Hi....i was going to format my shift and since i never used the vista recovery option from the bios i downloaded gparted and made a live cd usb and booted it up, deleted every single partition uncluding the hidden one that i could see and in total i had one big unallocated partitionless harddrive which i saved the changes and rebooted.
I then inserted a usb stick with windows 7 on it and proceeded to install, i created a new partititon and windows asked to create that 100mb system reserved and i then proceeded with the installation which took more than twice as long as it has ever done before.
Is this due to my gparted fiddling? Because at the second stage of installation, the unpacking of files it went quick and smooth up to 38% and after that slow as hell, unlike ever before during any version install...
And now that i finally had that part of the installation behind me it proceeded to automatically reboot for the final stage and when it did reboot after the RAM and basic BIOS tests it reported bad SMART status and i pressed F1 to continue and everything resumed as it should...
But I cannot find any settings in the BIOS to turn of the SMART checking so what can I do now?
Did i not delete the MBR? as I thought it would have gone with the partitions...
And why did the installation go so incredibly slow this time?
now I just got a Blue Screen & Ataport.sys message.
Could it really be such bad timing that the computers HDD has started to fail at the same time i deleted the partition or is this a software issue and not a hardware one?
What version of Windows 7?
I accidentally downloaded a RC/ Checked Debug version which had the same problems on an original untouched HDD.
If you are using correct version, then try repartitioning woth another tool liek acronis disk director. Format completely. Reboot, then re-partition , install windows 7 (RTM available tomorrow)
oh you sound a bit more optimistic than over at hd guru forum, check what they wrote when i published my thread over there:
http://forum.hddguru.com/htc-shift-recovery-partition-gives-false-smart-bios-error-t12907.html
I installed windows 8 nut things are not working properly. I would like to shift back to windows 7 on my Sony Vaio. But how do I restore original factory settings ? I cannot find the 'Vaio central' option in the start menu.
By installing Windows 8 Dev Prev over your original operating system do you realise that without a full backup will not be able to do restore?
You can however reinstall the previous OS if a restoration disc is available to you and install all software from there.
Long way but unless you have created a dual boot.
This is not the expected reply but sorry.
I am not sure I understood your problem but, have you tried F11 (or F10 at some cases) while booting? Sometimes it brings up a menu to restore your built-in OS that is hidden on a special partition...
You should have installed W8 on a different partition since it is not a final version. Only final versions should be installed on other Windows, just in case to lessen the risk. I hope I helped you dude!
Also look for a folder called Windows.old on your hard drive, that should have your old install of Windows and will have your old data. Make sure to copy that somewhere safely before wiping the drive.
If there are other owners of TF810 here, perhaps we could exchange our experiences about this device.
As awesome as it is it has its weak points, mainly (IMHO) due to bugs in the system itself and poor support form Asus.
My issues:
1. Sleep/hibernate - most of the time 9 out of 10 time - my TF810 just hangs and does not want to wake up.
If I pres Win button on tablet I do get vibration but nothing else happens. I have to press & hold power button for few seconds. After that I got to do it again, but this time it vibrates and starts to boot from scratch.
2. Dock does not seem to be actually charging tablet. I left the two connected for 1 night (unplugged) with tablet and when I woke up in the morning (TF810 was not shut down prev. evening) what I found is this:
http://sdrv.ms/123sQCx so it seems that during night nothing happened
3. Few times so far when dock and station were connected I have lost ability to use cursor and touch pad.
4. one time so far (I had to use restore point) I have lost touch gestures on the tablet. Touch itself was working - I could move Modern UI screen, start apps. But I could not close any of them with touch or get Charm bar up swiping from the right.
Did anyone else had similar problems?
One more thing:
If I would have to reinstall Windows 8 on this device from scratch - how do I do it?
I have not noticed any Win8 activation/serial key.
I have noticed that there is a hidden partition (actually there is few of them) on the C: drive - if I would have to start W8 from one of them - how?
Lastly...
I suppose that with limited space on this device it would be best if I could backup (what is important from those hidden partitions on cloud/nas drive) in case I will need it in future. This way I could get this space back and if needed lod backed up stuff to USB stick/micro sd card and restore form there,
Does any one knows step by step guide - since it is expensive device and Asus support is shy (to say the least) I would love to make sure I do not f..up something...
The key might be printed on a sticker in the battery compartment.
Right click on My computer > properties. Does it show "Windows 8 Pro 64bit" ? If not What is the operating system?
The recovery that you are talking is a separate partition or a folder on C drive?. Does it have a single file named RefreshImage.wim?
marvelprash said:
The key might be printed on a sticker in the battery compartment.
Right click on My computer > properties. Does it show "Windows 8 Pro 64bit" ? If not What is the operating system?
The recovery that you are talking is a separate partition or a folder on C drive?. Does it have a single file named RefreshImage.wim?
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There is no such thing as battery compartment on TF810 + if you would read title of my post you would not ask about the system (especially that TF810 runs Atom Z2760).
Anyway, on your main question and my issue - this is how 64GB drive built in this system looks like:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=9B14B7F8CBC1A2BE!16032&authkey=!ACGHuYfKHyZ5fpM
So there is few GB that I could get back...
Just how?
Thing is you want to delete that partition and do a clean install
Whenever I have tried the clean install or Reset option Under settings > general, Win8 asks for a product key
marvelprash said:
Thing is you want to delete that partition and do a clean install
Whenever I have tried the clean install or Reset option Under settings > general, Win8 asks for a product key
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Sorry but I do not follow...
I do want to get rid of this partition - it is 8GB. |Considering my drive is only 64GB - it is a lot of space I could use.
I need to be sure (before I do that) that I will be able to get W8 back on TF810 if I need to.
DVD I got is with W8 Pro (both 32/64bits) and key has been used so it will not work.
With Asus I have not seen key anywhere
I did some research and according to it Windows 8 comes with OEM Activation 3.0. It means that your product key is embedded in bios. Problem solved
Also MS has provided its own tutorial to copy recovery partition to USB drive for Surface pro.It should not work for you
http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/support/storage-files-and-folders/create-a-recovery-drive
After this you can format the 8GB partition and label it so it will show up as a new partition.
If you want to merge it with C, you will have to "Delete everything and re-install Windows" under settings > general and delete both partitions during re installation
There are a number of tools that can merge partitions without re installing but I haven't used them on Win8 so not sure about their compatibility
marvelprash said:
I did some research and according to it Windows 8 comes with OEM Activation 3.0. It means that your product key is embedded in bios. Problem solved
Also MS has provided its own tutorial to copy recovery partition to USB drive for Surface pro.It should not work for you
http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/support/storage-files-and-folders/create-a-recovery-drive
After this you can format the 8GB partition and label it so it will show up as a new partition.
If you want to merge it with C, you will have to "Delete everything and re-install Windows" under settings > general and delete both partitions during re installation
There are a number of tools that can merge partitions without re installing but I haven't used them on Win8 so not sure about their compatibility
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Thanks for the link - I'll read it now.
Merging without re installation is the most tempting option...
Aomei Partition manager is the one that I used on Win7 for this. It is pretty good. However I haven't tried it on 8 yet.
to be sure this article confirms that you will not need a product key http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33642_7-57554240-292/windows-8-moves-to-bios-based-product-keys/
marvelprash said:
Aomei Partition manager is the one that I used on Win7 for this. It is pretty good. However I haven't tried it on 8 yet.
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Thanks. I got to buy 8GB stick first (and 64GB micro SD card). I chave checked - Indeed I got Recovery option as described by MS.
Hi.
I have a ASUS A55A laptop. Last night I tried to install some software. I think it is startdock. I found it while googling. In the file I found included a crack. When I run the crack suddenly my laptop restart and show me bluescreen. Actually these is not matter for me as I can reinstall windows at anytime. But I am wrong. First I tried to automatic restore but it fails. Then I tried "Refresh Your PC" and "Reset your PC" but sadly both fails showing me a error. Then I tried System restore and system Image recovery but it shows me I don't have user control on it and won't let me do that. Then I tried reinstalling windows but it says I have to format my whole hard disk and create new partition to do that. But I can't do that. My 750 GB hard disk is almost 500 GB used. So I am really fedup and need to fix it soon because I have many project to do. So is there anyway I can do that? Hope I can hear from you guys soon.
Thanks in advance.
PS: Now i can system restore using this command: rstrui.exe /offline:c:\windows.
But after restore it says restore failled.
Boot off the install disk, do a custom install, advanced disk options, delete your existing partitions, let the installer create and format new ones in the resulting unallocated space, and let the pain of going through backing up and recovering all your data be a lesson to you about software piracy.
I noticed my hard drive had been running very sluggish as of late so, I decided to do a swap between my SSHD to an SSD. I had a Toshiba 512gb SSD drive laying around after watching a few different youtube videos I took my shield pro apart and regreased the cpu and replaced the sshd. When I plugged my sshd into my computer it showed as "unallocated" so, I assumed it's because of the OS that is not readable on it and I did a raw copy over to my ssd with HHDRAWCOPY ver 11.10. After it completed which took about 3 hours I plugged everything back in and then turned on my shield to have a completely black screen. I've been doing a search on the forums, youtube, Nvidia shield forums but everything seems too old, most links don't even work. Is there anyone that can help me restore an image to an ssd or try to recover what I had on the hard drive? I would really appreciate it! I plugged my shield into my computer with a micro USB cable and it was detected as "APX". So, I am not sure if the sshd died or if it's something else. It had the latest firmware on it so, trying to find step-by-step instructions on how to recover and reinstall the os seems impossible. I plugged my controller in and held the A and B buttons immediately after plugging the power cable back into my shield to get the fastboot screen but that doesn't seem to work either. I really don't know what to do at this point and hoping most of you who have had this issue in the past would be able to shine some light. Thanks in advance!
So first off you should swap with a 500gb drive not a 512, although there are guides on how to get it to work with larger drives.
I had a similar issue after cloning my drive and just got a black screen from both drives. I used this guide to get me back up to a working image on 7.2.3. Keep in mind I have never done any of this before.
How to recover Shield TV Pro (2015) after an error while flashing a boot.img
Hello, I was flashing the Nvidia Shield Pro (2015) 8.0.1 official Developer image as per the instructions on Nvidia developer site. The device is unlocked already, the latest drivers are used, a fully functional usb cable is used, latest...
forum.xda-developers.com
After getting back up using this guide I updated to 8.0, don't do the 8.2.3 upgrade.
After doing this though I had L3 level DRM so netflix, prime video didn't work.
I searched more and found this thread on using a hex editor to copy the data for my wedivine keys.
Bricked Shield TV pro 2015 version - stuck in APX mode.
Yep, I know :( - stupidly I flashed the wrong image to the Shield TV pro (2015) and am stuck in apx mode. I read somewhere I can flash a hard drive image and lose access to netflix etc due to keys. Can someone point me the way to the guide/image...
forum.xda-developers.com
Specifically this part
Edit: OK I found them in broken image dump at address 0x2200000
I copied the hex from 0x2200000 (2178336 bytes) and then flashed that to the fixed drive at the same location, now Widevine is back to Level 1, so I guess that's me back up and running to the state before I bricked now.
so I used dd to make my own firstpart.bin from my old drive
dd if=\\?\Device\HarddiskX\Partition0 of=firstpart.bin count=6899870 --progress
HarddiskX is your hard disk for me that was Harddisk1
I then used a hex editor HxD (googled free hex editors)
and navigated to 2200000. I highlighted all the way until i started hitting 00 00 00 00 00. noted where I stopped and copied it to the clipboard
I then made a copy of the firstpart.bin that got me working from the first post. highlighted the same area in the hex editor and replaced it with my info.
I also replaced the serial number with my serial number. This was at offset: 0xa0400C so A0400C
your serial number is on the back of your shield. This isn't necessary but I wanted mine to match.
I then followed the first guide but used my new firstpart.bin file
Once I got up to 8.0 I turned on usb debugging so i didn't have to hardware reboot to get into fastboot
I used adb reboot bootlader and i was back in fastboot
I had some internet issues a couple of times so you may need to do a factory reset at some point. I just did a quick reset to get by in android.
i then erased userdata and cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
erasing userdata takes a while be patient, took almost 2hours
Once I rebooted i was greeted with the newer shield experience. I set up using my phone when promted and was forced tio upgrade to 8.2.3. To my surprise it updated normally and I am now on a SSD with a fresh 8.2.3 and all Apps working like Netflix and Prime Video
This whole ordeal lasted several days and many hours of searching, watching videos and staying up to all hours of the night. In the end it was worth the satisfaction of succeeding.
afal_22 said:
So first off you should swap with a 500gb drive not a 512, although there are guides on how to get it to work with larger drives.
I had a similar issue after cloning my drive and just got a black screen from both drives. I used this guide to get me back up to a working image on 7.2.3. Keep in mind I have never done any of this before.
How to recover Shield TV Pro (2015) after an error while flashing a boot.img
Hello, I was flashing the Nvidia Shield Pro (2015) 8.0.1 official Developer image as per the instructions on Nvidia developer site. The device is unlocked already, the latest drivers are used, a fully functional usb cable is used, latest...
forum.xda-developers.com
After getting back up using this guide I updated to 8.0, don't do the 8.2.3 upgrade.
After doing this though I had L3 level DRM so netflix, prime video didn't work.
I searched more and found this thread on using a hex editor to copy the data for my wedivine keys.
Bricked Shield TV pro 2015 version - stuck in APX mode.
Yep, I know :( - stupidly I flashed the wrong image to the Shield TV pro (2015) and am stuck in apx mode. I read somewhere I can flash a hard drive image and lose access to netflix etc due to keys. Can someone point me the way to the guide/image...
forum.xda-developers.com
Specifically this part
Edit: OK I found them in broken image dump at address 0x2200000
I copied the hex from 0x2200000 (2178336 bytes) and then flashed that to the fixed drive at the same location, now Widevine is back to Level 1, so I guess that's me back up and running to the state before I bricked now.
so I used dd to make my own firstpart.bin from my old drive
dd if=\\?\Device\HarddiskX\Partition0 of=firstpart.bin count=6899870 --progress
HarddiskX is your hard disk for me that was Harddisk1
I then used a hex editor HxD (googled free hex editors)
and navigated to 2200000. I highlighted all the way until i started hitting 00 00 00 00 00. noted where I stopped and copied it to the clipboard
I then made a copy of the firstpart.bin that got me working from the first post. highlighted the same area in the hex editor and replaced it with my info.
I also replaced the serial number with my serial number. This was at offset: 0xa0400C so A0400C
your serial number is on the back of your shield. This isn't necessary but I wanted mine to match.
I then followed the first guide but used my new firstpart.bin file
Once I got up to 8.0 I turned on usb debugging so i didn't have to hardware reboot to get into fastboot
I used adb reboot bootlader and i was back in fastboot
I had some internet issues a couple of times so you may need to do a factory reset at some point. I just did a quick reset to get by in android.
i then erased userdata and cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
erasing userdata takes a while be patient, took almost 2hours
Once I rebooted i was greeted with the newer shield experience. I set up using my phone when promted and was forced tio upgrade to 8.2.3. To my surprise it updated normally and I am now on a SSD with a fresh 8.2.3 and all Apps working like Netflix and Prime Video
This whole ordeal lasted several days and many hours of searching, watching videos and staying up to all hours of the night. In the end it was worth the satisfaction of succeeding.
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Hey thanks for the info Afal I really appreciate it! I searched through the forums and couldn't really find anything substantial. I just got a 1tb samsung evo 860 drive and I'd like to get that to work if possible. Also, I have reformatted my original sshd from my nvidia shield unit do you think I can still pull those widevine keys?
did you ever save your image to your PC? Does your 512gb drive still have the image on it?
afal_22 said:
did you ever save your image to your PC? Does your 512gb drive still have the image on it?
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Unfortunately, no.
HookedonHD said:
Unfortunately, no.
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I think you're out of luck then. Sorry. I got lucky and made a backup first which is the only way I could get mine.
afal_22 said:
I think you're out of luck then. Sorry. I got lucky and made a backup first which is the only way I could get mine.
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That's ok, as long as I get my shield working again and I can record shows from live tv app and use kodi I am good with that. Now, I just need to figure out how I can get it to work with the 1tb drive and up and running again.
HookedonHD said:
That's ok, as long as I get my shield working again and I can record shows from live tv app and use kodi I am good with that. Now, I just need to figure out how I can get it to work with the 1tb drive and up and running again.
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try here
Guide[Linux][Windows]: Migrate to SSD/HDD of any size, only for SATV Pro
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead HDDs, animals activist campaigns, or any H/W damage caused by you following these directions. YOU are choosing to make these modificiations, and you, yourself take responsibility for doing these...
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afal_22 said:
try here
Guide[Linux][Windows]: Migrate to SSD/HDD of any size, only for SATV Pro
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead HDDs, animals activist campaigns, or any H/W damage caused by you following these directions. YOU are choosing to make these modificiations, and you, yourself take responsibility for doing these...
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Thanks, this is where I get confused. So, I downloaded the the 1tb.bin version 1 and 2. However, what should the command line be for my 1tb ssd and do I use version 1 or 2? Thanks in advance!
Unfortunately I have not done a larger drive so I can't assist, I honestly don't know. read through the thread and maybe someone else had the same question.
afal_22 said:
Unfortunately I have not done a larger drive so I can't assist, I honestly don't know. read through the thread and maybe someone else had the same question.
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I did that's why I haven't been able to figure it out but thanks for the input.
afal_22 said:
So first off you should swap with a 500gb drive not a 512, although there are guides on how to get it to work with larger drives.
I had a similar issue after cloning my drive and just got a black screen from both drives. I used this guide to get me back up to a working image on 7.2.3. Keep in mind I have never done any of this before.
How to recover Shield TV Pro (2015) after an error while flashing a boot.img
Hello, I was flashing the Nvidia Shield Pro (2015) 8.0.1 official Developer image as per the instructions on Nvidia developer site. The device is unlocked already, the latest drivers are used, a fully functional usb cable is used, latest...
forum.xda-developers.com
After getting back up using this guide I updated to 8.0, don't do the 8.2.3 upgrade.
After doing this though I had L3 level DRM so netflix, prime video didn't work.
I searched more and found this thread on using a hex editor to copy the data for my wedivine keys.
Bricked Shield TV pro 2015 version - stuck in APX mode.
Yep, I know :( - stupidly I flashed the wrong image to the Shield TV pro (2015) and am stuck in apx mode. I read somewhere I can flash a hard drive image and lose access to netflix etc due to keys. Can someone point me the way to the guide/image...
forum.xda-developers.com
Specifically this part
Edit: OK I found them in broken image dump at address 0x2200000
I copied the hex from 0x2200000 (2178336 bytes) and then flashed that to the fixed drive at the same location, now Widevine is back to Level 1, so I guess that's me back up and running to the state before I bricked now.
so I used dd to make my own firstpart.bin from my old drive
dd if=\\?\Device\HarddiskX\Partition0 of=firstpart.bin count=6899870 --progress
HarddiskX is your hard disk for me that was Harddisk1
I then used a hex editor HxD (googled free hex editors)
and navigated to 2200000. I highlighted all the way until i started hitting 00 00 00 00 00. noted where I stopped and copied it to the clipboard
I then made a copy of the firstpart.bin that got me working from the first post. highlighted the same area in the hex editor and replaced it with my info.
I also replaced the serial number with my serial number. This was at offset: 0xa0400C so A0400C
your serial number is on the back of your shield. This isn't necessary but I wanted mine to match.
I then followed the first guide but used my new firstpart.bin file
Once I got up to 8.0 I turned on usb debugging so i didn't have to hardware reboot to get into fastboot
I used adb reboot bootlader and i was back in fastboot
I had some internet issues a couple of times so you may need to do a factory reset at some point. I just did a quick reset to get by in android.
i then erased userdata and cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
erasing userdata takes a while be patient, took almost 2hours
Once I rebooted i was greeted with the newer shield experience. I set up using my phone when promted and was forced tio upgrade to 8.2.3. To my surprise it updated normally and I am now on a SSD with a fresh 8.2.3 and all Apps working like Netflix and Prime Video
This whole ordeal lasted several days and many hours of searching, watching videos and staying up to all hours of the night. In the end it was worth the satisfaction of succeeding.
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I had a 500gb ssd but I couldn't get it to work at all after that one time so, my beloved nvidia shield pro has been sitting on my shelf since then. I am hoping someone will come up with updated step-by-step instructions on how to revive the 2015 series 500gb pro because I think that was the best model they ever made IMHO.
I’m stuck in apx mode too. After the latest update
Even if I put in the original hhd my shield tv pro 2015 does nothing. Only powers on.