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Install using android mass storage?

Can we boot and install win 8 through mass storage on android?
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Can we boot and install win 8 through mass storage on android?
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unless you're confident enough to ruin your device, no. things you need are:
-a BIOS
-a Tablet (not a galaxy phone)
-an ARM chipset
-a fat32/NTFS HDD Partition
-16 GB of HDD (average droid tablet only have 16gb. so why install?)
-and, the ability to choose boot location on booting up
androids do not have all of the above except the ARM thing. so no.
anyways it's still a dev preview not a fully-functional desktop/tablet OS. so don't treat it as such and thank me. even if it's not helping you (ungrateful bastard)

+thanks whore lol.

johnston9234 said:
+thanks whore lol.
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Hilarious
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You can't install on android tablets but you can install on tablets that comes with windows 7/vista/xp tablet edition.
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Sorry let me rephrase......
I meant can you put windows 8 on the sd card and install it onto a windows 7 pc using the mass storage option in android?
I don't have a usb stick or dvd so my phone will be the only way id be able to install it on a pc..
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Sorry let me rephrase......
I meant can you put windows 8 on the sd card and install it onto a windows 7 pc using the mass storage option in android?
I don't have a usb stick or dvd so my phone will be the only way id be able to install it on a pc..
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I realize you probably figured it out, but for anyone else that might be wondering if this works, it does. That's how I originally did it, but then I read you can download a program that uses your cd-rom as a USB drive of sorts for the ISO file and I did it that way for my old laptop. I forgot what it was called, but I found it by googling how to install the new developer's build.
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[Q] asus touch screen not working with w8

Hey anyone else running the developer preview of windows 8 and finding that their touch screen PC no longer works? It works fine on the partition I am using for windows 7 but on the windows 8 partition the touch screen no longer works. Any ideas? It says the touch screen is a desperate device and missing a driver but in win 7 I don't have that...in win 7 its just the screen and its driver...I'd really like to take a spin on this with touch screen capability...otherwise I guess I'm reformatting the partition and wiping it off....

Google your touchscreen with the word drivers after it.
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benjamingwynn said:
Google your touchscreen with the word drivers after it.
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Thanks, but that really didnt help.

rockhumper said:
Thanks, but that really didnt help.
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Device manager -> touch driver ->search for drivers ->pick a location on my pc -> type in the drive letter of your windows 7 partition.
This will then search your windows 7 install for the driver.
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benjamingwynn said:
Device manager -> touch driver ->search for drivers ->pick a location on my pc -> type in the drive letter of your windows 7 partition.
This will then search your windows 7 install for the driver.
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Still nothing...here's a crappy pic of it not finding anything...any other ideas?

rockhumper said:
Still nothing...here's a crappy pic of it not finding anything...any other ideas?
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Hmmm.
Go to your Windows 7 install and look in program files for the drivers software. Then install it from there or copy over the drivers from there.

benjamingwynn said:
Hmmm.
Go to your Windows 7 install and look in program files for the drivers software. Then install it from there or copy over the drivers from there.
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Yup that did it! I did that just before u posted and could not think of why that glossed over my head! Thanks for sticking with me!

rockhumper said:
Yup that did it! I did that just before u posted and could not think of why that glossed over my head! Thanks for sticking with me!
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did you fix it?
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To activate touch keyboard you know how to do it right?
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benjamingwynn said:
did you fix it?
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yes all fixed now, thanks!

Windows 8

I tried to install the Samsung drivers under windows 8 without success. I ended up installing it on a virtual windowsXP machine running under VirtualBox on the win8 machine and it works fine.
I put the phone in download mode and fired up Odin and it recognize the phone.

been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's because Windows 8 sucks!

sageDieu said:
been on 8 primarily since the dev preview, never had issues. I use the google USB drivers since I'm on ics.
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That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?

electric bill said:
That's interesting. Where did you get the drivers?
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in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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mustbepbs said:
That's because Windows 8 sucks!
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I've been using it for about 4 months, I beg to differ... name 1 reason
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I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?

Crawshayi said:
I'm still on Windows XP haha, I meant to upgrade to Win 7 but never did since I can't afford to upgrade my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc. Windows 8 looks promising... but I don't really know how I feel about it looking/feeling like a mobile platform rather than a more 'traditional' desktop feel. Do they let you change it to look like traditional Windows or not?
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yes it has both, you can default it back to the classic windows style desktop.
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sageDieu said:
in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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I tried to install the sdk but it's complaining that it can't find java.exe or the java sdk even though it's installed and jave.exe is right where it says it can't find it. Did you run into anything like that?
EDIT: never mind. I was installing the 64 bit version. the sdk wants to see the 32 bit version.

sageDieu said:
in the android sdk, it's called google USB tools I believe
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OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?

electric bill said:
OK, got the sdk installed and now adb works but but the phone still does not show up in odin. Any ideas why?
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not sure.. it should be using the same drivers. make sure you have those along with the Samsung ones, and I think I have the nexus cm7 drivers installed from somewhere.
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did you try running Odin in compatibility mode? if not try, 7 or vista
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Questions about windows 8

Okay, I'm using windows 8 release preview x64 on my gateway desktop, and I need some help with a couple things.
First of all, metro apps will not load. I have tried several tweaks around xda and other sites and cannot get anything more than the app preview screen coming up for just a second, then closing. I have an ATI Radeon 5450HD graphics card, running proper amd catalyst drivers for windows 8, and all settings are correct.
Second, has anyone been able to get dfs tool working on windows 8? I've tried installing it in compatibility mode for windows XP, Vista, and 7, all with no luck.
Any help with either issue would be greatly appreciated... And sorry this isn't in a Q&A section, but I couldn't find Q&A forum for windows 8. TIA...
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No one?
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I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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willgill said:
I have my Win 8 running in a VMware virtual machine. I noticed that Metro apps will timeout loading if it is taking too long.
The app eventually loads but does so minimized. Check your left side to see if it is running.
If you are seeing a lot of your apps doing this, you may need to upgrade your computer to something faster.
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Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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powduh09 said:
Upgrade to something faster? I'm running an I3 as it is...
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relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.

realzahed said:
relax it's just release candidate...u cant expect each program to function.
wait till oct 26.
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I understand that... But not a single one of the metro apps will start. They just bring up an app preview screen, then it drops to the background, and the app never actually opens.
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I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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willgill said:
I'd just reinstall. You have something wrong. Did it ever work? Maybe go back to a better point in time with System Restore.
You are logged in with a Live account, right? You can't load Metro apps with a local account (to my knowledge). You have to log on with a Live account.
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It's a fresh install, I've tried on two different machines, neither of which have ever had metro apps work... And yes, I'm using a live account...
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Timeout
Yes, every metro app has 15 seconds to load, if it doesn't, them it will end.

i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked

buggatti said:
i think you should reinstall the graphic driver and try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708349
Also did the metro apps work before or they have never worked
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Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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powduh09 said:
Theyve never worked, even on my laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics. But, I've not tried the guide you linked... I'll try that and report back sometime today...
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The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.

buggatti said:
The guide is for and graphics only.... go to Intel driver utility And install the latest driver then try.... I had the same problem it has something to do with hardware acceleration.
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I'm asking for amd, my Intel works fine now
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Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.

Senzune said:
Windows 8 didn't run properly on my laptop too, had some papercuts as well. The specification requirements for Windows 8 are equal to those of Windows 7. If you can run Windows 7, you can run Windows 8. So, it's all just a bit of patience before RTM and the final release become available.
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I know this. Guess I'm just going to revert to windows 7 until rtm
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Is it possible to port Windows RT onto a Nexus 7?

Is it possible for Windows RT to be ported onto the Nexus 7? I was thinking that it would be possible because the Nexus and the Microsoft Surface have the same processor and on a 32GB Nexus, the storage would not be a problem. Please respond!

No
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Its not possible, because Windows RT is a source closed operating system.

It also requires license fees and couldn't be posted here since it would be considered warez
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Search is your friend. There are already multiple threads asking this exact same question.
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Christ no. Why would you want to? That'd be like sticking a Prius engine inside a Corvette body. Hahaha

GldRush98 said:
Christ no. Why would you want to? That'd be like sticking a Prius engine inside a Corvette body. Hahaha
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It is actually the other way around mate, Windows has an excelent performance. I have a x86 tablet running Windows 8 and it's just incredable it would be very nice to see Nexus 7 running Windows RT since they (Win 8 and RT) share the same kernel.

xtrusion99 said:
It is actually the other way around mate, Windows has an excelent performance. I have a x86 tablet running Windows 8 and it's just incredable it would be very nice to see Nexus 7 running Windows RT since they (Win 8 and RT) share the same kernel.
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Except RT is limited to the Windows Store, which is severely limited in its app selection. His analogy was correct. Just because it's fast doesn't mean it's a good alternative.
Unless you want to go nowhere fast.

Where do you get that they share the same kernel? Windows RT is but a small fraction of the size of Windows 8.
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