[Fixed] “Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition” during installing Windows 8.1(8, 7, Vista, etc) from USB

If you try to install any version of Windows from USB falsh drive you may got this error: “Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition”

I have already found tricky solution for Windows 7 but it didn’t help me with Windows 8.1.

So I have found another solution that will be suitable for any Windows version.

Basically you just need to copy all installation files from USB flash drive to your HDD (or SDD) drive and make it bootable, and then continue installation from HDD to HDD

Step by step instruction:

1. Boot windows installation from USB drive
2. Press Shift+F10
3. In console type diskpart.exe and press enter. In this program execute following:
   1. select disk=0. Disk 0 is your destination drive, so be careful, all information on this drive will be removed.
   2. create partition primary size=xxx, where xxx – is the size of new partition
   3. select partition=1
   4. active
   5. format fs=ntfs quick
   6. assign
   7. exit, now you have bootable drive C
4. Navigate to USB flash drive, in my case: cd d:
5. Copy all files from USB drive to C: drive: xcopy d: c: /e /h /k
6. Go to boot folder: cd boot
7. Make you C: drive bootable with following command: bootsect /nt60 c:
8. Put off USB drive from computer and restart them.
9. Install Windows
10. Remove unnecessary menu item from bootscreen:
    1. Run cmd.exe as Administrator
    2. See boot menu list bcdedit
    3. Find Windows Setup and copy identifier
    4. Run bcdedit /delete {identifier}
11. PROFIT!

[Fix] Error during installing Windows 7 from USB (Setup was unable to create a system partition or locate an existing partition.)

When you try to install Windows 7 from USB flash drive you may get following error message:

“Setup was unable to create a system partition or locate an existing partition.”

This happens when you have more than one partition on your drive.

In google you could find many solutions which require manipulations with your disk (formating, changing partition structure, etc.), but I have found one tricky solution:

1. When you see the error – remove the flash drive from the computer

2. Press exit (red cross in the top right corner)

3. Start installation from the beginning (without reboot)

4. After selecting Windows 7 edition you will get new error

5. Press OK in error window, you will be redirected to installation main menu

6. Insert your USB Flash drive in to the computer

7. Install windows

CHANGE YOUR LOGIN PROMPT

CHANGE YOUR LOGIN PROMPT

You can change or customize your login prompt to anything you want by jsut following these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run>type regedit and  press enter to open registry editor

>>Nownavigate to key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 

>>In right pane,do a right click and create a new string value and give its name as LogonPrompt 

>>Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen. 

>>Restart your PC and see the log-in prompt for the change. 

*You can see the text you entered above the text fields that ask for username and password.

Add Copy To , Move To option in right click menu

Add Copy To , Move To option in right click menu

Now you can add copy to folder and move to folder options in right click menu by just following these steps:

>>Press win + R to open run window and type regedit to open registry editor

>>Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

>>Create a new key called "Copy To"and set its value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1- A18C-00C04FD75D13}

to get Copy To option in your right click menu

>>Create a new key called "Move To" and set its value to {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

>>Exit the registry

>>The changes will occur immediately or after a reboot

>>Now, when you right-click a file and choose one of the options, you'll be able to move or copy the file using a dialog box.

HOW TO SET FAST INTERNET SPEED

HOW TO SET FAST INTERNET SPEED

There is only one best way to make your internet speed faster.

*About 20% of your internet bandwidth is reserved by Microsoft.

*Uses of Reserved Bandwidth

  >Windows Automatic Updates rely on this reserved bandwidth.

  >Fast loading Microsoft Websites

  >Sending Error Reports

  >Online Help support in Microsoft Office

Just follow this steps to make use of that 20% internet bandwidth

>>Go to start>Run>Type gpedit.msc (Microsoft Policy Editor)

>>Navigate to:Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Network>QoS Packet Scheduler

>>On right pane Double click Limit Reservable Bandwidth option and in setting tab Select enable and make bandwidth limit % to 0

*This works better for high internet speeds

Delete files without moving deleted files to Recycle Bin

Delete files without moving deleted files to Recycle Bin

Whenever a file is deleted , it moves into recycle bin.But not from the hard disk.So to remove any file from

 hard disk directly without moving it to Recycle Bin just follow these steps:

>>Go to Start>Run , type gpedit.msc to open group policy editor

>>In group policy editor , expand User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components and select Windows Explorer

>>On right window pane you can see Setting : Do not move deleted files to recycle bin

>>Double Click it and select Enabled and click Ok

>>That's it now you can delete files in your hard disk without moving it in Recycle Bin

Alternate:You can also delete files from hard disk without placing it in hard disk by selecting file and pressing Shift + Delete keys at a time

How to disable the recent document history on your computer

How to disable the recent document history on your computer...???

Recent Document History

Hi everyone here is new tricks I’m going to show you how to disable the recent document history on your computer. This is a great thing if you don’t show your recent document history.

The bad thing about Recent Documents History is that Windows XP has to calculate what should be put there each time you boot Windows, which can slow things down.

1. At first open the Registry Editor by pressing “windows + R” then  type “regedit” and then hit enter. (Select Start/Run, type regedit, and click OK).

2. Now go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer”.

3. And then Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key [Right Click® New ®DWORD (32- Bit) Value] . Double-click the value to open it once it is created.

Screenshot 1 

4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable the restriction with hexadecimal.

5. Click OK and close the Registry Editor. You'll need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Screenshot 2

Note: If you want to enable recent document then go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer”. and delete “NoRecentDocsHistory” file that you have create and restart your computer.

How to Remove Computer Virus Using Command Prompt (CMD)

How to Remove Computer Virus Using Command Prompt (CMD)...???

Computer Virus

Each file and folder have the following attributes:

1).  Archive A

2).  Read Only R

3).  Hidden H

4).  System S

-(minus) sign before an attribute it means removing attributes and +(plus) sign mean giving attributes to the file or folder.

example ) attrib -r -a -s -h file.txt  this will remove all attributes from file.txt  and attrib +r +a +s +h file.txt  will give all attributes to file.txt .

If pen drive or other hard drive is infected by virus ,Command prompt is the best option.Follow the steps given below.

1).  Go to the command prompt by start>all programs>accessories>command prompt or press windows key+r and enter cmd .

2).  Go to the drive where you want to delete virus example write d: to go to D drive .

3).  Type “attrib -r -s -h *.* /s /d” without quotations  and press enter .

4)press dir /a .

5).  Delete all the .inf, .exe , .dll, .log extension file if they are not your files by using dos del command .

Example:

del autorun.inf

if any file is not deleting rename that file by rename command

Example:  rename dst.exe ms.bak this will rename dst.exe to ms.bak

Now Your pen drive is virus free .

HOW TO SKIP WINDOWS LOGON SCREEN IN WINDOWS XP,7 & 8

Though Today we will learn to Skip Windows logon Screen in Windows 7/8 and xp, My First advice to all will be  not to do it if you are not the sole user of your PC or laptop. if you do so, it makes your PC vulnerable. Anyone will be able to access your PC , and hence your Important Files and other Data if you skip or disable windows logon screen.

On the other hand, if you are the only one to use your computer or if you don’t need to keep other people off your PC, then you can whole heartedly Skip Windows logon Screen without any Problem. At times its boring to enter passwords every time you boot your PC, So why not disable the logon screen so that your PC boots Directly and you can start working right away.

STEPS TO SKIP WINDOWS LOGON SCREEN IN WINDWS XP, Windows 7 & 8

Step 1: First of all you will need to open Advanced User account, 

• Click on Start , Type netplwiz and Click Enter (For Windows 7 & Vista users)

• Click on Start, Type control userpasswords2 and Click Enter (For Windows xp users)

• Hover your mouse to any corner, Click on Search and type netplwiz in the app section then click on netplwiz (For Windows 8 users)

Step 2: After performing the above tasks in your version of Windows You will Get a dialogue box similar to below Picture. 1st you will have to select the Account, then Uncheck the box Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer and lastly click on ok.

Step 3: Now you will be asked to enter your password twice, so do it and thats enough we have done to Skip Windows logon Screen. You will see that the next time you boot your PC, you will not be asked for Username or Password.

HOW DO I GET BACK THE LOGON SCREEN ?

After Disabling logon screen, if you feel insecure and whant the logon screen back then you can do it by again performing Step 1 in this tutorial and Check the box users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

Thats it now the next time your PC will boot, you will be asked for username and password.

If you have any doubt in the tutorial, feel free to Speak your mind in Comments below, and don’t forget to Subscribe for daily updates if you have still not done it.

AMAZING TRICKS TO SPEEDUP PENDRIVE DATA TRANSFER

Pen drives or USB are quite popular in the digital world for instant transfer of data. Using USB flash drives, one can easily transfer large files from one PC to another, from PC to laptop, from laptop to TV, and vice versa. This latest technology has made our work easier than before. In current times, you can move Gigabytes of information into just a tiny pen drive within few seconds.

In recent years, a lot of changes has been made in storage devices. When you compare new pen drives with the older ones, you will notice a considerable high transfer rate in the latest ones. However, there are times when you can get irritated with slow transfer speed of pen drives while copying data in pen drives. Well, this article shall provide you with some tricks using which you can Speedup Pendrive Data Transfer Rate

FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA TRANSFER RATE

Before knowing the tricks, we shall have a look at some factors responsible for data transfer rate , and they are as follows.

1.Pen drive ageing: Well, this is common for any device that when it becomes old, the rates gets slower.

2.Type of files: The transfer rate of data also depends on the file type; you might have noticed that songs, videos and documents take very less time in transfer while application files need more time.

3.USB port version: The most popular version of USB is 2.0, and it will give you 35mbps speed. So, if you want fast speed then buy 2.0 version pen drives.

FEW TRICKS TO SPEEDUP PENDRIVE DATA TRANSFER RATE

1.File system should be NTFS: If you want to Speedup Pendrive , then make sure you have NTFS as file system. You can do so by Right clicking on your pendrive and selecting Format,Select NTFS File system, Uncheck Quick Format And Click On Start.

2.Disk errors: To check disk errors go to the properties tab of your pen drive, then select ‘tools’ tab. You will find a ‘check now’ button, click it and then hit ‘start’ to fix the errors. The time taken for scan depends on the size of the pen drive.

3.Device policy: Under properties of your pen drive, select ‘hardware’ tab. Then select USB device from there that will lead you to a pop up window where you need to change settings. You can even have better performance of pen drive by clicking the option under ‘hardware’ tab.

4.Format: This is one of the effective options that many users have tried. When you have used your pen drive for quite a long time, you can speed it up by formatting the device.

Carefully test your pen drive with the factors given above to Speedup Pendrive. In addition to this, you should keep checking for these aspects regularly, say twice or thrice in a month.

INCREASE BATTERY LIFE OF LAPTOP EASILY

Every laptop or Netbook user these days have the same headache of limited backup time of batteries. As far as your system is new , you will have a good backup time but when it becomes a few months old you will definitely face problem of limited battery life.

So here I am giving you a solution to Increase battery life of laptop upto a sufficient extent.

There is an inbuilt command in your computer to Increase battery life as well as the performance of the system but not all users are aware of it. Some laptops directly provide an interface with option termed as “ POWER SAVING MODE ” but  if your laptop is old or don’t have this feature by default , you need not to worry because you can do the same task manually.

Also read this Awesome Notepad Tricks

If you have a laptop with Windows 7 installed, you can use the ‘powercfg‘ command . It will display useful information about your laptop’s energy consumption and usage. If  you can understand and maintain  it correctly then you can extend your Battery life and performance by great amount.

STEPS TO INCREASE BATTERY LIFE OF  LAPTOP

Step 1: Click on the Start Menu and type “ CMD ” in the Start Search bar.

Step 2: The search will start and it will then display an icon of “ CMD ” . simply right click on it and select Run as administrator.

Step 3: It will open command line, now simply run the command “powercfg -energy” without quotes. (For windows 7 users.)

Windows 8 users can Simply run the command “powercfg /energy” without quotes.

Step 4: Now Press “Enter”.

Once you successfully execute this command , Windows  will run a complete scan of  your system and it will find some ways to improve performance and power efficiency.

The results of this process will be saved to an HTML file, which is commonly  present  in the “System32” folder of most of the systems.

To access this file, simply follow the path which will be displayed in command prompt window after completion of the command. Read This file to understand that what program in your system is consuming more power and degrading the performance. Fix the Problem to Increase battery life of laptop.

SOME MORE USEFULL TIPS TO INCREASE 

BATTERY LIFE

• Eject or Remove External Devices like Pendrive/DVDs/External HDD if not in Use
• Run Apps that don’t Eat up much RAM
• Disable Bluetooth of your Laptop if not in use.
• Reduce Screen Brightness, This takes away lot of your battery, Reducing Brightness will help
• Turn of Internet if you are not using it.
• Make sure your Laptop’s Temperature remains Low

I am quite sure Performing these Tasks will help you to Increase battery life of laptop.

REMOVE WRITE PROTECTION IN PENDRIVE AND MEMORY CARD

Don’t you just hate it when you buy a Pendrive or a Memory card and there’s nothing you can do to it? Whether it comes with software on it, or you’re just trying to use it for any other purpose, you should have the right to change things up however you like.

In this guide, you will be shown how to Remove Remove write protection in Pendrive and Memory Card. It’s a fairly simple process, so be sure to follow each and every step carefully. This guide is for information purposes and we arenot responsible for anything that may happen to your device in the process.

Before we proceed, what is Write protection exactly? Write Protection is when the manufacturer locks the device down from being written on and prevents unauthorized access to add, change or delete the files on the device. While the uses of write protection is a good thing because it prevent files from being tampered with and the manufacturer can make sure all users are getting the same files, but it’s also very inconvenient. To remove this protection, to you will need to format the drive.

In this guide, I will show you exactly how to do that. Follow each and every step carefully, please. Windows platform is used for the purpose of this guide.

HOW TO REMOVE REMOVE WRITE PROTECTION IN PENDRIVE ?

Step 1: Plug in your pendrive into your USB 2.0 on your computer. In order to make sure the computer has read your pendrive, you can go down to your bottom left on Windows, you will notice a small USB drive icon. If you click that, it will say “Removable Disk.” This means that the pendrive has been read successfully.  You can take a backup of your files from the pendrive or Memory card, Because we here are going to format it Completely.

Step 2: Next we need to open up command prompt. You can do this by simply going to “Start”, then just search for “Command Prompt”, or you can simply just type in “cmd” and command prompt should pop up.

Step 3: In the command prompt, type in the drive letter of your pen drive with a colon at the end, like this: “ F: ” but without the quotation marks.

Step 4: After putting in the previous command, type in “format” without the quotation marks. Here’s how to do it: “format F:” and then press “Enter.”

This should get the process started to Remove write protection in Pendrive. Make sure that you are entering the right command with the right drive letter. If you have more than one pen drive plugged in, make sure that you do select the right one as you can accidentally format the wrong drive, causing loss of data.

Step 5: After the process is complete, proceed to closing command prompt.

Congratulations! You’re successfully removed the Remove write protection in Pendrive.