by Jack Feschuk | Jan 4, 2017 | Technology
Bootable media has always been finicky over the years and even with things such as UNetbootin, windows is a bit finickier and often needs some specific steps to getting it to boot correctly. Microsoft has created their own tool (Windows USB/DVD Download Tool) to set...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Technology
I recently had to extract data from a binary file and I was only provided with two hexadecimal offsets to obtain it with. Simply speaking, I had to pull out some data from an .ISO file (without mounting it…) and this “arbitrary data” would be a new...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Music, Technology
I just wrote an article about ripping CDs and converting audio files easily and for free and I wanted to post my view on the lossless VS lossy issue out there. For audiophiles out there who can claim they have the mythical Golden Ear which allows them to hear notes...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Music, Technology
Last year I began reorganizing my digital music collection and I made the decision to only have full albums. This meant a lot of space would be needed as I no longer went after just a few singles. At the same time I also wanted to go with a higher-quality audio format...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Technology
You should wait until three months until after the first major update. That is my simple policy for new operating systems. Here is my detailed reasoning: HARDWARE – When a new operating system drops (macOS 10.12 Sierra, Windows 10) it will likely break support...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Technology
If you have an operating system in the form of an .ISO file you may now want to burn it to a USB to run it as a live operating system or even to install it on a computer. This is very easily accomplished today with UNetbootin Just download and install it (Mac,...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 30, 2016 | Technology
I am annoyed when I see people turning to torrents and pirate sites as their source for a copy of Windows. I have no issue with the matter of piracy in this case but rather this is more of a security issue. Obtaining the .ISO image for your operating system from...
by Jack Feschuk | Nov 20, 2016 | Technology
If you have to install 64bit Windows Vista, 7 or Server 2008 than you may come across an error that goes “Select CD-ROM Boot Type“. This will happen when you try to boot from the hard drive after the Windows DVD has copied over some of the files during the first phase...
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