How to Recover Files from a Crashed Computer Using Hirens BootCD

Hey guyz, have a crashed computer with personal or maybe important data in it. Forgot to backup and now want to recover it? This is a great way to recover files from a crashed computer I don’t like to use the dead word because a dead computer is a computer that does’t turn on. To recover the files you would need Hiren’s BootDisk this disk has tremendous amount of tools that we can use all in one disk.



Steps:
1. Download Hiren’s BootDisk.

2. Burn it onto a Disk.

3. Boot from Hiren’s BootDisk.

4. When you finally boot from the Hiren’s Disk, select Windows Mini XP. Is not going to install it just going to run a mini version of Windows XP.

5. When you get to the Desktop you can browse just like you would in any version of Windows. Go to My Computer.

6. Because we booted from the Disk the letters belonging to the Drives have changed. Try to Identify your drive by the name or size.

7. You can plug in an additional drive and it will be detected just like any Windows would and now you can copy and paste any files you need.

8. Or you can run a backup tool, one of the many tools that Hiren’s brings.

9. From the Desktop Click on HBCD Icon then click on programs then Backup from the drop down menu then FastCopy.

10. From the FastCopy options you can select a folder or a Hard Drive to be the source location.

11.As a Destination Dirctory you can select a Pen Drive or external Hard Drive.

Note: If you are Backing up the entire Hard Drive make sure that the Destination Directory drive is Bigger than the amount of spaced used on you source drive.

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How to make a Bootable Pen Drive

Hey guys, want to install window in your pc through usb drive but don't know how to do that. Don't worry, by the end of this post you'll be able to make your very own Bootable pen drive.The easiest and fastest way is to use the utilities already available on the internet.

Method 1: Using UnetBootin
UnetBootin lets you create Bootable pen drive without any hassle. Just follow these three simple steps.
CHOOSE.BROWSE.OK.


1.CHOOSE: If using Windows, run the UNETBOOTIN, select an ISO file or a distribution to download.

2.BROWSE: Browse the .iso file and select a target drive (USB Drive,say D), from the type(Refer the below picture). If your USB drive doesn't show up, reformat it as FAT32.

3.OK: Hit OK and wait for the process to end and your Bootable pen drive is ready.




==>If using Linux, make the file executable (using either the command chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux, or going to Properties->Permissions and checking "Execute"), then start the application, you will be prompted for your password to grant the application administrative rights, then the main dialog will appear, where you select a distribution and install target (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot when prompted.






==>After rebooting, if you created a Live USB drive by selecting "USB Drive" as your install target, press the appropriate button (usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, or backspace) while your computer is starting up to get to your BIOS boot menu and select USB drive as the startup target; otherwise if there's no boot selection option, go to the BIOS setup menu and change the startup order to boot USB by default. Note that Live USB drives are bootable only on PCs (not on Macs). Otherwise, if you did a "frugal install" by selecting "Hard Disk" as your install target, select the UNetbootin entry from the Windows Boot Menu as the system boots up.

Method 2: Using WinToFlash

It is yet another utility that lets you create bootable pendrive without breaking a sweat. Just follow the instructions in the following video(Video compiled by mullinsJ08) and you'll be able to do it yourself.



In the above video you can also use Deamon Tools to mount the .iso file and then use it as a CD Drive instead of extracting the .iso file.

Method 3: Using WinToBootic

Though the above two utilities are better than this one, but just for knowledge purpose that another tool exists, I am mentioning it. Nothing much to tell here, just choose the .iso file and hit ok and you are good to go.

 


Method 4: Using Hp utilities

Try these 2 USB Flash Drive Utilities by HP/Compaq. They work with Most other brands of flash drives as well.

hpflash2.zip HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. Formerly called hpflash1.zip


HP Drive Key Boot Utility Version 7.41
Download

For the downloads section I use nLite to make and create the image file as you can import the service packs and do some tweaking to the install files.

http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

1. Install the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and run the program.
2. Select the Device and the File system from the drop down menus and click start.
3. Close the above program and install and run the HP Drive Key Boot Utility. Selecting the appropriate drive letter. Click Next.
4.Select the circle on the top that says create New or Replace Existing Configuration. Click Next.
5. Select the circle labeled Hard Drive. Click Next.
6. Select Create New Filesystem. Click Next.
7. Select the circle labeled HP Firmware Flash Package. Click Next.
Click Finish

Method 5: Using the inbuilt utility in Windows vista/7:

Just follow these simple steps:

1. Plug in your USB Flash Drive

   

2. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”

 

3. Find the drive number of your USB Drive by typing the following into the Command Prompt window:

      diskpart

      list disk

      The number of your USB drive will listed. You’ll need this for the next step.  I’ll assume that the USB flash drive is disk 1.

4. Format the drive by typing the next instructions into the same window. Replace the number “1” with the number of your disk below.

      select disk 1

      clean

      create partition primary

      select partition 1

      active

      format fs=NTFS

      assign

      exit

When that is done you’ll have a formatted USB flash drive ready to be made Bootable. And yes, you can just format it by right clicking and choosing the format option :D

Step 2: Make the Drive Bootable 

Next we’ll use the bootsect utility that comes on the Vista or Windows 7 disk to make the flash drive bootable.  In the same command window that you were using in Step 1:

1. Insert your Windows Vista / 7 DVD into your drive.

2. Change directory to the DVD’s boot directory where bootsect lives:

      d:

      cd d:\boot

3. Use bootsect to set the USB as a bootable NTFS drive prepared for a Vista/7 image. I’m assuming that your USB flash drive has been labeled disk G:\ by the computer:

      bootsect /nt60 g:

4. You can now close the command prompt window, we’re done here.

Step 3: Copy the installation DVD to the USB drive

The easiest way is to use Windows explorer to copy all of the files on your DVD on to the formatted flash drive.  After you’ve copied all of the files the disk you are ready to go.

Step 4: Set your BIOS to boot from USB

This is where you’re on your own since every computer is different. Most BIOS’s allow you to hit a key at boot and select a boot option.

That was all on HOW TO CREATE YOUR VERY OWN BOOTABLE PENDRIVE. For queries, your views, use the comment form below and don't forget to subscribe and like :D PEACE.

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How to change the logon screen of WINDOWS 7

If you are using windows and you constantly try to experiment with it, then this thought must have came into mind that HOW TO CUSTOMIZE THE LOGON SCREEN. In XP you had to go through various registry edits which were difficult and often very confusing. But in Windows 7, this is not the case. Microsoft people have taken care of this thing in Windows 7, so that you don't have to go through various regedits to customize the logon screen. Just one registry edit and you are good to go. Just follow the steps below and you'll be able to customize it in no time.

Manually:
STEPS :
1. Press Win key+R and type regedit and hit enter.


2. Go to HKEY_Local_Machine ->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Authentication->LogonUI->Background



3. Double click on key named OEMBackground and change its value to 1.

There you go, you have done the registry part now some simple edits and the task is done.

4.Go to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds.(If info or backgrounds folder is not present then create one).

5. Now put in any JPG file with size less than 256 kb in this folder and rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg. This file will be stretched to fit the screen, so you would want it to match the resolution of your screen so that image doesn’t look bad. You can use something like smush.it or Photoshop’s Save as/Save for Web feature to reduce image size.

With the help of tools:
Steps:


1. Download the Logon Changer from Tweaks.com, that lets you choose a image file to use as your logon background. That all what you do, just choose an image and Logon Changer will take care of everything else including the file size limit. It also makes it super easy to revert back to the default Logon Screen.

                                                                         OR

2. Download the Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator – takes the logon screen customization one step further by allowing you to select a set of images. It will then randomly use one of these images as the logon screen.

There you have it. Using any of the above method you can easily change Windows 7 logon screen to any wallpaper of your choice or that witty one liner graphic you created yourself or perhaps even one of your photos as long as they meet the requirements. Let me know your experience of using these methods and I would love to see what you have as your logon screen. Mention them in comments!

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