[xubuntu-users] Fwd: More Difficult to Dual-Boot Now

[Petter Adsen]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:43:58 +0100
Patrice ARNAL <patricearnal at gmx.fr> wrote:

> Le 14/01/2016 07:28, Michael Höhne a écrit :
> > Ther is another solution: Install "Virtualbox" and you can set up a
> > virtual Windows machine.
> >
> > Michael
> >  
> VirtualBox does not work for me : tomtom Gps synchronization and 
> external western digital firmware updates.
> 
> In both cases the crap (but mandatory) software used does some
> stranges things with the usb, ending in USB released to Linux and
> crash of the microsoft program.

In this case there is one other thing you can try - get a copy of
Hiren's Boot Disc. It contains a bootable copy of the Windows XP PE
environment, and works for most software used for firmware updates. I
had to use it myself a while back to update the firmware on an SSD, and
it worked just fine.

Petter

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