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Fri
08
Jul
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How to Fix: Cannot Create Partition: No Free MBR Slots

Infopackets Reader Sam T. writes: " Dear Dennis, I have an HP computer, which has 4 hard drive partitions: the System partition, the C drive, the factory image partition (which includes a backup of Windows), and the 'HP Tools' partition, which ... contains BIOS information in case a BIOS flash fails and I need to restore my BIOS. My question is this: I used MiniTool Partition Wizard to shrink my C drive, which then created unallocated space. Normally I can right click the unallocated space and create a new volume, however, I receive an error message that says: 'Partition Wizard cannot create a ... (view more)

Mon
21
Sep
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7 Ways to Repair or 'Factory Reset' Windows 10

Infopackets Reader Gail N. writes: " Dear Dennis, I have two HP laptops: one that came with Windows 7 and the other with Windows 8. I have already upgraded both laptops to Windows 10 using the 'get Windows 10 app' via the desktop. My question is: ... what happens if Windows 10 fails and I need to factory restore my laptop? Will I get back Windows 10 or will it reload the original operating system (Windows 7 or 8)? I ask because both my HP laptops have a 'factory restore' partition which I can access by pressing F11 on my keyboard during bootup. Also, is there any way to fix my laptop without ... (view more)

Thu
08
Aug
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'Puran File Recovery 1.1' and 'NetTraffic 1.23'

Puran File Recovery 1.1 This tool provides you with an easy way to recover deleted files. You can use this program to scan hard disks, memory cards, mobile phones, DVDs, CDs, and USB drives to find important files that may have been accidentally ... deleted. http://www.puransoftware.com NetTraffic 1.23 Track the traffic on your network connection with NetTraffic. This tool uses a user-friendly interface to relay all kinds of information related to your network's activity. Supported operating systems include Windows 2000 through Windows 8. http://venea.net This freeware software program is brought ... (view more)

Thu
10
Jan
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'Drive Speedometer 1.1', and 'Network Password Recovery 1.32'

Drive Speedometer 1.1 Interested in finding out more about how your Windows computer's hard drives are performing? This free software utility monitors the read and write speeds of your hard drives, and reports the information to you. This kind of ... data can help you keep track of your hard drives' performance and also prepare for a crash, if hard drive problems are detected. http://www.pcwintech.com Network Password Recovery 1.32 Each time you connect to a remote server, Windows asks for your network password, which can be saved and stored for future use. This free software utility is capable ... (view more)

Wed
12
Dec
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Windows 8: How to Access Safe Mode

This great question recently made its way to us from a frequent Infopackets reader: "Hi guys, I just purchased a Windows 8 PC. For the most part I'm enjoying the new OS. However, I noticed that Safe Mode is no longer available. I think this is an ... important feature and can't figure out why it would have been removed. Is there a way to bring it back? Thanks! Richard F." Our response: Yes, Richard, it is an important feature. There are many situations in which it's helpful to boot your computer into Safe Mode. So it's good to know you can do this in Windows 8. Actually, there are two ... (view more)

Mon
01
Oct
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'WinMend File Splitter', and 'Wise Data Recovery 3.17'

WinMend File Splitter WinMend File Splitter can split a Windows computer file into any specified number of smaller files. This makes the individual files small enough that they can be more conveniently sent via email or stored in a removable device ... such as a USB drive. This handy tool can also be used to merge files. http://www.winmend.com Wise Data Recovery 3.17 Have you ever deleted useful files by mistake? Have you ever lost important data as a result of a sudden PC crash? Now Wise Data Recovery can help with these problems! Freeware Wise Data Recovery can quickly and safely search and ... (view more)

Tue
17
Jan
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UK Retail Giant Sold Counterfeit Windows, says Microsoft

Days after a police raid in Ghana seized dozens of counterfeit versions of their software, Microsoft has once again set their sights on another international software retailer. This time they're pursuing legal action against popular UK electronics ... company Comet, after uncovering the sale of over 94,000 sets of counterfeit Windows CDs. According to Microsoft, Comet produced counterfeit recovery CDs for Windows Vista and Windows XP before shipping them off to be sold in their stores across the UK. David Finn, associate general counsel of worldwide anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting at ... (view more)

Mon
13
Jun
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'PIXresizer 2.0.5', and 'ReclaiMe Free RAID Recovery Build 1181'

PIXresizer 2.0.5 PIXresizer is a photo resizing program to easily create web and e-mail friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. The reduced files are saved in a different folder, so your original images are not altered at all. ... PIXresizer offers several different resizing methods to choose from and can automatically recognize image sizes to calculate the best fit. http://bluefive.pair.com ReclaiMe Free RAID Recovery Build 1181 This software helps to recover RAID partitions. It's compatible with RAID 0 recovery, including RAID 0+1 and 1+0, RAID 5 recovery, including RAID 5E, ... (view more)

Tue
08
Jun
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'Mini-Tool Partition Recovery', and 'Hard Drive Eraser'

Mini-Tool Partition Recovery MiniTool Partition Recovery is a Free Partition Recovery Software for Windows. MiniTool Partition Recovery can help recover lost and deleted partitions from most harddrives. Supported are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS ... and NTFS5 file system. MiniTool Partition Recovery can run under 32/64bit Windows 2000 / XP /Vista / Window 7. http://www.minitool-partitionrecovery.com Hard Drive Eraser Hard Drive Eraser will shred a drive partition beyond any possible recovery. http://www.harddriveeraser.org Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at ... (view more)

Fri
20
Nov
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'All My Apps', and 'Format Recovery For Email'

All My Apps All your applications can be installed on your new PC with one click. Should you need to reinstall your system, Allmyapps takes care of reinstalling all your favorite applications in the blink of an eye. Extremely handy in the age of ... spyware and flimsy laptop and netbook casing! http://www.allmyapps.com Format Recovery For Email Format Recovery for Email is free software that can recover email from a damaged dbx file or deleted dbx file or re-installed Windows drive. The mail fragment can be saved as an EML file. It supports Outlook Express and Foxmail format. Even if the file ... (view more)

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