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I had about 15 files saved as File0000.chk through File0014.chk. PLEASE CHANGE CATEGORY IF I POSTED IN THE WRONG SECTION. First I tried renaming them with the likely extensions I use most often, such as .xlsx and .docx respectively for Excel and Word. This successfully recovered over 1/2 of my...

I have a folder that I'd like to periodically mirror to an external hard disk. How can I easily copy the source to the target, deleting files now deleted in the source, updating files that have been changed in the source, and adding new files to the destination. Would an XCOPY with the...

Link Removed Paragon Software is known to make backup and restore products for home and business users, as well as software designed to partition and alter hard drives. When you buy a copy of Paragon software, you have traditionally always been able to create a recovery disc that uses the WinPE...

Using Defraggler, I cannot get my 1TB boot drive below 30% fragmentation. Is this a problem? Regards, Jim.

Hi all, I used Glary Utilities empty folders finder and found a whole bunch of empty folders, I was wondering can I just delete all of them or should I just leave them where they are? Thanks, Frank

1.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have an owner which contains the pattern "aaa"? 2.) How can I find out EXACTLY (presumably with CACLS or ICACLS) all files or folders in a directory tree which have NOT an...

When I first started using this great little tool, it worked perfectly. :pI don't know why it has changed as things change and update daily, so I could not identify a time frame for the problem, and it seems intermittent. The problem is when I start to drag the frame, it immediately crops...

Hello, i was the Auslogics Disk Defrag Tool to defrag my Partition, and then i went to check a backup folder, i was trying to change the icon of the folder, i dont know what went wrong The Folder just disappeared !! while it was still showing at the defrag app its working on that folder. i...

Found this piece of software this morning and decided to give it a try. It actually serves two purposes as far as I'm concerned; 1. To check the presence and general availability of your existing system restore points. 2. And this one is really cool, supports the mounting of and accessing...

Is there any way to take a disk image within Windows 7 or do I need to buy disk imaging software like Acronis?

I am looking for a reliable Registry cleaner that will clean my registry and speed up my computer. I found a registry cleaner whilst Googling called "Registry Helper" from SafeApp Software It would be appreciated is someone could advise whether this is a reliable program or let me know which...

hi friends i really need a program that protect my files without using a blocker or write protect software only change the destination file(corrupting it). thanks :D:biggrin:

Hi - back in Win95, and I think 98, there was a MS tool that you were able to d/l and use for free. It was called 'send to'. There are some who I am sure know exactly what I am talking about; for those who don't, the install would add a 'send to' cmd to the right-click menu, for any file or...

Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder or PSR by Britec YouTube - Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder or PSR by Britec How to use Problem Steps Recorder Tool in Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder is a new miracle tool in Windows 7 for especially help desk or support engineers as well as software...

Whenever I try to eject a certain external hard drive using the little icon in the task window, I get a message that it is in use. I am very careful to be sure it is not in use but still get the message. This is a data storage disc. I am not aware of any programs on it that may be running in...

Hi All, :( I have created the backup file with the help of Windows Easy Transfer wizard. The problem is now I have forgot the password which I used while creating. I have created this *.mig file 8 months ago. Please help me to get it unlocked and restore my old files.

In this video, Joe Stackhouse and Mike Fara discuss Process Explorer, and its unique abilities to diagnose system processes, including malware infections.

The original XP search allows to easily specify dates, file sizes etc etc. Is there an app for Win 7 to do this easily ?

So I've been trying to restore my computer fully for days now. I used the Windows 7 Backup method about a week ago to backup 3 drives: C: (SATA-Primary), D:(SATA), and H:(IDE). They were successfully backed up, however restoring them has been a nightmare. I re-imaged the C: drive back to its...

For the past couple of months, the "new" version of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool has been identified as an automatic update and then installs successfully each month. However, within minutues the automatic update tool tells me there is a new update to install and it lists the...