XP desktop tweaks

HERBY'S TWEAKS..........Stash of great desktop tweaks for Windows. Desktop Icons without Text - More functionality with less icons! Add Icons with Enhanced Context Menu's to the Start Menu. Add a Show & Hide System Files Context Menu Item to all folders. Toggle MinimizeAll/UndoMinimizeAll: alternative for Show Desktop. Modifying MSC files like Device Manager: add/remove snap-ins. Create shortcuts you normally can't: shortcuts to Run & Search. Enhanced TaskbarMenus: My Computer, Control Panel & Start Menu. Recycle Bin in Quick Launch: with changing icon & expanding menu. Thanks to our friends at Virtual Plastic.....(free).....GO THERE!

freeware copy tools

Copy Cat skips the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation. Copy Cat can be helpful at times when you want to copy a CD or DVD which is scratched, when you want to copy data from harddisk area which is partially not readable, when you want to copy data from floppy which is currently not being copied by windows . With Copy Cat you can recover your valuable data for free.

Easeus Disk Copy
Easeus Disk Copy is a high-speed sector to sector disk copy backup utility for hard disk backups. Easeus Disk Copy utility offers a very fast and easy way to copy all or part of a hard drive to another hard drive; it can create an exact (mirror image, disk to disk) copy of your old disk, including the operating system, applications, personal preferences, custom settings, and all of your vital data. Easeus Disk Copy can be used for backup, cloning, or upgrading your original small hard drive to a new larger drive.

HDClone
HDClone is a professional hard disk cloning utility which copies smaller onto larger drives for migrating or backing up complete installations as well as for data rescuing. The download package contains a program to easily create a bootable floppy disk or CD/DVD under Windows with only few clicks. A floppy image, ISO image, and manual as PDF are also enclosed.


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Basics to Linux Explained

Well, for all of you people who have been itching to get into the basics of Linux (note I say Linux, not Fedora Core or Ubuntu or Gentoo or Redhat) and how it all works, here’s a basic guide. Learn everything from chmod to top to grep, and it’ll only bite a couple hours out of your life!

Boot Windows from USB

BOOTING WINDOWS FROM A USB DRIVE..........According to the author, "Microsoft denies that booting Windows off a USB drive works... To put a long story short, this is exactly what i do now... However, it took me significant time to figure out all the painful little problems, and i was not fully happy with the current official guide by Dietmar (no pun, he was the first to make ANYthing public). I wanted an easy guide that allows creating a modified version of the Windows XP CD, for painless and transparent installation to as many systems as you want. This page is the result of my work. Have fun".....(free).....GO THERE!

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screenshot extension

This extension might be handy for those who design, develop or test web sites: The Pearl Crescent Page Saver. It allows to create a PNG screenshot of the currently opened web page in Firefox 1.5+.