Creating and Downloading Installation Media for Windows 10

You can now download the official Windows 10 Media Creation Tool from Microsoft

If you have an x64 system (just download the x64 exe)
it can create x86 and x64 disks in any language

Both tools cover Home/Pro in Normal Core, N and Single Language
remember you can't install language packs onto an SL version (legally)
(Enterprise Edition is only available to company's and is a VLK, not an OEM)
Education Edition is oddly the same specifications as Enterprise yet offers VLK and OEM


Download the official microsoft windows 10 tool here
(watch what option your selecting, otherwise you will install 10 over your current OS)
choose the option for installing on another machine, then pick ISO or USB
Works with the Windows 7 ISO to USB

Q&A:
Q: Can i use a windows 8.0 or 8.1 Serial
A: No... even though upgrading is apparently free

Q: windows setpup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware
A: Read this, its dead simple here

Q: What Build version of windows 10 is this?
A: Windows 10.0.10240.16384  (released 29th July 2015) IE the final RTM


Want to make a Windows 8.1 disc? check this thread here

Creating and Downloading Integrate Installation Media for Windows 8.1

Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1?
You may wish to create a Windows 8.1 Install DVD before hand in case you wish to go back to 8.1

It is FREE to do this and 100% Legal, all you need is the Microsoft Tool and Your Instillation Serial

To find out your actual Product Key, use a windows product key explorer (google it)
(you don't need to do that if its on a Sticker on your machine ;)

Next all you need to do is run the MS tool from their site Here and select your language, and your version of Windows 8.1 and run it. It will create the disk Image for you :)
You can download windows 8.1 x86 (32bit) or the x64 (64bit) in Home & Pro for free

BUT TO INSTALL..
It Will need a your serial number AND Activation on line (as it wont install your OEM files)

ALSO NOTE:
any problems with the Drop Down menus on their tool , such as unable to select language, version or architecture, be sure to End Task on any External hard disks, i use a 2TB passport drive and when its loaded the tool doesn't show the windows logo then the drop down (even when i choose create ISO rather than usb.. so any problems use the "safely remove hardware" and end task on external hard disks  ;)

The ISO can also be later put on a USB using the with the Windows 7 ISO to USB tool


Q&A:
Q: Can i use a windows 8.0 Serial
A: Yes, but it may not activate if your serial was for SL and you used CORE (install SL)

Q: When you install Windows 8.1 Professional it just shows up as Windows 8.1
A: Professional is a store/2nd serial update, to fix that issue.. Mount the Core image (core OR core SL, or Core N) with Windows Toolkit and use the Upgrade image option and upgrade it to pro, then unmount saving changes, that will now install as Professional  ;)

Q: windows setpup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware
A: Read this, its dead simple here

Q: What version of windows 8.1 is this?
A: Windows 8.1 Build Version Is 6.3.9600.17415

Q: Can i update this disk, like Integrate / Slipstream hotfixes to windows 8.1 source?
A: clearly yes, but that's going to vary on version and skill to how, See Here ;)

What about creating a Windows 7 Install DVD?
different concept, but its still possible, read the MS page Here

What about creating a Windows 10 Install DVD?
different concept, but its still possible, read the page Here

Windows XP SP3 x86 Delta System

Looking back over XP's life from its first bootlegged VLK release with the FCKW serial to the XP Delta Files created to be able to Store 16 Versions of Windows XP within a mere 930mb
yip, thats right, 9.10GB of data stored within 930MB... Seriously Outstanding...

Not only that, but when you MD5 test the images against the MDSN official microsoft images, the MD5's match.

A guy essentially used a program xdelta3.0z.x86-32 to look at 1 Specific
Windows XP Source / Disc Image, namely this version

Windows XP Professional Retail Release
en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.ISO

Then with a catalogued listing of all the files within & the configuration, he then scanned the following versions of windows XP

en_windows_xp_home_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-_OEM_.iso
en_windows_xp_home_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92413.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-_OEM_.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso
DELL_XP_HOME_SP3_20080911.iso
DELL_XP_HOME_SP3_20090829.iso
DELL_XP_PRO_SP3_20080819.iso
DELL_XP_PRO_SP3_20090819.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_kn_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92432.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_n_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-78118.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_n_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92445.iso
en_windows_xp_professional_k_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92430.iso
en_windows_xp_home_kn_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92388.iso
en_windows_xp_home_n_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92393.iso
en_windows_xp_home_k_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92386.iso

The concept essentially removed "any duplicate file" from each of them that was already available within the original Retail Professional ISO.

In turn reducing each of the 15 images down to anything between 130KB  to  54.3MB

These were saved as .DELTA files

So on your hard drive you could store essentially 16 versions of Windows XP x86 and the total size was 930 megabyte. Delta Files = 341mb in total & the Pro Image = 589mb

One Single ISO and 15 DELTA Files

To reconstitute this 930MB back into 9,10GB all you had to do was place the Original ISO along with the DELTA files and the App into the same folder as the BAT file and run it. It took mere seconds on a reasonable machine to spit out the 15 new images alongside the original oem pro.

16 ISO's from 15 Small Delta Files & One ISO with a lil exe & bat

How cool was that Idea...
 Sadly the Indepth post about this was deleted by the user who set it up as he was trolled by a moron who apparently had a job and a life so insisted on step by step instructions. Ironic really as the guy who made & posted this gear also did a step by step guide & provided links to the Deltas & a Donor ISO file. Kudos to "LateShift" for this amazing set.

You can also get this same concept for Xp 64 Bit {x64} and Windows 2000 releases.

Playstation PSX PSOne PS2 Bios Files Information Breakdown

This is being posted as an Information Reference To a set of files released back in 2004
(the files are NOT hosted here, although their is a link to a site that hosts them)

Here is the information gathered in 2004 by TheWraith517

Old Grey Playstation Bios Files
Used By ePSXe Play Station Emulator

PSX Bios ROM V1.0(J)(1994-09-22)(SCPH1000)
PSX Bios ROM V2.2(E)(1995-12-04)(SCPH1002 or DTLH3002)
PSX Bios ROM V2.2(J)(1995-12-04)(SCPH5000)
PSX Bios ROM V2.2(A)(1995-12-04)(SCPH1001 or DTLH3000)
PSX Bios ROM V3.0(E)(1997-01-06)(SCPH5502 & SCPH5552)
PSX Bios ROM V3.0(J)(1996-09-09)(SCPH5500)
PSX Bios ROM V3.0(A)(1996-11-18)(SCPH7003)
PSX Bios ROM V4.0(J)(1997-08-18)(SCPH7000)
PSX Bios ROM V4.1(E)(1997-12-16)(SCPH7502 or SCPH7002 or bios41A)
PSX Bios ROM V4.1(A)(1997-12-16)(SCPH7001)


(A) America US NTSC
(E) European PAL
(J) Japanese J/NTSC


ePSXe recognizes these but not all O.o
and ive opened em up and there all marked as they are
"SO DON'T RENAME THEM"
its an EMU problem not a Bios ERROR
its took me hours to sift around the world

also SCPH7002 & SCPH5552 was extracted by TheWraith.. so credit were its due...
 SCPH7002 was extracted from my kids psx and SCPH5552 extracted from mine :)
the ePSXe wont read them yet, as they never had them in their archive, but they work fine with other emu's.

to test em if you wish
open windows  WORD PAD  (under accessories) and just drag them over the top
THEN...  scroll down to the bottom and you'll see text like this
System ROM Version 4.1 12/16/97 E Copyright 1993-1997 (C) Sony Computer Entertainment Inc..
so there all perfectly named.. so BLAME THE EMU for errors

kk How To get The most out of them
In ePSXe 1.5.0 select SCPH1001  or  SCPH7502
In ePSXe 1.6.0 select SCPH1001  or  SCPH9002
you wont see scph9002 in the folder
(only in epsxe cos it reads scph7502  AS  scph9002 which is wrong)
Remember RE-NAME  NOTHING!!!
keep these intact to help others & help emu makers get it RIGHT
this is the Full set as listed at the top...


PS2
=======================-=====
Any {problems using these on another PS2 EMU ???}

rename the bios (scph10000.bin) file to
ROM1.bin, then make a copy and rename it to ROM2.bin
and another copy to EROM.bin
so you have 3 but their all the same yip  :)

Early versions of the PS2-THE SCPH10000 usually had all of the control
stuff for the CDVD drives on the memory card, but later versions
of the PS2 came out with changes
The SONY Team decided to install the CDVD software on a separate bios file
this named as ROM1.bin and so on and so on...
so it changed a lot in the later versions.
you just need to make copies of the BIOS file and RENAME IT  ;)

How Do I / You Identify Your/  My  PS2 ?

PlayStation 2 version 1, 2 & 3
Identity Features: 10 Screws at the base of PS2
USA SCPH 30001 Version 1 = Serial Number begins with U1 Date Code 0D
USA SCPH 30001 Version 2 = Serial Number begins with U0 Date Code 0D
USA SCPH 30001 Version 3 = Serial Number begins with U1 Date Code 1A
USA SCPH 30001 Version 3 = Serial Number begins with U2 Date Code 0D

PlayStation 2 version 4
Identity Features: 8 Screws at the base of PS2
ALSO  electrical warning stamped on the bottom
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U0
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U1
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U2
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U3
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U4
USA SCPH 30001 Version 4 = Serial Number begins with U5
USA SCPH 35001 Version 4 = GT3 Edition

PlayStation 2 version 4, 5, 6 & 7
There are 3 Motherboards for the SCPH 30001R,
Version 4, 5 and 6 (5 and 6 are the same)
USA SCPH 30001R Version 5 or 6
USA SCPH 39001 Version 7

Real PS2 Bios Files
PS2 Bios scph10000.bin
PS2 Bios scph3004R.bin
PS2 Bios scph39001.bin
PS2 Bios SCPH-30001
PS2 Bios SCPH-35001
PS2 Bios SCPH-30001R
PS2 Bios SCPH-39001
PS2 Bios SCPH-39010
PS2 Bios SCPH-50001
PS2 Bios SCPH-50010
PS2 Bios SCPH-50001N
PS2 Bios SCPH-50010N
PS2 Bios SCPH-39001N
PS2 Bios SCPH-39010N
PS2 Bios rom1.bin <-- ?


You Can Find More Files,  even for PS2 Emu's on
http://driverguide.com

Ive NOT worked on ANY PSX since 2005, So it would be pointless to ask me for any information
I am also unwilling to link directly to Roms, Bins, or Bios files, and that includes any of Wraiths or Fireflys Xplorer & Xploder Roms...  sorry but piracy can't be used here....
I assume other driver sites also host Bios files as they contain the drivers AKA FirmWare for the system....

Special thanks to FireFly who made many cool things and links to many cool things way back when... the likes of B.B.Q, G.F.X and U.G.L where sharing the games on the legendary WinMX  :D
and special thanks to all involved in an with ePSXe  :)
Bleem ?  fk off you sad loosers...

Playstation 3?
Playstation 4?
No Idea...