FAT32: Windows XP to format 40GB USB Harddisk

It’s already known that Windows XP only support maximum 32GB for FAT32. As usual, our Uncle Google has given me more than enough links regarding this issue.
After went to some link and reading some information. I found a tool to format FAT32 in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The tool is called Fat32Formatter, and can be found in : http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/index.html.

Fat32Formatter Looks

The tools has small footprint, it’s 388 kb in size, and has a simple & straightforward interface. This
save me a lot of time, since I can run the tool right from the downloaded zip, without require any installation. And the most of all, it’s free!

VMWare: Issue Running 64-bit Guest OS on HP 8710w

I successully re-image my laptop, HP 8710w using XP 64-bit. After quite some time, I tested the machine and everything are in place and stable system.

Now, I’m trying to setup the RHEL 4.0 64-bit guest on top of it. There’s no issue when I install VMWare Server. But when I try to startup 64-bit guest, I encounter error message:

This CPU is VT-capable, but VT is not enabled (check your BIOS settings).
You have configured this virtual machine as a 64-bit guest operating system. However, this host’s CPU is not capable of running 64-bit virtual machines or this virtual machine has 64-bit support disabled.
For more detailed information, see http://www.vmware.com/info?id=152

I went to BIOS and enable the VT:
System Configuration > Device Configuration > Virtualization Technology = Enable
Then I rebooted the laptop, and the same error still come up.

Until, I found this website, then I power-off my laptop make sure everything is off. After couple of minutes, I started up the laptop, and the RHEL 64-bit can be started up!

Windows: Uninstall cluster service in Windows 2003 cluster

In Windows 2003 Server, the cluster service has been installed. The cluster service cannot be uninstall, but the cluster configuration can be reset. It will remove the node from cluster.

Type command below from command prompt :
c:\>cluster node nodename /forcecleanup