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hello all..well tried loading winxp onto the extremely slow shift we all have been suckered into buying thinking it was a good thing..anywho
partitioned off part my c drive..fired up winxp..everything went ok..it went into its first restart and then i get an error "operating system not found" it doesnt give me the option at startup to select fista or xp just gives this error..
tried loading fista on using f3..still returned with the same error
so..what did i do wrong besides the obvious and buy one of these things !!
My god; what is this trend with asking for help while bashing the product you bought. I'm getting tired of this. Just do your homework, and buy product based on what you need, not what you read on forums, and sell your shift if you are unhappy.
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot. And you might have fried your recovery partition in the process too.
If you don't have a bootable usb key, I suggest you to find an USB cd or DVD drive, and to use the xp setup from there.
Using a usb key, you can try to use bart's USB bootable CD at nu2.nu
You can find tutorial on how to setup a dual boot on www.lifehacker.com
thaihugo said:
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot.
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I installed XP after Vista without any problems, leaving me with a working dual boot system. Simply repair the mbr using a Vista disc, then setup the dual boot menu using VistaBootPro.
Edit - If you don't have access to a Vista CD, you can download the Vista Recovery Disc from various places - try here - http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/
Yes, that what I mean in "XP cannot be installed after vista, it will not make a proper boot". Of course you can repair that situation with a boot cd.
thaihugo said:
My god; what is this trend with asking for help while bashing the product you bought. I'm getting tired of this. Just do your homework, and buy product based on what you need, not what you read on forums, and sell your shift if you are unhappy.
On the technical side, XP cannot be installed after vista. It will not make a proper dual boot. And you might have fried your recovery partition in the process too.
If you don't have a bootable usb key, I suggest you to find an USB cd or DVD drive, and to use the xp setup from there.
Using a usb key, you can try to use bart's USB bootable CD at nu2.nu
You can find tutorial on how to setup a dual boot on www.lifehacker.com
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well silly me i thought i had bought a unit that i need..it fitted all my requirements..but then i didnt count on a unit so useless it couldnt pull a greased stick out a pigs butt !!
Only trolls get sticks out of pig butts. Maybe you should concentrate on solving your problem if you want to get some help.
hello guys i had windows 7 installed and i installed windows 8 on my other partition and after some days i did a format on win7 partition but the dual boot menu is still there any solution to remove that ?
Go to msconfig boot tab.delete windows 8. If that doesnt work,try to go to disk management and delete the partition for windows 7 or change the drive letter.
Hit thanks if i helped you
Deleting the partition won't do anything useful. If you are unable to remove the second boot item using the graphical tools, you will need to use bcdedit. This program is command-line and requires Admin, but isn't really that hard to use. It has a lot of built-in help info, plus you can find lots of info and examples online.
By the way, this isn't really a Win8 problem. BCDEdit has been around since Vista. Don't worry if you find instructions for Vista or Win7; they'll probably still apply on Win8.
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.
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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
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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
I've recently acquired the Pipo W3F tablet and after switching from Windows 8.1 to Android I wanted to go back to Windows.
I'm able to bring up the OS switcher but there is no Windows icon. Anyone know what is causing this and how to fix? Thanks.
Just a wild guess really, but this could relate too the file-system of the harddrive, unless im mistaken Android uses 'vfat' and 'yaffs2', and you prolly cant install windows on either of those.
That said, im not sure how you would overcome this (or how you even got it to dual boot, since looking at the PIPO site it doesnt do that out of the box) but you will prolly have to flash a firmware image thats windows only again.
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Just a wild guess really, but this could relate too the file-system of the harddrive, unless im mistaken Android uses 'vfat' and 'yaffs2', and you prolly cant install windows on either of those.
That said, im not sure how you would overcome this (or how you even got it to dual boot, since looking at the PIPO site it doesnt do that out of the box) but you will prolly have to flash a firmware image thats windows only again.
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I also got the tablet recently and ran into the same problem. There was no way for me to get back into Windows. I had to re-flash both Android and Windows. It wouldn't let me re-flash just Windows, I was getting an error saying it cannot create a "scratch" directory. I think when re-flashing Android it reset all the partitions. Once the Android OS was installed, the Windows flashed without any problem.
Good luck.
So after flashing the new lollipop update I found myself stuck in a bootloop unable to get into the android operating system at all. I used flashboot and the intel flash tool to try and restore to an older ROM. It forze at 91% with an "error:unable to mount /data" I then used the root tool to try and sideload and install the update.zip from adb shell. No luck. When I rebooted I got to a strange efi menu. Looked around, and it gives me the option to install with with windows?
Anyone have any ideas. I'm waiting for radio shack to open, its the only local place that sells USB otg cables locally.
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njking25 said:
So after flashing the new lollipop update I found myself stuck in a bootloop unable to get into the android operating system at all. I used flashboot and the intel flash tool to try and restore to an older ROM. It forze at 91% with an "error:unable to mount /data" I then used the root tool to try and sideload and install the update.zip from adb shell. No luck. When I rebooted I got to a strange efi menu. Looked around, and it gives me the option to install with with windows?
Anyone have any ideas. I'm waiting for radio shack to open, its the only local place that sells USB otg cables locally.
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That is something interesting. It is asking which os to boot to, not install.
I'd like to know how you got into the bios? I am looking for a way to install Linux....
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Did you get this figured out?
I can see "fast boot" enabled. Have You tried to switch it off? any other menu is displayed?
Have You tried to "power+vol down" on it?
I've tried a few ways to get into the BIOS shown... all failed.
Maybe the only way to trigger the BIOS to show is to fully wipe/format the internal storage so the BIOS can't pick up droidboot or anything else. Quite risky though if it isn't the way.
I'm in no way telling anyone to do this and I have not tried it myself. I'd be curious to hear from any advanced users if they have ever completely wiped the internal memory and what options would be available to restore if things did go wrong.
zach181 said:
I've tried a few ways to get into the BIOS shown... all failed.
Maybe the only way to trigger the BIOS to show is to fully wipe/format the internal storage so the BIOS can't pick up droidboot or anything else. Quite risky though if it isn't the way.
I'm in no way telling anyone to do this and I have not tried it myself. I'd be curious to hear from any advanced users if they have ever completely wiped the internal memory and what options would be available to restore if things did go wrong.
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This guy seems to have stumbled on it also. I flashed the stock kk firmware and I am trying to do it but can't get Lollipop update to work. But it won't boot after it fails so I am reflashing KK again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60490907&postcount=578
Thanks for the link workdowg,
I'm still trying to work out how they did it. Could do with a step by step and whatever files needed uploaded and linked to. Also the bit about not using windows startup programs.
zach181 said:
Thanks for the link workdowg,
I'm still trying to work out how they did it. Could do with a step by step and whatever files needed uploaded and linked to. Also the bit about not using windows startup programs.
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If you try it do let me know. I need to get into the bios to get started on a dual boot to Linux on this bad boy...
I will let you know.
I just asked for the OP to clarify a few things before I go ahead. I may try Linux first with Windows 8/10 being the final install.
So... conclusion. we have to damage firmware to boot efi...
If we could swap img file before upload to tab (during this 25 second wait) we could make windows installation possible. Am i right?
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I will let you know.
I just asked for the OP to clarify a few things before I go ahead. I may try Linux first with Windows 8/10 being the final install.
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@social-design-concepts suggested we should try to change the boot order using efibootmgr. I've been communicating with him. Here is the post in the Venue thread... http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=2083
Links giving 404
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Links giving 404
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here it is again... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61108700&postcount=2083 it got truncated.
Thanks workdowg.
It seems it's not as clear cut as first thought. Mind you, I didn't expect it to be. I did try a HP keyboard with OTG in Android and that got picked up ok (No lights on keyboard)
I'm a bit in the same mind as Social-Design. I'd rather have a definite way to restore Android from a totally blank internal drive before I have a go. Just up to page 214 in the thread so it may be covered later.
UEFI soft brick?
Hi guys,
I accidentely tried to use the firmware on my 1050 as described in this thread. I can indeed load the UEFI BIOS with all its settings (even though most don't do anything). But unfortunately, I cannot load any OS. I always get the error "EFI Harddrive failed" - meaning it cannot boot fomr hardrive.
I have used an externally powered USB-HUB with mouse, keyboard and USB-Stick and connected to the 1050 via OTG-cable. If the stick is bootabnle with GPT x64 then it will boot from that stick. All 64bit windows versions that I tried failed to install with "ACPI_BIOS_ERROR". 32bit windows would not start, because the GPT is 32bit and the BIOS does not recognise it.
The best success I had so far was to copy a ISO from android-x86 on the usb stick. It will boot in live-mode from the USB. Not so suprisignly, mouse and keyboard are working, touch isn't. WiFI is working and the SD card is detected. I tried to install this version of android on the harddrive which works, but it installs the EFI GRUB bootloader which is not recognised by the BIOS.
I can also access the UEFI shell.
Unfortunately, I am running a bit out of ideas of what to do in order to get a normal system (or firmware) back. ADB-drivers obviously don't work (the Intel SoC driver is installed as well), so I cannot use the Phone Flash Tool.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Yosha1 said:
Hi guys,
I accidentely tried to use the firmware on my 1050 as described in this thread. I can indeed load the UEFI BIOS with all its settings (even though most don't do anything). But unfortunately, I cannot load any OS. I always get the error "EFI Harddrive failed" - meaning it cannot boot fomr hardrive.
I have used an externally powered USB-HUB with mouse, keyboard and USB-Stick and connected to the 1050 via OTG-cable. If the stick is bootabnle with GPT x64 then it will boot from that stick. All 64bit windows versions that I tried failed to install with "ACPI_BIOS_ERROR". 32bit windows would not start, because the GPT is 32bit and the BIOS does not recognise it.
The best success I had so far was to copy a ISO from android-x86 on the usb stick. It will boot in live-mode from the USB. Not so suprisignly, mouse and keyboard are working, touch isn't. WiFI is working and the SD card is detected. I tried to install this version of android on the harddrive which works, but it installs the EFI GRUB bootloader which is not recognised by the BIOS.
I can also access the UEFI shell.
Unfortunately, I am running a bit out of ideas of what to do in order to get a normal system (or firmware) back. ADB-drivers obviously don't work (the Intel SoC driver is installed as well), so I cannot use the Phone Flash Tool.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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You can get it to boot from USB? Get someone with to use tethered twrp and get a backup of the esp and fastboot partitions.
I have 2 things you can try if the goal is getting back to booting stock Android.
Yosha1 said:
The best success I had so far was to copy a ISO from android-x86 on the usb stick. It will boot in live-mode from the USB. Not so suprisignly, mouse and keyboard are working, touch isn't. WiFI is working and the SD card is detected. I tried to install this version of android on the harddrive which works, but it installs the EFI GRUB bootloader which is not recognised by the BIOS.
I can also access the UEFI shell.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Have You tried booting any x64 linux iso from flash drive?
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Have You tried booting any x64 linux iso from flash drive?
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Thank you for your fast reply.
I just tried that with an Ubuntu Desktop Distro. It boots up from teh USB drive, keyboard and mouse are present. Wifi, sound, touch don't work but I can see the internal Harddrive and the sdcard in the file exsplorer.
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Thank you for your fast reply.
I just tried that with an Ubuntu Desktop Distro. It boots up from teh USB drive, keyboard and mouse are present. Wifi, sound, touch don't work but I can see the internal Harddrive and the sdcard in the file exsplorer.
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extract and dd this to a usb drive and see if it is able to boot it View attachment 3415895 if it successfully boots replace the fastboot.img thats on the thumbrive with one for your devices and see if it boots. if your fastboot.img is named droidboot.img rename it to fastboot.img.
If you can successfully get your devices droidboot/fastboot.img to load you can then disconnect the usb-otg cable and reconnect it to your PC and use the phone flash tools to restore your device completely.