CD-R King's Wi-Fi + Bluetooth USB Combo Dongle in Ubuntu 10.4

Since my mom's computer is quite outdated, running on Intel's Pentium 4 1.8GHz + 256MB RAM, I decided to install Ubuntu side by side. The reason for this is that, most of my mom's friends are already on facebook and she asked me how to setup an account for this, which eventually requires stable internet connection. (I'm not letting her use dial-up internet and feel more stressed).

Recovering of Partition Table Information

One of the most nasty things happened while shrinking drives is this unreadable partition. Sometimes this also could happen, if you accidentally cleanED (using windows DISKPART) a disk. At first when I thought it was deleted, it is a 500GB hard disk, so you can imagine how much information it holds. I tried to get a cup of coffee and convinced myself that "Hey, it is not all deleted. No computer can delete such file size in a few seconds. If you want to delete a Hard Disk without a trace, you have to switch 1 and 0 per 8 bits of a byte of that 500 gigabytes." Thus, I decided to spend this night sleepless, trying to recover the data.

Searching on the internet is hard. I tried many softwares there, and sadly some are hijacked with virus, rootkits and some even tried to write a function after few months to mess my drive's partition table after uninstall. I also installed some "promising" softwares, but in the end they won't allow you to fix your partition table.

Good thing, I'm able to find this good tool called TestDisk. At first it is hard to use and after trying all those crapwares, I already lose hope, but TestDisk worked like a charm. From the damaged partition, it can even extract files back and also fix the partition that I accidentally cleanED using the diskpart tool. After analyzing the disk partition, it will write a new one and instruct you to restart it to take effect. On my case, it is a removable device. Simply unplug, plug, found new device and WHOA! the files are there.

and the best thing about this, it is FREE! Thanks to the genius behind this Open Source Project.

Windows 7 - How to Enable the Start > Run from Start Menu

1. Right-Click on Start Menu

2. Click "Properties"

3. Under Start Menu Tab, Click "Customize"

4. Scroll Down and Check "Run Command"

5. Click "OK".

Tool Request

Out of boredom, I would start to accept tool request. Just tell me what you have to accomplish and don't give me deadline (unless you are willing to pay, that's another story).

I'll develop these tools for those who are not technically savvy. I'll just post here the request (and some name, depending on your requirement). and another thing, I'll just develop for those using Microsoft OS(es). I think it can also run in Linux environment (you have to install Mono),but for now I don't want much trouble and just want to offer some hand.

Sony VAIO FE-53

This is what I am using now. It served me well because I can type Japanese text without any hassle.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz, 2MB L2 cache, System Bus 667MHz (Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 processor)

Chipset: Intel 945GM chipsetMemory: 1GB (512MBx2) DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAMGraphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Video Memory up Up to 224 MB * (Automatic Resize)Screen: 15.4" WXGA "glossy" screen at 1280x800 resolution Color TFT LCD [liquid crystal clear Black (AR) (Pure Color Coat)

External Display Output (when projecting output to projector, or TV or other CRT display): 1,677 million colors (1080,1680 × 1920 × 1050,1600 × 1200,1360 × 768,1280 × 768,1024 × 768,800 × 600 × 1024,1280)
Harddrive: TOSHIBA MK1032GSX 100 GB (5400rpm, 16MB cache, SATA)

Optical drive: 8x Super Multi DVD±RW and DVD-RAM optical drive (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16M)MemoryStick Pro Duo readerExpress Card slot(5in1 multicard reader).PC Card slotWireless: Integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 802.11a/b/g + BluetoothLAN: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Weight: 2.8 kg

PC Card slot : ExpressCard/34 × 1, TypeII × 1
Externals:
• Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) × 3
• I.LINK (IEEE1394) pin 4 × 1 (S400)
• Network (LAN) × 1 (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T)
• Output external display * 2 * 1 (15-pin mini D-sub top 16.77 million colors, a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1080>) × 1
• * 2 video output (1 S video, 1 Typical Display Output)
• Headphone output (stereo mini jack) × 1
• Microphone input (stereo mini jack) × 1 plug-in phone jack for the modem (LINE) × 1
• DC IN × 1 (power supply)

Wireless Communications:

WiFi: Internal (IEEE802.11a/b/g compliance, WPA2 support, Wi-Fi compatibility)Bluetooth: Equipped (EDR compliant Bluetooth Ver.2.0 +)FeliCa Port: Equipped
Memory Stick Slot: Dedicated Memory Stick Duo * 11 (Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible, high-speed data transfer support, Magic Gate)

Audio Capability: DSD corresponding high-quality sound chip "Sound Reality" (Intel High Definition Audio compliant), integrated stereo speakers, integrated microphone mono

Integrated Camera "Motion Eye":Progressive 1/5.5 type VGA CMOS sensor system, 330,000 total pixels resolution (310,000 pixel effective pixels), 2 group adopted two plastic lens (f = 3.0mm F2.8)

Keyboard/Touchpad



Installing other OS can be a challenge, but if you want to use your computer to some limits, this is a good experience.