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Yes, learning to use EasyBCD to repair and rebuild bootloaders is a very handy skill to have.
I have already managed getting the .Net Framework and EasyBCD onto a bootable Windows 7 PE USB, so I can boot into the PE and load and repair/rebuild boot entries and the bootloader itself and assign what partition/drive I want the bootloader to reside on.
It is a VERY EASY tool to figure out and is a damn useful alternative to using the command line.
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I use EasyBCD sometimes. Often, I just click the button that says "Install Windows 7 Bootloader" and continue on with my day.
That's proper use for repairing a bootloader, right?
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Apparently (according to WZor) the Windows 8 Beta (Build 8175) has been compiled and signed-off.
6.2.8175.winmain.111217-1215 (Dec 17th, 2011 at 12:15PM PST)
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Well typically to ensure you dont have redundancy, you would tell it to remove the old bootloader from whatever partition it is on, and tell it to create the new one in either the same or a seperate location. This is just for tidyness-sake. And you have to ensure that when you recreate the bootloader, removing the old one, that you make new entries for each operating system you have or you wont be able to restart and get back in without a Recovery Disc of some sort.
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You can also use to Multiboot easily. I think for that you install MBR or something.
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Linux is always the one to install last, So we can use LILO or GRUB 2 to boot from. And it's easily customizable, especially with BURG.
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Well, where's the leaked ISO already? How do you expect us to give a flying fuck, if we can't even use the damn thing..?
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You want to use an unstable buggy build or would you like Microsoft to make it work before it releases?
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Hmm... Well I wouldn't mind tinkering with it in Virtualbox, like I did with majority of the leaked 7 builds. I'll only install the Beta, RC, and stable RTM on my main machine.
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The former. I do it with Android, I do it with Linux distros, and I do it with my web browser - And yes, I report major showstoppers.
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Yes, I would not mind getting my hands on an unstable build in a virtualized environment for the sake of seeing it firsthand myself and tinkering with it.
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But if they were to release the build as beta without first giving it some thorough testing, there would be others who'd just go "oh this is shit, I don't like this it's unstable" so though it shouldn't because it's beta, people could still form an opinion about the final product based on its beta. Just look through this thread about the alpha we use.
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On behalf of everyone, I feel I need to clarify what we were asking for. We did not ask for "the beta leak" as representing the "final beta". We asked for a leak of it so far, bugged up or not. That was the request.
Now you could go on all day about how it is unstable and would give everyone negative reaction / ward off people, from trying the final beta product, and that is subjective to every person who would try it.
Could I possibly then just ask for a private link to it PM'd to me in my Facepunch inbox, so everyone ELSE does not get confused as to what the leak-beta and final-beta is, so at least I, and/or anyone else who asks, can at least try the leak privately, and when the final-beta comes out from Microsoft for public testing, that you can post a link to it 'publicly' in the Windows 8 Megathread.
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I'm not saying you can't have it, it hasn't leaked. Microsoft has to make sure it works as well as possible before they send it out to testers, corporations and oems, and then to the general public. All this is why we won't be seeing it until February (if it doesn't leak). If it were any other build they would do the same thing, fix the bugs that are in it and then go again.
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I appreciate the response. And Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year to you too :)
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It runs good. I've noticed a few UI glitches though.
Reason 6 and CryEngine3 does not work on it. I'm going to switch back to Windows 7 for now because of that and wait for a release that makes at least Reason 6 working.
I like the new start menu and the new (finally) dual monitor taskbar.
I'll definitively switch over when it's released. :)
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Happy New Year! May 2012 be the year of the BSOD from testing Windows 8 builds!
Wait
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May 2012 be the year of the Blue Frowny Face of Doom from testing Windows 8 beta.
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Apparently one of the settings 8 saves to Live is sticky keys being on/off. Reinstalled Windows to my new SSD a few days ago and just noticed that sticky keys is still off.
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I hope it also remembers stuff like show hidden files/folders, show extensions (some dumb that it hides stuff like .jpg by default) and other more geeky things.
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How? How does it know my PC? I didn't sign-in to any cloud-based bullshit. I really don't like my personal Data in the hands of who the fuck knows. Cloud-based computing is dangerous, and I'll never trust it.
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It doesn't know your PC unless you enter in your Windows Live login details.
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Show extensions and show encrypted / compressed files in color work.
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It doesn't do it if you use a local account.
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Okay, cool. So am I safe to assume it's using SkyDrive to upload user-data when you sign into Windows Live?
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And, currently, it only saves user settings and specific data (I want to say your photo/video/documents libraries, but I think that's opt-in.).
Don't freak out. A little bit of cloud is a good thing.
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Yes, to have a cloud, par say, store system files, so say, you could use a new and improved SFC
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_File_Checker)
So if you wanted to run maintenance tasks checking whether or not the current system files are non-tampered with, you could compare it against the "Cloud SFC Backup" and restore system files through it, and you wouldn't have to worry about the possibility of your Local SFC backup being damaged in order to restore system integrity. Just an idea, but a damn good one.
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Stupid question: Can you make a local account a cloud one too or can you only make it cloud by signing into LIVE when making the user account?
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Yes you can change a local account to a Live account and vice versa. To change a local to Live you have to do so in the Metro Control panel and from Live to local in the Desktop Control Panel (hope this fragmented experience will be fixed).
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I am sure for the sake of organization, they only let you via Live ID.
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I'm just paranoid because I want important data (like my steam accounts with passwords in a text file, my word doc of phone numbers, etc.) safely backed up online, but I have no idea what encryptions, etc are in play on the cloud's end, and if everything is even encrypted during transfer. I don't need a Sony incident where I lose all my Steam accounts because somebody sniffed the raw text during transfer somewhere...
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Stuff like documents aren't automatically uploaded, just some Windows settings.
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if you really want to make sure those documents are encrypted when backing them up, just throw them in a truecrypt container and put them on dropbox(or wherever, but i think dropbox is probably the easiest as far as this method is concerned)
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Freaks out about cloud security.
Stores important info in unencrypted text files.
Are you for real?
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He should at least put it in lastpass or that Windows credentials or some sort of password manager.
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I did the same thing, but my files were encrypted with 256-bit AES encryption.
Eventually, I forgot the key, so I just deleted them.
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lastpass is literally the best
the encryption/decryption is done client side so even if the servers were compromised nobody would have access to your passwords
and the company is really transparent about security, even going so far as to tell users about a network anomaly that meant a third party could be attempting to access the servers, so they were going to put some additional security measures in place
of course, the media interpreted this as OMG LASTPASS HACKED!!!!
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PandaX, do you have any idea if Fix It is being included with Windows 8 Beta / Windows 8?
http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal
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That's actually a really good idea.
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I thought Fix It was a web thing?
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It's ironic that there shouldn't be anything to fix like that in an OS.
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