September 29, 2008 by
Jason
Open up an administrator mode command prompt by right-clicking on the shortcut and choosing Run as Administrator, then type in diskpart to load up the disk partitioning command line tool.
The most important step is to run the following command, which will give you the numbers of the disks, so you can use it in the next command (and not accidentally remove a partition on another drive).
list disk
Now that you know the correct number for the disk, you can use the select disk command, substituting the number 1 for whatever number your flash drive is set to: Read More»
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When Apple revealed Leopard with their brand new Time Machine feature which allows you to backup individual files from different time periods, everyone was in awe. However, what many do not know is that Vista is also equipped with a similar feature. Yes, you can restore deleted files or previously saved versions of your files on Windows Vista.
Table of Contents:
a. How it works
b. Getting Started – Enabling System Restore
c. Creating a Restore Point
d. Restoring a deleted file or folder
e. Restoring a previous version of a file or folder
f. Forgetting your file and folder location Read More»
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February 18, 2007 by
Jason I’ve featured some of these tweaks previously, in my PC optimisation guides, but some of these are new to me, particularly the tweaks to improve page file performance. The 10 tweaks are:
1. Disable Short Filenames
2. Name Your Files Appropriately
3. Use More Folders
4. Use More Partitions Read More»
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February 06, 2007 by
Jason We spend so much time worrying about the speed of Graphics Cards and Memory, we tend to forget about optimizing one important component of all PCS – the Hard Drive.
These 10 tips will help to speedup your Hard Drives and your file access times. The ten tips are:
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