Saturday, February 26, 2011

Hints for installation error of office 2007 In windows xp

In Windows XP MS office 2007 installation error

first make an ISO window xp from other computer that cd rom ( if u r using notebook)
From Windows install disk, or c:\i386 that may have been set up in an OEM install, open (Double click)  on the FP40EXT.CAB file.
find fp4autl.dll file
than copy the file to c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\40\bin
try install back the Microsoft office, it will probally work 
        
By :-
                                     Kundan Kumar
                                      Purnea, Bihar

Software & hints to make easy bootable pen drive for windows xp

Creating your bootable USB key:-
First of all,you will need :-
ð A USB key (Capacity 1 or 2 GB)
ð A Windows XP CD (official version)
ð A PC with a CD Player and a USB key.
ð And this software win setup from USB :
It will also require that :-
ð Your USB key is bootable;
ð Your machine accepts the boot on your USB key (see in the BIOS);
ð Your key is fast enough to avoid delays during installation of the OS;
Installing XP :-
          Once downloaded, run the installation software and follow the
          Installation wizard at the end of the installation, the software will
launch.
ð Step 1: Insert your Windows XP CD into the CD ROM Drive and click
              browse.
ð Step 2: Enter the destination path on the PC.
ð Step 3: Select your CD ROM drive where your CD is Windows XP and
              click OK.
ð Step 4: Click Refresh and then go on the small arrow just to the left and
              Select the USB key that you used to boot XP.
ð Step 5: Select Fixed.
ð Step 6: That everything is ready you can just click on the GO.
ð Wait for the copying procedure. Then close the software.
  (You are informed when the copy is complete)
ð Installing Windows XP.
ð In a first time you connect the USB to your notebook and go into the BIOS.
ð Then set your BIOS to boot your PC on USB key.
ð Once done, save and restart your PC.
ð Here you will have two lines in the GRUB menu.
ð The first is to select the startup of the installation procedure
ð The second line will be for the rest of the installation and the first boot of Windows XP.
ð Therefore boot on the USB key until Windows XP is fully installed.
ð Follow the installation instructions as for a normal installation.
ð Now your Windows XP is installed with your USB key.
       
              By :-             Kundan Kumar
       Purnea, Bihar

Monday, February 14, 2011

How can we make a bootable pen drive for windows xp & ubuntu

 This tutorial will teach you how to create a bootable windows XP/ubuntu(any linux) pen drive and install XP/ubuntu(any linux) using this bootable pen drive.
Why would anyone want to install Windows XP from a pen drive??
  1. May be their CD drive isn’t working properly like mine, or
  2. They don’t want to waste money on a CD
More over installation from a flash drive is faster compared to a CD.
Before we go on with the tutorial here’s what you’ll need
  1. 1 USB flash drive, 1GB or larger
  2. 1 Windows XP installation disc
  3. Assorted files that I’ll describe as we go along.
  4. Note: Your BIOS should support usb boot, some older computers may not support USB boot.
Preparing the flash drive
First up, we need to prepare the flash drive.
  1. Download and unzip this file, which should contain 2 folders: 1 titled Bootsect, and the other USB_prep8.
  2. Navigate to the USB_prep8 folder and click on usb_prep8.cmd. This will bring up a Windows console window.

Making a bootable USB
  1. Press any key to continue and a PeToUSB window will open.
 
Image for step 2,3 & 4, click to enlarge
  1. Make sure your flash drive is selected, and click start to format your flash drive.
  2. When the format is complete, click OK, but do not close the PeToUSB window or the Windows Console.
  3. Open a new console window by typing “cmd” into the run box in the Windows Start Menu.

opening Command Prompt
  1. Find your Bootsect folder (if you’re not used to DOS commands, you can type “dir” to list directories and files, type “cd foldername” to navigate to a folder name – called foldername in this example, and if there’s a long folder name you can save time by typing the “cd” and just the first few letters and then hitting the Tab key to fill in the rest of the name).

Changing directory on a command prompt
  1. Once you’re in the Bootsect folder, type “bootsect.exe /nt52 g:” if “g” is the letter assigned to your flash drive. If it’s E, then change the letter to e. If it’s Z, make it z. Get it?
  2. When this is done, you should see a message letting you know that the bootcode was updated, and you can close this console window (but not the other console window).
  3. Close the PeToUSb Window, but make sure not to close the remaining console window yet
  4. You should now see a list of 8 options in the console.
  5. Select one and find the drive with your Windows installation disc.

Making a bootable USB
  1. Select 2 and pick a random drive letter (but not one that’s already on your PC, since this will be a virtual drive used for copying your files).
  2. Select 3 and enter the drive letter for your USB flash drive.
  3. Select 4 and follow the rest of the on-screen directions and you should be all set.
The process should take about 15-20 minutes. When it’s done, you should have a bootable USB stick that you can use to install Windows XP the same way you would if you had a CD/DVD drive.
A few notes here. First of all, there’s a chance you may get down to step 15 and the program will tell you that it can’t create the virtual drive. This may happen if you’ve already gone through the whole process and are trying to do it again to fix problems. The solution seems to be rebooting your computer and trying again. Or at least that’s what worked for me.
Second, if you use NLite to shrink/slipstream/otherwise modify your Windows XP installation file, make sure you do not remove “manual installation files,” or your USB stick will be pretty much useless.
Once your usb drive is ready, go to your bios and set USB to first position in boot order. Now plug the usb and restart.
Make sure you back up your important documents and files, firefox bookmarks, and drivers if you lost your drivers cd.
This post explains you how to backup your drivers easily
Creating a bootable ubuntu / linux pen drive
Creating a bootable ubuntu pendrive is pretty easy
  1. First copy the iso file of the linux version you want to install on to your hard drive.
  2. Download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
  3. Then double click the unetbootin file.
  4. This will open up a small window, select disk image and browse to the image on your hard drive and click ok.
  5. You bootable pen drive should be ready in 5 to 10 minutes

Creating a Ubuntu bootable pen drive with Unetbootin

How can we make a bootable pen drive


Bootable USB guide, here we assume that you are using either Vista or
Windows 7 to create a bootable USB.

1. Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup
all the data from the USB as we are going to format the USB to make it
as bootable.

2. Open elevated Command Prompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu
search field and hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to
Start > All programs >Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and
select run as administrator.

3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

DISKPART and hit enter.

LIST DISK and hit enter.

Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of
your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1.

4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one
and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily
guess what these commands do.

SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)
ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command
at the next step. Just minimize it.

5. Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the
drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I use “D” as my
optical (DVD) drive letter and “G” as my USB drive letter.

6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:

6.1. Change directory to the DVD’s boot directory where bootsect lives:
d:
cd d:\boot

6.2. Use bootsect to set the USB as a bootable NTFS drive prepared for
a Vista/7 image. I’m assuming that your USB flash drive has been
labeled disk G:\ by the computer:
bootsect /nt60 g:

(Where “G” is your USB drive letter)

7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.

You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB
as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most
of the current motherboards support this feature).

Note that this bootable USB guide will not work if you are trying to
make a bootable USB on XP computer.

There is already possible for make bootable xp
By
             Kundan