Use one USB drive for 3 purposes: OS/recovery installation/data
I have a high performance USB drive and decided to use it for multiple purposes: it should have an OS installed in, like Ubuntu (possibly server version for a lighter weight OS), then when I boot from this drive it can start the OS in it. it should act as a recovery disk, so I can use this one to in...
Google contacts sync issue
I have Lenovo Vibe K5. I have several contacts in my Google account, and tried to sync them to my phone. But, a weird issue happened. Contacts with same name (with possible permutations) were not syncing. Look at the examples to understand better. Example 1: In google, if I have these contacts: Ram ...
Detect failing USB hard drive automatically
I Have a Raspberry Pi which has one USB exte al hard drive attached to it (via a separatly powered USB hub). The thing is that sometimes this disk becomes unresponsive (I can't access its mounted directories any more). A quick fix I found for this is just to restart the Pi. The Pi is ru ing a minor ...
Connection speed switches automatically from 1 Gbps to 100 Mbps
So I have an intenet co ection that lets me use 600Mbs initially when I plug in my ethe et cable I can see 1 Gbps co ection speed (in ethe et status window). The issue is that I can see that every now and then 5-10 min I see duration reset (in ethe et status window) and usually on the first reset (s...
Progress state: VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
deathstar> VBoxManage showhdinfo XP.vdi UUID: fa2d24af-bd52-4928-89d3-c8c5feeb7b75 Parent UUID: base State: created Type: normal (base) Location: /root/VirtualBox VMs/XP/XP.vdi Storage format: VDI Format variant: dynamic default Capacity: 60000 MBytes Size on disk: 4276 MBytes In use by VMs: XP (UUI...
No permission to download my own file in AWS S3
I can see I have the all the checkboxes checked in S3 panel with me as the Grantee. But when I try access the URL or downloading the file, it says access is denied. I don't want to change permission to everyone. Why can't I download my own file?
I need to occasionally restart my router to fix my internet connection. Can I detect it with a script and restart automatically?
I am using buffalo router WZR-HP-G300NH with DD-wrt firmware. The inte et sometimes slow down and devices ca ot even join the the WIFI. If I reboot the router, everything is back to normal. This can happen several times a day. Is there any script to detect the the problem in the router and restart a...
Wi-Fi Network Adapter Code 45 Error (Windows 10)
I have a Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11bgn Network Adapter on an HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC. For a few days, the adapter has been disco ecting from the network on and off. When I check Device Manager, the main issue I have is Code 45: "Currently, the hardware device is not co ected to the computer. To fix...
Confusion about HTTPS proxies
I know how HTTP proxies work, but I am unsure about HTTPS ones. More specifically, I am confused about the encryption part. So, the client co ects to the proxy using HTTPS. That I understand. Now say the user wants to co ect to gmail through that proxy. Does the proxy have to estabilish a HTTPS co e...
Cloning a HD vs. Copying Files - Which is faster?
Cloning will be much. much faster. I cant say how much, as it will depend on the speed of your setup. However, it shouldnt take more than a few hours. Copying has to open a file, read it, write it, and then close it. Virus sca ers will look at every file you open, as well. Other file system based ho...
Virtual memory on windows 10
I've read on many articles and i've seen on my previous PC that the default Windows virtual memory formula is : 1.5 X RAM Size (for initial size). But on my new Pc with 6GB of RAM , with windows 10 x64 v1511 , the recommended Virtual memory Size is 1663 MB and allocated is 6144 MB. Is there any chan...