How To Speed Up Menus In Windows XP?

This registry tweak will speed up your system menus, follow these steps:

1.Go to start> run> Type regedit

2. Go to the path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Control Panel\ Desktop

3.Locate the key called "MenuShowDelay".

4.It is probably set to 400.

5.Change that value to 150.

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How To Add Administrator Account To Welcome Screen?

As normally we can't see administrator account in welcome screen, however we can open it on startup screen by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del two times. But we can permanently add administrator account to welcome screen too, follow these steps:

1.Go to start> run> Type regedit

2.Go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon\ SpecialAccounts\ UserList

3.Right-click an empty space in the right pane.

4.Select New> DWORD Value Name the new value Administrator. Double-click this new value, and enter 1 as it's Value data.

5.Close the registry editor and restart your system.

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How To Defragment Drives Using CMD?

Defragment is the utility designed to reduce the amount of fragmentation. It's must important for improving your computer efficiency. For defragment any drive using CMD, follow these steps:

1.Open command prompt.

2.Type defrag volume: (where volume is your drive name like c, d, e)

3.For more functionality of defragmenter using cmd, type defrag /?

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How To Disable Access To USB Ports?

Do you want to disable access to your USB ports so that no one can read or write data through your USB ports? Follow these simple steps to disable USB ports:

1.Type regedit in run.

2.Go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM> CurrentControlSet> Services> USBSTOR

3.In right panel, double click on Start.

4.Change its value to 4.

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How To Enable Access To USB Ports

In my last post, I explained about "How to disable access to USB ports?". Now I'm explaining about how to enable access to USB ports. Follow these simple steps:

1.Type regedit in run.

2.Go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM> CurrentControlSet> Services>   USBSTOR.

3.In right panel, double click on Start.

4.Change its value to 3.

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Hide Folders & Files Using CMD

In this post, I'm gonna tell about hiding folders & files using cmd, follow these simple steps:

Go to start> run> Type cmd

In command prompt, type attrib "file path" +r +s +h  for e.g. attrib "C:\media\pics" +r +s +h

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How To Encrypt Folders In Windows

Do you want to encrypt folders in windows? Windows provides this feature by own, follow these simple steps:

1.Select folder you want to encrypt & go to folder's properties.

2.Click the Advanced tab.

3.Check "Encrypt contents to secure data".

4.Apply & then Okay.

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Free Download Cheat Engine 5.5

Cheat Engine is an open source tool designed to help you with modifying single player games running under windows so you can make them harder or easier depending on your preference(e.g: Find that 100hp is too easy, try playing a game with a max of 1 HP), but also contains other useful tools to help debugging games and even normal applications.

Download Cheat Engine from here or direct link

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4 Tips to Make Windows 7 Boot Faster

If you’re a hobbyist that runs a home server, or even a regular computer user that wants to get things done quickly, you will know how important it is to start Windows quickly. There’s nothing worse than having to restart a server and have your visitors tolerate 3 minutes of downtime. Add another 5 minutes of slow loading times until the computer’s fully loaded. When time is money, you really can’t be wasting any of it waiting for a computer to load.

1. Use MSConfig

If you haven’t heard of MSConfig, get familiar with it. This tool is absolutely essential in managing many aspects of your computer’s behavior during its boot time. If you don’t know how to get to it, use the following process:

1. Press “Win + R” on your keyboard. The “Win” key is next to each “Alt” key, away from the space bar. This brings up a dialog that looks like this:

If you can’t find the “Win” key, or your keyboard doesn’t have one, type “run” in the search bar at the bottom of the Start menu and press “Enter”.

2: Type “msconfig” in the dialog and press “Enter” on your keyboard. This takes you to the MSConfig screen I’ve been rambling about. Once inside, click the “Startup” tab. If you recognize a program that you don’t think you need to start up when Windows boots, clear the checkbox next to it.

Additionally, you can click the “Services” tab to disable services you know you don’t need. You must be absolutely sure that you don’t need the services and programs that you disable, or else you end up disabling something your computer needs to function properly. The consequences might make the operating system lose some functionality, but you can usually recover from this by enabling services again using the same method in this step.

3: If you use two or more operating systems on your computer and manage the boot sequence through your current Windows installation, go to the “Boot” tab and type a lower number under “Timeout.” The default timeout for Windows is 30 seconds. This makes the computer boot faster only if you plan to leave it unattended after you turn it on.

2. Device Manager

When you see the loading screen in Windows that says “Starting Windows”, the operating system loads all of your device drivers and essential services. Obviously, disabling some of the drivers that Windows loads will help speed up the loading time a bit. To do this, you must enter the device manager within Windows 7:

1: Click the Start menu and then “Control Panel”.

2: Once inside the control panel, click “Hardware and Sound.”

3: Under “Devices and Printers,” click “Device Manager.” This opens a window that shows you all the devices attached to your computer. Windows has to load drivers for each one of these devices.

4: Expand any of the device categories and explore which devices you don’t use. Right-click on any device you want and click “Disable.” This tells Windows to ignore the drivers for that device. Make sure you don’t disable any devices that your computer needs to function properly, such as the network interface or display adapter.

3. Delay Services

Let’s face it: You need the majority of the services that run on Windows’ startup. If you don’t think you can brave disabling the services, you can always delay them. When you delay a service, Windows ignores the service until enough resources are free to start the service. Once Windows finishes booting, it then loads every service you delayed. To put services on hold when Windows starts, you need to access the Services dialog in Administrative Tools:

1: Access the Control Panel using the same process mentioned in the previous tip.

2: Click “System and Security” and “Administrative Tools”.

3: In the new window that opens, double-click “Services.” Once in the “Services” dialog, right-click any service you want to delay and click “Properties,” as in the image below.

4: Click the drop-down menu next to “Startup Type” and click “Automatic (Delayed).” Don’t do this to services that already have the “Manual” startup type. That just swamps your computer with unnecessary services. Check the image below if you have no idea what I’m talking about.

5: Click “OK” and repeat this as many times as you need to. Just don’t disable a service you’re not sure of.

4. Hardware Upgrades

While you might get away with some changes in your operating system configuration, you still may need to get new hardware for your PC. Suggested upgrades include new or additional RAM (memory) and a solid state drive (SSD). Both upgrades will raise the input/output capacity of your computer per second. Getting faster or higher quantities of RAM will always speed up the boot process, since Windows uses this piece of your computer overwhelmingly when booting.

The hard drive, on the other hand, is the slowest part of any computer, particularly because its functions rely chiefly on moving electrical parts instead of transistors. If you suspect that your hard drive is dragging down the speed of your computer, your only solution could be a solid state drive, which is completely built on transistors and memory cells. These drives usually perform up to twice as fast as a regular hard drive. Be aware, however, that some solid state drives might perform more slowly with algorithmic file processing/decompression than regular hard drives. You’re guaranteed, regardless, that you’ll get a faster boot/run time than a regular hard drive.

Although the processor regularly doesn’t affect boot time, it might slow you down anyway. To check this, open your task manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) while Windows boots and monitor CPU usage through the entire duration. If you constantly see the CPU usage at 100%, it’s time to get a new CPU. Note, however, that CPUs need to use the same socket number as your motherboard. You might have to replace your motherboard also in order to fit a newer next-gen CPU. If you’re not comfortable making this upgrade yourself, you’ll have to pay someone to do it. Just remember that the sooner you get this over with, the better your experience with Windows will be.

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How To Remove Write Protection From USB Drive In Windows 7

Today I encountered a problem with my external USB hard drive. After connecting the USB drive, I received the error: The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another drive. Here’s a guide how to remove the write protection.



The problem: The disk is write-protected



The solutions…

1. Check your cables, is the drive connected properly?

In my case, the problem was fixed quickly. I checked the cables first and noticed that the drive was not connected properly. Once it was connected properly again, I was able to write to my USB drive again.

Note: I was able to read the drive, even although it was not connected properly.

2. Is the drive actually write-protected?

Open the Windows Explorer (Windows key +E) and right-click on your USB drive and click on Properties. Go to the tab Security and click on Edit. Select your username and check if you have Write permissions. If you don’t, check the option “Full” for full permissions or “Write” for write permissions:



3. Search for a “lock switch”

Some USB drives and USB sticks have a switch that allows you to lock a hard drive and prevent ANY changes. Please read your handbook or examine the USB drive, SD card or USB stick closely. If you can find the switch, you can easily unlock and remove the write protection from your drive.

4. Modify a registry key StorageDevicePolicies.

The last solution that you might want to try after creating a backup of your registry

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and hit ENTER.
2. Go to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
3. Search for a key WriteProtect
4. If there is such a key change the value to “0″.
5. Repeat the same for ALL HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00*\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
(replace * with number)

4. Can’t find (3)? Create a registry key StorageDevicePolicies.

If you can’t find the key StorageDevicePolicies in step (3) you have to create it manually.

1. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\ and select New -> Key.
2. Enter the name StorageDevicePolicies.
3. Click on the new registry key StorageDevicePolicies and on the right pan right-click, select New > DWORD and give it the name WriteProtect.
4. Double click on it and set its value to 0.

5. Last resort: Format your USB drive

If you still receive the error that you have to remove write protection first, I would try to connect the USB drive to another PC and see if the problem remains. As a last resort, you might want to copy the data on your drive or stick to another USB drive and then format the write-protected drive. After formatting the USB drive the write protection will be gone.

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How to Reset Canon IP2770 with Error 5200

This time, I will try sharing on How to Reset Canon IP2770 Error 5200. IP 2770 is a new printer, and I also at the first time get error 5200 on canon iP2770. Want to know how ...?

Early Indication:

When the iP2770 is turned on, the printer looks normal with GREEN LED on. But when ordered to print, then the 5200 on iP2770 error will appear, and the LED will blinking 8x green 1x orange.

How To Reset Canon IP2770 Error 5200 :

1.The printer is off and plugged the power cord.

2.Press the RESUME button two seconds,

3.then press the POWER button until the green light flame ( while pressing the POWER button,  don't released RESUME button )

4.Then release the Resume button, but do not release the POWER button.

5.POWER button while still pressed, press the Resume button 5 times. Led will flash alternately orange glow green with the last orange. (not to mistaken 4x because the    printer will be totally dead, but it is temporary as well) Then ...

6.Release both buttons simultaneously.

7.Led will blink briefly and then will glow GREEN.

8.And the computer will detect new hardware, just ignore ...

9.Press the POWER button, then the printer will off.

10.Press the POWER button again then the printer will on and ... PRINTER iP2770 is ready to use.

Other way on How To Reset Canon iP2770 error 5200 :

1.Turn the printer, and printer will look normal.

2.Run the printer for printing a document or a print test, then the 5200 error will appear.

3.Directly unplug the power cord without pressing on/off button

4.Open it and slide it into the middle of its cartridges manually

5.Unplug all cartridges and leave the lid open

6.Turn on the printer, head carriage will move left and right because the lid is still open and will stop in the middle.

7.Replace the cartridge, and close the right

8.The printer will return to normal.

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How Reset Canon Mp258 P07 Error 5B00:

This post discusses about Resetter Canon Mp258 P07 Error 5B00. Since many who seek MP258 resetter software for error 5B00 or P07, then let's go straight to the scene ......

Early indications Mp258 P07 Error 5B00 :

When the printer is turned on will show an error MP258 P07 on the LCD panel and the monitor screen will display an error 5B00.

How Resetter Canon Mp258 P07 Error 5B00:

1.Turned off MP258 Printer which Error 5B00 or P07.

2.Press STOP / RESET and hold, then press and hold the POWER button.

3.While POWER button is pressed, release the STOP / RESET, then press the STOP / RESET 2 times in a state of the power button is pressed.

4.Release both buttons simultaneously.

5.MP258 Printer which Error 5B00 or P07 will proceed in a while, then the LCD panel on MP58 will show zero number (0).

6.The computer will detect a NEW DEVICE, Ignore it .....

7.This situation indicates the MP258 printer which Error 5B00 or P07 is in a state SERVICE MODE and ready to reset with software.


DOWNLOAD PROGRAM RESET 5B00 or P07 MP258 error HERE. (NO PASSWORD) :

                                           DOWNLOAD LINK 1

                                                       OR

                                           DOWNLOAD LINK 2

                   

-Exctract MP258 Resetter Files for error 5B00 or P07
-Prepare 2 paper in the printer (this is to print at the time the process of resetting)
-Run the Resetter for MP258 P07 error 5B00
-Click "MAIN", then the printer will proceed, then MP258 will print one page with the words "D = 000.0"
-Click the "Clear EEPROM".
-Then click the "EEPROM", and the printer will print the results MP258 Resetter. One of the writing row as follows:

"TPage (COPY TTL = 00 000 = 00 000)"

-Turn off the printer by pressing the POWER button.
-And the MP258 Printer which Error 5B00 or P07 is ready for use again.
  Done.

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How to Unlock Huawei USB Modem For Free

It’s not difficult to look for unlocking service for Huawei USB 3G modem online. Most of the time however, these unlocking service comes with a small fee. Some forums do offer such service for free—but you would have to wait for the kind soul to respond to your request, and God knows how long they will take.




If you rather go for something that can unlock your Huawei modem within seconds for free instead, check out the following three unlock code generators.

Online Unlock Key Generator

On this site, getting your modem’s unlock code is as simple as entering your modem’s IMEI, enter the CAPTCHA code and click on the “Calculator” button.

Within seconds, it will return you with your modem’s unlock code and flash code.




Supported Huawei modem models:

E1550, E155, E156, E156G, E160, E160G, E161, E166, E169, E169G, E170, E172, E176, E180, E182E, E196, E226, E270, E271, E272, E510, E612, E618, E620, E630, E630+, E660, E660A, E800, E870, E880, EG162, EG162G, EG602, EG602G

Universal MasterCode

As its name suggest, Universal MasterCode is capable of generating unlock codes for a wide range of device, which of course includes most of Huawei’s modem.

E156 E155, E1550 E1552, E156G E160, E160G E161 E166, E169 E169G, E170, E172, E176 E1762 E180 E182E E196 E226 E270, E800,E870 E880 EG162 E880 EG162 EG162G EG602 EG602G, E271, E272, E510 E612 E618 E630 ,E620 E630+ E660 E660a





As you can see, the unlock code generated is the same as the one generated by the online unlock key generator above. There is no limit how many unlock codes you can generate, meaning as long as you have this generator on your computer, you can unlock as many modems as you wish.

No installation is required. Just download and start the application.

Download Universal MasterCode 

Huawei Unlocker

Huawei Unlocker is another simple and straight forward free unlock code generator. Enter your modem’s IMEI, hit the “Unlock” button and consider yourself done. Again, no installation required.





Download Huawei Unlocker

Unlocking The Modem with The Unlock Code
To make use of the unlock code, insert an unauthorized sim card to your Huawei modem. Unauthorized sim card meaning sim card from any operators other than the one the modem is currently locked to.

When you do so, you would be prompt for the modem’s unlock code. Just enter the unlock code you have received earlier and voila, you can now use your Huawei USB modem with sim cards from any other operator.

I have tested it on my E1762 and it worked perfectly.

Huawei Modem Code Writer Tool

If your modem doesn’t prompt for the unlock code even after you have inserted an unauthorized sim, you can use any of these two code writer tools:

Download Huawei Modem Code Writer: MediaFire | RapidShare

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Monitor SIM Card software

A Sim Card, or Subscriber Identity Module Card, is a smart card that is in all GSM enabled mobile phones around the world and contains all the information you need to make and receive calls on a particular network. Most phone networks around the world operate on a GSM network, so that means if you already have a mobile phone in your home country - you can most likely use it abroad. Of course, when doing this you will be charged "roaming" charges, which are charges above and beyond your standard monthly charges and so traditionally it has not really been an option to take your mobile phone with you when you travel.

However, with the cost of technology decreasing all the time, its now a viable option to purchase a sim card for the country you are traveling to save on roaming costs, plus get a local number in that country.

Download Monitor SIM Card software:


Data Doctor Recovery - SIM Card 5.3
Flexible solution for regaining lost or deleted text messages and contacts.

        SIM Card Seizure 4.0
Recover SMS & text messages and analyze all data on SIM cards.

     Dekart SIM Manager 3.1
SIM Manager is an advanced SIM card management tool.


     SIM Card Seizure 4.0
Recover SMS & text messages and analyze all data on SIM cards.

     Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager 5.3
It provides control of connections, data using, information about messages.

         SUN 1020B SIM Card Reader 1.0


     SIM Card Reader App 1.0


         Easy Card 3.1

create & e-mail or print greeting cards.

     Sim Card Manager 1.1


    001Micron Recovery - SIM Card (Evaluation) 4.8


       SIM Card 1.0


       WinSIM Pro 1.0
This software is a great and creative SIM card tool developed for SIM card engineer.


       SIM Card Editor 1.1


   USB SIM Card Reader 1.3
Sim card contact number restoration application recover deleted read unread SMS.


Enjoy it ^_^

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Download partiton tools

10 Free Partition Tools

1 . Ultimate Boot CD

The Ultimate Boot CD is a bootable CD containing tools that allow you to:

--Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.

--Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.

--Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD.

--Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.

When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.

UBCD contains a ton of tools including: CPU Tests, Memory Tests, Peripherals Tools, CPU Information, System Information, Benchmark Tools, BIOS Tools, Hard Disk Installation Tools, Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools, Hard Disk Device Management Tools, Hard Disk Wiping Tools, Hard Disk Cloning Tools, Hard Disk Low-Level Editing Tools, Partition Tools, Boot Managers, File Tools, NTFS Tools, Anti-Virus/Malware Tools, Network Tools, DOS Boot Disks and Linux Boot Disks.


Get your copy here

2.  GParted Live

The purpose of GParted is to allow the individual to take a hard disk and change the partition organization therein, while preserving the partition contents. GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). GParted Live is a small bootable GNU/Linux distribution for x86 machine. It enables you to use all the features of the latest versions of GParted. GParted Live can be installed on CD, USB, PXE server, and Hard Disk then run on an x86 machine.

Note: Take care when using GParted on Windows XP/Vista installations. Read here for more information:

Update to "resize-windows.txt" - Draft to discuss (Page 1) - Documentation - GParted forum

Using GParted to Resize Your Windows Vista Partition.The How-To Geek

You can also get GParted on various distributions such as the SystemRescueCD, listed below.



Get your copy of GParted here

3. System RescueCD

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It is very easy to use: just boot the CDROM. The kernel supports most of the important file systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).

System tools included with SystemRescueCd

--GNU Parted creates, resizes, moves, copies partitions, and filesystems (and more).

--GParted GUI implementation using the GNU Parted library (see previous post).

--Partimage saves / restores partitions to an image file on another partition or to another system.

--FSArchiver flexible tool to save/restore a filesystem to a compressed archive.

--File systems tools (for Linux and Windows filesystems): format, resize, and debug an existing partition of a hard disk

--Ntfs3g: enables read/write access to MS Windows NTFS partitions.

--sfdisk saves / restores partition table (and more).

--Test-disk tool to check and undelete partition, supports reiserfs, ntfs, fat32, ext2/3 and many others

--Memtest+ to test the memory of your computer (first thing to test when you have a crash or unexpected problems)

--Network tools (Samba, NFS, ping, nslookup, ...) to backup your data across the network

Get your copy SystemRescueCD

4. TestDisk

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy. TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

TestDisk can:

--Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
--Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
--Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
--Fix FAT tables
--Rebuild NTFS boot sector
--Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
--Fix MFT using MFT mirror
--Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
--Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
--Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.

Get your copy of TestDisk here.

5. Ranish Partition Manager

Ranish Partition Manager is a powerful hard disk partitioning tool. It gives users high level of control for running multiple operating systems, such as Linux, Windows 98/XP, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD on a single disk. Partition Manager can create, copy, and resize primary and extended partitions. It includes command line interface and simulation mode that works with large files so you can safely experiment before working on the real hard drive partition tables.


Get your copy of Ranish here.

6. Partition Logic

Partition Logic is a free hard disk partitioning and data management tool.  It can create, delete, format, defragment, resize, and move partitions and modify their attributes.  One cool feature about it is that it can copy entire hard disks from one to another. Partition Logic is free software, based on the Visopsys operating system.  It boots from a CD or floppy disk and runs as a standalone system, independent of your regular operating system.  It is intended to become a free alternative to such commercial programs.

It’s worth noting that the current (as of March 2009) version of Partition logic has the following limitations:

--Does not work with some SATA hard disks, no hardware support for non-USB SCSI hard disks
--Supports only DOS/Windows-style MBR partition tables (used on nearly all IBM PC-compatibles)
--No support for Sun or BSD disk labels, or EFI/GPT tables used on Itanium and Intel Mac platforms
--Most important:  Cannot format partitions as NTFS (however, it can resize NTFS)
--Cannot resize FAT or EXT filesystems
--No hardware support for serial mice or for PCMCIA



Get Partition Logic here

7. SwissKnife

SwissKnife allows you to create, delete and format partitions on your hard disk drives in one smooth, simple process. While the product has been tested up to 400GB, it should support hard disks of up to 2048GB. SwissKnife allows creation of FAT32 & NTFS partitions. FAT16 option is provided for compatibility. Supports Internal interfaces such as IDE and SCSI and External interfaces such as Hi-Speed USB, Parallel port, PCMCIA, USB On-The-Go, Firewire, SATA interfaces etc. Creates Fixed and Removable Disk Format types. Latest version adds support for NTFS and features resizable windows. Upon completion, the drive icons will be dynamically updated on your computer.

Key Features:

--Formats faster than the OS (click on chart for details)
--Allows change of cluster size during Full format or Quick Format
--Divides a single hard drive into one or more partitions
--Supports Hi-Speed USB, PCMCIA, SATA, SCSI, USB 1.1, and FireWire® external drives
--Supports Fixed and Removable disk formats
--Supports FAT, FAT32 & NTFS systems
--Allows creation of a single partition of up to 2048GB of FAT32 or NTFS file systems.
--Full format or Quick Format of existing partitions
--Selective partitions can be modified for optimum flexibility


Get your copy of Swiss Knife here:

8. Cute Partition Manager (CPM)

Cute Partition Manager is a free advanced hard disk partition management utility that allows you to easily add, edit, delete and manage the partitions in your computer.  Cute Partition Manager is very easy to use, and one of the best features about it is that It lets you preview the changes before you save them. It lets you edit the boot flag, partition type and other advanced parameters. It gives you total control of your system during the partition process. For example, it lets you edit all existing partitions. It even lets you install all the operating systems from scratch. It supports all versions of Windows (9x,ME,NT,2K,XP,Vista), DOS, Linux, etc.

Some features include:

--Lets you create more than 100 partitions per hard disk.
--Lets you preview changes before you can save them.
--Lets you edit advanced partition parameters such as boot flag, partition type, etc.
--Lets you remove every single partition in your system.
--Does not require an operating system to run (everything is built-in).
--Can be booted from CD, DVD, Blank Floppy, DOS Boot Floppy, etc.


Get your copy of CPM here.

9. EaseUs Partition Manager

EaseUs Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE disk partitioning utility that offers a powerful range of functions such as resizing partitions, formatting partitions, copying partitions, creating new partitions, deleting partitions, hiding partitions, changing drive letters, setting active partitions, and a handful other functions. Some of the main characteristics of EaseUs Partition Manager are:

--Material support for RAID
--Re-size and move partitions without losing data
--Create and delete partitions with a simple stage
--Allocated in a partition to make easier recognition
--Format of partitions by simple click
--Partition of ownership of every partition
--Conceal and to show partitions - to protect important data
--Specify a boot partition
--Outline of the effects of partitioning of a hard disk before applying
--Works on hard disks of 20GB to 800GB


Note: EaseUs Partition Master Home Edition ONLY supports 32 bit Windows systems. If your computer is running 64 bit Windows systems, please check the Professional or Server editions which are not free.

Get your copy here:.

10. eXtended FDisk

eXtended FDisk, or short XFDisk, is a free DOS FDISK replacement that offers more comfort and comes with a bootmanager that allows you to have more than one operating system installed on your hard disk. With XFDisk you can partition your hard disk or install and configure the bootmanager, which will be located in the first 17 sectors of your first hard disk. The bootmanager will not occupy an own partition, so you can fully use the four available primary partitions per hard disk. If you choose to have an extended partition with logical drives on your hard disk, XFDisk transparently manages the extended partition for you. So you don't need to worry about the size of the extended partition any more. Of course, XFDisk and the bootmanager support more than one hard disk and even booting from logical drives.



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How to Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk

Basic disc and dynamic disc are the two basic hard disk configuration types in Windows System. Most personal computers use basic disks which make the disk management easy. Advanced users and IT administrators may use dynamic disks which are used to improve the performance of computers with several hard disks.

The basic disk uses primary partition, extended partition and logical partition to manage the data on the disk. The formatted partitions is also called volume (volume sometimes can be exchanged with partition). In Windows, the basic disk can have four primary partitions or three primary partitions, one extended partition. The extended partition can contain several logical partitions. The partitions on basic disks can not be share or split data with other partitions. Each partition on basic disk is an isolated unit on the disk.

The dynamic disk can contain about 2000 dynamic volume with the functions like that of the primary partitions on the basic disk. In some versions of Windows, several independent dynamic disk can be joined together to form a Spanned Volume, and data can be splitted into several hard disks called Stripped Volume to improve the performances, or to make mirror partitions of multi disks to form mirrored volume.

The function of Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk is to convert dynamic disk into basic disk. This function can only convert the simple volume and mirrored volume. The other types of volume can not support the convert operation.

While using this function, no other pending operations are required, after the operation is done, users can only convert other dynamic disks into basic disk. Other functions would be invalid after you click apply button or discard to carry out the convert process.

Moreover, we suggest that user uses the windows version of Partition Wizard to finish this operation. Because the windows version of Partition Wizard shall ensure the drive letters do not change after the convert. If users use Partition Wizard Bootable CD to carry out the convert process, the drive letter may change, and which will lead to improper boot of system.

 

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Watch how to use Partition Wizard to convert dynamic disk to basic disk.

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