Windows 7 has made it easy for any user to create an image of their workstation.  They have a built in tool to do a complete system backup that can be restored at a later time, if needed.  System images are one of the best ways to back up your workstation.  For most users, this
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I was playing around with a Linux distro (Backtrack 4) on my netbook and accidently overwrote the Windows boot loader with the GRUB boot loader.  My workstation would not boot anymore but I knew everything was still in place.  All I had to do was restore the Windows boot loader. To do this, you will
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Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way. Do you want to try Ubuntu without removing Windows or partitioning a dual boot
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Windows XP SP2, will no longer receive updates after July 13, 2010. This does not include 64-bit Windows XP SP2, since there has been no SP3 release for the 64-bit OS. The 64-bit version will be supported until April 8, 2014. A fresh install of Windows Vista, with no service pack installed, will no longer
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to encrypt an entire partition on a hard drive.  You can use this to encrypt an entire drive, or a particular partition.  I use the Ubuntu Linux version of Truecrypt in this tutorial.  Depending on your operating system, you could have different options to choose from when it comes to
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This is a short tutorial on how to create a bootable USB drive using the free tool Unetbootin.  This will allow you to plug the USB drive into your computer and boot your operating system directly off the USB drive.   This can be used for data recovery, computer forensics, virus cleaning (if you happen to
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