Enabling generic SATA AHCI in Windows 7

After you use the BIOS setup of a Windows 7-based computer or a Windows Vista-based computer to change the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) mode of the boot drive to use either the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification or redundant array of independent disks (RAID) features, you receive the following error message when the computer is restarted: 

STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

Installing sqlite3 binary on Android RAZR MAXX (Running ICS)

Download SuperOneClick from cnet

You will need adnroid sdk tools, I am using version 10

A rooted RAZR Maxx with ICS

Turn on "USB Debugging" on your phone.

Copy sqlite3 binary from the SuperOneClick package above to the SD Card of your phone.

The open a command window and change directory to wherever you have extracted the sdk tools zipped file.
Then run the following commands

adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /system
cp /mnt/sdcard-ext/sqlite3 /system/bin
chmod 4755 /system/bin/sqlite3
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /system

.. and you are done.
I needed to do this to use sqlite to turn on the Mobile Hotspot on my phone.

Windows 7 Backup with DriveImage XML

Recently go a new Dell Latitude E5420 and wanted to use the machine with dual boot option (XP and Win 7) . Have already been using DriveImage XML to take full system image backup (and restore) on Windows XP for a couple of years now, so wanted to see if you can do the same thing with Windows 7.

Turns out, in Windows 7 you can create a system image and restore the whole system with the windows 7 installation disk.

There are problems though:

• In Home Premium edition ( the one that came pre-installed on my laptop) , you cannot exclude your windows xp partition from your system image, which makes my backup size more than double and takes twice as much time too.
• "Restore" from the the installation disk will wipeout all the partition and recreate the partition map to what it used to be whne you created the system image. That means, any other OS partition will be completely gone/over-written.

These are major issues AFAIAC, hopefully, Microsoft will make their process better in subsequent Windows OS.

Anway, creating a System image using DriveImage was easy enough.

Run something like this will create an image on an external USB drive:

"C:\Program Files\Runtime Software\DriveImage XML\dixml.exe" /bc /tG:\Images\KAUSHAL /r- /s- /c /v

And then used the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows to restore the Windows 7 partition.

Did run into "boot error" after the restore, then, runnng the following fixed the issue:

Boot with Windows 7 disc, Choose "Repair Option", Click on Command Prompt.

• Type C: ( or drive where Windows 7 is installed ) and press <Enter>.
• At the C:\ prompt, type cd boot and press <Enter>.
• At the C:\Boot prompt, type the following commands and press Enter after each command.

bootrec /RebuildBcd

bootrec /FixMbr

bootrec /FixBoot

 

That should fix boot problems.

 

Deleting The Dreaded _vti_cnf folders recursively Created by FrontPage

Recently installed the FrontPage extension on my old Windows XP box. Turns out, each of the folder under C:\Inetpub\wwwroot directory now has a folder called _vti_cnf .
It doesn't hurt anything, just annoying.

If you have Windows Powershell installed, you're lucky. Just open a Powershell window and issue the following commands:

cd C:\Inetpub\wwwroot

Get-ChildItem $RootDir "_vti_cnf" -recurse | Remove-Item -recurse


That's it, it's all gone.

Setting 32-bit mode for PHP on Wondows Server 2003 R2 64-bit

Open a command Window

cd C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts

cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true

United BMW has Express Price Now!

.. which still sucks just as bad as their Sale Pricing!

Just look at the picture below:

What kind of scam they are running? Could this be bad website provider for them? I could probably do a much better job as far as the website goes.

Expected better from a "premier" BMW dealership in Atlanta area.Sadly, they are closest from where I live, guess I will need to drive a little further if I have to buy a car.

Here is the URL btw:

http://www.gwinnettbmw.com/detail-2007-bmw-3_series-4dr_sdn_335i_rwd-used-7268405.html

.. and another one:

http://www.gwinnettbmw.com/detail-2009-bmw-5_series-4dr_sdn_535i_rwd-used-7453388.html

.. and the Google Cache, in case these idiots try to change the page:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:F2xblpe7MpAJ:www.gwinnettbmw.com/detail-2007-bmw-3_series-4dr_sdn_335i_rwd-used-7268405.html+http://www.gwinnettbmw.com/detail-2007-bmw-3_series-4dr_sdn_335i_rwd-used-7268405.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

So much for the "Sale" @ United BMW, Roswell

Thinking about trading in my 2003 for another late model 3-series . Browsing through local bmw dealerships' Used Car inventories and I come across this gem at United BMW of Roswell's site. So much for aggressive internet-only pricing!

This is the first "Sale Price" I have ever seen that's more than the List price of the car. What about other listings, can they be trusted?

What a scam!

Checkout the following URL:

http://www.bmwroswell.com/inventory.aspx?_vstatus=3,4,5&_cpo=true&_makef=BMW&_model=3+series&_yearfrom=2008&_yearto=2008

... and the direct URL:
http://www.bmwroswell.com/detail-2008-bmw-3_series-4dr_sdn_328i_rwd-used-6909726.html