I've just burnt Windows 8 developer preview on a dvd to add a 3rd partition to my Acer 5740g. Well I didn't realize this until now, but my computer isn't automatically reading disks while I have Chameleon bootloader installed. My bios is set to read the CD first, then the HDD.
I put the Windows 8 CD in, it took a few seconds to read and then went to Chameleon.The CD is not an option to boot from, it only shows my 2 partitions.
I tried putting the iAtkos l2 CD in and it DID read that instead of going to my HDD's chameleon.
I then tested it by putting in my retail Windows 7 disk and it reads, but hangs at a black screen with a blinking underscore line at the top left.
Is there a way to show my inserted CD as one of my boot options through chameleon, or another option to fix this?
If you already have windows 7 installed.
Mount the ISO using magicdisc or similar.
Then run setup.
You'll be able to do a clean install on the third partition since its not being used.
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Hi.
Bought a second hand Shift yesterday.
Device was working fine, but i reset it with F3 to get a clean install.
Updated all over WindowsUpdate, Downloaded all drivers from HTC in the order as described.
Today i suddenly got a blue screen after the device was hanging.
After reboot the Registry was unreadable so it wouldn't boot, and it took for ever to get to the read error + a few blue screens in between.
Now when i hit F3 and reset, it takes for ever to load the initial files.
The white bar crawls about 1cm to the right in about 20minuts........
Is the HD totally F..... up or what do you think?
HD LED is constantly on, instead of the more normal constant-blink-constant behavior
So i took my Vista Ultimate CD and copied it on to a Mem stick.
Boot fine and starts the install process, but somethings not quite right.
Slow to copy files to the disk, mostly it freezes at some point.
Always stops 55% when unpacking files.
Anyone known with the Vista safe mode options, so i can run a check and perhaps repair of the partition?
Might work.
I had the same problem and sent it back to htc they reimaged it and sent me it back, it booted ok first time, then crashed and would not boot or install vista again (fn+f3 or usb imaged I had) I then sent it back again and they put in new hdd and its been fine ever since.
You could run dft (drive fitness tool) its free and can be loaded from usb, just to check hdd.
Well I might as well document my process on recovering a bad HD as i go, for later reference :
I got Vista Ultimate on my main PC, so why not try to boot from an original installation CD.
To do this we need to Copy the CD on to an USB Stick.
I Use a Kingston 8GB DataTraveler.
On your Desktop PC go :
Start -> Run -> cmd.exe (Command promt opens)
Put your USB Stick in
Type the following
diskpart
list disk (And take note of which is your USB Stick = Disk 0, Disk 1, etc.etc.)
select disk ? (As you found out above)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
Now we need to copy the Vista DVD on to the memory Stick (Stick is F: from now on):
Put your Vista DVD in the DVD Drive (We call that E: from now on)
Then type
xcopy e:\*.* /s/e/f f:\
It takes a while, so go ahead and surf some nasty xxx sites while you wait....you know you want to
BUT don't take out the Stick before cmd.exe is back at regular promt.
Done.
Shut down Shift Vista if it ain't already
Put the Stick in it.
Turn on and press FN+10 at the Boot menu
Choose to Boot from your Stick.
First Vista install window you choose your local settings
Then choose the Repair option/link
Deselect any HD and click Next
Open Dos/Command promt (I'm on Norwegian and it's called Ledetekst go figure) you'll recognize the Icon
The Prompt should be at X:\Sources>
HERE I WOULD LIKE TO COPY OUT RECOVERY PARTITION DATA.
If you know how to show and activate and xcopy it out of there, please do leave a comment
First we will test the drive with chkdsk :
Type :
chkdsk c:
If you get errors, try and run
chkdsk c: /b /r /f (the /b parameter should include /r which should include /f but write them all)
Hopefully it will repair your disk and mark bad Clusters accordingly.
Try to do a recovery with the FN+F3 at boot.
Mine did some repairs, but ends with an unspecified error at step 4 of 5 :-(
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If not, Then :
Type :
diskpart
list disk
You should see
Disk 0 34 G bytes (This is your HD)
Disk 1 7656 M byte (This is your Stick, but would match your size)
select Disk 0
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs (This will take loooong time, so just head on over to your xxx site again.)
assign
exit
Now you run chkdsk to check for faults again:
chkdsk
A) If no error, reboot and try FN+F3 to recover from the recovery disc.
If the recovery fails, you have to boot Vista installation again and do chkdsk to be sure the failed recovery haven't messed it all up again. (Mine didn't work)
B) If errors type:
format c: /p:1 this will reset every sector to 0 (back to the xxx again)
then
chkdsk /b /r /f
Hopefully you will get no errors.
Hi scott.
Haven't figured out how to get those peski Floppy dos tools to install on to an USB stick, they always want to go to A:
And anybody with knowledge of how to hide/unhide partitions in DOS/cmd, please scream out
hp usb storage tool - Will help make usb with dos tools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390003 hide/unhide partitions in DOS/cmd
Ok thanks for the HP tip.
I have seen Mr. riki0081's thread, but i wanted to stay in Vista dos if possible.
Mainly because i only have one USB Stick, secondly because I'm stubborn
Thanks
It's going to service.
It just wont stop making read/write errors, and now it wont even show up in BIOS any more.
Has the all to well known sound klik klik klonk......klik klik klonk......etc. etc. of a failed HD
hi
why windows 8 are no booting when I install chameleon under mackintosh?
Doubt it's even supported yet.
Windows 8 boots fine from my ~2 month old SVN build of Chameleon (I installed it on its own partition and unplugged the other drives while installing) in addition to Win7 and 10.7.2...?
I can't see why it would be a problem; Chameleon is only chainloading Windows 8's bootloader anyway.
I use iboot to get Mac up and running.
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It appears that chameleon will not work with windows 8 unless the windows is install in MBR. why i said this because it worked for me when windows was installed in mbr drive and mac on 2nd guid drive. the moment i changed windows drive to GPT it refuse to load when selecting chameleon unless I click on F12 upon boot and chose windows drive then it works fine.
I am going to move windows partition to second drive and let you know soon
tinux said:
Hi
It appears that chameleon will not work with windows 8 unless the windows is install in MBR. why i said this because it worked for me when windows was installed in mbr drive and mac on 2nd guid drive. the moment i changed windows drive to GPT it refuse to load when selecting chameleon unless I click on F12 upon boot and chose windows drive then it works fine.
I am going to move windows partition to second drive and let you know soon
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Or just use a boot CD like rboot to avoid all the hassle...
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Hi!
I was about to install windows 8 64 bit but when the installation hung up I realized that the dvd was corrupt. So I tried turning off my PC, but when that didn't work i turned it of manually. But when I tried again the "press any key to boot from cd or dvd" was missing. After that I tried to boot from BIOS with a windows 7 dvd, but that didn't work either. So now I installed windows 7 through a USB. And when the installation was finished I found out that the CD drive worked fine, I cud use it like nothing was wrong. so it doesn't work on BOOT but in windows it does
So my question is how do I fix this? How do to get the "Press any key to boot from cd or dvd" to come back?
Is this somting That I Can`t fix, are there anny thing wrong with the mother board?
seriously... Bring up the boot devices list and select CD/DVD Drive. or use USB if available.
You can press F11 while starting up to choose boot device...........
And then DVD drive
I have tried to boot up from the CD/DVD but the system skips it.
Something like fast boot enabled on bios?
Go into your BIOS settings and disable all of your boot devices except your CD/DVD drive... should be able to force boot to CD/DVD?
Are U installing on PC or a Tablet, if PC then post it specs.
if Tablet then which one.
Also Search/Google for windows development preview forum and find out ur answer.
Ur problem may be due to corrupt ISO or DVD as i also faced this problem, so downloaded the ISO again and problem solved.
Try running it in Virtual Machine for its integrity if u can.
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instead of booting it from the DVD, why dont you just try it from the Flash Drive?
1. Download Android Nougat 7.0 ISO file[Developed by Android x86].
2. Download Rufus win App to Create Bootable/Live USB.
3. Insert USB with Minimum 4GB and select Downloaded ISO file and finally start.
4. After Finishing, Create New/ Separate Partition in PC for Android to be Installed with Minimum of 16GB Disk Size and Format it as FAT32.
5. After formatting, Reboot PC.
6. Boot PC from USB.
7. Select Install android x86 to HDD.
8. Now In bluescreen Select the Separate Fat32 formatted Partition to Install.
9. Do not Format.( I didn't formatted and it works fine).
10. Install Boot Loader GRUB.( It will replaces default Windows Bootloader).
12. Next it shows up that your are having Windows Partition and asked to create boot item for windows. Select Yes for that else you won't be able to boot into Windows next time.
13. Next Select Skip for EFI GRUB2.(I Skipped and worked for me, I think because I'm having Legacy PC).
14. Then Select Yes to Create Read/Write enabled system directory.
15. Now To create data.img, select yes and then Enter the Size you need for System Memory in MBs (1GB-1024MB).
16. Now Accept Reboot and then Boot Android from GRUB Menu.
17. Thats all . You have Successfully installed Android 7.0 nougat in your PC HDD.
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Wow thanx mate, will give it a try and will give a feed back.
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Wow thanx mate, will give it a try and will give a feed back.
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Yeah.. You are welcome and we must Appreciate the Developer who developed Android Nougat x86..
Don't work for me((( Laptop wan't boot after installation...
gmikes said:
Don't work for me((( Laptop wan't boot after installation...
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Its because of EFI/UEFI Computers
Why not work
Shanmukarajan said:
Its because of EFI/UEFI Computers
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Why not Work ?
If I install it on my PC, do I access google play store like normal?
successfully installed on Z3735F Bay Trail-T windows 10 tablet. I don't need windows 10 OS anymore, so made one partition and install Android 7. It books OK, WIFI works fine. BUT!!!!! All the physical buttons don't work. Power button doesn't work, so there is no way to turn off the system. Volume Up and Down button also doesn''t work. But touch screen works fine. How to solve this problem? any idea? My tablet is Unbranded Tablet 10.1 from Best Buy
hey,
i got it up & running on my uefi windows 10 lenovo yoga (after some struggle i also have dual-boot). my question - how do i get gapps and supersu? it's not like you could simply flash some zips, as there is no recovery
No Playstore!! Browser does not download files!!!
So after wasting 400mb of data and roughly 30 minutes of my time, I discover that there is no preinstalled PlayStore, the preinstalled browser will not download APKs and trying to install apps from the online MarketPlace only discovers devises that the email used to Sign In with is associated to, not the device this is installed on.
These things SHOULD by all ethical means be stated in the description to prevent others from wasting both their time as well as their data.
I want to see a solution to these problems Shanmukarajan. Should you decide to neglect this issue, I won't hesitate to have this post reported to the moderators.
Thank you in advance for your prompt support on the matter.
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there is just one issue.
you can not create a data.img file that is larger than 4GB on a fat32 partition...
how do we fix that?
It’s installs fine but when restarts windows is just starting every time and it’s not coming up with step 12 asking me about windows partition and creating boot item
I performed the installation process about 10 times with different settings but none of them seem to install Android on my HDD. The live version works and there are no errors whatsoever, but even after installation there is never an option to boot the installed Android. Only live, debug or again option to install the OS. Does anyone know the solution?
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Godecki said:
I performed the installation process about 10 times with different settings but none of them seem to install Android on my HDD. The live version works and there are no errors whatsoever, but even after installation there is never an option to boot the installed Android. Only live, debug or again option to install the OS. Does anyone know the solution?
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Have you tried selecting yes to GRUB 2 during installation? It's been a little while since I went through the process, but I believe that was what I had to do to get it up and running.
Godecki said:
I performed the installation process about 10 times with different settings but none of them seem to install Android on my HDD. The live version works and there are no errors whatsoever, but even after installation there is never an option to boot the installed Android. Only live, debug or again option to install the OS. Does anyone know the solution?
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Yeah I have the same issue with my Sony VAIO Duo 11. To start from power off I have to hit the special Duo Assist button, then F11 to boot from usb, then go thru the (re) install every time, so boot takes a couple of minutes, but it always bring me back to the same great working Android with all apps and setting unchanged. I don't understand, but I just happened onto it. Be sure to not format or install any grub (not really sure about grub or grub2), but yes to make it writeable. Then you get an awesomely fast Android.
I don't even want Windows on that machine, but I'm afraid to kill all the partitions and start from scratch as the Duo has some weird builtin Windows boot stuff hard wired. I'm not sure if Android could boot without the Windows partitions.
When I am creating a new partition with 16 GB of space does it mean that Android is going to use just this partition and 16 GB or is it just for the installation files and Android will see my whole HDD as the internal storage?
Could you please let me know how you got it up and running? I am on a UEFI yoga as well, but after the installation,
grub doesn't show up and my computer boots automatically into Windows
Thanks in advance
bombaglad said:
hey,
i got it up & running on my uefi windows 10 lenovo yoga (after some struggle i also have dual-boot). my question - how do i get gapps and supersu? it's not like you could simply flash some zips, as there is no recovery
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ZOOMA7997 said:
Could you please let me know how you got it up and running? I am on a UEFI yoga as well, but after the installation,
grub doesn't show up and my computer boots automatically into Windows
Thanks in advance
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Did you change the boot sequence in bios? Select android to boot 1st, then Grub should ask you which os you want to launch. I installed grub 2. I also went with the triple boot. My laptop is an Asus x401a with windows 7. Along with ubuntu and android. x86 Nougat.
A little help here mates,
I installed it alongside a windows 7 ultimate.
Gave it an 80gb Partition (fat32)
So I'm planning a dual boot here.
Here's my Steps:
used rufus to create bootable from android-x86-8.1-r1.iso
booted to Flash drive
installed android to 80gb partition (with grub/windows boot entry/ and data image of 2048MB)
after installation, Reboot to test boot options
grub didn't show up, booted directly to win7
Did some researches, and from those researches I should disable SECURE BOOT, but bios don't have that option.
Also tried EasyUEFI Tool which didn't even work in windows 7
Also, no settings for UEFI or Legacy.
Boot Order doesn't show Windows bootmanager or grub too, only HDD....
I installed android in ASUS Eee Notebook Laptop 1201b
I think the only problem here is grub cant load, but I run out of solutions, so here I am asking for help.
every android on work fine in my tablet(z3735f) but there is a bug in every os no sound in headphone any one tell me how to fix it
So I had this old ass desktop donated to me and the hdd was filled with so much crap I couldn't even install rufus to burn an xp iso to a USB drive. So I finally get to my PC, which is not easy to get over to use, and burn an a supposed untouched xp iso with sp3. So I boot up from USB everything seems to be going smoothly I format the entire drive because there were a few partitions on the hdd I figured I didn't need all that crap, if I remember back to around 2003 multiple partitions weren't needed to install xp. Anyways the drive formats fine, I hit install, and run out the door to handle a few errands as I was late meeting with a friend. I get home and I can't remember the exact error it threw at me when I walked in the door but basically I started a reinstall. Except now, everything from my USB drive loads normally but before the installation screee. Actually starts up it tells me that there is no valid xp operating installed on the hd and that I need to insert a windows xp cd to verify that my installation is legit or something like that. So it's either f3 to quit or enter to continue. I hit enter hoping it will read from my USB but that didn't work. So I'm a little stuck here because the only PC I have that can burn cd or DVDs is this desktop.my laptop doesn't have a rw drive.
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So I had this old ass desktop donated to me and the hdd was filled with so much crap I couldn't even install rufus to burn an xp iso to a USB drive. So I finally get to my PC, which is not easy to get over to use, and burn an a supposed untouched xp iso with sp3. So I boot up from USB everything seems to be going smoothly I format the entire drive because there were a few partitions on the hdd I figured I didn't need all that crap, if I remember back to around 2003 multiple partitions weren't needed to install xp. Anyways the drive formats fine, I hit install, and run out the door to handle a few errands as I was late meeting with a friend. I get home and I can't remember the exact error it threw at me when I walked in the door but basically I started a reinstall. Except now, everything from my USB drive loads normally but before the installation screee. Actually starts up it tells me that there is no valid xp operating installed on the hd and that I need to insert a windows xp cd to verify that my installation is legit or something like that. So it's either f3 to quit or enter to continue. I hit enter hoping it will read from my USB but that didn't work. So I'm a little stuck here because the only PC I have that can burn cd or DVDs is this desktop.my laptop doesn't have a rw drive.
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Your assumption that multiple partitions are not required is incorrect. Windows requires an MBR parition that occupies the first 512 bytes of your hard disk. This acts as a loader to start Windows.
You should be able to simply remove all partitions on the drive when you start the Windows installation process; Windows will then automatically configure the necessary partitions for you. This article should provide the information you need.
Also, don't forget to enable legacy boot in your BIOS, assuming the BIOS supports UEFI.
Yes, I am aware of the mbr but like you said the installation media should have no problem creating that after formatting the whole drive and starting install. I'll check the bios settings thanks for the tip. I'm leaning towards running one of the android os compatible with x86 arch. Anyone have any experience with those. I have bliss and prime downloading right now.
*EDIT*
I turned USB legacy mode from auto to enabled but no dice. I would think that once I hit enter it would recognize the USB I have plugged in as the CD ROM. What if I disabled the CD ROM drive for the time being?