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Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No Comments
A graphical Disk Usage analysis tool could do wonders when you are doing some spring cleaning on your system. The DUA first seen in GNome has a neat and cool interface. A free version of this for Windows as well as KDE is available at Sourceforge.
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Add free online contact form to your web site
Posted on November 1, 2008 | No Comments
If you want to add a contact-me form on your web site or blog, there is a free service on the net. It is easy to use and has got a CAPTCHA to secure you from spam.
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What are the hidden files and folders
Posted on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
There are many system files hidden from our view in Windows. These are some of them. System Volume Information, MSOCache, Recycler, NTDETECT.com, pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys, ntldr, AUTOEXEC.COM etc. The uses of these files are explained.
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Get access to all folders in Windows like Linux
Posted on September 3, 2008 | No Comments
On the last article we have discussed about seeing all the files that are part of Windows. Now lets see whether we can directly access these folders. As it turns out Windows by default will not grant you permission to the folder System Volume Information....
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View system files (super hidden) in Explorer
Posted on August 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
This is the first among a series of posts on administering Windows . It starts with how to see the files and folders that were hidden by Windows for some reason. The series is actually inspired from the one done by Samanathon on Starting your...
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How to view all drives, Disk Management under Windows
Posted on June 24, 2008 | No Comments
The Disk Management object under Microsoft Management console can be used to Change Drive letter association, find unrecognized partitions or Mount a logical drive into a folder as in Linux. If you want to prevent access to a drive, read 2nd tip in “Points to...
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