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Create Your Own Emergency Boot Disk Create an emergency boot disk, identify mysterious components... |
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November 2003
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Create a Windows CD for PCs That Don't Have One A true Windows restore disc will return your damaged system to its former healthy self... Changing the color of your icon text... Make a DOS application work with a USB printer... |
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New Rootkit Detectors Help Protect You and Your PC Malware that can be particularly well hidden are ferreted out by these free tools. |
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Invalid boot.ini File Booting error message with Windows XP Pro. |
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Instant Relief for a Day Full of "Ooops!" These eight tools and tips are sure cures for your common computing uh-ohs. |
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Frankenputer! Take components from an old computer and add them to a new system. |
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Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0 If you want simple partitioning--and promise not to get yourself into trouble with the suite's other abilities--Disk Director will suffice. |
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Manage Multiple Operating Systems No matter what your goals, there are ways you can effectively host multiple operating systems on a single system. Here are some of the things you can do to make managing more than one OS on a single system easier. |
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Dongle Mem Dept. If you haven't gotten on the USB thumb drive bandwagon, you will... The Latest Roadblock to Linux Dept... Genuinely Interesting Software Dept... Genuinely Interesting Software II... etc. |
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The Trouble-Free PC: Tune it up. Back it up. Ramp it up. We test 16 utilities designed to keep your system running strong today and tomorrow. |
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Emergency Boot CDs for PCs Without Floppy Drives What to do when XP or 2000 won't boot and your PC doesn't have a floppy drive... Copy device drivers from your PC to CD... Safeguard files and folders... Make the most of Windows slow-ups... |
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August 19, 2003
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The Windows Survival Guide If you're just getting ready to make the move to Win XP, or if you're anxious to dig beneath the surface and find some cool new tools, or if you've been using Win XP for a while and it's time for some serious maintenance, you'll find what you need to know in this guide. |
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Answer Line: Common PC Problems Solved: The Ultimate FAQ Solutions to your most frequently asked questions about troubleshooting, data security, and Registry fixes. |
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Build an XP-SP2 Recovery Disc The recovery disc that came with your PC is likely obsolete and useless. |
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January 2002
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Combine Your Rescue Disks on a Single CD Put multiple rescue disks on a single CD... transfer your Outlook Express installation to a new PC... |
Macworld
October 2002
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Veteran Disk-Tools Suite Gains OS X Support but Not Speed A package such as Norton Utilities 7.0.1 for Macintosh -- Symantec's OS X-only update to its well-known set of tools for file and disk recovery and maintenance -- can save your day. |
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Windows 2000 FAQ We solve 20 of the most vexing problems with Windows 2000... |
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Smart Fixes for Gnarly PC Problems Boot from a USB drive, replace system files, check your RAM, and other remedies. |
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Save and Protect Your Hard Drive You can prepare for disaster by taking steps now to protect your PC's most valuable asset: its hard drive. |
Linux Journal
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Your Own Personal Matrix How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose and how to stop them. |
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Try Linux for Free: Make Your Own Install CD Download an ISO file and burn it to disc, and take the OS for a test drive. |
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Micromat TechTool Protege Tiny FireWire drive is loaded with handy emergency utilities. |
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Dirty CD Follow-Up Better ways to test and fix memory. |
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PC World
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Answer Line: How Can I Tell If My PC Has Caught a Virus? Try these simple methods to determine whether your Windows computer is infected.... USB cable myths busted... Boot without windows... When it comes to swapping, flash ain't as fast as SDRAM... |
PC World
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How Do I Know When a Virus Hits My Computer? Even if you follow every online safety measure, there's no guarantee you won't get nailed by the next Internet worm. Detect and eliminate those viruses and worms that manage to sneak past your antivirus utility. |
PC World
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The Trouble-Free PC With the right utilities, you can heal your ailing machine--or even keep it from getting sick in the first place. All-in-one suites and specialized tools are tested to find the best. |
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What happens when you throw the switch? Have you ever wondered how a computer knows what to do when you turn it on? Switching on the power causes it to boot, but what exactly does that mean? What sequence of functions does the operating system perform to get started? |
PC World
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Make Sure Your Old Computer Tells No Tales Before you donate or dispose of your PC, wipe it clean of all sensitive data. |
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TechTool Protogo A suite of disk and maintenance tools for your hard drive and iPod. |
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How to Survive the Worst PC Disasters Can't get your PC to boot? Or just sent your boss a really embarrassing e-mail? Here's how to recover from these and ten other potential catastrophes. |
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2005 Utility Guide Spend any time with your PC and you'll quickly realize that man cannot live by Windows (and Office, and a browser) alone. |
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Macs That Speak Fluent PC Elegant as Apple's Boot Camp software is, it's the wrong solution for the many people who might like to buy a Mac but need to run an occasional Windows program. There's a better way. |
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How to Make Your Computer Boot Faster A variety of tricks of varying sophistication can reclaim valuable minutes or seconds of a computer's get-up-and-go time. |
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Linux Installation Guide Your complete step-by-step guide to installing Linux on your Windows PC. |
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