Greetings Everyone,
I wanted to share with everyone what I encountered.
I didnt like windows 8. I had severe kernal issues, 4500+ errors on a brand new computer and if I sneezed BSOD occurances! If you want help in any form removing windows 8 just let me know! It can be intense since it isnt a simple 'Install Windows 7'.
I know getting into safe mode or any of the BIOS is difficult to do without the start up disk.
I did a quick write up on how to get into boot options and BIOS as well.
**Note I didnt do a search, I am feeling lazy! **
Steps to get to the Boot Options in Order to get into Safe Mode -
1- Rest your cursor in the upper right hand corner for the charm to appear.
2- On the bottom of the charm you will see ‘Change PC Settings’ Click on that.
3- In this window you will see a few options, the one want to click on is - Update and Recovery.
4- Next you will see Advanced Options. This could potentially be different depending on the version.
5- Choose the Procedure to get into ‘Troubleshoot Start Up options’ (I can not remember the exact name, it is one that will get you into boot up and start up options)
6- Now you should be able to configure into the BIOS and what needs to be corrected are 2 main steps.
A- Change Secure boot to disable
B- Change to Legacy Boot Enable
C- This is an option to disable UEFI as well if you want.
7- With these tasks done you should now see that getting into BIOS, Boot options and safe mode is feasible.
Enjoy!!
XDA has freely given to me and I will freely give back when I can. By all means, share, give thoughts, make love..lol
Or you can do it the normal way.... F2, F10, F11, F12 or whatever other key your computer has set to bios, just press it as you turn the machine in and the PC boots straight into bios not windows. I thought this was common knowledge... Seriously, takes all of a second compared to your method.
Might be useful for guys on tablets and no external keyboard though, thats about it.
That's a great suggestion. However, it won't work until you disable secure boot and enable legacy boot. Windows 8 is a different animal. I wish it was as easy as rapidly mashing the F keys..
The entire purpose if this is to get to the F mashing sequence.. This will get people to that point.
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Droidnoobi said:
That's a great suggestion. However, it won't work until you disable secure boot and enable legacy boot. Windows 8 is a different animal. I wish it was as easy as rapidly mashing the F keys..
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Both windows 8 laptops I have tried did it first time with no modifications or altering of settings in windows. Secureboot/legacy boot *do not* prevent bios access. One of these 2 machines is my own, I certainly did not change the settings, the other was a relatives brand new machine. I also have a windows 8 desktop, however it had windows 7 previously which I updated to windows 8, so that may not be the fairest test to say that it can boot into bios directly (which it can) without altering windows 8 settings.
Windows does not have access to change the bios settings. It has no way to prevent your system booting into bios, hell thats how a PC works, load bios from RAM which then loads the bootloader from hard disk which then loads windows. Pressing F keys just interrupts the BIOS before loading the bootloader, windows doesnt even exist at this point in the boot cycle.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Both windows 8 laptops I have tried did it first time with no modifications or altering of settings in windows. Secureboot/legacy boot *do not* prevent bios access. One of these 2 machines is my own, I certainly did not change the settings, the other was a relatives brand new machine. I also have a windows 8 desktop, however it had windows 7 previously which I updated to windows 8, so that may not be the fairest test to say that it can boot into bios directly (which it can) without altering windows 8 settings.
Windows does not have access to change the bios settings. It has no way to prevent your system booting into bios, hell thats how a PC works, load bios from RAM which then loads the bootloader from hard disk which then loads windows. Pressing F keys just interrupts the BIOS before loading the bootloader, windows doesnt even exist at this point in the boot cycle.
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Then your settings or something must be different because in order for me to even do anything at all I had to follow specific steps, turn legacy boot on, turn secure boot off..
I am grateful you have an easier time then I did.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Both windows 8 laptops I have tried did it first time with no modifications or altering of settings in windows. Secureboot/legacy boot *do not* prevent bios access. One of these 2 machines is my own, I certainly did not change the settings, the other was a relatives brand new machine. I also have a windows 8 desktop, however it had windows 7 previously which I updated to windows 8, so that may not be the fairest test to say that it can boot into bios directly (which it can) without altering windows 8 settings.
Windows does not have access to change the bios settings. It has no way to prevent your system booting into bios, hell thats how a PC works, load bios from RAM which then loads the bootloader from hard disk which then loads windows. Pressing F keys just interrupts the BIOS before loading the bootloader, windows doesnt even exist at this point in the boot cycle.
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Droidnoobi said:
Then your settings or something must be different because in order for me to even do anything at all I had to follow specific steps, turn legacy boot on, turn secure boot off..
I am grateful you have an easier time then I did.
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@Droidnoobi is correct, you have to disable secure boot on the UEFI to access the BIOS. Otherwise, Windows boots too fast for you to press the keys. I believe it boots in 200 miliaseconds, which is too fast for anyone to press a key.
I did manage to disable secure boot and driver signature enforcement and enable legacy boot. However, I still can't install a second OS on my HP laptop. I've got both Ubuntu and Android (x86) installed, but they won't boot. Any suggestions?
Ph0enix_216 said:
@Droidnoobi is correct, you have to disable secure boot on the UEFI to access the BIOS. Otherwise, Windows boots too fast for you to press the keys. I believe it boots in 200 miliaseconds, which is too fast for anyone to press a key.
I did manage to disable secure boot and driver signature enforcement and enable legacy boot. However, I still can't install a second OS on my HP laptop. I've got both Ubuntu and Android (x86) installed, but they won't boot. Any suggestions?
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Funny that this *stock* HP laptop which came preinstalled with windows 8 allows me to do it without modification.... It most certainly does not boot in 200 milliseconds, add another 0, plenty of time to press a key.
Duplicated on several machines now. I am yet to find a single one requiring this so called hack.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Funny that this *stock* HP laptop which came preinstalled with windows 8 allows me to do it without modification.... It most certainly does not boot in 200 milliseconds, add another 0, plenty of time to press a key.
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I've got an HP Sleekbook 15". It booted so fast that I couldn't boot the BIOS. I had to disable secure boot to access it at all.
Don't know about you 2 but I needed to go to a secret retreat hidden in some mountains to meditate in order to acquire the uber l33t haxxor skills of pressing F10 as soon as the display backlight turned on.
I did however need uber l33t haxxor skills to get youtube embed working so have a link instead: http://youtu.be/6_3OCjMY_pg
For whatever reason XDA instead of neatly embedding my youtube video has opted for display chunks of HTML no matter what format the youtube URL is given as. Cant really be bothered to argue with it.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Don't know about you 2 but I needed to go to a secret retreat hidden in some mountains to meditate in order to acquire the uber l33t haxxor skills of pressing F10 as soon as the display backlight turned on.
I did however need uber l33t haxxor skills to get youtube embed working so have a link instead: http://youtu.be/6_3OCjMY_pg
For whatever reason XDA instead of neatly embedding my youtube video has opted for display chunks of HTML no matter what format the youtube URL is given as. Cant really be bothered to argue with it.
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Okay, I can access the BIOS. However, now I can't get a different OS to boot. Anytime I try to boot Ubuntu or Android (x86), it fails to start and tells me that the .mbr file is missing, even though I can see it in Windows Explorer. Any thoughts?
Oh, and my computer threw a hissy fit when I pressed F10 at boot. It kept beeping and beeping and beeping quite loudly. Maybe this is why I am not allowed to have nice things At least I was able to access the BIOS.
Ph0enix_216 said:
I've got an HP Sleekbook 15". It booted so fast that I couldn't boot the BIOS. I had to disable secure boot to access it at all.
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Try holding the power button until it powers off instead of shutting down. That should at least slow down the Windows boot up. The default windows power off utilizes a form of hibernate. Or you can disable hibernate entirely, there are instructions online in various places.
I don't really have any problems with getting into bios myself.
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i start to install ubuntu on windows 8 i finish every thing and restart windows and windows 8 start normal no ubuntu !!! is there any way to make ubuntu work under windows 8 ?
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
"to install ubuntu on windows 8"?? virtual machine?
Windows 8 uses something known as secured UEFI. This means that only bootloaders with signed keys that are allowed by UEFI will be able to load. Grub/grub2 are not signed so ubuntu will not load. Google on secured UEFI windows 8 Linux issue for more details.
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bharatgaddameedi said:
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
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If i do this when im on windows 7 and change it to windows developer preview with a windows 8 cd in the drive and reboot will it boot into windows 8. I am asking because i have a laptop with a cracked screen and i am using an external monitor and cant see bios
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I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
kuhla said:
I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
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Yes, but no BIOS has the option to disable this as pretty much nothing comes with Windows 8 preinstalled.
Help would be great. I have a dell inspiron laptop (not sure exactly what model it is) and I made the mistake of downloading windows 8 consumer preview when it first came out and installing it directly on the laptop rather than dualboot or usb stick. It worked fine for a couple of days and then out of nowhere it wouldn't boot up. When I press the power button the screen will light up and the w8 logo will appear but it won't go past that part. Sometimes It will say auto repairing itself but I've left it on for two days to see if it would fix itself but It didn't. Is there a way to get in safe mode to atleast re install the iso file? I've been without a laptop for a couple of months already and can't afford to buy a new one!
vic509 said:
Help would be great. I have a dell inspiron laptop (not sure exactly what model it is) and I made the mistake of downloading windows 8 consumer preview when it first came out and installing it directly on the laptop rather than dualboot or usb stick. It worked fine for a couple of days and then out of nowhere it wouldn't boot up. When I press the power button the screen will light up and the w8 logo will appear but it won't go past that part. Sometimes It will say auto repairing itself but I've left it on for two days to see if it would fix itself but It didn't. Is there a way to get in safe mode to atleast re install the iso file? I've been without a laptop for a couple of months already and can't afford to buy a new one!
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so am I correct in thinking you have no installation media at all for windows? any version?
If so do you have access to another PC because to be honest, your probably going to need it
I assume you have tried hitting F8 on boot to get to the boot menu and that didn't work either?
in terms of your hardware its cool, that's not the issue, the software is, having an install disk would have made things a lot easier....
Yes I have access to another pc and no I don't have any available. I downloaded a newer version of the win8 in ISO format and put it on a dvd disc and tried installing it through the f12 key right when you boot up. The disc drive started running but nothing happened afterwards. Windows recently released a new version of win8. Should I download that one and try it again the same way I tried the first time?
vic509 said:
Yes I have access to another pc and no I don't have any available. I downloaded a newer version of the win8 in ISO format and put it on a dvd disc and tried installing it through the f12 key right when you boot up. The disc drive started running but nothing happened afterwards. Windows recently released a new version of win8. Should I download that one and try it again the same way I tried the first time?
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ok, you hit F12 to get in to the boot menu is that correct? then you selected the DVD drive and it made some noises but did nothing?
Ok, Boot menus can be troublesome
What I suggest is go in to the BIOS and change the boot order to DVD first THEN HDD, if that doesn't work then take the HDD out of the boot order altogether, you will need to turn it back on again though to complete the setup
also, I want you to see if the DVD boots on another computer, the first ISO I downloaded was corrupted and whilst mine booted it would always fail to install, re downloaded it and no problems at all
Its probably worth downloading the RP ISO anyway, the previous version the CP, was mass tested in the open market so any issues with installing wouldn't have been worked out in the CP, hopefully the RP would have got most of them,
Hi, i did what you recommended and it worked fine until the install process! It took me to the install screen and i pressed install. Afterwards it gave me the option of automatically doing the install or choosing custom options only. I choose the automatic and it told me that i had to remove the disc and restart the computer and re inster the disc for it to continue! The problem is that everytime i do that it wants to boot up the original way where it wouldnt work! Any ideas. Should i choose the custom option instead ( but i dont know what to choose if i do it that way)??!! Thanks for your help
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vic509 said:
Hi, i did what you recommended and it worked fine until the install process! It took me to the install screen and i pressed install. Afterwards it gave me the option of automatically doing the install or choosing custom options only. I choose the automatic and it told me that i had to remove the disc and restart the computer and re inster the disc for it to continue! The problem is that everytime i do that it wants to boot up the original way where it wouldnt work! Any ideas. Should i choose the custom option instead ( but i dont know what to choose if i do it that way)??!! Thanks for your help
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HI!
Yes, you are right.
Boot to the install media, at the option to do custom, select custom.
When the screen loads showing the partitions (drives)
-Click advanced on the bottom right
-highlight each partition and delete them (this will loose all data saved there but unless you have a boot disk or usb or remove the drive from the laptop, the data is usless anyway)
At this point you can click continue, or next Windows setup will auto create the partitions it needs and unpack the files, then finish install.
If you get any issues with files missing or media is corrupt from the ISO, you will need to down load it again, use the MS download manager or some manager to ensure the download is good and the file CRC matches what they have on the download site. I have seen this a lot lately so don't waste your time restarting the install if it has an error while coping files, just get a new download.
I hope this Helps.
KahulBane said:
HI!
Yes, you are right.
Boot to the install media, at the option to do custom, select custom.
When the screen loads showing the partitions (drives)
-Click advanced on the bottom right
-highlight each partition and delete them (this will loose all data saved there but unless you have a boot disk or usb or remove the drive from the laptop, the data is usless anyway)
At this point you can click continue, or next Windows setup will auto create the partitions it needs and unpack the files, then finish install.
If you get any issues with files missing or media is corrupt from the ISO, you will need to down load it again, use the MS download manager or some manager to ensure the download is good and the file CRC matches what they have on the download site. I have seen this a lot lately so don't waste your time restarting the install if it has an error while coping files, just get a new download.
I hope this Helps.
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This does resemble a copy error, or even a hard disk/hard disk controller problem.
I have a desktop computer that will no longer boot up from any IDE devices (even if their properly formatted, it also includes any optical medium), Trying to boot from them results in a "DISK NOT BOOTABLE" (something around that, Acer's boot errors are different from the usual ones.
Anyway, back on track, before all that happened, I had trouble booting the computer from the IDE HDDs, sometimes it would boot and sometimes it stuck at the Windows 7 loading screen till it said a file was corrupt or missing, or it BSOD'd.
I also recommend re-downloading and trying the install again, in extreme cases, if you have another HDD to test, try installing it on a different HDD. If that works, the problem could be your hard disk (or something more nefarious, who knows ^_^
hey guys i have a Question... i have managed to boot android on a USB Stick and At start up "bios" i can pick that to boot from, no emulation just android standalone, any one know if you can do this on a toshiba encore, im not sure how you would get to the Bios on a windows Tablet...
Also is there any USB to Bluetooth Converters?
cheers craig.
Most of the windows tablets either require a keyboard connecting on startup or a combo of the windows button + a volume key to enter BIOS.
As for USB to bluetooth, 35 billion results on google werent enough? They are *very* common, cheap too.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Most of the windows tablets either require a keyboard connecting on startup or a combo of the windows button + a volume key to enter BIOS.
As for USB to bluetooth, 35 billion results on google werent enough? They are *very* common, cheap too.
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i ment if i were to install Android to a Micro SD, "like i did on my Desktop, and made a dual boot and windows but on a HDD" would i be able to boot from it? ie what about the touch drivers would there need to be support or would it run all ok? im guessing someone would have to make drivers for it to work?
cheers craig.
You didnt mention anything about installing android to microSD, just asked about bluetooth and opening the BIOS.
Atom does not support booting from SD.
There are a few devs working to build kernel and build for Asus t100 and dell venue 8 pro.
Do you think their work and progres can be applied on the toshiba Encore according the same bay trail CPU that have in common ?
INstall Android 4.4.x on Encore Dual boot
This is totally Experimental
"i 'm not responsible of any thing "
So Backup first
&
then
First of all you have to Disable Secure Boot
Run these commands in an elevated permissions Windows command shell:
powercfg /h off
manage-bde -status c: (checks bitlocker status)
powershell
PS C:\> Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"
manage-bde -status c: (after above command finishes, makes sure your disk is really decrypted.)
then disable from boot menu:
to do this:
first shutdown tablet
press vol + & power down to enter boot menu
select setup & disable secure booting
& download Android image for your BayTrail tablet;
https://01.org/android-ia/downloads
After this Follow INTEL official Guide
https://01.org/android-ia/guides/quick-start
Report if Helped;
*Edit: the Android Image provided by Intel is 64bit but most of Our devices have 32bit UEFI, Because of this Image not booting up, As our Devices supported 64bit so Ask toshiba to release A 64bit UEFI for Encore, Or have to wait till Console OS launch publicly
hi umar_fiaz
not directly related to this as i dont want to do a dual boot, (i cant even image my encore), however if i could though id happily put android onto it also..
just wondered if you could look at this which i posted elsewhere, and give me any advice, thanks
i have an encore. i recently selected the option to delete data and partitions, via the maintenance utility, thinking i was restoring it to factory defaults. i didnt make a recovery disk. i didnt think id need one.
aps2.toshiba-tro DOT de/kb0/HTD4103K90000R01.htm (edited ink to enable posting)
in the lnk above you will see the options listed at "2. Booting to the boot device menu", and i now have nothing present here. i cant boot to usb which is what ive been trying. ive tried w8 images prepared with pendrivelinux DOT com/ (edited ink to enable posting), plus ubuntu and xubuntu and i can not get the encore to read any usb images.NOTHING ever is read by the encore at thuis option after pressing volume up/power
i know there is this situation with intel bay trail and uefi booting, but i really dont understand this, and ultimately i just want an answer on how i can image the thing with w8, or even a linux flavour that is stable, i dont mind
could you please help me with advice and steps on how to get the encore to read a suitable image so i can at least use this thing
much appreciated
ben
benrf said:
hi umar_fiaz
not directly related to this as i dont want to do a dual boot, (i cant even image my encore), however if i could though id happily put android onto it also..
just wondered if you could look at this which i posted elsewhere, and give me any advice, thanks
i have an encore. i recently selected the option to delete data and partitions, via the maintenance utility, thinking i was restoring it to factory defaults. i didnt make a recovery disk. i didnt think id need one.
aps2.toshiba-tro DOT de/kb0/HTD4103K90000R01.htm (edited ink to enable posting)
in the lnk above you will see the options listed at "2. Booting to the boot device menu", and i now have nothing present here. i cant boot to usb which is what ive been trying. ive tried w8 images prepared with pendrivelinux DOT com/ (edited ink to enable posting), plus ubuntu and xubuntu and i can not get the encore to read any usb images.NOTHING ever is read by the encore at thuis option after pressing volume up/power
i know there is this situation with intel bay trail and uefi booting, but i really dont understand this, and ultimately i just want an answer on how i can image the thing with w8, or even a linux flavour that is stable, i dont mind
could you please help me with advice and steps on how to get the encore to read a suitable image so i can at least use this thing
much appreciated
ben
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So you totally bricked your Encore;
here may be it helps
WiMboot to create Recovery Image, A detailed Step by step Procedure;
Just Get a PC with Windows 8.1 installed on it. & follow the tutorial;
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Encore-Tablets/Windows-8-1-WimBoot/td-p/574620
or Get Encore Recovery Media from https://support.toshiba.com/repair
Press Vol+ & power button to enter in boot menu & select recovery media for a fresh start
Hope it 'll help:good:
Okay so for anyone with an encore with the "baytrail" soc and a 32 bit efi only bios or really any bay trail device with a 32 bit efi only bios... I spent my day reading into this dilemma and I managed to boot a modified 64 bit efi of grub with a 32 bit bootxxx.efi (bootia32.efi) and I got grub to boot the live cd of android x86. of course I haven't got passed the blinking cursor but hey I GOT INTO GRUB TO BOOT THE LIVE CD/INSTALLER. Therefore we theoretically have a way to install android, Ubuntu, etc. Now im gonna try to modify the android on intel image (4.4.2_r1-ia2) so it can boot the installer as well. I will report back on any progress.
P.S. I know this post is sloppy but I just want people to know it is POSSIBLE to boot android.
managed to boot Android on Toshiba Encore but when loaded screen goes blank
android-x86-4.4-r2.img from http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-4-4-r2
I think a supported kernel & drivers for Encore will fix that,....
Any help will be appreciated
Nextbook Flexx 11
A 200-250$ 2-in-1 laptop.
CPU: 1.83 GHz Intel Atom Z3735F Quad-Core
RAM: 2 GBs
SSD: 64GBs
Screen: 11.6" Touchscreen
Ports: 1 x MicroHDMI, 1 x MicroUSB 2.0, 2 x USB 2.0
Micro SD Card slot
Installing every linux based OS(Android, RemixOS, Linux Distros)
Prerequisites:
A bootia32.efi file (Found in attachments)
A copy of your favorite linux distro
Rufus, UNetbootin, or a USB disk image write of your choice.
A flash you can wipe, and boot from
A little bit of time
Step 1: Setting up
First thing you'll need to do is use your image writer to write the iso to your USB.
MAKE SURE YOU SELECTED THE RIGHT USB DRIVE!
I cannot stress this enough, if you don't want to lose everything on another flash drive, or your hard drive, check and make sure you are using the right drive letter.
Do not restart now. We need to add some files to it.
Extract bootia32.efi and copy it to /boot/efi on your flash drive.
So this was some instructions I made for booting it, but this is much more complicated than it should be. You can totally disregard this spoiler.
Step 2: Booting
Plug your USB into your nextbook (if you haven't already) and turn it on/reboot it.
As its powering on, hold ESC to get into the boot options.
Click "Boot Manager" and select your USB drive.
IF IT DOESN'T SHOW UP, FORMAT YOUR USB DRIVE TO FAT32 AND GO BACK TO STEP 1.
Now, 2 things may happen, it may boot up perfectly, and from there, just follow the steps to install.
If it doesn't boot properly, we'll need to type a few commands.
Step 2.1: Grub Command Line.
So if it doesn't boot up properly, which chances are it wont, you'll be dropped into a command line.
This is grub, if you didn't know, and to boot we need to locate the drive its on.
First press FN+Ins to turn off NumLk, then type,
Code:
linux (hd
now if you press tab, it should list everything you have attached, for example:
Code:
hd0, hd1, hd2, hd3
The usb will most likely be hd0. So now you should have
Code:
linux (hd0,
If you press tab again, it will list off all of your partitions, or autofill one in.
Now you should have either:
Code:
1. linux (hd0,msdos1)
2. linux (hd0,gpt1)
Now, if you have this, type this(replace hd0,gpt1 with what you got):
Code:
set root=(hd0,gpt1)
then type
(new)Step 2: Creating a boot file.
So, now that you have the files copied over, you need to name the drive.
Right click your drive, and click Rename... (Remember the drive name, its important)
After you renamed your drive, create a folder at DriveLetter:/boot/grub
In that directory, create a file named grub.cfg
Now depending on your linux version, you'll have either syslinux, or grub already.
If grub: The file should already be there, so you can move on to step 3.
If syslinux: Find the isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg (probably in /syslinux or in /isolinux)
It will look something like:
Code:
label LinuxVersion
kernel /kernelFile
append initrd=/initrdFile (more options)
We're going to use these options to create our grub.cfg file.
Use this as a template.
Code:
menuentry 'LinuxVersion' {
search --set=root --label THIS_IS_WHERE_THE_LABEL_YOU_SET_EARLIER_GOES
linux /kernelFile (more options)
initrd /initrdFile
}
Step 3: Boot into your new OS.
Reboot your PC. When it turns back on, hold ESC.
You should be brought back to the BIOS area.
Press "Boot Manager" (you will need a mouse for this), and select your USB drive.
If you did everything correctly, it should boot.
Step 4: Go wild!
You should be booted, GO CRAZY!
There are a few problems with most distros, including:
No Wifi
No Bluetooth
No Gyroscope
No Audio
There are drivers online for these, but you need to be able to patch a kernel, and build/install a driver.
Wifi
Is the guide not working?
Go ahead and ask some questions, don't be afraid of help.
Useful resources:
Ubuntu with Wifi (Source)
Thats all the links for now. I will add more as I find them (hopefully to fix audio, power button, and rotation)
Huge thanks to Ian Morrison for the Ubuntu iso.
TAG
Any chance you're going to do the linux?
Reserved
I'm guessing that is where the linux how to, is going.
Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...
I'm so sorry
Chaosmstr said:
Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...
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I apologize for the delay, busy with school and all.
You can't leave us hanging like this!
I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.
Hmfan said:
I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.
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Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.
Kitsumi said:
Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (URL removed per post restrictions.)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.
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I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.
Hmfan said:
I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.
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Well, I decied to try and boot remixOS, and it works VERY well, so does android-x86 5.0
That being said, audio is a glaring issue.
When you tried Remix OS and say it worked very well. What do you mean? What actually worked? Obviously audio is what doesn't since you mentioned it. But am I to assume that screen rotation works as expected then?
I'm not willing to use REMIX OS personally as the whole android bit is a limiting factor to me. Unless it rooted of ccourse. but even then some of my prefered uses for Linux is lost.
Also hows the hardware acceleration?
How do I install the x64 version of Windows? I downloaded the ISO with the Media Creation Tool and it won't boot from the USB drive. I enabled USB booting and made sure secure boot was off, but it's not working. It keeps saying there's no USB device available.
Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)
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Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)
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That's really dumb. Most Windows devices are 64-bit nowadays. Why would they put in a 64-bit processor but not allow x64 operating systems?
You're guess is as good as mine on that one. Ask Microsoft on that one. They used the 32 bit version because Microsoft will only give the "Windows XX (originally 8.1) with bing 32bit for free. Which keeps the device cost down. Kinda hard to to sell a cheapskate device when it ends up costing as much as a better speced laptop.
Where can I find recovery images for this? I messed up and now I don't have audio or touchscreen drivers.
You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)
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You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)
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I tried that. It says there's no recovery option for this model....
Do you have this tablet? Do you think you could do a driver backup and upload it here? Or create a recovery image and share it?
my windows 10 PC start , sttings ,windows 10 apps not opening , edge browser shows class not registered
reset pc
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my windows 10 PC start , sttings ,windows 10 apps not opening , edge browser shows class not registered
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Since the only constructive response was "Reset your PC" without telling you how to do so even though you say "Settings and Windows 10 apps not opening", I will do that person one better and actually give you instructions for resetting.
Reboot your machine, at the login screen, instead of typing your password or PIN, hold shift and while holding shift press Restart from the Login screen (click the power button and choose Restart). Continue holding shift and it will bring you into the Windows Recovery Environment. Choose Troubleshooting, Reset This PC.
@ahmadus The user wouldn't be able to reset his PC without getting into Recovery Environment. As the Reset this PC function is exposed through the settings app that OP says does not open. In this case, the user may not know how to enter the Recovery Environment from alternative means. If you're going to provide help, actually provide constructive help.
@ShadowEO I thought reset pc is the easiest thing to do on windows 10.
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@ShadowEO I thought reset pc is the easiest thing to do on windows 10.
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It is, but it's only easy if you can access the Recovery Environment to start the process. The good news is that you can start the process using a Windows 10 Installation disc (either USB or DVD) by choosing "Repair your computer" instead of "Install" when the installer starts up.
Latest Version
Try this version: http://www.softolite.com/windows-10-lite/
This is the official trial version with the latest build.
Wrong, you should ONLY download media from sources you trust, such as the official Windows 10 media creation tool or ISOs available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10, THIS is the official URL to download Windows installation media. Also @CarlRock, all versions of Windows are trials until they're licensed, that blog is not the official source of ANYTHING Windows related.
You should also NEVER use a "lite" version of Windows unless you yourself built it, or you understand both what was removed and the consequences for removing that Windows component. Many users on the Windows subreddit go removing components without a full understanding of what they do or their full purpose in the OS, then come and complain that the system isn't working right.
Just use Windows as it was meant to be used. If you don't need a feature, don't configure it, or just plain don't use it. Dont just eviscerate it from the system without a thought to stability.