcount=87
- using OTG hub and OTG cable
Anybody have an idea what I could try?
Thanks!

After a little research, I figured my UEFI is in x64, so it couldn't boot on the usb drive because there was only the bootia32.efi in the Fs1:\EFI\BOOT\ folder. So I download Windows x64 and coppied the bootia64.efi file to efi\boot folder and it booted!!
But now I'm getting the following message.... I guess it expected the rest of the files to be x64 too. But I read on many threads that installing x64 Windows on the Air III M5C5 would brick the device.... So I'm kinda confused now :/
Anybody has an idea??
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Or more simply: did anyone install x86 Windows on a x64 uefi Air III ?

I realise this is a dead thread, but for posterity's sake :
do NOT try flashing an x64 iso (or an AIO windows iso), it will hard brick your device without exception.
Before installing Win10 x86 and Android, you need the M5C5 dual boot bios v1.00, there is no decent step-by-step on how to do this.
This should get you started : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63984637&postcount=18

I know this is old but do you remember how did you solve the problem? I can't install the dual boot either.

i followed the instructions to which i linked in my previous post.
But, tbh, Win10 on this device isn't worth it.
I reverted back to Android-only.