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• Tripple fault: Dual boot - win 7 x 64 host - ubuntu 12,04 LTS x 64 comments on another partition (raw disk)

  Hello

  I'm trying to install my second OS (ubuntu 12.04 LTS x 64), installed on the dual boot with grub on another partition of my Win 7 Pro x 64 boot disk.

  Linux partition are not mapped in the windows and the installation is as follows:

  1-0 (HPSF/NTFS) partition: 100 MB win 7 partition

  2. 1 (HPSF/NTFS) partition: c: boot Win 7 pro x 64 (133,24 GB) partition

  3 2 (Linux) partition: / partition Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x 64 (37,25 GB)

  4. 3 (Linux swap) partition: SWAP of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x 64 (3.72 Gb)

  5. 4 (Linux) partition: / home partition Ubuntu 12.04 x 64 (105,14 GB)

  This drive in SATA connected drive (WDC WD3000HLFS - 01G6U1 ATA Device, (Channel 0, Target 1, Lun 0)).

  When you configure the virtual machine, I set the Partition 2 to be used with this machine.

  I checked the folloing points:

  • Intel processor supports x 64 (i5 750 @ 2.67 GHz, 4 cores)
  • VT turned on in the BIOS

  When you run the virtualized Ubuntu I am getting following error message:

  

  I've attached the vmware.log file.

  What I am doing wrong?

  Can someone help me get my virtualized Ubuntu?

  Please foregive me my English because it is not my native language, I'm French.

  Thanks in advance for your help and advice,

  Concerning

  Stéphane

  PS: If you need more information let me know (please tel me also how to obtain the necessary information)

  strange that then 0 is not present?

  > Really bad news

  Yep - but not really news - older versions of the workstation all have this problem with Windows 7 guests - which is why I still use 2003
  I would setup just the Ubuntu VM in a regular vmdk ANDS store it on any of your other 3 discs

• Error message @ boot Win 7 Pro "it was Aproblematique from C:\programdata\ofpviaowu.dat - the specified module could not be found."

  Error message @ boot Win 7 Pro "there was a problem starting C:\programdata\ofpviaowu.dat - the specified module could not be found."

  This error message appears whenever I have start my computer and windows starts (Firefox doesn't start up). 15.01 Firefox work properly otherwise.

  This started after I installed the 15.0.1 patch.

  I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox but the problem remains. Search Google for "ofpviaowu.dat" came with "2012-08-29 Firefox version 15 startup Crash Report" as the only listing.

  Is this a Firefox problem?

  My system has this file: C:\ProgramData\Mozilla\logs\. I don't think that Firefox or update service should write directly to the root of C:\ProgramData\. It could be a configuration error, or it could be completely different.

  You may be able to remove your boot sequence problem .dat file using Microsoft Autoruns utility: Autoruns for Windows. If you find an entry, can describe you it?

• CMT Compaq dc7100 Dual Boot, Windows 7 Pro and XP Pro

  Tile: CMT Compaq dc7100 Dual Boot, Windows 7 Pro and XP Pro

  Hello everyone.  My computer is adjustable having the dual boot with Windows 7 Pro on disk 0 (320 GB SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.11) and XP Pro disk 1 (40 GB SATA Samsung SP0411C). As the two systems are available at the start but most all the time Windows 7 Pro would use. The computer is Compaq 7100, WCL PP255US, 3.2 GHZ Intel Pentium 4, 3 GB of ram, Council ch h 0968, bios HP 78 1 v01.05 16/06/2004, chip Intel 915 G Express.  According to the website of Seagate Barracuda 320 GB with (quote), ' he not there no master/slave because every player relationship is considered to be a master in a relationship from point to point.» If two drives are connected to a Serial ATA host adapter, the host operating system considers that the two devices as if they were the two "masters" on two ports separated. Both drives behave as if they were device 0 (master) devices.  On the drive Samsung (SP0411C) I put a jumper for master, it is connected to the motherboard instead of disk 1. Used rider illustrated for Samsung SP0411N since I did not see the SP0411C listed. When selecting information for Samsung Seagate site sometimes showed data for their readers. This is perhaps due to the recent acquisition of Samsung or maybe my mistake.  Tried swapping around wiring of each drive but that didn't work of course. Looked at the settings in the BIOS but did not see a way to create the dual boot.  Please let me know if you need more information. If you know how this can be done or have some suggestions, please let me hear it. As always, thank you very much for your comments.

  Oscar

  Hello oscarmint, I checked the specifications of your system and it does not show the system supports two types of hard drives.

  The system supports only Serial ATA (Sata) synchronous Maximum 150 MB/s transfer rate

  You would need to make the jumper on the Seagate 320 GB Sata Drive pin, set at 150 MB/s.

  You are right that the Seagate would not Cable Select or slave settings and it would be the master and only on cable.

  If the 40 GB hard drive is a type of ATA (IDE), you'd better put as selection of cables (CS).

• can I switch from win xp pro sp3 Windows XP Professional x 64

  I have an old computer Pentium (32 bit system) (2001) with max memory 2 GB and I wish to Exchange my c: drive to a new 64-bit computer that has the capacity of up to 16 GB of memory.  I am currently using win xp pro sp3 and I don't want to move to Vista or 7 because I'm very comfortable with win xp pro screens.  I'm assuming that win xp Pro x 64 edition is similar for win xp pro in that regard.  Current box has four scsi drives, 2 CD/DVD, 4 pci for creating music cards readers, card Radeon video (2 screens), 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium CPU, 2 GB memory Rambus.  I'm go to Gigabyte GA45T-ES3G-ATX, CPU 3.0 Ghz 775, 16 GB memory Kingston Hyper X, videocard PNY 450NVS Quadro (4 screens), 2 SSD drives (100(c drive)/500 GB).  I opted for the Gigabyte motherboard because it has a pcie x 16 video card and 5 pci slots.  I use software Cakewalk mainly which has a capacity of 64-bit and some of my cards have drivers 64-bit available.  Other software will be able to run in 32-bit mode (x 86).

  My plan is to clone the c: drive current, load it on the new ssd drive and upgrade to Win xp Pro x 64 load if possible.

  Andrea

  First and most importantly, there is no way to upgrade from XP 32 bit to 64 bit, you must perform a "clean installation" of the 64-bit version and then reinstall your applications. Don't forget to back up your data files.

  Secondly because the card mother old and new are very different (device drivers and chipset), it is unlikely that, after cloning your hard drive to an SSD, the computer would even start.

  I'd rather you 32-bit version of Windows XP is a 'Reticular Full' version (OEM versions are related to the 1st motherboard it is installed on and can not be activated on another motherboard) is to reinstall XP 32 Bit to one of your SSD drives (you did not mention RAID), then install the drivers from Gigabyte.

  If you must go the 64-bit road know that 64-bit XP was not very well supported by software vendors and is not widely used.

  Also note that this socket 775 motherboard uses memory DDR3 and no common DDR2 for cards 775 mothers socket.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Win XP Pro SP3 language bar blue screen

  Hello

  I have Win XP Pro SP3 on my HP Pavilion dv9010 notebook PC, and I have the language toolbar on my taskbar, I would like remove (but not uninstall). But when I right click on the taskbar at the bottom-> the toolbars and uncheck the language tool bar to remove it, I get a blue error screen the next time that I reboot Windows (Win XP startup screen indicates a fraction of a second then blue error screen).

  Any ideas why this happens? I just be reformatted my computer - I have not installed anything else that the updates of windows and all the rest seems to work very well.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  I suggest to refer to this link and follow the instructions in the link below and check, if this can help:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/318027

  It will be useful.

• Win XP Pro SP3 loses settngs config on reboot.

  Win XP Pro SP3. To restart the machine, he loses the settings for programs such as: passwords, access programs, the mouse settings, registry numbers entered in the address book. Tried to 'Fix' the original CD; but he always loses these settings when the computer is restarted. Suggestions and solutions will be greatly appreciated

  Sadnewbie

  Hello

  1. did you further modifications of software on the computer recently?

  Method 1.
  Let us firstly the sfc scan and check if there is any missing system file.
  Reference:
  Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310747

  Method 2.
  If the problem persists, then create a new user profile and then copy your current users assigning to this profile. For more information, see:
  How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

  How to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/811151

  How to recover damaged Windows XP user profile
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555473

  I hope this helps.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Dilemma of dual boot Win XP SP3 Pro and Windows 8 Pro

  At this time, April 2013, I expect to build a desktop system dual boot with Windows 8 Pro for the current and future capabilities and Win XP Pro for continued use of legacy aps favorite who will not run on Win8. It turns out that the disc formats are a problem. The Win8 64 bit needs a partition format GPT to install 32-bit XP or XP Pro needs a format MBR partition to install. No OS will share the same format and a main drive cannot be formatted and partitioned in a type of format or the other. What to do? !! Two computers are not an acceptable answer; I want a 'box '. In addition, not interested in XP Mode embeded in Win8 or 'virtual machine '. One suggestion has been to run the operating system on separate disks. For me, this means that 2 SSD is to get performance on the two operating systems. Also, to move from one OS to another, you must restart; catch the key bios entry; change the boot sequence; Save/quit; and reboot. (Awkward!). So what to do with the data and documents - one NAS file storage (for example, disk WD Live 'cloud')? There's good news to have? Are there recent usability solutions to help solve the dilemma of the dual boot? A boot manager will really help and there a good "gift" there Boot Manager? Thoughts, anyone?

  I have a custom system DIY mb Gigabyte Z77, processor i7-3770, running a fresh XP Pro SP3 Edition Builder.

  The drive letter is not critical since XP, Windows 8 will still start as C: (even if the partition is Z: in Windows XP).

  I pre-formatted Windows 8 partition before installing Windows 8 (named volume: Windows 8).

  Then, when you reach the screen "Where install" during the installation of 8, choose the partition of Windows 8.

  You can view other things is the BIOS, look for compatibility / legacy mode option.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Dual boot Win 7 64 bit and XP Pro 32-bit (win7 installed first)

  How can I set up: dual boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and Windows XP Pro 32-bit (Windows 7 installed first)? I have Win7 on a 2 terabyte HARD drive, with another 1 terabytle internal HARD disk and two 1 terabyte external hard drives. I have an Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20 GHz, 20 GB of RAM. I want to keep Win7 on 2 TB drive and add WinXP on the other 1 TB internal drivw in a configuration dual-boot. The other two drives 1 TB external would be used for backups and data. I would like to be able to boot XP because I have many applications running on XP wothout having compatibility problems.  The two Win 7 and XP are complete versoins. Or that I would be better to try a virtual configuration?

  Are you aware that you can install the free XP mode on your Windows 7 system?  Once installed, you can launch in 15 to 30 seconds as a task under Windows 7 and run your XP applications without having to reboot.  It works fine as long as you can live with the graphics.  The graphics of XP Mode are great for business applications.  This would be my first choice.

  You will probably get the positions, which suggests a way to install XP and then download a program or two and patch in some places.  But for me it's much simpler to just create a small partition of 30 GB and make a 30-minute "quick and dirty" installation of a second absolutely minimal copy Windows 7 in there.  This will get all start after installing XP, if you decide to go this route.  It's not like intelectually sophisticated as more involved patchwork approach, but it is faster and easier.  As my professor of chemistry at first year said "anyone can make things complicated; He needs to make things simple.  I think the professor was very clever!

  I hope this helps.  Good luck.

• Dual boot Win 7 and Linux using factory restore DVD

  I have a HP Folio 13-2000, I like a lot

  However, I've been a user of linux (Ubuntu or Mint) for many years.

  I liked the installation of Win 7 64 bit, but he's been hogging my 128 GB SSD.

  To cut a long story short, I screwed up the dual boot installation, (first time!), but at least I have created a series of 3 restore DVD beforehand.

  So, I've been using Mint13 cinnamon and everything is dory hunk, but now I work at the Nepal and the only internet connection I have is a dongle USB CDMA of China Telecom, which works best with Windows.

  So, I installed a 40 GB for Win 7 partition alongside my Linux Mint 15 in a 15 GB partition and tried to do the minimum installation from the DVD, in the hope of having a chance to install in the 40 GB partition.

  I know how to get the boot of Linux back using Rescatux.

  But I could see that he had no other choice, and Win 7 was going to wipe the entire disk.

  Fortunately, I removed the external cable of DVD and has managed to reconstruct my Mint boot 13 again.

  I don't want to delete and reinstall my Linux Mint13 as it works very well and is perfectly up to date, and there are a lot of files in the host partition is.

  So, how can I do a restore factory, without this reformatting all partitions?

  Hi Slackbladder,

  I strongly recommend that you copy the recovery on an external disk partition before you try that. I'm not aware of what specifically happens when you try it. An interesting thing is that in the HP BIOS, there is no option to turn on or turn off EFI mode.  If the partition is big enough it can work.

  Best regards

  ERICO

• Problems with the installation of Win 7 on a dual boot Win 8 computer

  I recently bought a new all-in-one computer with an operating system of Windows 8.  However, I have a program that should be used on a daily basis for which a version of Win 8 is not yet available.  I bought a copy of WIn7 and partitioned the terabyte of hard drive with the intention of installing Win 7 in the new partition and the dual boot of the computer.  However, when I try to install Win 7 from the installation disc, it error with an error message that says in order to restart the installation.  No matter how many times I reboot, the error message occurs at the same point - a few seconds after the message appears saying that the temporary files are copied.  What is the problem?

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  I recommend to install your Windows 7 in a virtual machine program and use the program here:

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  https://www.VirtualBox.org/wiki/downloads

  VMware Player;

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• Satellite A30, Win XP Pro SP3 - modem does not work

  Another problem with this laptop Satellite A30
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  * Explanation: *.
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  I tried to change the com port of the modem to different numbers, but the problem is the same.
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  This is strange, since I've done at least 2 other win xp pro on this machine facilities, always download and install the appropriate drivers, and the modem has never worked.
  Thank you
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  Hello

  Have you installed the SP3 Windows XP Home edition, then the drivers or SP1 and later updated to level to the SP3 version?
  > It's strange, because I did it at least 2 other facilities on this machine pro win xp
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• Dual Boot Win XP and Win 98 / Me

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  Hello

  The first important difference is that partitions are most recent an old FAT32 and NTFS HARD disk. Please check this page of http://www.ntfs.com/ for more information.

  Good bye

• T410: How Dual boot Win 7 with Ubuntu?

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• Win XP pro SP3. Windows software update will not download

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  An accident on a Win XP PC ruinning legacy backup/restore S/W had failed. (3rd party stuff).  Installed a Virgin of Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit) on a new blank HD.  Connected, activated Windows.  It worked.  Tried to run Windows Update.  A clean installation is the first thing that update is download the Windows Updater S/W so we can understand what you need.  That the download failed.  Me hunting to a page that says nothing specific about why it did not work and gave me some links to try to solve the problem.  Follow the links and has begun to try stuff.  Some links are broken.  Find a suggestion to update IE ver 6 to ver 8.  Downloaded IE8.  only IE Ver 8 worked and updated.  Does not solve the problem of Windows Updater download.  I tried Fix - it.  He has ran, said he fixed some files, any info on what it fixes.  Does not solve the problem of Windows Updater download.  Found a few references to run a .bat file to rename files, a .bat file to force certain registry entries.  No one who has solved the problem of Windows Updater download.  Found several threads to download "iuctl.cab.  Each of these links has more, with a 404 error.  Never found the .cab.

  Win XP support ends soon and I need to get a clean update on this legacy machine.  Where should I go from here?

  Go to start > run > wuaucpl.cpl > disable automatic updates > apply (if the setting is changed) > OK

  To disable the horse notification that appears in the status bar on automatic updates is turned off.

  Go to start > Control Panel > Security Center > resources > change the way Security Center alerts me > uncheck automatic updates

  There is a known issue with Windows Update that address priority before you visit Windows Update

  Manually download and install the latest cumulative security update for IE8 and restart before

  visit windows update via the shortened link in your Start menu.

  When you have Win XP SP3 and IE8, it will be the necessary file

  http://download.Microsoft.com/download/1/9/A/19A6AC47-9EA0-455F-B918-A44D25B5304C/IE8-WindowsXP-KB2898785-x86-enu.exe

  It often happens that the installation of SP3 will break the windows update feature by not properly installing the windows update agent.  An older version of the windows update agent can be downloaded and saved in the C directory and installed by an execution command.

  Windows update agent is available during one of the linked pages

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/943144

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/946928

  Start > run > C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce

  For the 64-bit version, change the command run 86 read 64

  In the alternative, there is a troubleshooting tool that can work to accomplish the same thing

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949104/en-us

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2714434/en-us

  A reboot is probably a good idea after each intervention.

  Now connect to windows update manually through your browser using the shortcut in the start menu link and your chances are better that it will work.

  When the latest version of windows and to connect to Windows Update will detect the old version of Windows update agent installed update agent will be installed after consenting to the ActiveX installation.  It will be the first thing that happens when connecting to Windows update if things continue normally.

  If there are still problems with Windows update try this utility.

  It is the #25 element in the repair tool to be implemented.

  http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html