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Original Xperia Z3 Compact Tablet power adapter EP880 Dead
I have had a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Tablet since December 2014. I’d been using a charging base with original tablet cord and power adapter since the beginning. This past weekend we went on a trip (via self road travel) — I unplugged my charging devices and brought them with me. Unpacking in the hotel,…
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Fedora 20 64-bit UEFI boot USB Key
I am using my HP Envy 4-1115dx with a USB Key running a Live ISO of Fedora 20 64-bit booted with UEFI. It’s working pretty well. Feels good, I can use my touchpad and touchscreen is working to a degree. The touchpad is really touchy though. I do have the turn off while typing and…
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UEFI Windows 8.1 Pro
I don’t know if I had UEFI and partitioned Win 8 installed exactly right (as it should have been) but I know I did use UEFI, absolutely … and when I upgraded to Win 8.1, I don’t know if that caused a problem or what or when, but one day, earlier this year, I turned…
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Dual-Booting and Data Reclaiming
I have a Seagate GoFlex Desktop 3TB drive, I wrote a post about it previously to this one. I was able to get a live Ubuntu DVD going which proved via Testdisk that I did have harvest-able data on it. That just wouldn’t work on my big Desktop computer though. I finally just bit the…