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Fri
15
May
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How to 'Test Restore' Acronis True Image Backup

Infopackets Reader Richard W. writes: " Dear Dennis, I took your advice and purchased Acronis True Image to backup my computer's hard drive (using disk image backups). My question is: how can I be sure the disk image backups are not corrupt and will ... properly restore, if and when I need to do a restore? What is the best way to do a test restore of a disk image backup? " My response: You are not the only person to ask me how to restore a disk image backup -- and it's an excellent question to ask. The simple answer is that you need to run through the entire process of a restore ... (view more)

Mon
24
Nov
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How to Remove Malware that Keeps Coming Back?

Infopackets Reader Frank P. writes: " Dear Dennis, A friend of mine has a malware (or a virus) on his computer and can't get rid of it. He has tried to download various malware removal utilities online (such as malwarebytes antimalware, etc), but ... his web browser appears to have been hijacked and subsequently, malwarebytes won't download. What can he do to remove the malware? " My Response: Some malware will purposely block websites (such as malwarebytes) to prevent you from downloading and removing the infection. The easiest way to get rid of pervasive malware is to boot ... (view more)

Thu
13
May
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'Bootable USB Stick With Ubuntu', and 'iReboot'

Bootable USB Stick With Ubuntu Here a two methods for putting the fresh new release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) on a USB stick. The first method will create a bootable USB stick with a live version and the second process will create a live ... version with persistence. Both methods are an excellent way to always have your favorite Ubuntu system and software with you. http://lxer.com iReboot iReboot sits in your taskbar at startup (only taking up 400KB of memory) and lets you choose which operating system you want to reboot into. Instead of pressing restart, waiting for Windows to shut down, ... (view more)

Thu
31
Jan
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'Pc Lock', and 'Make Bootable'

Pc Lock Makes your Pen Drive a device to lock your PC or notebook. That's not all; this page contains a number of exciting selections, including the option to send and receive email via that Pen Drive or even a feature that easily allows a user to ... zip its contents. Also listed are drivers for USB versions 1.1 and 2.0. http://www.pendrive.com/downloads/generic.html Make Bootable Makes your Pen Drive bootable. http://www.pendrive.com/downloads/generic.html (view more)

Thu
28
Dec
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'Bootable Live Windows Cd', and 'Google Talk'

Bootable Live Windows CD Build a BartPE -- Bart Preinstalled Environment -- bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD: very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete ... Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any DOS bootdisk in no time. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Google Talk We recommend this highly! Every ... (view more)

Thu
11
May
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'Bootable Movies On Cd', and 'Alfa Clock'

Bootable Movies On Cd Create a CD or DVD image that contains video files. You can put as much video content as will fit on the bootable CD or DVD. You can also add music files (MP3 and Ogg Vorbis are supported) or other types of content that can be ... played by the MPlayer media player included with eMoviX. This micro Linux distribution is geared specifically for playing movies. It doesn't contain much more than a mini Linux distribution (created using User-Mode Linux and Debian packages) and MPlayer (to play the movies). All the software uses only about 10MB of the disk space on the CD. http:// ... (view more)

Tue
04
Apr
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'Bootable Live Windows Cd', and 'Boot Editor'

Bootable Live Windows Cd Build a BartPE -- Bart Preinstalled Environment -- bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete ... Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any DOS bootdisk in no time. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Boot Editor An editor for creating boot screens ( ... (view more)

Wed
23
Mar
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Acronis True Image Review (version 8): In Depth

Continuing on with our in-depth discussions on backup solutions , this article will review Acronis True Image version 8.0. This will be the final article in our 7-part series, stretching back almost 1 month to date: Choosing a Backup Solution: An In ... Depth Look 6 Key Elements for any Backup Strategy Backup Made Easy: A Six Point Guide to Buying Backup Software Genie Backup Manager Review System Restore and similar Registry Reverting utilities -- pointless? The results are in: which Disk Imaging Backup software is best? Acronis True Image Review (version 8): In Depth RE: Disk Imaging software ... (view more)

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