Windows 8 "Metro" Photos app displays deleted pictured
This issue occurred after using a folder mounting trick to map SD card to local folder on C drive and then using SD card as a Windows Library target. As I explained at the end of the linked article, using this method can cause similar problems because locations included in such way cannot be properly indexed by Windows indexing service. A better approach is to use Virtual Disk (VHD) method.
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Reinstall Buffalo Linkstation LS-GL firmware after HDD replacement
This article covers only Buffalo Linkstation LS-GL model. For other Buffalo Linkstation NAS devices you may need to use different tools and methods.
Please be aware that any issues during firmware re-flash may render your device unusable! Proceed at your own risk.
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Browse Linux partitions in Windows
Had a failing Seagate hard drive taken from an old Linux machine. There was some data on the HDD that I was keen to extract.
First of all tried to access it from an Ubuntu PC, it could see the disk, but was refusing to mount partitions - hard drive was too badly damaged.
Automatically attach Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) on system startup
VHD can be used for many different purposes. For example, in this article I explained how to expand Windows 8 tablet or ultrabook storage by adding folders on a removable Micro SD cards to Windows Libraries.
One limitation of Windows VHD implementation is that there is no option to automatically mount VHD image on system startup. Luckily this can be easily achieved via vdisk utility and Scheduled Tasks.
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