Repair Your USB Hard-Drive or Pen Drive/Flash-disk

1. Insert your USB stick/Memory stick using Card Reader or inbuilt devices to the system

2. Open elevated Command Prompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu search field and hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to Start > All programs >Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator.

3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

DISKPART and hit enter.

LIST DISK and hit enter.

Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive,you can verify it by checking the size of the disk

4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do.

SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS /FAT (as per user requirment)

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

How to Recover a Dead Windows Machine

                    

1. Back up your work before troubleshooting. The first step in any restore is to back up your data from the hard drive. If your machine runs well enough attempt recovery, then you may be able to plug a USB2 hard disk and back up your files. You'll have peace of mind and a safety net if the a process below fails, leaving your PC in a state of limbo. A failing hard drive may work intermittently enough to copy data from it, but is at continually at risk of a critical failure.
2. Create a new user account to use. Sometimes a system that partially boots and/or misbehaves badly, or has a 'dead' application that can't be run anymore can be 'recovered' simply by creating a new user account and logging in as that new user. A corrupted registry is the most common culprit for 'dead' Windows machines, and a large subset of these potentially corrupt entries are in your user profile.
   
   1. Click on the "Start" button and go to the "Control Panel" ("Settings" -> "Control Panel"), then select "User Accounts".
   2. Create a New Account and give it a name.
   3. Give it 'Administrator' privileges.
   4. Reboot or log out and login as the 'new' user.
   5. Verify that the system is stable. If the system is stable, you will still have to restore all of the settings you had on the old account, and move the 'My Documents' contents from the old account to the new one.
   6. Back up your work.
   7. Avoid using the old account. Windows will just try to re-use the same corrupted data again.
3. Use System Restore if available. Windows Me, XP, and later have a System Restore feature that will recover your system configuration (drivers, settings, and shared files) from the last configuration that worked. This feature must be enabled prior to encountering a configuration problem in order to use it. To enable it, right click on "My Computer", select "Properties", and click on the "System Restore" tab.
   
   • If you're unable to boot into Windows:
     
     1. Boot your PC. If Window recognized that it was unable to load and if System Restore has a valid restore point, you'll have a chance of recovery.
     2. Press the key prompted by Windows when you receive the message "Boot to last known, good configuration".
     3. Follow the advice given, and Windows will restore your Windows to a last known, good configuration, then automatically reboot your PC.
     4. Try booting to "Safe Mode", then following the steps below. Do this by repeatedly pressing F8 immediately before Windows will start to load (after your hardware information is displayed). When you see a boot menu for Windows XP, select either Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking for network and Internet access.
   • If you're able to boot to the Windows desktop:
     
     1. Click on the "Start" button and go to "Programs" or "All Programs", "Accessories", "System Tools", then select "System Restore".
     2. Leave the radio button on 'Restore my computer to an earlier time'.
     3. Click on 'Next'.
     4. Pick a date before the bad system behaviors began.
     5. Reboot and see if it works better.
     6. If it does not, try again with an earlier restore point.
     7. Go through your documents and files. You'll discover 'versioned' file names of various files that were modified between now and your restore point.
     8. Delete or remove the 'old' files and make sure the 'newest' or most correct versions of files exist. Windows XP does not come with a tool to browse the old restore point files to individually recover them, even though that would be super handy. The Windows XP boot disk does not have a 'System Restore' tool to restore Windows to earlier states like this, so your computer must boot to use this method. If the machine does not boot, try one of the methods below to recover your data and your machine.
4. Perform a reinstall from a Microsoft retail or OEM Windows disc. This is only possible if your computer came with a shiny Windows CD or DVD that has a hologram-like surface. Also, this will not work for CDs create using nLite. A Windows reinstall will only replace system files. Your data, settings, and installed applications should remain untouched.
   
   1. Verify that your PC attempts boots to the optical drive by default. Enter your BIOS and look under a "Boot" menu or "Advanced Settings" section to find the system's boot order. Set the first device to "ATAPI CD", "Optical", or similar selection. Exit the BIOS and save your settings.
   2. Insert the Windows disc into your optical drive.
   3. Press any key if prompted to do so when your PC prompts you to boot from a disc. Some will boot to an optical disc without any user interaction.
   4. When prompted by the Windows installer, select "Reinstall". Make sure you don't accidentally select "Recover Console" prior to this menu.
   5. Perform Windows updates once you've completed the reinstall. You may also need to update your hardware drivers as well.
5. Use an OEM recovery partition of a Windows installation.
   
   1. Many manufacturers don't give you a Windows boot disc anymore instead you get a 'Recovery Disc' or a 'Recovery Partition' that contains an image of the boot partition in the state hey shipped the machine.
   2. Put the disc in (or boot off the 'recovery partition'), follow the prompts, and the version of Windows with all the right drivers and all of the default unlicensed bundleware that came with the PC will be restored and ready to go and need licensing (or deletion) again. These restores will not restore other applications, licenses, or drivers that were installed since the system was initially used. This restore will most likely wipe any data on the Windows partition, including including personal information, documents, and settings, which includes your 'My Documents' and anyone else's 'My Documents' on the computer.
6. Boot with Linux to to correct major issues with a Windows installation such as a corrupted partition or boot table.
   
   1. Download and burn a Linux boot disk from your favorite Linux distribution. You may need to use another computer if you have not done this already. As an alternative, use a GParted LiveCD image which includes a very basic copy of the Gentoo Linux distribution.
   2. Boot from the Linux CD.
   3. Mount the Windows partition.
   4. Using Linux, back up your data from the damaged partition onto a USB drive, or the network, or burn a CD.
7. Use a third party boot disk to perform maintenance and clean-up a Windows installation.
   
   1. Try 'UBCD' (see link below), a free ISO of a self-booting CD image accompanied by a big pile of tools and utilities.
   2. Various hard disk tools like 'Partition Magic' or 'Norton Utilities' come on a bootable CD that will let you tinker with 'bad' drives. It is best to back up any intact data before attempting to 'recover' lost data.
8. Remove the hard drive and troubleshoot it on another PC.
   
   1. Pull the hard drive out of the dead PC if the computer can't be made to boot, restore or install its operating system.
   2. Install the drive in an external hard drive enclosure (USB, Firewire, and/or eSATA), then attaching in to anther computer. Nearly every external hard drive enclosure can be used temporarily if needed. Otherwise, purchase or find an unused external hard drive enclosure.
   3. Try installing the drive into another computer. Make sure to change any settings in the BIOS to avoid booting to this drive.

Backup the data from the mounted drive. If the drive won't mount, then try data recovery software or professional data recovery services. If that doesn't help, the data on the drive may be permanently lost.

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Important Linux Commands

Major Linux distributions.

 Lets look at some of the Linux distributions:-

1) Linux Mint
Download page: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

2) Ubuntu
Download page: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/

3) Debain
Download page: https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/

4) Fedora
Download page: http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

5) Open Suse
Download page: http://software.opensuse.org/

6) Arch Linux
Download page: https://www.archlinux.org/download/

7) Mageia
Download page: https://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/

8) Cent OS
Download page: http://www.centos.org/download/

9) PCLinuxOS
Download page: http://pclinuxos.com/?page_id=10

10) FreeBSD
Download page: https://www.freebsd.org/where.html

So what are you waiting for. Just choose your favorite Linux OS and download it today!
Share your experience with the community.

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How To Add Apps Directly To Microsoft Word 2013

For instance, you can add an app called WordCalc, which is an mathematical expression solver. You can add apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013 for accessing things quickly and directly from word itself.

How to Add it?

Firstly, click on the apps for office button and select Sell All from the list.

The Apps for Office dialogue box will pop up. Now hit the Find more apps at the office store link.

The Office apps store page will be opened from where you can select any apps you want. However, the store contains both free and paid apps.

We have selected WordCalc app. You just need to hit the Add button to add apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013.

However, you need to log into your Microsoft Account to successfully add apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013.

On the confirmation page, hit Continue button to add apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013.

All done… it’s time to use the app!

However, you need to log into your Microsoft Account to successfully add apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013.

Now, click on the added app listed on Apps for Office page, and hit on Insert button.

After hitting the button, a pane will be opened on the right side of the word page. To use the WordCalc, you just need to add the mathematical expression. For example, finding the average of 4 and 15.

Press Enter to see the desired result.

If you no longer need the app, just click on the Close button on the top right corner of the app pane. Apart from calculator app, you can add many useful apps directly to Microsoft Word 2013.

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How to Add Custom Welcome Voice Message In Windows

The steps are very simple, however you must have little knowledge about Notepad though ! 

So, jokes apart … here are those steps

1. First of all open the Notepad.

2. Once you opened the Notepad enter the following codes:

Dim speaks, speech
speaks=”Welcome to your PC, Username”
Set speech=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice“)
speech.Speak speaks

In the above code you can change the Username with your own username like I am using “Sandeep” here. Once you have finalized the code click on the File menu and select Save as… option. Do remember to save this file as only with .vbsextension. If are going to save them as a simple notepad file, code will not work.

Note:- It is recommended to type the whole code manually because copied code might be not work due to some quotasissues.

3. You have done coding job and now you have to move the saved file at Windows user startup location. Now navigate the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows XP)

C:\Users\ {User-Name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (in Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista) if C: is your System drive.

You might not be able to view App folder because this folder is hidden in Windows by default. You can use Windows Folder Option to view the hidden files and folders. Once you moved the saved file, restart the computer to get a warm welcome voice message in a computerized voice.

Note: If you have enabled sound scheme for Windows please disable it first because it will mix with your welcome voice with default voice and that will be not good to hear.

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Backing up Apps and Data in Windows Phone 8

In previous versions of Windows Phone such as Windows Phone 7, backup and restoring was a tedious task. Although it is far simpler in Windows Phone 8 as all of the options are provided built-in. Additionally, Apps and their respective data can be backed up easily but one question that every Windows Phone users ask is, how they can back-up all the messages and other system settings of their phone?

Well, Introduction of Windows Phone 8 put an end to all of these problems with providing all the facilities integrated in the system, only requirement is the knowledge of how it works. In spite of all this it is not a complete solution as it will upload all of the backup data to the sky drive account associated with the phone. Here is how you can do it.

• For App+Settings: Open Settings >> Backup. A switch to enable to disable option to backup will now appear along with backup now button. Toggle the switch to enable.

• For Messaging: Open Settings >> Backup. Slide to messaging and toggle switch to turn it on.

The above process follows to keep your device’s data backup on the sky drive servers, and for this a working WiFi high speed connectivity will be required for uploading all of the bulk data on the associated Sky Drive Account. If you want to backup all music, videos and images of your device on your PC, then it is rather simple.

There is tool called “Windows Phone sync tool” which once installed on the target computer will allow sync of all Windows Phone data onto the computer.

This was all that you need to do to backup Music, Videos, Images, Apps and other system data on sky drive servers and on PC. However, it is not possible to backup the apps onto the PC or in the device external memory, which is quite disappointing when compared to Android System.

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