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Creating a Windows 10/11 ISO image from the downloaded UUP files

September 17, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, we will see how to create a Windows 10 or Windows 11 ISO image using the downloaded Universal Update Platform files we downloaded on our previous post. For this, we will need to download a tool called uup-converter-wimlib. This tool is responsible for converting the UUP files into a working ISO file we can burn to a disc, use to make a bootable USB drive, or do an in-place OS upgrade. Downloading uup-converter-wimlib This tool can be…

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Redbox at Walgreens at Keystone Heights, FL

You can now rent Black Widow (2020) on Redbox ahead of tomorrow’s official release

September 16, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, If you’ve been waiting to watch the new Black Widow film but didn’t want to go to the movies, or paying $30 is too much for you on Disney+, you’re lucky, as now you can rent the movie for $2 or under at Redbox. Black Widow got its theatrical release on July 9, 2021. It was released simultaneously on movie theaters and on Disney+ simultaneously, with an asking price of $30 to watch ahead on Disney+. This may…

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Location of the UUP files we will be using to create a Windows ISO with uup-converter-wimlib.

How to download Windows 10/11 UUP files to create a disc ISO image later

September 15, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Yesterday was Patch Tuesday and we got a Cumulative Update for Windows 10, KB5005565. This increases our Windows 10 21H1 version to build 19043.1237 and Windows 10 21H2 to build 19044.1237. Today, we also got a new Windows 11 Insider build, 22458. I have always liked to download the Windows Unified Update Platform (UUP) files as this allows me to create ISO images that I can burn later to a disc and use to manually upgrade my machines,…

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Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – September 14, 2021

September 14, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

UPDATED September 17, 2021: Added On The Rocks and Small Engine Repair to the Coming Soon list. UPDATED September 15, 2021: Added Old to the Coming Soon list. Hi everyone, Today is the 2nd Tuesday of September 2021. This week, we got 5 movies on DVD and 1 on Blu-Ray. This Friday, we will also be getting Black Widow on DVD and Blu-Ray. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Catch the Bullet Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the…

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Updating the Pioneer DVR-XD09 Firmware

September 13, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you how to update the Pioneer DVR-XD09 firmware. This is important as firmware updates should improve the drive operation, including better reading and burning stability. This Pioneer DVR-XD09 drive came with the 1.02 firmware. The latest firmware available for this drive is 1.05. To download and update it, we first need to go to Pioneer’s optical drive firmware update download page. We will scroll down until we see the firmware file for our DVR-X09 drive….

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The Samsung SE-506 and the Pioneer DVR-XD09 also supports scanning discs

September 12, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, After playing around with the Samsung SE-506 drive as well as the Pioneer DVR-XD09, they can both scan discs. The Samsung SE-506 being a Blu-Ray drive, can also scan those discs. This is great because it’s probably one of the very few slim drives that supports such feature. Unfortunately, the Pioneer DVR-XD09 cannot scan double layer DVDs. It simply stops scanning at the layer break and reports a massive spike of errors at that segment. However, it works…

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Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the HP version of the LG GT80N

September 11, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, we’ll see how well the PlexDisc DVD+R discs burns in the HP version of the LG GT80N optical drive: We will be using ImgBurn to perform the writing and verification. It reports the media code to be OPTODISC-R16-00 and supports writing at 4x and 8x. We will be burning it at 8x: The drive burned the disc using a CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) strategy, starting at about 3.3x and gradually going up until reaching 8x: The disc…

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PlexDisc DVD+R in the LG GP96YB70 External Slim Optical Drive

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc in the LG GP96YB70 optical drive

September 10, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, we will be burning a PlexDisc DVD+R disc in the LG GP96YB70 external slim drive: This drive supports burning these discs at 4x and 8x. We will be burning it at 8x: This unit supports setting the DVD+R Book Type to DVD-ROM. This is useful as this can improve the disc compatibility with older drives: The drive was able to burn the disc successfully: And verified it correctly: The drive burns the disc in Constant Angular Velocity…

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Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the LG BP60NB10 optical drive with the 1.02 firmware – Part 2

September 9, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, we will be attempting again to burn a PlexDisc DVD+R disc in the LG BP50NB40 crossflashed to the BP60NB10 firmware 1.02. This time, we will burn the disc at a speed of 2.4x, the slowest and only speed it allows us to use besides the 8x speed we used before: As we can see, the drive only supports either burning the disc at 2.4x or 8x. We will use the 2.4x: The burning process was successful, but…

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The Samsung SE-506 External Blu-Ray Writer

September 8, 2021 Moisés Cardona Comments 0 Comment

Hi everyone, Today, we will see the Samsung SE-506 optical drive: This is an External Blu-Ray Writer that can burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray XL media. I could not find a data sheet with the supported write speeds. This drive is already discontinued. ImgBurn reports that the drive can read and burn all of the popular disc types: This drive is a standard slim tray-loading device: It uses a Micro USB connector: Here, we can see the optical mechanism:…

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