Hi I have a laptop running Remix os and it's only OS installed to the hard drive using all space for the android.
It is simple to do if you are interested.
Take the USB you made, Clone the usb drive using something like minitool partition wizard to a hard drive with no partitions on it. Copy using option 1:1 no resize.
put hard drive in a compatible machine.
turn on PC, enjoy
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As the title said, my laptop was very old and running Windows very slow. So I want to use RemixOS to replace my Windows.
Is thaa possible?
ryo2456 said:
As the title said, my laptop was very old and running Windows very slow. So I want to use RemixOS to replace my Windows.
Is thaa possible?
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hi it is posible and i bet there is a easy way im to stupid to find so here is what i did take a old empty hdd and the biggest usb stick u have (not bigger than the hdd) download the remix os install it on the usb stick like normaly then kill the partition on the hard disk using minitool partition wizard (freeware) [aply changes] then tell it to clone the partitions of the usb stick to the hdd u want to use and select no rezising of partitions aply again , shutdown , plug hdd into laptop and done schould install like normal on usb youst from internal [later u can partition the remaining space on the hdd into nice 32gb pices so the os can read them and have unlimited space i bet there is a easyer way but that worked for me whit the 64 bit version and a crappy intel atom office system whitout uefi boot if someone has a more simple way please let me know ^^ also is there a way to turn of guest mode querry so it automaticly boots into residental mode ?
DataFlo said:
hi it is posible and i bet there is a easy way im to stupid to find so here is what i did take a old empty hdd and the biggest usb stick u have (not bigger than the hdd) download the remix os install it on the usb stick like normaly then kill the partition on the hard disk using minitool partition wizard (freeware) [aply changes] then tell it to clone the partitions of the usb stick to the hdd u want to use and select no rezising of partitions aply again , shutdown , plug hdd into laptop and done schould install like normal on usb youst from internal [later u can partition the remaining space on the hdd into nice 32gb pices so the os can read them and have unlimited space i bet there is a easyer way but that worked for me whit the 64 bit version and a crappy intel atom office system whitout uefi boot if someone has a more simple way please let me know ^^ also is there a way to turn of guest mode querry so it automaticly boots into residental mode ?
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I mean:
1. Install on USB
2. Format the partition on HDD
3. Clone the USB to HDD
right?
I success to replace my Windows with RemixOS.
But how can I use the full partition of my HDD?
Installation of Remix OS on hard disk using all storage
Have a look at "How to install Remix OS to hard disk".
easy,it is like install it on VMware.
just create a boot able USB
boot from it.
then on boot press tab and enter quiet INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
if I remember correctly.
this will start the stand alone hdd formating tool and installation wizard.
this is very easy and you find tons of videos about it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVGmcBAasoo
This is a working usb install media creator method for os remix installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first drive basic fat 32 install you will need rufus 2.9 usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive to your liking ext 4 for example on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus 2.9 and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot it up again to write all config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update addresses the boot media creation errors. After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ative pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all.
Good Morning,
When i am using the USB tool provided with the remix os PC download, i always get the message "Missing operating system"
Even when using Rufus to extract the iso to the same USB drive, it boots but then hangs on the remix os logo on both resident and guest, I left it for well over an hour and still wont boot.
The USB drive is 8gb (but also the same on 32gb drives), I format as fat32, even delete all partitions and create a new one using minitool partition wizard.
I have tried to search for an answer to this but only seems to get references to ubuntu, which then refer to using rufus or formatting as fat32 first, which i have just tried.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks
Yeah, here's an unusual one.
So the HDD in my old laptop died, requiring me to get a new laptop. Lo and behold, however, I had an old laptop that had a good HDD in it and the board was bad. So I want to install Remix onto this HDD, then slap it into my old laptop to play with it.
The HDD right now is in a hard drive reader plugged into my current laptop.
All I want to do is wipe the data off of it, install Remix OS, and slap this hard drive into my old laptop.
Is there an easy way to do this or do I need extra-special partitioning tools? Also, why isn't there just a basic "run the installer and go" version of single-boot Remix?? Why does every installation method require extra steps to create special partitions and bootable USB drives?
Thanks!
The Grey Elf said:
Yeah, here's an unusual one.
So the HDD in my old laptop died, requiring me to get a new laptop. Lo and behold, however, I had an old laptop that had a good HDD in it and the board was bad. So I want to install Remix onto this HDD, then slap it into my old laptop to play with it.
The HDD right now is in a hard drive reader plugged into my current laptop.
All I want to do is wipe the data off of it, install Remix OS, and slap this hard drive into my old laptop.
Is there an easy way to do this or do I need extra-special partitioning tools? Also, why isn't there just a basic "run the installer and go" version of single-boot Remix?? Why does every installation method require extra steps to create special partitions and bootable USB drives?
Thanks!
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If You have Remix OS working on any computer. You could use some HDD cloning imaging to make an image of that hard drive, then clone the HDD to another HDD and it should just work.
I have used Symantec Ghost to create an image of the whole HDD that has Remix OS. Then I have imaged another Laptop with that image and it works fine. However it's advised to do this before You boot Remix OS for the first time. So that it goes as a brand new install, Otherwise the IDs will be identical on both computers including all saved data. Not that it really matters I guess if You want to keep everything as is.
I believe You can also get remix going again on another computer and once it has been installed and it's working. Just replace the system.img and data.img files from a working installation and that should also clone it.
You will need something like Hiren's Boot CD to boot up to say mini Windows XP and then replace the *.img files there in the RemixOS folder once you have copied them to an external HDD or USB Drive from a working installation.
I believe Hiren's Boot CD also has some HDD cloning apps that you can use if you just want to clone the HDD.
... I don't have Remix at all. Hence my question.
I have an empty hard drive taken from an old broken laptop. It is currently in a hard drive reader and I've deleted all files off of it. I want to install Remix to it, then put it in another laptop whose drive went bad. I wasn't only remix on it. I don't understand the procedure to do this or why I apparently need this third party boot software to do this, and why I can't just run the Remix installer on the empty drive and be done. The hard drive is already boot able by virtue of what it is and the fact that the laptop bios already boots from hdd.
Have you tried to use the usb creator for it on a working pc the HDD (external) would be seen as another pen drive I think
I have never tried installing on on a EXT HDD. However i think You can create a USB and then install it to that External HDD. You would need to prepare the HDD, delete all partitions, create an MBR partition with ext4 file system and make it active or it just won't boot from it.
This link might help: https://chubbable.com/remix-os-installation#hdd-single-boot-install
IMPORTANT: You need to have a knowledge on using Gparted
Download here: https://gparted.org/download.php and install on CD or USB
I learned the Gparted basics thru Google and Youtube 24hrs ago... lol
Google or Youtube " How to clone a partition using Gparted"
**You need some extra space on a HDD/SSD or USB drive to clone the USB contents created by REMIX OS
**Easy if you have an EXTRA USB flash drive ready to be SETUP for cloning REMIX OS.
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1. Install Remix OS in USB using the Remix Installer.
or
skip #1 and Use your current REMIX OS USB setup if you already have one.
2. Boot Remix OS and finish setup for newly installed OS. - DO NOT SETUP A PASSWORD YET as you will run into trouble logging in later on - (But a terminal solution can delete the password anyway if you google how to do it.)
NOW you have a copy of REMIX OS running on your USB. Next step, is to CLONE the partitions created by REMIX OS....
3. Next is to Run/Boot Gparted and apply your knowledge in cloning partition.
Example:
I have a new 128GB flash drive and I have made 2 partitions.
1st partition has like, 20GB and the 2nd partition has like 100GB
I have cloned the REMIXOSSYS (original size about 5.28GB) to the 1st partition (20GB)
and have cloned
REMIXOSDATA (original size is 64GB) to the 2nd partition (100GB)
Cloning done.. Boot to REMIX OS and now I have 100GB storage instead of 64GB
Enjoy!
UPDATE: I recommend stay on 5GB partition when cloning the REMIXOSSYS as I run into problem running the OS on a very large partition.