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Archive of posts tagged netbook

Hands on with the Acer AC700 Chromebook

Posted by  on 19 July 2011, 1:00 pm

Last week, I got my hands on one of the brand spanking new Acer AC700 Chromebooks. I purchased this one over the Samsung Series 5 because the Acer has HDMI out instead of the Samsung’s VGA-via-dongle (it’s not portable if I have to remember 300 doohickeys to attach). My first impression with the unit is [...]

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Ubuntu (or any Linux) Install from USB

Posted by  on 23 July 2010, 10:00 am

On Monday I covered how to install Windows 7 via USB drive, but leaving it on it’s own would be unfair to our Open Source brethren.  Fortunately, if you want to make a bootable USB drive (under Windows or Linux) with a copy of Linux, it just just as easy.  All you need is UNetbootin [...]

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Windows 7 USB install

Posted by  on 19 July 2010, 10:00 am

Even since Vista, Microsoft has made it possible to install Windows via USB drive.  This is extremely useful for those of us that have MSDN and download ISOs direct.  It is also very helpful for those trying to install on a netbook or other optical-less machine. The main problem is that it has been a [...]

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“USB Drive not formatted” on one computer, but fine in another

Posted by  on 16 June 2010, 10:00 am

I was working on a friend’s computer this last weekend and I ran into a problem where her Kingston DataTraveler 16 GB suddenly stopped working on her Windows 7 Home Premium PC. My netbook, Eek, is currently running Windows 7 Ultimate and recognized it just fine. This was only the start of the USB problems.

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