EFI system partition is the disk partition used by computer system to adhere particularly to EFI scheme. This partition is refereed by ID 0xEF in MBR partition table scheme. Microsoft recommends that…
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Unable to Restore Applications from Restore Disc in Tiger
Restore disc(s) come shipped with your Mac computer and allow you to restore Apple software. A Mac OS X 10.2 Restore disc is deprived of restoring some applications including Classic Support, if…
How to Troubleshoot Linux Error ‘cannot execute /etc/init.d/boot’?
Linux boot process is inclusive of several steps. The last steps of this boot procedure in init process, identified by id ‘1’. When starting the system, init starts system processes, which have…
Using Convert.exe Might Cause Partition Loss in Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP operating system supports two hard drive file systems: NTFS (New Technology File System) and FAT (File Allocation Table). NTFS is more advanced than FAT and thus provides high performance….
Partition Recovery When FAT Boot Sector gets Damaged
From time to time, generally because of virus infection and improper system shutdown like situations, FAT file system boot sector of your Windows computer might get damaged. If the partition containing operating…
Data Loss in External Mac Hard Drive When you Change Partition Scheme
In Mac OS X, Time Machine is a powerful and advanced backup tool, that was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. It is designed to work with Time Capsule. It…
Partition Loss due to Hard Drive Read Errors
Sometimes, when you try to access data from a Windows hard drive or attempt to store data on drive and install software on it, the hard drive could not be read. You…
Windows Partition Loss Due to Missing Boot Record Signature
Intel based computer systems rely on system BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) for loading and executing the bootstrap code. BIOS bootstrap function generates the int 0x19 that loads first sector of hard drive…
File System Structure Corruption and Partition Recovery in Windows
Fragmentation is a common problem with Microsoft Windows operating system. When you save a file on Windows hard drive, it gets fragmented into several parts. Excessive fragmentation of files might decrease the…
Kudos to Filipino artists, shame on Filipino scientists
by Flor Lacanilao Whereas Filipino artists are not only busy with their artistic work but also advance national art and defend its institutions, Filipino scientists have been largely concerned only with doing…
Organic products center in Baras, Rizal launched
The launching of the Baras OPC is a project of the Organic Vegetable Project co-implemented by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)…
Guide for soil id’ing comes to cellphones
According to Dr. Rodrigo Badayos, director of the Agricultural Systems Cluster of the UPLB College of Agriculture, they have recently converted a picture guidebook, available in the past in printed and compact-disc…
Grafting technique reduces bacterial wilt incidence in eggplant
Project leader, Dr. Nenita L. Opina of the Crop Science Cluster of the College of Agriculture, UP Los Baños, indicated that when high-yielding, susceptible commercial varieties of eggplant were grafted with rootstocks…
Database of Filipino S&T Researchers Re-launched
The Bahay Kubo Research (BKR) team, a group of young Filipino researchers working voluntarily to promote S&T in the Philippines, re-launched its database of Filipino researchers’ website this week. The new database…
Pesticide use in coconut against leaf beetle is safe
Brontispa is a serious pest of coconut in the Philippines, having attacked more than 1.6 million coconut trees nationwide. Two years ago, 26 provinces were quarantined due to infestation to save the…