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Great info for those who Can't get back into Windows, but don't wish to lose their data OR programs.

"This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system that does not start because of corruption in the registry. This procedure does not guarantee full recovery of the system to a previous state; however, you should be able to recover data when you use this procedure. "

# Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. # Encrypts an entire partition or storage device (such as USB flash drive). # Encrypts a partition of Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication). # Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent. # Parallelization and pipelining allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.

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Specifically, Advanced Format is going to bring about some issues where older operating systems (and we're looking almost exclusively at Windows XP here) will inadvertently harm drive performance by making certain assumptions about the drives that will no longer be true.

3DP Net will detect which network adapter is installed on your PC and automatically choose the right driver from its integrated ethernet card driver pool that enables to use the internet with breeze.\n3DP Chip is another useful program that will automatically detect and display the information on your CPU, motherboard, video card and sound card installed on your PC. You can also choose to copy these information into your clipboard with one click for later use (such as posting in a forum). If you have working internet connection, you can choose to download the latest drivers for all of these components.\nWe recommend you to run 3DP Net first after reinstalling Windows to detect network adapter and install driver, then once you get hold of internet connection, run 3DP Chip for other component drivers.

Reinstalling Windows XP is painful enough, but it becomes a real hassle if you have a system originally built by a large OEM and you can't find the original disks that came with it.

DriverPack Solution - is the most popular program to automatically install the drivers. DriverPack Solution greatly facilitates the process of reinstalling Windows on almost any computer. Now you'll be rid of the problems of search and install drivers, reducing them to a few clicks!

Cryptainer LE Ttotally free 128 bit disk encryption software. Simple, easy to use encryption application that creates encrypted "vaults". One can store any kind of data in them. Cryptainer LE allows you to encrypt any file or folder on any Windows PC. Protects all types of Media and any type of data. Password protect any file or folder with strong Encryption.

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"This is the official homepage of KeePass, the free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager."

It's been the first time for Emsisoft Anti-Malware to participate at the Virus Bulletin VB100 comparative. They have tested Anti-Malware 5.0 Beta, which had some troubles during onAccess scan test, so VB decided to test only the scanner capabilities. Badly, it was not enough to get the VB100 award, but the detail test results are remarkable:

"DiscWizard makes adding a new hard drive much easier. It can be used in several different ways. For example, you can use it to copy all the data from an old drive to the new one. The new drive will have the operating system, and will be bootable. DiscWizard can also partition and format a new drive for additional storage. "

"Acronis True Image WD Edition Software helps you to completely clone your current system drive onto your new WD hard drive. Cloning makes an exact copy of your old system drive on your new WD hard drive, including the operating system, applications, data, preferences, and email settings. Everything will be present and operate exactly as it did on your old hard drive."

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