Samsung QVO vs EVO SSD
| QVO | EVO |
|---|---|
| Lower TBW | Higher TBW |
| TLC NAND (4 data bits/cell) | TLC NAND (3 data bits/cell) |
| Performance same (4) | Performance same (4) |
Notes:
Work-around to stop Windows PC Overheating
In Windows Run box (Windows Key + R) enter following command to lower the Control Panel ‘Maximum processor state’.
control powercfg.cpl,,1
Scroll down to ‘Processor power management’. Next, click to expand ‘Maximum processor state’, then set the ‘On battery’ and/or ‘Plugged in’ percentages to less than 100%, e.g. 80%.
This should prevent the CPU overheating, i.e. reaching the maximum die (Tjunction) temperature and shutting down the PC.
ref: Computer Active 696/p64
To bypass the Microsoft Account requirement, proceed with the first few steps of the installation process normally until you reach the Sign in screen.
Then press Shift + F10 to open up a Command Prompt Window and enter the following command:
oobe\bypassnro
The system will restart and begin the installation steps all over. At this point disconnect your PC from the Internet. Eventually you’ll see an “I Don’t Have Internet” option, or you’ll be prompted to create a local account immediately.
The procedure below assumes a standard Windows 10 | 11 installation where the Recovery Partition immediately follows the Windows OS partition
1. Run Command Prompt as administrator
2. Check the Recovery partition is enabled
reagentc /info
If the Recovery partition is enabled disable it
reagentc /disable
3. Shrink the Windows OS partition by 250MB so as to increase the Recovery partition by the same amount
diskpart list disk sel disk [OS disk index] list part sel part [OS partition] shrink desired=250 minimum=250 sel part [Recovery partition] delete partition override
4.
Install libguestfs library to allow accessing and modifying guest disk images
sudo apt-get install libguestfs-tools
Create mount point
sudo mkdir /mnt/vhd
Find target device filesystem using Guestfish – note this example is for ntfs system partition on device /dev/sd2
sudo guestfish --ro -a /path_to_vhd/vhd.vhdx
Welcome to guestfish, the guest filesystem shell for
editing virtual machine filesystems and disk images.
Type: ‘help’ for help on commands
‘man’ to read the manual
‘quit’ to quit the shell
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Inadvertently hitting Up-Arrow just before striking the Enter key causes the search to select last drop down menu search option, i.e. “Change Search Settings” instead of searching the web. This could be intentional but more often than not it’s an annoyance. It also wipes the original search query forcing it to be retyped. In addition the “Change Search Settings” option doesn’t get highlighted to give you a clue that it is going to Change Search Settings.
Install libguestfs tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images
sudo yum install libguestfs-tools # Fedora/RHEL/CentOS sudo apt-get install libguestfs-tools # Debian/Ubuntu
Mount Microsoft Windows 7 System Image Backup Virtual Hard Disk – VHD files using guestmount
Example to open a Windows System Image Backup VHD file stored on a backup drive (D:)
sudo mkdir /mnt/vhdmp sudo guestmount --add /media/mike/New\ Volume/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-86333F0/Backup\ 2023-11-28\ 145005/3300c520-45e9-48f0-aaca-5b5a0b380b77.vhdx --inspector --ro /mnt/vhdmp
Once mounted use Krusader (Admin mode) or Nautilus to open the mount point directory (\mnt\vhdmp) to browse the contents
Above example mounts in Read-Only mode.
Mount Microsoft Windows 7 System Image Backup Virtual Hard Disk – VHD file(s) in Linux using Guestmount
Example to open a System Image Backup VHD file stored on a USB backup drive (D:)
sudo mkdir /mnt/vhdmp sudo guestmount --add /media/mike/New\ Volume/WindowsImageBackup/DESKTOP-86333F0/Backup\ 2023-11-28\ 145005/3300c520-45e9-48f0-aaca-5b5a0b380b77.vhdx --inspector --ro /mnt/vhdmp
Once mounted use Krusader (Admin mode) or Nautilus to open the mount point directory (\mnt\vhdmp) to browse contents
Mounted in Read-Only mode
To mount in Read-Write mode replace -ro with –rw.
sudo fdisk -l
Use SED script in command line to strip lines containing “Disk /dev/loop” pattern and delete following 5 lines including stripped line
sudo fdisk -l | sed -e '/Disk \/dev\/loop/,+5d'
~/.bashrc: alias shorthand to make it easier to remember
alias fdsk="sudo fdisk -l | sed -e '/Disk \/dev\/loop/,+5d'"
Then simply type fdsk in the command line and enter your password when prompted.
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