windows
How to get 3TB HDD to work with NVIDIA motherboards
Posted Sat, 05/14/2011 - 4:37pm
If you recently tried installing a 3TB Hard Drive you'll notice that only about 1/3 of the drive is recognized by Windows. The fix is quite simple:
1. Download NVIDIA nForce Drivers 15.58 or later
2. Install the NVIDIA NFORCE 15.58 drivers and reboot your system after the install is done.
3. You're done. Your PC should be able to see the entire 3TB drive (it should be around 2.72TB)
How to fix Traktor not keeping play count or mp3 comment changes
Posted Thu, 03/24/2011 - 4:02pm
So... Here I was playing sets on my new Traktor S4 on my 2010 iMac, and noticed that Traktor was acting weird--comments were getting erased, ratings were disappearing, play counts weren't being kept. In other words,Traktor's explorer worked on some files and not others.
I tried changing file permissions, reinstalling Traktor, etc... nothing solved the problem... Doing research didn't show me any concrete solutions (e.g. change the play count settings; this didn't work).
Then it occurred to me, I haven't defragmented my Windows PC in over 2 months. And a few weeks before, I had my windows PC sync all my mp3 files to my iMac.
So long story short, the mp3 files were messed up ("garbage at the end of file")...
The solution
How to make a bootable USB thumb drive
Posted Fri, 05/22/2009 - 2:47pm
For a Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7 install usb drive
- format your disk as FAT32
- click start: type 'cmd' enter
- type:
bootsect /nt60 X:
How to install Windows 7 RC using a thumb drive
Posted Tue, 05/05/2009 - 7:15pm
It's no secret, Windows 7 is the best windows ever--it doesn't matter that the RC build 7100 not the final version, it's still a LOT better and faster than the latest and most optimized Windows Vista.
OK... anyhow... some people don't have CD/DVD drives in their PCs, so using a thumb drive is usually the best way to go.
In Windows Vista
Start --> type 'cmd' --> right click on cmd and select "Run as administrator"
Diskpart
List Disk
Select Disk 1 (Replace 1 with number reflecting your USB Drive)
clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=ntfs
assign
Now that the thumb drive is done, extract all the files from the Windows 7 iso with 7zip
You're done
now reboot and go into your bios, and select your USB drive to boot first... or if your bios has boot menu selection, then use that and select your USB drive. (e.g. the boot menu can be accessed by hitting ESC for my PC)
And as always... to have the most hassle/trouble free installation, please do a CLEAN INSTALL.
Meaning: do no upgrade your old windows. At the Windows 7 Installation, do the custom/advanced install and format your HD that you're going to install windows 7 on.
