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Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

Welcome to IToxy.com

Hi, Welcome to IT Oxy. This blog is primarily aim to share our information on Information Technology. I really appreciate if you are willing to give any input to this blog. If you want to share something, email at: admin@IToxy.com If you found any post interesting and useful, then please leave a comment and share with your friends.

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How to change your Hard Drive or Flash Drive file system from FAT32 to NTFS Format

You may face that you can’t copy large files to you external hard drive or flash drive even if there is many free space. So how do you fix that?

The FAT32 file system, which most external drives and flash drives are still using, can’t handle files larger than about 4 GB in size—which means most full-length movies and anything really large, like a virtual machine. If you do try and copy a file, you will get an error just like below.

It’s worth noting that FAT32 works just fine on just about any operating system, but NTFS is usually read-only on Linux and Mac OS X.

Option 1: Convert the File System Directly

If you have already copy huge sized of files on the drive and don’t have the free space to move them somewhere, you can convert the file system directly from FAT32 to NTFS. Just open up an Administrator mode command prompt by right-clicking and choosing Run as Administrator, and then you can type convert /? to see the syntax for the convert command.

In our example, the drive letter is G: so the command we’d use is this:

convert G: /FS:NTFS

The conversion process might take a while, especially if you’ve got a really large drive.

You are done

Option 2: Reformat the Drive

If you don’t have a ton of data on the drive, the best bet is to copy any data from the drive to somewhere else, reformat the drive, and then copy the data back.

Right-click on the drive and choose Format.

And then select NTFS in the file system drop-down.

Finish the format, and copy your data back.

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How to connect remotely to your PC even if it windows crashed

What about you installing an operating system or changing BIOS settings remotely? What about you fix like NTLDR missing, blue screen error, etc.. bye remotely?

Intel vPro is a management platform built into Intel processors and other hardware that allows companies to manage their desktops and laptops out-of-band (OOB). That means the computers can be managed no matter if the computer in on or off, and even if the operating system has failed or there is no hard drive present.

With Core processors Intel introduced Active Management Technology (AMT) 6.0 which introduced a slew of new features including Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) Remote Control. This means that with the right hardware configuration you have full remote access to your computer no matter what state it’s in.

Intel AMT KVM runs at a hardware level which allows you to go remote with your computer in the case of a total system failure or even without an operating system installed. Let’s get started and set up Intel AMT KVM so you can go remote with your computer.

Determine if Your Computer Supports Intel AMT KVM

Because vPro is designed for business use, not every Intel processor supports Intel AMT KVM. Specifically what you want to look for is a vPro logo somewhere on your computer.

Note: Only some Core i5 and i7 processors support vPro. Intel does not currently make an i3 processor with vPro.

If you cannot find a logo on your computer, or you built the computer yourself, you can check to see if you have one of the following Intel Core processors. If you do, you may be able to turn on KVM so long as you have a few other requirements.

Along with the supported processor you will also need to be using Intel’s embedded video and Intel network card. Both of these are required because in order to allow out-of-band communication, the KVM server needs direct access to the network interface as well and display to be able to show the connected machine exactly what is being displayed.

If you have all of the requirements above, continue on to configure Intel AMT KVM.

Enable Hardware KVM

The first thing you will need to do is turn on BIOS verbosity. Reboot your computer and enter your BIOS configuration. Look for something labeled firmware verbosity or boot verbosity and make sure it is turned on. Likewise, if there is an option for an AMT setup prompt make sure that is turned on as well.

Restart your computer and just after the BIOS splash screen you should see a second setup

screen that looks something like the image below. Push Ctrl+P at this screen to enter the Management Engine BIOS Extension (MBEx) to configure Intel AMT.

If AMT has never been set up on your computer you will be prompted for a password. Enter “admin” for the default password and you will be prompted automatically to create a new password. The new password has to have be exactly 8 characters and contain one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one number, and one symbol. Enter the new password twice to continue.

Note: If “admin” does not work as the default password you can also try “P@ssw0rd” because that is the default password in Intel’s configuration documentation.

Once you are logged into the MEBx, go to Intel Management Engine and then select activate network access.

Type Y to accept the warning that pops up about activating the ME network interface.

Next select network setup and then Intel(R) ME Network Name Settings.

Select host name and put in your computers name. You technically could put in anything you want here but it may cause problems with DNS if the Intel AMT name is different from your computer’s name.

Return to the main menu using the escape key and then go to manageability feature selection. Push Y to continue past the caution message.

Verify that the manageability feature selection is enabled in the lower window and then select SOL/IDER.

 

From here verify that SOL, IDER, and Legacy Redirection Mode are all enabled.

 

Return to the previous menu and then select KVM Configuration.  Make sure KVM Feature Selection is enabled.

 

From here change User Opt-in so that user consent is not required for KVM session.

Then enable remote control of Opt-in policy.

Push escape three times to exit the MEBx menu and push Y when prompted if you are sure you want to leave.

Connect to vPro Machine

Now that KVM is all set up on the target machine we just need to install software to let us connect. There are a few different tools that will let you do this but let’s start with a free option.

Intel makes the Management Command Tool for just this occasion, find it in the link below. Download and install the software on the computer you want to connect with.

Note: For the purposes of this how-to the remote computer will need to be plugged into the network with ethernet and also plugged into power to go remote. There are options to set up wireless but we will not be going into those options here.

After the software is installed, select add known computer.

Enter the information for the remote computer.

After the machine is added, select it from the left panel and then click connect.

After a connection is made select the remote control tab and then click on the arrow to open the options for Remote KVM Settings.

From the new window that will open drop down the list for KVM state and select enable all ports.

Note: Enabling all ports allows us to connect with the free version of RealVNC Viewer but you will lose some functionality like encrypted connections.

Click OK and from the main window select “KVM Viwer Standard Port” to test and make sure the connection can be made.

A new window will open with the remote computer in the window. This will work but will have a RealVNC branding logo that cannot be removed.

To get rid of the RealVNC branding install the standalone RealVNC viewer from the link below.

Once you have the standalone viewer installed, or the portable version extracted, run the program and connect just like you normally would to any VNC server.

You will be prompted for your Intel AMT KVM password.

And a VNC connection will be established with the AMT KVM server.

You will know that you are connected to the hardware based KVM server because there will be a flashing icon in the top right corner of the screen and a thin red boarder on both the remote viewer and the local client.

The free viewer will work for most remote purposes but you will lose some functionality like IDE redirect, encryption, and the ability to power the machine on and off. If you want to take advantage of more features you are going to need to pay for the RealVNC Viewer Plus ($99).

Before connecting with RealVNC Viewer Plus go back to the Intel Manageability Commander Tool and change the KVM State back to Redirection Port Only.

Open RealVNC Plus and connect to the remote machine.

Accept the prompt to confirm you are connecting to the right machine.

Then enter your AMT password when prompted.

Once the username and password are verified a remote window should open and there will be a banner across the top with some added functionality.

See this video, how work this with VNC
It will allow you to do things like reboot directly to the BIOS and mount an .iso file to install a whole operating system remotely.

With a hardware based KVM available on standard hardware it really opens up more options for what you can do when you’re not at your computer.

Intel Manageability Developer Toolkit

RealVNC Free Edition Viewer

 
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