Saturday, June 29, 2013

How to install windows xp from usb flashdisk and other windows

When we have a netbook or notebook but cd/dvdrom is damaged already does not work and even netbooks do not provide a place for cd/dvdrom because the smaller size of the notebook and when we will reinstall windows xp or other windows its such as windows 7, windows vista, or windows 8 we will be a little confused if we do not know how to install windows without the cd/dvdrom. But with its many software or applications to make a boot able usb flash disk windows installer made​​, then to reinstall windows xp like windows xp sp2 or SP3 very easy even using usb flash disk upon installation the installation even be faster than reinstalling windows with cd/dvdRom.

Actually many a great applications or software windows live CD installer maker but here I will only review this software. The name is Winusb maker and almost all the windows can be boo table usb flash drive like windows xp, windows 7, windows 8. Note: Flash disk be formatted then the data are in the flash disk must be backup and capacity should have a minimum of space flash disk should have a capacity of 2GB for windows xp, for windows 7 have to 3gb and windows 8 as big as 5GB.
winusb maker windows xp usb flash drive
The Picture above is the latest version of WinUSB Maker version 2.0.

Here's how to make or install windows to usb flash disk:

1. Download WinUSB Maker its application here
2. Extract the downloaded file in the desired place
3. Plug usb flash drive into your pc or laptop
4. Open folder winusb maker and run WinSUB maker.exe, if the flash drive is read by WinUSB Maker will be available at the welcome tab, and select the usb flash disk to be installed the windows
5. There are several options such as creating a bootable disk with the grub grldr boot linux and msdos bootable.
6. I do not recommend using that pirated windows, use the original windows. To begin to install windows xp or other windows by clicking the ISO file just click "Setup to USB" and select "I want to work with an ISO image file" and click on its button below "select an ISO file or directory" windows xp iso to choose in the disk directory, for start copying click the "Make USB boot able".
7. For copying windows in folder or in cd/DVDROM can click on the button "I want to work with a directory" Then again click the "select an ISO file or directory" to find the folder or CD/DVD ROM windows live to be in to a boo table usb pen drive. To start copy files to usb flash disk click the "Make USB boo table" and wait for finish.
8. After a flash disk already contains a live boo table CD windows xp sp2, sp3 or windows 7 or windows 8 to install probably already know how to install it, for that was a newbie can do as follows below. I told again that I do not recommend using a pirated windows.

How to install windows xp sp2, sp3 via flash drive:
1. Flash disk is definitely its already filled windows live CD.
2. Plug the usb flash drive on a computer, laptop, notebook or netbook then change the settings in the bios on the boot disk is part of the first set to 1st boot to usb boot or by restarting the computer and press button specified boot option settings by a computer, such as in general the key to make the disk boot option F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12 select one of them according by your computer settings, so the boot option will appear when it appears click boot to usb.
3. After booting to flash the initial display will be as shown below and press enter to continue.
install windowx p to usb flash disk

4. Then the display will be seen below, click Enter to continue.

5. Next is up to you, that is probably already know to install windows, just follow the instructions given at the time of install windows xp in usb flash disk.
Besides WinUSB Maker there are some free software to install windows xp and other windows into usb flash disk that are:
1. WinToFlash, Can be used for bootable windows xp, windows 7, windows 8, 2008 and others.
2. WinSetupFromUSB, can boot to windows and Linux
3. Xboot Multiboot usb pendrive iso creator, for Linux and windows
4. Windows 7 USB / DVD download tool, which is an official tool from Microsoft, can be used for windows 7, Windows 8.

Sorry if here I give some examples of the software to install windows xp and other windows, not clear how to install windows xp that detail.

For those reasons, if there is a mistake in this article I apologize.
But I hope this paper could also be useful to those who want a little bit of my knowledge of the tools or software to install windows from usb flash drive.

Monday, June 24, 2013

How to instal windows 7 on virtualbox

To installing Windows 7 than installed on a computer or on a laptop we also can do installed windows 7 in virtualbox and netbook, how to install windows 7 on a netbook to do it we used with usb flash drive, the flash drive must be filled a live cd windows 7 before and this is things that should be done.

What is the Virtualbox ? Virtualbox is a kind class-platform virtual machine that point to install multiple operating systems on your computer or laptop simultaneously in the operating system is running, such as windows, linux, mac os x and solaris and install android x86. For example we will install linux ubuntu in windows operating system that we run in computer or laptop, also install windows on linux ubuntu, install mac os on windows and so continue to the contrary. And virtualbox is that I use virtualbox from oracle. Oracle VirtualBox is current at the time counted by the time of this writing in the post June 25, 2013 is version 4.2.12 and available for multiple operating systems such as Windows (32/64bit), Solaris, Mac OS X, Linux ubuntu, debian and so forth.

Here I will show a few tips on how to install windows 7 on virtualbox, i use ubuntu operating system to run it so install windows 7 on virtualbox ubuntu but its almost the same way or even if we install windows 7 in virtualbox windows operating system and other operating system.

How to install windows 7 on virtualbox following  steps:

1. Download virtualbox oracle corresponding to your operating system here.
2. Install virtualbox and do to the next step
3. Early preparation to install windows 7 easier and faster installation time use windows 7 iso, to convet or compress windows 7 from cd to iso can be done with UltraISO, isomaster, Nero or other iso tool  and software in accordance with fondness.
4. Open virtualbox and follow the instructions required. As shown on the picture click New and then there will be a new window click next.

installing windows 7 on virtualbox

5. A new window will appear and fill with desire as  name as windows 7 and click next.
setting virtualbox for windows 7

6. The next step is memory or RAM setting if your computer or laptop has only have  1GB of RAM then fill it with 512 or less and if RAM 2GB fill with 1024 can be entered and then click next to get to the next level. And this we can adjust the settings menu in VirtualBox.

ram for virtualbox setting

7. Select the create new hard disk to create a virtual hard disk and click next.
virtual hard drive setting

8. In this option select only virtual disk from the VDI virtualbox itself and then click next.
setting vdi or virtual harddrive

9. There are two options to create new virtualdisk,  we could have chosen a Dynamically allocated but let the performance better and faster we choose a fixed size option.
virtualbox setting install windows 7

10. The next will be taken to a new window to the determines the size of the virtual disk size that will be used, for the size of windows 7 install a minimum of 10GB, the size of windows 7 install is currently at around 6GB. After determining its size just click next and click create to start create a virtual hard drive to manufacture finished wait a moment and click create set the settings back to the completion of the new virtualbox.
set vdi for hard drive virtual

11. After setting the above is done, the next step is setting up a live cd boot windows 7 it ​​could be the dvd windows 7 or windows 7 is already on file with compress iso, click the Settings button in virtualbox as in the picture below.
choose disk virtual

12. After click on button choose disk before it will exit the new window that is where we have to open the windows 7 iso file stored on the hard drive, select it and click ok.

13. Windows 7 iso or windows 7 DVD already in place in secondarily click the start button to begin the installation of windows 7.


14. If you click start've done it will display a new window or out the window to start the installation of windows 7.
start installing windows 7

15. Immediate installation of windows 7 in virtualbox, select the language base on your language, and then click next.
install windows 7 on virtualbox will running

16. Check the box I accept the license terms and click next.

17. If the virtual disk has not been formatted then click Drive Options to format the new partition.

18. Click the New button and click Apply to start formatting the hard drive.

19. There will be two partitions is the first ,100MB partition is to boot windows and a second partition for Windows 7 installation, select the second partition or larger partition.

20. Wait until the copying process is completed. And after finish copying virtualbox will automatically restart and return to completing the installation process installation, and restarted again automatically and the final setup will appear.

21. Final stages of the installation process by providing your PC names, passwords and serial number or for activation windows 7 and the other can be done alone without I put his picture :).

22. Charging process and settings windows 7 complete it will display your windows 7 recently installed on virtualbox.


Actually the installation of windows 7, windows xp, windows 8 is almost the same steps performed in virtualbox for laptops, netbooks and computers, but for installing windows 8 on virtualbox may require specification of a computer or pc and choose a higher or virtualitation KVM sufficient to install windows 8 in virtualbox.

With the virtualbox then we can try any operating system without having to install directly into our hard drives. and we can test whether the operating system is good and fit with our desires.

Using virtualbox to be installed as a windows operating system such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and other windows.

Or we can install Linux such as ubuntu, redhat, android x86 and other Linux operating systems.
For MAC OS I have not tried but I think it could be installed in virtualbox.

Virtualbox can be used in reverse, for example, if your PC or laptop using the windows operating system virtualbox software available for Windows, and if we use the linux like ubuntu virtualbox is available for linux ubuntu and also for other linux.

Besides virtualbox which I have to say, there are some of the other virtual machines that can be used, and we install the operating system on it

How to know motherboard model of computer

One of the important things that at the time after reinstall windows either windows xp, windows 7 or windows 8 if the drivers contained on the motherboard is not automatically detected by the operating system on your pc is the first thing that should be on the driver reinstall is on the motherboard itself, because if the driver is there such a chip on the motherboard, vga driver, sound driver and or ethernet lan driver not yet installed the computer or laptop will not run optimally.

For example, if after the computer finished reinstall the sound card and its driver is not automatically detected by the operating system that we installed on the computer then the sound will not come out or no sound that could be heard was the sound card driver means not installed, then if the desktop was ugly little less good image and usually if we will play the game and there is an error message like update your graphics card or error when playing games like that can be caused by vga driver has not been installed or vga which we have in the computer does not meet the specifications of the game the memory capacity vga requiring better.

But if we forget the name of the motherboard model or motherboard type we do not know that you are taking this course will be a problem for us, so that we do not know the motherboard drivers, but do not fret just yet because we can use free software to identify the components that we use the computer's motherboard or we can also find out motherboard used motherboard by looking at her directly in the motherboard that usually there is written the name of the motherboard itself so we can immediately find the specifications of the motherboard in google.
So just before we download driver motherboard and chipset then it should be known in advance because if one driver may result in our computer so problematic and so ugly performance.

Here's how to know what type of motherboard PC: 

1. How To Manually, Open casing your PC and cpu we see around the motherboard and look for the words such as jetways or asus or G31lm etc.. As in the picture below is an example of asus motherboard.

image by shauntaifilms at flickr.com
And this is one more example seen writing or name blah blah deluxe motherboard with a red circle with a name PCI express slot its edge.
image by gcg2009 at flickr.com

If the below is embedded in the motherboard chip set is concerned with Intel chip set means the motherboard has an Intel chip set.
image by stimpy77 at flickr.com

2. How to find computer motherboard with free software such as

  • CPU-Z is a software to know the entire model of the motherboard is in the computer. Can be download here
  • cpu-z motherboard model
  • HWINFO can download here
  • Speccy can download here 
  • speccy motherboard type know
Within the software there is also information about which operating system is used, the sound card info, VGA driver and others. Once we know his name for the motherboard drivers download motherboard such as sound card, VGA card driver, chip set and so it's open http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/manufacturers/ site and find the appropriate motherboard name on the site is very complete INFO and its drivers and bios. Or we could find on google by entering the name of the motherboard we have seen and plus text specifications or specs, so writing in search google is suppose motherboard name asrock G31ML  we just write specifications or abbreviated specs.

Quite easy and very simple actually just using tools or software like CPU-z then all the specs on your PC or laptop will look even there I think almost all the specifications of your computer will be visible.

Check GPU and opengl version of VGA :

but if you want to know if the VGA used in computers or laptops already have a sufficient version of OpenGL you can use software or tool for check your VGA, you can see the GPU and also check clock on VGA :

1. GPU Caps Viewer 1.20.1 - WinXP / Vista / Win7, this tool for check your gpu, openGL version and other tool you can use this tool software.
2. GPU-Z, almost same with tool above but this a little different with tool above.

So with some tool or software described above, we do not have to bother to disassemble CPU on a PC to determine the specifications contained in the PC, especially if we are using a laptop, and if it does not know the specifications of the laptop, do we will disassemble our laptop and see the name of the motherboard and chip contained in a laptop? I guess it's not easy and we will give up, but with a tool to check the specifications on the laptop with ease every detail contained in the motherboard will be visible.
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