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Install and Boot all versions of Windows from VHD using Firadisk

Bharat Balegere — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:26:47 +0000

Native VHD boot is currently supported only on certain versions of Windows and is disabled on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how all versions of Windows 7 can be installed and booted from a fixed size VHD using a free driver called Firadisk.

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Native VHD Boot on unsupported versions of Windows 7

Bharat Balegere — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:58:48 +0000

In Windows 7, Native VHD boot is currently supported only on Ultimate and Enterprise versions and is disabled by a license policy on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how Native VHD boot can be enabled on unsupported versions of Windows 7 as well.

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Virtual Machine USB Boot

Bharat Balegere — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:02:50 +0000

Virtual Machine USB Boot is an easy to use GUI tool that can be used to boot USB Drives in your Virtual Machines in VirtualBox or QEMU.

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Resize Lenovo One key Recovery Partition with NOVO button

Bharat Balegere — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:59:44 +0000

Lenovo One Key Recovery stops working when the recovery partition is resized or recreated again.However there is a way to get the NOVO button working again after resizing/recreating the recovery partition.

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Windows to Go in all versions of Windows 7/8

Bharat Balegere — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:42:38 +0000

Windows To Go is a new feature in Windows 8 Enterprise that allows Windows 8 Enterprise to boot and run from USB hard disk and flash drives. However this feature is not limited to Windows 8 Enterprise and can be unofficially enabled in all versions of Windows 7 and 8 by using a tool called WinNTSetup

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Mount Hidden partitions without Unhiding it

Bharat Balegere — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:22:27 +0000

Hidden OEM Partition cannot be mounted with a drive letter using Windows Disk Management. Using a Partition Management Tool to unhide such a hidden partition may be cumbersome. MountStorPE is a useful tool which mounts hidden partitions without unhiding it.

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Filter Drivers – Removable Media as Fixed Disk in Windows

Bharat Balegere — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:08:15 +0000

A USB Flash Drive can be disguised as a USB Hard Disk using Filter drivers. This way a USB Flash Drive can be partitioned using the inbuilt Disk Management Tool(diskmgmt.msc) and all the partitions of the USB Flash Drive can be accessed simultaneously in Windows Explorer.

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Httpdisk – Mount ISO files without downloading the ISO file

Bharat Balegere — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:53:25 +0000

Sometimes you may require only some particular files inside an ISO. So downloading an entire ISO just for a few files is a big waste of bandwidth .Sometimes you may also want to know the contents of an ISO before downloading it.In such circumstances Httpdisk is very useful. Httpdisk mounts an ISO file stored somewhere in the internet to a virtual CD Drive in your computer without downloading the entire ISO file. You can then view and copy the contents of the ISO in your computer.

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How to Partition a USB Flash Drive

Bharat Balegere — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:27:00 +0000

A USB Flash Drive can be easily partitioned into a maximum of 4 partitions.All the partitions can also be accessed in Windows easily.This is possible using a tool called Bootice.

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Create a Hidden Partition on USB Flash Drive

Bharat Balegere — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:03:16 +0000

There are many ways and tools to hide or protect important data on a USB Flash Drive.However a simple format of the USB Flash Drive can erase the important data.
Using Fbinst, a hidden partition can be created to store important data.This hidden partition stays even after formatting the USB Flash Drive.

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