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Is it possible to free the Vista recovery partition?

As title!
Is is possible to delete the Vista recovery partition from hardisk and free the space?

Hi
Have a look at this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378890
Should be possible. Remember it looks like it is difficult to get full functionality from an alternative Vista installation so you may not want to destroy this partition unless you have a backup and/or HTC release full downloadable drivers.

Recovery partition
I have used BartPE to boot off an external USB DVD Writer.
From within BartPE you can then use Ghost to capture the ENTIRE drive.
The ***Hidden*** restore partition cannot be see by anything, not ghost, not partition magic, not acronis, it simply is not there.
My belief is that this is due to a BIOS restriction and the FN+F3 boot that does allow the restore is either.....
1. A special mode where the bios can see the hidden partition
2. The actual recovery image is on a separate flash area that we can't see.
Either way having the ghost will recover the hard drive.
I have installed both XP and Linux on the Shift and still been able to reboot, press FN+F3 and do a vista re-installation.
This makes me believe the image is on a separate flash device that only the BIOS section can see.
Hope this helps.
Blitz

blitzspear said:
I have used BartPE to boot off an external USB DVD Writer.
From within BartPE you can then use Ghost to capture the ENTIRE drive.
The ***Hidden*** restore partition cannot be see by anything, not ghost, not partition magic, not acronis, it simply is not there.
My belief is that this is due to a BIOS restriction and the FN+F3 boot that does allow the restore is either.....
1. A special mode where the bios can see the hidden partition
2. The actual recovery image is on a separate flash area that we can't see.
Either way having the ghost will recover the hard drive.
I have installed both XP and Linux on the Shift and still been able to reboot, press FN+F3 and do a vista re-installation.
This makes me believe the image is on a separate flash device that only the BIOS section can see.
Hope this helps.
Blitz
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Dude my findings are the same, How did you get XP working did you use the vista drivers? did they work? if not where did you get the drivers from? Please tell as I really could do with a dual boot PC

XP.....
Hi there...
I basically tried installing XP SP2 and then XP Tablet Edition.
Both work great, minus a load of drivers.
You have approximately 800MB RAM free and it flies but you lose all the ability to do touch stuff.
There are drivers i've found out there for the sound/graphics/thumbpad and usb network but others i couldn't find.
As to installing XP it's simple, boot off a USB DVD with XP and just install it, format the entire drive (don't worry it won't see or kill the recovery vista partition if it is a partition, still think it's a separate flash card) and install.
As to the dual booting this is not possible.
I halved the drive using Acronis Disk Suite and whilst it would install, i created two PRIMARY partitions and made the second one bootable.
On restarting i installed XP but then i couldn't get VISTA to boot once i made partition one bootable.
Basically to dual boot XP/VISTA you must install XP first, then install VISTA.
However having investigated this I can find most of the additional software / drivers but the VISTA that is restored is a very optimised installation and just installing VISTA Ultimate or even normal Business may not provide the same experience.
Until we can get access to the RESTORE AREA and get at the image (whatever it may be) I think killing the drive completely to reload VISTA won't be possible.
Our only real hope I think is to get HTC to release XP Drivers (I'm still at a loss to explain why they chose VISTA over XP Tablet Edition). The performance increase with XP over VISTA is quite staggering but the loss of functionality makes it pointless at the moment.
Blitz
Whilst it does provide a much faster overall experience at this time without the driver support it's pointless.
Again Linux is the same, I haven't yet tried installing OSX on it, but that would be even more problematic as Apple don't do drivers for most of the hardware out here that XP / VISTA will detect.
I have resorted to going back to VISTA and removing Origami and a few other bits and pieces and updating to SP1.
I find the whole shift now is much better after installing SP1 and without Origami 2.0 on it.
Hope that helps.
Blitz

installing Windows XP alongside Vista
I've used the method described in this link to install XP on my U810 as a dual-boot alongside the pre-installed Vista.
http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about88231.html
blitzspear, what devices were not working in XP besides the touchscreen?

Missing drivers
Everything was missing,
had to download VGA driver from intel. but you lose some of the resolutions.
There is a sound driver and a USB Network device available and the mousepad worked.
There's a PCI device missing and no SD/wifi and chipset.
So basically not a lot works.
Regards
Blitz

IIRC the Raon Digital Everun has the same SDIO Wifi component. Maybe you could try its driver?
http://www.raondigital.com/data/WLAN Driver_1_1.zip

WiFI driver for VISTA
Hi, dont You have WiFi SD8686 driver for VISTA, please ?
I reinstaled my Shift to localized Vista and this driver I still miss.
more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376600

[How To] : Create Windows 8 To Go Usb

[How To] : Create Windows 8 To Go Usb
Windows To Go is new feature included in Windows 8 by Microsoft and it allows you to install Windows 8 on your USB flash drive or USB external hard drive and then you can run Windows 8 from that Windows To Go USB on any Windows 7 capable PC without affecting its current OS installation.
Here - http://bit.ly/Sg6FDO - is the guide. This is the easiest way to do it
If I helped you please click thanks

The WTG guide is pretty simple. No need to link to external sites (that in your case people can't get to). No need for IAK or imagex, either. You can use dism that comes with Win7/8.
The below works for all Core/Pro/Ent, albeit Ent has a wizard, so it's easier.
1. Extract INSTALL.WIM from Win8 ISO.
2. Partition USB key/HD as a primary/active partition. Format w/ NTFS. For flash (USB key) may need to use 3rd-party partitioning prg, as MS' DiskMgr is limited.
3. From Admin command prompt (use WinKey-X shortcut):
DISM /apply-image /imagefile:[path]\install.wim /applydir:[USB_drive:]\ /checkintegrity /verify /index:# [1=Pro,2=Core]
BCDBOOT [USB_drive:]\windows /s [USB_drive:] /f all

well your method is nice

Yes I used the imagex and bcdboot method and worked ! But the system works very very slow in my usb 2.0 pen drive !
I'm trying to reduce the apps inside it an dthe non used utilities in the install.wim to make it better to work !
See you !

Suggest getting a small USB hard drive. You get more space, better (random-write) performance, and there is no flash-wear effect. USB keys aren't made to accommodate Windows which does lots of writes.
Yep, a lot of bloat that can be cleaned out in Win8, just like in Win7 and Vista before it. I think we'll see peeps working on optimizing this before long.
You only need install.wim & imagex/dism once. Once you have an WTG install, you can image it with any imaging tool.
Not yet sure how activation will work on a WTG install. We'll know in 30.

e.mote said:
Suggest getting a small USB hard drive. You get more space, better (random-write) performance, and there is no flash-wear effect. USB keys aren't made to accommodate Windows which does lots of writes.
Yep, a lot of bloat that can be cleaned out in Win8, just like in Win7 and Vista before it. I think we'll see peeps working on optimizing this before long.
You only need install.wim & imagex/dism once. Once you have an WTG install, you can image it with any imaging tool.
Not yet sure how activation will work on a WTG install. We'll know in 30.
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It's volume activation ! Waiting for online kms servers
Sent from my RK29 tab...

Thanks for this!

I think the windows to go option is only available on the enterprise edition....

mrappbrain said:
I think the windows to go option is only available on the enterprise edition....
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Yes, it is only enterprise edition. It is awesome minue the face you have to edit the group policy to be able to use bitlocker. But I read to use it on multiple computers you have to have some sort of vdi or purchase multiple licenses and its limited to 4 computers? If anyone has any info or hacks for that let me know!
ALSO that being said, please guys, get the kingston ultimate data traveler g3 64GB!!! It is at a good price on amazon right now. Its a certified drive which basically means its enterprise and can handle the high amount of reads and writes. Not to mention its cheap for a usb 3.0 drive, much less a top of the line enterprise drive!!!!!!!!!

e.mote said:
The WTG guide is pretty simple. No need to link to external sites (that in your case people can't get to). No need for IAK or imagex, either. You can use dism that comes with Win7/8.
The below works for all Core/Pro/Ent, albeit Ent has a wizard, so it's easier.
1. Extract INSTALL.WIM from Win8 ISO.
2. Partition USB key/HD as a primary/active partition. Format w/ NTFS. For flash (USB key) may need to use 3rd-party partitioning prg, as MS' DiskMgr is limited.
3. From Admin command prompt (use WinKey-X shortcut):
DISM /apply-image /imagefile:[path]\install.wim /applydir:[USB_drive:]\ /checkintegrity /verify /index:# [1=Pro,2=Core]
BCDBOOT [USB_drive:]\windows /s [USB_drive:] /f all
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May i know what is index 1-pro 2-core what is this ? What should i select ? 1 or 2
Got this replay ...
Command Prompt said:
F:\sources>DISM /apply-image /imagefile:install.wim /applydir:e:\ /checkintegrity /verify /index:1
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Error: 87
The apply-image option is unknown.
For more information, refer to the help by running DISM.exe /?.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
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(W.I.P) CALIBAN`s RASPBERRY PI THREAD!!! 11.05.2014

Hey to all,i open this thread for sharing: info´s,give guides,post news and share some things that have to do with the lil PI,its work in progress for now,but many updates are planned,i hope you like some of it,many Greeeeeeetz!!!!!!
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What is a Raspberry Pi?
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The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.
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RASPBERRY PI OPERATION SYSTEMS + LINKS:
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RaspyFi - Audiophile Linux - http://www.raspyfi.com/
Rune Audio - http://www.runeaudio.com/certified-devices/#Raspberry-Pi
pipaOS - http://pipaos.mitako.eu/
SliTaz - http://www.slitaz.org/en/
Tiny Core Linux piCore - http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Tiny-Core-Linux-piCore-Download-103260.html
Pwn Pi - penatration testing distro - http://www.pwnpi.com/
GeeXboX - MediacenterOS - http://www.geexbox.org/
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Raspbian Wheezy armhf - a minimal high perf. OS - http://www.raspbian.org/
Raspbmc - OS with Mediacenter - http://www.raspbmc.com/
RISC OS - https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/Welcome to RISC OS Pi
QtonPI - http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-RaspberryPi
CryptoCat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocat
Debian wheezy + sqeeze - http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/
arch linux ARM - http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi
OpenELEC - MediaCenter - http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi_FAQ
DarkELEC - MediaCenter - http://darkimmortal.com/category/raspberry-pi/
XBIAN - http://xbian.org/
Bodhi Linux - http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.co.at/2012/06/bodhi-linux-arm-alpha-release-for.html
Android PI - http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/Android_Pi_Wiki
Free BSD - http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3094
Net BSD - http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/netbsd/rpi-20130124/rpi-20130124.img.bz2
Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro -
Fedora - http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix
RaspRazor - http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=11541
qemu - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18776387/qemu-on-raspberry-pi-arch-linux-latest-sd-image
Raspberry Pi Development Virtual Machine -
piLEARN - www.pilearn.com/
NOOBS - https://github.com/raspberrypi/noobs/blob/master/README.md
Pidora - http://pidora.ca/
Raspberry Pi Foundation - http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Raspberry Pi Forum - http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum
Raspberry Pi Shop - http://www.raspberrypi.com/
Github-Userland-Repository - all whats need to build
Raspberry Pi Community Website-Premier Farnell/element14
Raspberry Pi XBMC - Mediacenter - http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspberry_Pi
Raspberry Pi ORG - http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=41444
KALI Linux(penetration softw) - http://www.kali.org/
BackTrack-penetration suite - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BackTrack
OpenSUSE - open source - http://www.opensuse.org/en/
Open WrT - http://www.zoobab.com/raspberry-pi-openwrt
Puppy - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=526#526
Chromium OS - http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/chromium-os-gets-ported-to-raspberry-pi/
MEEGO MER + XBMC - http://wiki.meego.com/User:Vgrade#Raspberry_Pi
PiBOX - Chrosstool - http://www.graphics-muse.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/RaspberryPi/RaspberryPi
PiMaMe - http://blog.sheasilverman.com/pimame-raspberry-pi-os-download/
SlaXBMCRPi - SlackWare - http://slaxbmc.blogspot.co.uk/
PLAN 9 - IBM base - http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/
PiBANG Linux - http://www.pibanglinux.org/
Pi Parted - http://sirlagz.net/?s=PiPArted+&searchsubmit=
COMMODORE Pi - C64 Emulated OS - https://github.com/xlar54/Commodore-Pi
Gentoo - http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=54
Tiny Core Linux - http://www.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv6/piCore.img.gz
Adafruit - Occidentalis - http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-1
i2pBerry - http://sourceforge.net/projects/i2pberry/
ha-pi - https://sourceforge.net/projects/ha-pi/
PwnPi - http://pwnpi.net/
RasPlex - turn ur TV in a SmartTV - http://rasplex.com/
Moebius - http://moebiuslinux.sourceforge.net/
Raspbian Server Edition - http://sirlagz.net/2013/03/04/raspbian-server-edition-version-2-3-1gb-image/
Red Sleeve Linux - http://www.redsleeve.org/
Raspberry Pi Thin Client - http://rpitc.blogspot.se/
IPFire - Open Source FireWall - http://www.ipfire.org/
BerryTerminal - http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php
GeeXboX ARM - MediaCenter - http://www.geexbox.org/category/arm/
ANDROID TRANSPORTER - wireless remote stuff - http://www.geexbox.org/category/arm/
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BerryBoot v2.0 - bootloader / universal operating system installer like dualboot ,but you can have more!!!!!
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How to install the awesome BERRYBOOT (multiple boot) and different OS on one SD Card,online/offline?
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For people short on SD cards: Berryboot is a simple boot selection screen, allowing you to put multiple Linux distribution on a single SD card.
In addition it allows you to put the operating system files on an external USB hard drive instead of on the SD card itself.
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Download link Berryboot for the Raspberry Pi: BerryBoot.zip
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To install: extract the contents of the .zip file to a normal (FAT formatted) SD card, and put it in your Raspberry Pi. This can be simply done under Windows without any special image writer software.
Once you start your Pi it will start an installer that reformats the SD card and downloads the operating systems files from the Internet.
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Other devices
In addition to running on the Raspberry Pi, Berryboot also supports Android tablets, TV sticks and boards that have an Allwinner A10 processor.
For more information see the BerryBoot A10 page
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Walkthrough:
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If your Pi is connected to the Internet BerryBoot will try to detect your location based on your IP-address, and set the right timezone automatically. Verify that it is correct and press “ok"
Select where you want to store the operating system files, and press “format” You can install the operating system files on the SD card itself or an external USB stick/disk. Be aware that if you choose an external drive, the files of the operating system will be stored there, but you still need to keep the SD card in the Pi to boot from.
"WARNING: all existing files on the disk will be erased."
Select which operating system you want to install. You can add more later.
It will download the files from the Internet automatically.
In the Berryboot menu editor you can install more operating systems, rename them, delete them, etc. Press “exit” to exit the editor and start using the operating system you installed.
HDMI CEC support:
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When attached to a HDMI TV, you can also use the arrows on your TV remote to select an operating system to boot, instead of using your keyboard or mouse.
Available options in menu editor:
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“Add OS” (or CTRL+A on keyboard, red button on TV remote)
Single click to download additional operating systems from the Internet.
Hold down your mouse button over the “Add OS” button and select “copy OS from USB stick”, to install an operating system saved on USB stick.
“Edit” (or ENTER on keyboard)
Change the name of the selected operating system.
You used to be able to change the memory split setting here as well, but for new installations (that have CMA enabled) this is no longer used.
“Clone”
Creates a copy of the selected operating system.
It is possible to create either a copy that includes the file system changes you made, or create a copy of the original operating system image as downloaded from the Internet.
“Backup”
Creates a backup of a single operating system or all of them to a USB stick, or SD card (requires USB SD card reader).
Backups of individual images can be restored by holding down the “add OS” button and selecting “copy OS from USB stick”
“Delete” (or DEL on keyboard)
Deletes the files of the selected operating system.
“Make default”
Makes the selected operating system the default. On boot, this operating system will be started automatically unless another is selected within a number of seconds.
“Exit” (or ESC on keyboard)
Exits the menu editor.
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Advanced options:
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Click on the ”»” button to the right of the screen to see all options.
“Advanced configuration”
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Editor for configuration files such as cmdline.txt and config.txt
When using a Raspberry Pi you can specify kernel parameters and Berryboot parameters in cmdline.txt (use uEnv.txt if you have another device).
Special Berryboot parameters:
bootmenutimeout=<number of seconds> - number of seconds before default operating system is started. nobootmenutimeout - do not start the default operating system automatically.
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In config.txt advanced overscan, HDMI and overclocking settings can be specified. See the RPIconfig page on eLinux.org for details.
Note that overclocking is known to cause SD card filesystem corruption, so only use that when you are using an USB stick or drive as storage and know what you are doing.
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“Console”
Activates a console on tty2
Press CTRL+ALT+F2 to access, username “root”, no password.
“Set password”
Password protects access to the menu editor, so that unauthorized users cannot delete or edit the operating systems.
“Repair filesystem”
Performs a file system check and repair. Attempts to repair file system corruption. Can perform a lot of writes to the SD card, so you might want to make a backup of important files first.
Alternative installation method using disk image:
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If you are experiencing problems unpacking the installation files to a FAT formatted SD card (the easiest and recommend installation method), you can alternatively use a tool like Win32diskimager or dd to write this disk image to the card.
The disk image is meant to install Berryboot on another device, but it includes the Raspberry Pi boot files as well.
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More information
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For advanced users:
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Headless installation (install Berryboot without display attached, using VNC)
Adding your own custom operating systems to the menu
Berryboot source code on Github
Report bugs
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Changelog: Berryboot Changelog
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OFFICIAL SITE : http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot
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I WISH MANY FUN BY TESTING AND DEVELOPING + HAVE A NICE DAY!!! GREEEEEETZ!!!!!! ​

HOW TO MAKE SD CARD PARTITIONS EASY AND SAFE
HOW TO MAKE SD CARD/USB STICK ABLE TO BOOT MY RASPI ???
SOME NICE WALLPAPER FOR DESKTOP!!!!
DOWNLOAD AT THE END OF THE THREAD
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THATS ONLY 2 EXAMPLES FROM HOW I HAVE DONE IT WITH OPENELEC
ON LINUX MINT 32bit+1gb SD CARD
Windows 8.1 64bit and 1gb SD CARD
AND MINITOOL PARTITION WIZARD.
AND Win32DiskImager
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HOW TO MAKE SD CARD PARTITIONS:
Under Windows the following ingredients are required:
a properly formatted SD card
the distribution archive
a brain
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Formatting the SD card
A properly formatted SD card for OpenELEC requires to have two partition on it whereas one of them is formated with an ext4 filesystem. This requires a third party tool like the MiniTool® Partition Wizard. It happens that MiniTool is offering a Home Edition which is free for home use only.
MiniTool® Partition Wizard
The first step is deleting all partitions and then create the first one afterwards.
The original script is creating a FAT32 partition occupying 16 cylinders resulting in approx. 130 MB. So did I and named it “System”. In addition I assigned drive letter S: to it (the assigned drive letter will be used later).
On the left side of the Partition Wizard you can follow the actions that will be performed upon apply. Next the ext4 partition is created and named “Storage” consuming the remaining space on the card. You will receive a warning stating that Windows will only show the very first partition on a removable media. Acceptable in our case.
The new partition layout now should look similar to this:
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At this point the modifications can be applied (via the button “Apply” in the upper left) and in a last step the first partition will be marked as “Active” (right-click over the partition; Modify -> Set Active).
Copying OpenELEC to the SD card
The distribution comes as compressed tar archive which needs to be extracted first (7zip will do this job). At the end you should have a folder OpenELEC-RPi.arm-3.2.3 containing the distribution. Assuming that you have assigned drive letter S: to the SD card the following sequence will copy the required files to the card:
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cd OpenELEC-RPi.arm-3.2.3
copy target\KERNEL S:\kernel.img
copy target\SYSTEM S:\
copy 3rdparty\bootloader\*.* S:\
copy openelec.ico S:\
copy README.md S:\
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Last but not least you need to create a file ‘cmdline.txt’ on the SD card with the following content:
boot=/dev/mmcblk0p1 disk=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 ssh
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That’s it. Insert the SD card into your Raspi and power it on. The Raspberry will boot OpenELEC!!!!
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THE WINDOWS METHOD IS MUCH EASIER,THE ONLY THING YOU NEED IS A FRESH ---- FAT ----
FORMATTED SD CARD,A RASPBERRY OS AS IMAGE FILE,A PC + Win32diskImager.
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AFTER INSTALL,BLA;BLA FROM DISKIMAGER OPEN IT AND GO TO BROWSE,SEARCH YOUR IMG.
AND ENABLE IT BY OK,NOW PUT THE PATH TO SD CARD IN SECOND ROW AND PRESS OK,IT
MIGHT BE WARNING YOU THAT SOME CARDS ARE GOING TO HEAVEN BY DOING THIS,BUT
NO FEAR,I HAVE DONE IT MORE THAN 100 TIMES WITH ONE CARD AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM!!!!
JUST PRESS OK AND WAIT TILL YOUR CARD IS READY -1-2 min.,THATS IT!!!!!!
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HERE SOME TIPPS+LINKS TO VERY GOOD WINDOWS TOOLS TO CREATE BOOTABLE USB STICKS
SD CARDS FOR INSTALLING LINUX/WINDOWS/LIVE DISTRO"S!!!!!
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win32diskimager - http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
Fedora ARM Installer - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Universal USB Installer - http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
USB Image Tool - http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/
Linux Live USB Creator - http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
UNetbootin - http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
USB Pendrive Linux - http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
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MORE IS COMING HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!! :laugh​

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too too too

Very nice write up man
I'd like to add http://rasplex.com. it's what I will be installing on mine once I get them.
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Excellent list of resources I'll add to my index thread right away :good:.

very usefull,have look a long time for such stuff,thanx :good:

an ALL-IN-ONE Solution
here is the "Ultimate Raspbian" that also should be recognized and maybe linked in OP
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=58839

for retro gamer
here's something another, a retro gaming os with much emulators on board called retropie
http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/
to setup a xbox controller i found this guide very helpful:
http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=8659
.... and I forgot: thanks for that useful thread:good::good:

I love this threat!

first post updated with some new distros and links for this,more comes soon.greeeetz

Win10 Mobile / RT on the Pi 2?

So, I have got a new Pi 2 sitting next to me.
Seeing as we now have a Windows bootloader (10 IoT) can we bcdboot another drive / flash over the Windows 10 IoT image with Windows 10 Mobile or 8/8.1RT recovery images from other devices?
I know there would be very little drivers but it would still be "fun" to try....
After hearing elsewhere 8/8.1RT require HAL extensions then I think 10 Mobile would be easier - I will try flashing the Pi IoT image and working from there...
Thanks,
- androidonlinx

So, I've tried copying over the Windows 10 Mobile MainOS partition to where the Windows 10 IoT MainOS partition was. No luck and it just bootloops, outputting a black screen for about a second before not outputting anything for a second, looping forever. Small amount of SD activity shown by the activity light.
Is it possible I need to copy more partitions? I have also tried copying over "data" but would you also need the 30-ish other partitions too? However, to copy them you would have to convert the SD to GPT, which the Pi does not currently boot from so you would need to figure out how to boot from a external drive.
The 10 Mobile image I'm using is the Xiaomi one - would it be that I just need HAL extensions? How would I add these?
Thanks

Microsoft has a great resource on their github, entitled "Set up a Raspberry Pi 2" so check that one out.

Useful Links for installing Windows fresh

Some useful links for those reinstalling Windows 10 at any point:
Builds - http://mdluup.ct8.pl
This uses Microsoft's UUP (unified update platform) to fetch specific full builds. Choose from Retail or Insider builds. At the time of writing selecting 17134 from the retail channel will get you the newest non-beta build with minimal Windows Updates following installation. Just specify x64/86/ARM, edition and language.
Using the blue Aria2 button will give you a zip which, on execution, will download and create a usable, full ISO for personal use - despite the use of the words "cumulative update" on-site. Just follow the instructions on screen. All images are compiled using Microsoft's internal imaging utility so they're close to what you'd get with a precompiled MSDN ISO.
MSMG Toolkit - http://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/msmg_toolkit.html
This provides a frontend for component removal utilizing the official Microsoft DISM utility.
Use of this is straightforward and can remove Apps, Windows Features and components from an ISO.
Tip: Once you've mounted an ISO, open a separate command line and run DISM.exe /Image:<path_to_image_directory> [/Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages to get a full list of Apps in the ISO. Copy and paste the output, placing it in the provided RemoveAppsList.txt, removing any lines you want to keep.
Using install_wim_tweak.exe tool will also get you a full listing of all Windows Packages, most of which can be safely removed with zero side effects. NTLite can be a useful guide but its commercial software, so you won't be able to remove all the components you see listed if you install it.
AIO boot tool - https://www.aioboot.com/en/
This tool creates nifty bootable USB sticks that come in handy for booting anything. I recommend the precompiled WinPE 10 images which allow you to use a Live PE Windows Desktop (I.e. it has a full GUI) from a USB prior to installation. This should alleviate the need for making bootable USBs in future. As it's the same platform used during a conventional booted Windows Setup so you can run the setup once its loaded in, format hard drives, etc. Or actually use it as a desktop, I guess. It has its limitations.
DISM++ - https://www.chuyu.me/en/index.html
Post-install utility, you can thoroughly clean up redundant internal Windows folders, remove Apps, activate popular regedits and whatnot. Very useful.
Blackviper - https://github.com/madbomb122/BlackViperScript
Power shell script that makes running services in Windows slightly more efficient.
If people are interested I'm happy to create a tutorial to making your own properly-serviced Windows ISOs for those who want new builds of Windows with less to none of the Microsoft extras .