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[Q] Problems in ICS Beta 7 build 14 (SD) and Wind 7.5 Mango (Nand) dual boot

Hello Great minds here,
Device HTC HD 2 / 16 GB (Transcend SD Class4) with two partitions 7.4 for Win and balance loaded with ICS at root.
I installed windows 7.5 SP 1 Mango (Yuki) working great - Tons and loads of thanks to Yuki (team).
I installed ICS Beta 7 Build 14 working great with almost all features looked in so far. thanks and applaud to Ankuch. Many thanks for such work. Installed as per the tutorials for dual boot. However, I face the following issues:
1. In settings option of ICS total internal storage reported only .96 GB. On using ES Explorer error reported no SD card mounted. SD card formatted with , FAT 32 as primary partition , unused 6.17 GB. For win it is logical partition.
2. At no point of time did I run Haret.exe or ClrCad.
3. Reports no USB storage, this is as advised by ROM Chef.
4. Is there any application which gives an option to boot into ICS or WIN as startup. Tried exceller Boot loader but the thread notified that it is for adndroid / ubuntu, so did not load. Pls advise if there is any application.
5. If I boot into win 7.5 and then switch off to boot into ICS, the booting fails. Reason I noticed that win 7.5 locks the SD. Then reboot into win 7.5, unlock the SD and then boot into ICS thru Magldr. Kindly advise whether this is correct or I have done some installation error.
Thank you in advance for the amazing knowledge and ideas you people.
Thanks a ton.

aeklavya1 said:
Hello Great minds here,
Device HTC HD 2 / 16 GB (Transcend SD Class4) with two partitions 7.4 for Win and balance loaded with ICS at root.
I installed windows 7.5 SP 1 Mango (Yuki) working great - Tons and loads of thanks to Yuki (team).
I installed ICS Beta 7 Build 14 working great with almost all features looked in so far. thanks and applaud to Ankuch. Many thanks for such work. Installed as per the tutorials for dual boot. However, I face the following issues:
1. In settings option of ICS total internal storage reported only .96 GB. On using ES Explorer error reported no SD card mounted. SD card formatted with , FAT 32 as primary partition , unused 6.17 GB. For win it is logical partition.
2. At no point of time did I run Haret.exe or ClrCad.
3. Reports no USB storage, this is as advised by ROM Chef.
4. Is there any application which gives an option to boot into ICS or WIN as startup. Tried exceller Boot loader but the thread notified that it is for adndroid / ubuntu, so did not load. Pls advise if there is any application.
5. If I boot into win 7.5 and then switch off to boot into ICS, the booting fails. Reason I noticed that win 7.5 locks the SD. Then reboot into win 7.5, unlock the SD and then boot into ICS thru Magldr. Kindly advise whether this is correct or I have done some installation error.
Thank you in advance for the amazing knowledge and ideas you people.
Thanks a ton.
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1.Is the partition set to primary??
4.u r using maglrd right?? Not sure about that but after unlocking SD u can choose from maglrd menu
5. Yup that's correct
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda premium

Yes the partition is set to Primary for FAT 32 and for windows it is logical.
could there be an issue that since ICS is loaded on the SD, Sd is not recognised. On starting file explorer it reports SD not mounted.
Got boot loader called excellor boot loader but is for windows 6.5. Unable to locate one for windows 7.5
Yes can boot in from Magdlr.
Thank you for the support.

aeklavya1 said:
Yes the partition is set to Primary for FAT 32 and for windows it is logical.
could there be an issue that since ICS is loaded on the SD, Sd is not recognised. On starting file explorer it reports SD not mounted.
Got boot loader called excellor boot loader but is for windows 6.5. Unable to locate one for windows 7.5
Yes can boot in from Magdlr.
Thank you for the support.
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thats correct but for me when i did it i had to install MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition and then set it to primary(was using EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1) ?
no thats not the issue as it shows the storage on sd for me...
i dont think there is any bootloader with wp7.5, havent seen one
one more thing, if u go to settings, storage, what do u see
anytime

Total space .96GB
Apps 143 MB
Available 768 MB
Nothing below the title USB storage
Kindly advise.

aeklavya1 said:
Total space .96GB
Apps 143 MB
Available 768 MB
Nothing below the title USB storage
Kindly advise.
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can u make sure that you did it correctly by following this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-cUdB4_5f4

Saw the video today. No I don't think I did everything correct.
Trying to re do everything once again and then get back to you.
Thanks.

Ok now the first problem crops up. I haveof one partition flashed SP1 of Windows 7.5 (Yuki Rom). Then reset the phone as shown in the video, however, when I check the memory card in the manner suggested in the EASEAUS Partition Manager the SD reads only 14.73 GB of only one partition there is no 200 MB FAT 16 partition. Tried doing resetting many times but the same prob.

Re installed everything but the problem remains the same. On starting ES File Explorer " SD crd not mounted or not present".....Kindly HELP

Hi,
I have an identical setup as you and coincidentally had the same problem as you.
I referred to this video tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944288 and am now happily running Tango (Yup!!) on NAND and different versions of Android on SD.
Try it out and let me know if it works for you.

[Q] Problem installing FRX07.1

Hi,
have naturally read both Wiki and FAQ.
My T8282 just "runs linux" - it has been showing linux commands since the installation (more than six hours ago!).
Show on the screen (ex.):
"21876.326983]" and then some Linux texts.
The micro SD-card is 8 GB (2-3 GB free).
The package that I tried to install is "FRX07.1".
What can I do?

Guppy111 said:
Show on the screen (ex.):
"21876.326983]" and then some Linux texts.
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The "21876.326983" part is only the time stamp. However, the "some linux texts" are the important bits. They should provide an indication as to why the system does not boot.

Did you do FAT32 full format or try a different card... Mine (8GB) dont work too no matter what i tried but it works fine on 16GB.
Guppy111 said:
The micro SD-card is 8 GB (2-3 GB free).
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[Q] Is it possible to restore Windows 7 dual boot after Windows 8 upgrade?

Greetings,
I purchase an upgrade DVD of Windows 8 from local Micro Center store. My laptop, ACER 4830TG-6450 with 8 GB RAM, has dual Windows 7 boot originally i.e. I have two Windows 7 Home Premium installed on two different partitions. I boot my notebook from one of Windows 7 partition and upgrade to Windows 8 using the DVD. During Windows 8 upgrade, I don't see the Custom Install options. I proceed to do the upgrade anyway and after doing so, I am no longer have the dual boot menu. Is there a way to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

pwanghk said:
Greetings,
I purchase an upgrade DVD of Windows 8 from local Micro Center store. My laptop, ACER 4830TG-6450 with 8 GB RAM, has dual Windows 7 boot originally i.e. I have two Windows 7 Home Premium installed on two different partitions. I boot my notebook from one of Windows 7 partition and upgrade to Windows 8 using the DVD. During Windows 8 upgrade, I don't see the Custom Install options. I proceed to do the upgrade anyway and after doing so, I am no longer have the dual boot menu. Is there a way to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Never mind, after finishing Windows 8 upgrade, the machine doesn't have the boot menu and boot directly to Windows 8. I thought that it wipes out my dual boot entirely. I restart Windows 8 and there is a new boot menu showing both OS, Windows 8 and Windows 7. I do apologize for any inconvenient this may cause.

[Q] Did Windows 8 64bit require more than 32bit?

Wondering... Did Windows 8 64bit require something more than Windows 8 32bit, except more HDD space and compatible CPU.
Yesterday I buy upgrade for Windows 7 to Windows 8. Upgrade Assistant downloads windows and I burn DVD. When try to install it Setup copies some files, restarted Windows 7 and there appears Windows 8 logo.. After some time PC is restarting and return to Windows 7. Tried to boot from Windows 8 DVD, but again - logo, restart...
After that I download Windows 8 32bit and Windows 8 64bit from MSDN. When try to install 64bit - logo, reset...
But when try to install 32bit - everything is OK. It runs great.
MB: Asus M2N4-SLI
CPU: AM2 Athlon X2 64 4200+
RAM: 2x1GB A-Data
GPU: Asus 7950GT
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Are you upgrading, or are you doing a clean install? (AKA delete partition, reformat. Then install)
If upgrading was the previous OS 32 or 64 bit?

ErylFlynn said:
Are you upgrading, or are you doing a clean install? (AKA delete partition, reformat. Then install)
If upgrading was the previous OS 32 or 64 bit?
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Original OS: Windows Ultimate 64bit
first try to upgrade with "Assistant" (Windows 8 logo -> Reboot (before reach Setup))
after that try to make clear install but after try to boot from DVD -> Windows 8 logo -> Reboot (before reach Setup)

Why do you need x64? It's useful only if you have more than 3 GB of RAM or if you're using the application that uses lots of virtual memory (anyway swap is bottleneck, and you need more ram).

Not sure, have you tried a full wipe and install? Boot from disk and delete the partition and rebuild it. That is what I did, and I went from win7 pro 64 bit to Win 8 pro 64 bit no problems.

Useless guy said:
Why do you need x64? It's useful only if you have more than 3 GB of RAM or if you're using the application that uses lots of virtual memory (anyway swap is bottleneck, and you need more ram).
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well... I just use "Upgrade Assistant" and don't know how to download specific version..., Assistant do it itself.
ErylFlynn said:
Not sure, have you tried a full wipe and install? Boot from disk and delete the partition and rebuild it. That is what I did, and I went from win7 pro 64 bit to Win 8 pro 64 bit no problems.
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Tried with reinstall windows 7 64bit(that I have) and after that to upgrade to windows 8(that I download).
Tried to boot from Windows 8 DVD(That I downloaded) - When boot appears Windows 8 Logo and after a while PC reboots and nothing happens(cannot go to Windows 8 Setup)

Windows 8.1 Preview install on tablet

I'm interested in installing the 8.1 preview on my Samsung Ativ tablet. Its an 11" tablet with a 1.8GHz Intel Atom 32bit CPU, 2GB Ram.
My concerns are regarding roll-back of the previous OS should there be a problem. That and removing the preview build once the RTM gets released. Anyone have an ETA on that???
The tablet does not have a CD drive obviously, nor do I have any restore media on thumb drive. It has a reinstall partition on it that I've used before, I just want to be sure that this partition doesn't get removed when I upgrade. Will that partition ALWAYS live on the device regardless of what kind of OS I install? Is it on a read-only partition?

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/sam...iv-smart-pc-atom-does-work-windows-8-1-a.html

Hold windows button while powering the device on, that will then open your bios instead of booting into windows 8 supposedly.
Windows 8.1 will overwrite your old recovery partition. There is no protection such as it being read only etc. If you wish to keep the 8.0 recovery partition (highly advised) then you will need to create yourself a recovery USB, I think you need an 8gb thumb drive for that. Before proceeding into the 8.1 install make sure that you have tested that you can load into your recovery USB, even if you dont actually perform the recovery. A few people have made their USB's, updated to 8.1 and then wanted to go back only to realise that their recovery USB is corrupt or that they have no idea how to use it or in more extreme cases havent made one at all.
There are alot of guides including a good one from microsoft on how to create a recovery USB, it essentially just duplicates your devices existing recovery on your thumb drive. It is highly recommended that you do this anyway as you can then delete the existing recovery partition and free up a whole load of space for your tablet (I'm guessing your not very happy with the amount of usable space on your tablet already)
Full release, well, RTM is in late august apparently so it should be 1-3 months after that. Some point this autumn anyway.

JDMpire said:
Will that partition ALWAYS live on the device regardless of what kind of OS I install? Is it on a read-only partition?
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I am not sure how your device is setup. I made a recovery USB like the directions advise before installing the preview on my Surface Pro. It seems like Internet Explorer is hanging on more sites than before but it hasn't bothered me enough to reload the recovery from the USB partition.

SixSixSevenSeven said:
Hold windows button while powering the device on, that will then open your bios instead of booting into windows 8 supposedly.
Windows 8.1 will overwrite your old recovery partition. There is no protection such as it being read only etc. If you wish to keep the 8.0 recovery partition (highly advised) then you will need to create yourself a recovery USB.
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First off, I'm putting this on a tablet, thus there is no windows key, no keyboard at all. So I would need to use a USB keyboard and hope that its initialized early enough in the post so that it recognizes the keypress.
Second, and I highlighted the most important part of all, if I hose the recovery partition then I'm kinda screwed for future recovery efforts. I need to tred very lightly here. I will wait if need be for the win 8.1 RTM if there is a way to keep the recovery partition intact. Perhaps I could make a new recovery partition that contains windows 8 AND 8.1, thus anytime I need to recovery after that point it will install win 8.1. Is that possible?
SixSixSevenSeven said:
I'm guessing your not very happy with the amount of usable space on your tablet already.
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Nope, not really I got a 32 GB Micro SD in there so that helps. I have a 64 GB micro and it died about a week after buying and I threw away the box and receipt. Paid cash so no way to look it up by credit card.... oi:crying:
3devious said:
I am not sure how your device is setup. I made a recovery USB like the directions advise before installing the preview on my Surface Pro. It seems like Internet Explorer is hanging on more sites than before but it hasn't bothered me enough to reload the recovery from the USB partition.
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Can you explain what you mean by that? The part about IE...

JDMpire said:
First off, I'm putting this on a tablet, thus there is no windows key, no keyboard at all. So I would need to use a USB keyboard and hope that its initialized early enough in the post so that it recognizes the keypress.
Second, and I highlighted the most important part of all, if I hose the recovery partition then I'm kinda screwed for future recovery efforts. I need to tred very lightly here. I will wait if need be for the win 8.1 RTM if there is a way to keep the recovery partition intact. Perhaps I could make a new recovery partition that contains windows 8 AND 8.1, thus anytime I need to recovery after that point it will install win 8.1. Is that possible?
Nope, not really I got a 32 GB Micro SD in there so that helps. I have a 64 GB micro and it died about a week after buying and I threw away the box and receipt. Paid cash so no way to look it up by credit card.... oi:crying:
Can you explain what you mean by that? The part about IE...
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I know its a tablet. There is a windows key on all tablets, what did you think the massive button below the screen was, it just returns the key code for the normal windows key on a usb keyboard.
Make a recovery USB, then you can hose the recovery partition safely, the recovery usb is essentially that partition moved from tablet to USB memory stick (or you can do DVD but you would need a usb DVD drive in your case and it seems you can't always boot from usb DVD drives for some reason, so I wouldn't advise it). 8.1 will overwrite the old 8 recovery, move the old 8 recovery to usb and then update to 8.1 and you can use the usb to roll back to 8.1.
The internet explorer thing, well, windows 8.1 and all new software in it is beta quality. The pre release is not for consumers, its buggy. Things crash.