Power of a Mac

Today was fun, with the Sim Lim trip, then the Iron Man 2. But that's not the focus of this post, lol.

Today, I discovered how great a Mac is.

Seriously, I've been a fervent Windows worshiper for as long as I can remember. But after trying the Mac, it is simply 0_0. Not to mention that it simply looks better and classier, the interface is extremely clever, the smartest os probably. The user interface is so intuitive, with a better scrolling, windows switching, etc. Moreover, programs doesn't lag, seriously.

In fact, the mac is so easy to use, a 5 year old kid can use it!


But the mac is not without its flaws though, firstly, getting a device to connect with a mac can be quite a pain in the ass for an average user. What's more, most programs are written for windows, which mean that it's quite difficult to get those to work on a Mac. Generally, a Mac is an extremely powerful machine in a proper user. The rest of my Mac experience will have to wait till I'm rich enough to own one, lol.

T__T

Haiz,

Sadness is everywhere in my life this 2 weeks.

First up with the exams, which I totally flunked, seriously, I know is my fault to slack so much and not keeping up with the pace, but it still suck...

Then's there's the teenage problem (tho I'm not exactly teen anymore) There's this girl in my course who i think is quite cute and more importantly, is my kind of girl.

One problem: she's attached. It just suck that whenever I finally find a girl of my type, she's ALWAYS attached...

It always lights up my day to see her around in school, and I was so happy she sat beside me during the MLE exam, (tho the exam was depressing). But when I went for lunch that day, I saw the guy's arms around her waist... my heart dropped...

I know that I'm not good looking and somewhat fat. And my academic results is just plain crap. And no other notable positive qualities... But I'm just looking for some love... My standard aint that high, just a plain petite cute girl, just 乖 is good enough. But that seem like Mission Impossible ∞...

Life is such a lousy game... I want a reset...

I've been thinking a lot about my life recently, I really want to set things straight... My personal nature is damn crap nua, and every time I start to do something about it, it never last more than a week... It's time to really set it straight. It's time to be a better man.

PS. I am not likely to fall into depression any time (yet).

How to change the boot sequence?

On the previous post, I mentioned how to make a bootable thumbdrive, now this is how to change the boot sequence.

When your computer initializes, it goes into its Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) to run system checks such as memory test. After the initial checks, it reads from a tertiary storage device for an operating system.

1. When you turn on your computer, during the first few seconds when the bios is loading, look for some messages such as:

"Press [key] to enter setup"
or
"Press [key] to change boot sequence"

where [key] can be 'F2', 'DEL', "CTRL+ATL+DEL", depending on your system.

Entering setup goes into the BIOS menu of your system, entering boot sequence goes directly to the boot sequence menu.

2. Spam this key as soon as your comp power up. If you see the operating system (windows) loading screen, you're too slow, restart and try again.

3. The first BIOS screen will show many computer settings. The bottom of the screen will show the keys for navigation, and changing the settings, etc.

Example:


4. Look for a setting that says Boot Order, Boot Sequence, First Boot Device, Boot Management, or something similar and select it.

5. That screen list all the devices your system can boot from. Shift the desired device to boot from to the top of the list.

Example:


6. Once the Boot Order has been changed, save and exit the BIOS screen.

Example:


After saving the setting, your computer will restart itself.

When the system boots up, it searches for a bootable operating system from media specified by the top entry of the boot sequence. If a bootable operating system is absent in that entry, it will go to the next item. If there are no bootable operating systems, it will give a message similar to "Boot media not found"

~ Da Noob Geek

How to make a Bootable Thumbdrive?

In this post I'm going to write a short guide on making a bootable thumbdrive.

FAQs:
Q. What does it mean by bootable?
A. On a normal computer start-up, the system will boot into your computer's local drive. By making a thumbdrive bootable, it allows the system to boot from your thumbdrive.

Q. What's is the point of making it bootable?
A. You can do alot of things on a bootable thumdrive. Some operating systems are portable, ie they can be installed on a removable drive, and start from it. I mainly use a bootable thumbdrive as an operating system installer to replace the need to use a dvd/cd installation.

Q. Why is it better to use a thumbdrive as installer?
A. Let's take windows 7 (which is what I'm good at) for example. By using a thumbdrive as installer, the process of "Copying Windows File" will be skipped, saving around 5-10 minutes. Moreover, a thumbdrive has a better transfer speed than a DVD/CD, your installation will be a lot faster. (it takes me only 20 minutes to format a PC)




















Step 1: Make sure you back up the data on your thumbdrive, any data on it will be ERASED
Step 2: Press "Windows Key" + 'R' to bring up "Run"
Step 3: Enter 'diskpart'














Step 4: Enter "list disk", this will bring up all the disk on your computer
Step 5: Enter "select disk #" where # is the disk number of your thumbdrive
You can check which disk is it by checking the size of the disk (in my case it's 1)
Step 6: Enter "clean"
*Warning, this process erases everything the drive and removes all partition*
Step 7: Enter "create partition primary"
Step 8: Enter "active"
*this sets the partition active, making the thumbdrive bootable
Step 9: Enter "format fs=fat32 quick"
*this means to do a quick format of the partition with file system fat32



Your thumbdrive is now bootable.
To use it as an installer, copy all the installation files on to the drive and boot from your thumbdrive.
Read How to change boot sequence? to boot from your thumbdrive.

~Da Noob Geek

Hello

After like 2 years of hesitation and procrastination, I have finally started my blog.

Just a small note for the first post on this blog. Midway in preparation for exams, looks like would be in a bit of trouble.

Creating a blog in the middle of exam isn't exactly wise, but I am extremely bored.

~ Da Noob Geek