What you need is this handy (Windows) tool from HP. It formats anything with a USB plug (well, maybe not everything)…
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Remove GPT USB Partition: How to Remove a GPT Partition from a USB Drive
Posted in How To, tagged usb format fat ntfs restore on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Restore XP on the Acer Aspire One: How to Restore XP from the Acer Aspire One Hidden Partition
Posted in How To, tagged os, system administration, windows on April 14, 2009 | 77 Comments »
ARM: What is thy bidding my Master?
You: It’s Windows 7 we’re after.
ARM: I’m sorry, did you just say Windows 7?
You: You got a problem with that?
ARM: Actually, I, uh…
You: ARM? Are you OK?
ARM: My mind is going…cannot format..failed to format…partition not found…
Let’s face it: Acer eRecovery Management needs a little love to get through this. Here’s what you need to do.
usability > easy_to_use. Can you define usability?
Posted in How To, tagged design, interaction, usability on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When interviewing software developers I often ask them to define the term usability. What I’m really asking is, “have you ever thought much about how your users interact with your software?” This is a rather important aspect of software design.
Tips for using the ASP.NET cache to store SQL Server DataSets
Posted in How To on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my new job I’ve been not-so-gently introduced to the world of ASP.NET. Coming from a Ruby on Rails background, ASP.NET is like a slap in the face. Ouch! I ran into some major gotchas today while adding caching to an RSS feed (generally a good idea, BTW), via the ASP.NET global cache, datasets, and [...]
Using Windows Server 2008 Workstation: Audio Stutters
Posted in How To, tagged audio, stutter, windows server 2008, workstation on March 12, 2008 | 7 Comments »
With Microsoft’s recent launch of Windows Server 2008, there seems to be some buzz about using it as a workstation OS. There was a recent post on OS news linking to Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS (by Vijayshinva Karnure, apparently a MS employee). Not many days after the post on OS [...]
