Anomaly
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Good for you Anomaly.
Nice attitude from a moderator. Please don't respond to any of my posts or participate in any thread I might start from now on and I will do the same for you. You ruin an otherwise good forum.
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I don't have anything in my BIOS enabling me to boot from a USB, but the MEMTest "Test" bootloader confirmed that all of my USB's are picked up and displayed in the "Boot Options" menu if the Flash Drive has a BootLoader installed.
Which is why I posted what I did. I figured many people would look in the BIOS and not see the option for the flash drive. They would need to use th boot menu instead.
I wasn't keen on the PenDriveLinux, although it did work fine, and I ended up yesterday using UNetbootin to do the job, found at this link:http://www.macrium.com/blog/CommentView,gu...18c3050bc6.aspx
That link was posted way back in the thread by me.
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Agreed about the USB advantages - particularly the ease of update. Also it's nice to be able to launch other isos from the same drive - becomes a recovery toolkit on a stick.
Haven't tried that yet. I assume you are using the program you linked in the first post to do this. I will reading up on that and making use of it. It will definitely give me more options with my flash drives.
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Well I did try all available ports, disconnected all other USB devices and still no good. Even though a careful study of the MB documentation where under Integrated Peripherals - Legacy USB storage detect, which states "determines whether to detect USB storage devices, including USB flash drives, and USB hard drives during POST. (default: enabled). I have checked that this is enabled, still no go. I have to assume there is something amiss with the 2.0gig USB flash drive, what I am not sure as I can use it as one would normally do without any issues. I can only assume it is a MB issue (still under warranty) I shall look to updating the BIOS to see if that sheds any light on the subject. Thank you Anomaly for your input.
IS the Macrium ISO the only thing on the flash drive? Is the ISO installed to the root of the drive?
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Incidentally I've actually restored my system volume from a USB boot - so I now have complete confidence in USB boot as a recovery mechanism
I have restored several machines using the USB flash to boot from. I no longer bother with the CD/DVD I only use the flash drive. I do this because some PC's I maintain for friends and relatives are net books with no optical drives and because Macrium updates the rescue CD periodically and it's no problem to reformat the flash drive and put the updated ISO on it. With the CD/DVD you either have to scrap it and use a new one or use a CD-RW/DVD-RW and they can be flaky to boot from which is why regular CD-R is recommended. Also Flash drives are so cheap now days and so small and boot faster than CD/DVD I see no reason to use discs any more for this type of thing.
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Yes the USB 2.0GIG stick has been formatted as FAT16, Macrium created the rescue.iso saved to my HD. I then used UNetbootin to put the .iso file onto the USB stick.
Yes, the F12 at post gives one access to the Boot Menu (only) the default "first boot" device is marked, (a reflection of BIOS information) one can now for this boot only select any of the other boot functions listed. What appears at the F12 boot menu and within the BIOS are the same, and unfortunately USB flash drive is not shown as an option, only USB FDD, ZIP, CD & HDD. Other options listed are the normal ones: Floppy, LS12, HD, CDROM, ZIP & Legacy LAN.
Following our discussion the other day on USB speed, bandwidth etc, perhaps I need to disconnect all USB's devices (2 printers, HDD, business card scanner etc.) who knows and maybe just maybe I need to locate the 1 and only "Enhanced USB port".
I can tell you that when I use the flash drive to boot there is nothing plugged in other than a USB mouse.
Strange non of the USB options in the boot menu work for you. Did you try another flash drive? Maybe the one your using is just not working. PC's are flaky that way. Even try another USB port. I've seen a device work in one port but not another for no apparent reason.
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As you have correctly stated, people that can't access this option via the BIOS boot settings may well be able to do so via the BIOS boot menu. And that's fine.
However other people may be able to access this option via the settings and find that they prefer to do that. And that's equally fine. This thread is simply a way of conveying the options available to people.
I am sure there will be several people who will want to try using the bootable flash and go to the BIOS settings to change the boot sequence like they did for the CD/DVD and find that there is no option to set the flash drive in there. They will then assume their machine can't boot the flash drive. I just wanted to let them know that they probably can even though they don't see the option in the BIOS settings. They just need to use the boot menu. If they can set the boot sequence to the flash drive and thats what they prefer thats fine no problem there. I never meant to convey that there was a problem altering the boot sequence.
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If you can boot by changing the BIOS settings, what are you suggesting is the disadvantage of altering the boot sequence?
The point is many people will find that when they go to the BIOS settings to change the sequence they will not find the option to use a flash drive. They than assume their machine will not boot from a flash drive because they don't see the option for it in the boot sequence.
If they plug in the flash than reboot and access the boot menu they will see the flash drive as an option now and can boot from it. If your machine has a flash drive option in the boot sequence menu in the BIOS settings than great you can set it once and forget it.
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For what it's worth, using the method outlined in the first post produces a drive recognised on my netbook as USB HDD.
I take it when you see the BIOS menu (I'm assuming this is what your F12 key raises) you don't see your USB flash drive listed at all?
Having sorted out the BIOS boot menu key, I can now boot via either that or by BIOS settings, where the only things I have ahead of the actual HDD are USB CD and USB HDD. But then I'm not using the UNetbootin method.
On several machines I have tried this on there was no option in the BIOS settings boot sequence for a flash drive. There was the HDD, the optical drive, and some others but no flash. This is why you need to plug in the bootable flash and than reboot and find the boot menu not the BIOS settings. Than the flash drive should show and you can boot form it. You will have to do this every time you want to boot from the flash drive. Many people just go into the settings and set the boot sequence so the optical drive is first and than it will boot from CD/DVD when ever there is a bootable CD/DVD in the drive on reboot. Using the boot menu lets you pick what to boot from that one time without changing the default sequence
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OK now I'm a little stumped Anomaly, you may be able to head me in the right direction. I now have a "bootable USB stick" (not yet able to tested).
It seems not to matter if I use F12 when posting or alter the boot sequence in the BIOS I am unable to boot from the USB stick.
I have disconnected the USB FDD for the exercise, next do I disconnect the 1TB USB HDD which contains my Macrium Reflect backup image? This I have not done yet, thought I would ask first.
I am aware that some BIOS see the USB stick as USB FD or USB ZIP. My Gigabyte MB 12 months old (F12 or BIOS) shows the following USB boot choices:
USB FDD, ZIP, CD, HD - I have tried USB FDD & ZIP with the USB stick connected - did not work. I then used UNetbootin process with the USB HD, thought if that works I can always place the backup image on another HDD if need be. That did not work either.
No matter what I do the PC simply boots up in the normal fashion. Do have any ideas?
The point I was trying to make is NOT to alter the boot sequence. Plug in the properly set up USB flash drive. Reboot the machine. Press the key/s that bring up the boot menu. In the boot menu you will see several options including your plugged in flash drive. Select it and let it boot. I would remove all other drives you might have plugged in so there is no confusion. Once booted you can plug in the external HDD that contains the Macrium back up image.
What key/s you use to bring up the boot menu will vary depending on the manufacturer of the PC. You can find out what the key/s are the same way you found out what key/s to use to get into the BIOS settings. Watch for them on reboot. When the BIOS load on reboot you will see the settings and boot menu options with the key/s to use to get them listed beside them.
The flash drive must be properly formatted and the ISO must be bootable or you won't boot no matter what you do. The flash drive must be Fat 16. You get the Macrium ISO from within the Macrium program. Than simply tell UNetbootin to put the ISO on the flash drive and let it do it's thing. Than follow the instructions I gave. I have booted 6 different machines this way no problem. Most of them had different key/s combos to get the boot menu up so you will have to find the proper one's for your machine.
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Couple things here.
First there is a very simple to understand tutorial right on the Macrium site on how to create a bootable thumb drive with the Macrium recovery disk ISO. It is basically a 5 minute job. Surprised all the Macrium fans haven't seen it yet. http://www.macrium.com/blog/2008/09/23/How...uxUSBStick.aspx
Secondly, as for weather your PC can boot from a thumbdrive there is a few things to consider. Most people go into the BIOS and look for the boot order in the settings. Many find that there is no USB to select and they think they can't boot from the USB because of this. Well they are wrong. What you want to do is look for the key combo that launches the BIOS boot menu not the BIOS settings menu. You will see the keys to use when the machine is booting. You should see a key combo for "settings" and one for "boot menu". Once you get the proper key/s plug in the bootable thumbdrive and reboot the machine and hit the key/s for the boot menu when you see the bios screen. If you do this the boot menu appears and the plugged in thumbdrive will be an option to select to boot from.
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GeekU? Not sure what this about?
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I figured I would start a thread to notify us when Fanboy updates his AdBlock list for Opera, Firefox, and Chrome (similar to the hosts file update threads in Windows Security).
It was most recently updated today, November 8, 2009 (still the 7th here in the US, but the 8th where Fanboy lives in New Zealand).
I know how to add Fanboy's list to Opera and Firefox but how do you use it with Chrome?
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I haven't gone in for some imaging software for the simple reason that they require me to have .Net framework and I'm still pretty unclear as to its real practical value ( having .Net platform running in WinXP Home ) ... If someone could throw more light on it in context of not just the 'Imaging Software' but a few other types of Software that increasingly depend on .Net platforms ..
Macrium Reflect and Drive Image XML do not require the .Net frameWork.
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When and why was Ad Sweep discontinued?
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I thought update 14 was the newest?
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I like the idea.
Good link ishan, as it leads to other links on that page such as the free rescue disc to boot your pc with and scan for nasties when it won't boot.
Here is a link to the biggest list I have ever seen of malware tools. It has a bunch of rescue disks on it and many other apps I had not even heard of. It's worth checking out. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/pr...-list-world.htm
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I have zero issue with patching the UXtheme dll. No only that but the themes you use after patching use zero resources unlike Windows Blinds which does use resources because you have to run a program to use them. Once patched you do not "install" the themes from Deviant Art. You drop them into your themes folder and than select them like you do with the built in themes that come with XP. Getting rid of the theme is simply a matter of deleting the file from the folder.
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Deviant Art has thousands of themes for XP. I have looked at most of them but this guy has by far the best looking themes. They are clean and not flashy and he has a lot of them to choose from. Here is his gallery from Deviant Art http://lassekongo83.deviantart.com/gallery/#Visual-Styles
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I use this and it works well http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
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Nope use it quite often for GIMP Portable, FF Portable, Opera Portable, and some others. Everything I've downloaded so far is clean. The author of the site says he checks everything with KAV. I check everything I download with NOD32 (friend bought me new license).
So what is the deal with this site? He links to Portable apps.com which I use many apps from. Is he affiliated with them or just make other apps in PAF to go with the apps on Portable apps.com?
There is a portable Safari, Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D, Ashampoo Burning Studio, Ad- Aware and some others I have not seen in Portable versions before.
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Personally, I think if installing Chromium doesn't work, use Chromium portable from this link: XXXXXXXXXXXX I use it and it works perfectly, even comes with an updater for Chromium you can use to update!
Thanks for posting that.The site has some very interesting portable apps on it besides the portable Chrome. Ashampoo Burning studio, Spybot Search and Destroy and several others I have not seen in portable format before. I have never heard of the site though until now so I'm a little nervous about using the apps. Have you used the site often or is it new to you as well?
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I cant seem to stay logged in with Opera no matter what I do and this started with the recent update to the forum skin. I have to log in each time and I have not run an SAS scan don't know if this is related. Did you let SAS clean anything during the scan?
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Hmmm interesting comments. I have never had a false positive with Avira but had more than I wanted with Avast and I have current installs of Avast on family member's machines and they get the false positives to. It's very annoying since the scan stops until you acknowledge the alert and take some action. I will admit Avast has more features than Avira and some are nice like the boot scan option but I don't use those extra features and and I don't miss them. I prefer the clean simple UI of Avira and the low resource usage and fast scan times. On top of this Avira consistently ranks among the top in detection rates. In the end use what works for you.
Greasemonkey
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I think you have that backwards. Grease Monkey is UJS and Stylish is CSS.