COMPUTER TRICKS AND TIPS

Problem :
When booting up to Windows XP you may get an error that reads: Unmountable Boot Volume.
Cause : This is probably because your boot.ini file is messed up.
Solution :


1. Start Windows XP with the Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD drive.2. Once you see the "Welcome to setup" message, press the letter 'R' on your keyboard to enter the Recovery Console.3. Select the Windows installation to be repaired (Administrator password required)4. You will then get a DOS prompt. From here type: chkdsk /p [Enter]5. When that is done type: fixboot [Enter]6. Type: Y at the next prompt [Enter]7. Then type: exit [Enter]8. The system will now reboot into Windows.
If for some reason that didn't work, you can boot to the recovery console (STEP 2)
Type: chkdsk /r [Enter]
When done type: exit [Enter].
This takes a bit longer, but the system should boot back into Windows.

How to make Bootable CD with NERO

Follow the steps mentioned below to make Bootable CD:


Step1: Launch Nero, Click on Start>Programs>Ahead Nero, and select Nero-Burning Rom.

Step2: If the Nero Wizard opens, close the wizard using the Close Wizard button.

Step3: In the New Compilation window you will see a list of CD types in the left pane of the window. Select the CD-ROM (ISO) icon and click on the “ISO” tab to configure for your data files. If you are going to create a CD that will be used on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP or NT, use the below settings for best results. Once you have made these changes, click on NEW

Step4: Drag and drop your Data files from the File Browser window (right) to the ISO1 window (left).

Step5: Click the Choose a Recorder button. (Eleventh icon from the left)

Step6: The Choose Recorder window opens. Select the Image Recorder and click OK.

Step7: The Choose Recorder window opens. Select the Image Recorder and click OK. Click the Write CD dialog button. (Ninth icon from the left) or go to toolbar, click File>Write CD

Step8: Click the Write button, after checking the write properties.

Step9: Nero will prompt you to name the image. First be sure to select your path. We have selected My Documents for the folder to store this file too. Then name the image, for example ‘DataCD_1’, and click the Save button

Step10: Nero will begin the Imaging process. Note: Click on the drop down menu to navigate thru folders and drive letters. Select the folder/drive that you would desire to store the image file too. Note: Type in a file name of the image. And note what directory it will be saved in for later use.

Step11: The next window will indicate that the burning process was completed successfully. Click the OK button to proceed.

Step12: Click Discard to close the compilation window

1. Format the USB flash memory drive to FAT32 file system
Run CMD.EXE and type the following command. Note: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as "disk 1″. Double check that by doing a list of the disks (type "list disk") before cleaning it).

1. diskpart
2. select disk 1
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

2. Copy Windows Vista’s DVD ROM content to the Fla
Type in command to start copying all the content from the Windows Vista DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.* xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

3. Setup your computer BIOS to boot from USB Drive.

4. Install Windows Vista from flash memory drive
After finish the above step. you can try to view how fast the installation of windows vista can be completed. Let us know how you feel if whether installing windows vista on flash memory drive compare the installation window vista on DVD media.