Friday, May 17, 2019

How to install Windows 10 on Asus TP500LB laptop

After encountering intermittent blue screen problems on my laptop, I decided to take the plunge, and re-install the entire operating system.

So I happily plugged in my external DVD writer, insert the Windows 10 DVD and pressed F2 to enter BIOS and boot from DVD. Everything went well, Windows installer asked which partition I wish to install to. I selected the largest partition, but it failed with some mysterious error code. There was a link at the bottom of the screen which I clicked on and it says:

"Windows is unable to install to this partition which is a GPT partition"

I had already booted up as UEFI by ensuring BIOS CSM is disabled, Secure boot is disabled and selected the Boot sequence to choose UEFI-DVD-Matsushita.

So, even though I had booted into UEFI, yet it refuses to install to a GPT partition. Doesn't make sense, yes?

So, after trying for 8 hours, I had no alternative but to convert the GPT to MBR using the command line provided by the Installer.

So, when booting again into the installer, I select Repair PC. In the next screen, I select other options and then chose cmd. In the cmd terminal, I typed:

diskpart
list disk        [ you will see one partition with label gpt ]
select disk 0  [ it could be 1 or others depending on what you see above ]
clean
convert mbr

Then, reboot to BIOS and set as follows:


Fig 1. Change to DVD device

In Fig 1 above, make sure you change to the DVD device. On my bios it is listed as DVD-ram. Also, if there is Fast Boot, be sure to disable it. And make sure you enable Launch CSM.



Fig 2. Selecting Secure Boot



Fig 3. Disabling Secure boot

In Fig 2, above select the Secure boot link. Then in Fig 3, disable it.

Upon installing Windows 10 Pro, I found that it is already automatically activated. 





Reference:
https://neosmart.net/wiki/convert-gpt-to-mbr/

Saturday, March 9, 2019

FTP No response from Server Error

To solve the problem, set the CoreFTP's connection type to : AUTH_TLS


Friday, March 8, 2019

How to solve power, battery icon missing from taskbar

This solved it for me:

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001560.htm

Steps:

Scan for hardware changes
  1. Open the Windows Device Manager.
  2. Click the Action menu at the top of the Device Manager window and select Scan for hardware changes.
  3. Expand the Batteries section in the Device Manager.
  4. Verify the Microsoft AC Adapter and Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery devices are displayed.
  5. Check the notification area on the Taskbar and see if the battery icon is now visible.
  6. If the battery icon is still greyed out, proceed to the next section.

Disable and Re-enable Microsoft Drivers
  1. Open the Windows Device Manager.
  2. Expand the Batteries section.
  3. Right-click on the Microsoft AC Adapter and Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Batterydevices and select the Disableoption.
  4. Right-click on the two devices again and select Enable.
  5. Restart the laptop and see if the battery icon is now visible in the notification area on the taskbar.