PC TIPS (WIN XP)

~~~*Automated Installation for XP*~~~
Automate The Installation Of Windows XP

You can create a CD that can install Windows XP automatically, putting in all the details and answering all the dialog boxes.

The secret behind this is the answer file, which tells Windows what to do while it's installing. The answer file can be created using Windows setup manager.

Using this tool, you can make the answer file so powerful that you can even tell Windows to include or exclude individual components, set the display resolution, and more.

Here's the Steps involved in creating XP Automated Installation Disc:

Step 1: To begin with, insert your Windows XP installation CD into the drive and copy the entire contents of the CD to a new folder on your hard disk.

Step 2: Navigate to the Support > Tools folder on the CD and double-click the Deploy.cab file. Copy all the files to a new folder on your hard disk.

Step 3: The crucial part begins now, creating the answer file. To execute the windows setup manager, double click the Setupmgr.exe file from the contents of the Deploy.cab, which you just copied onto the hard drive.

Step 4: The first few steps of the wizard are self explanatory. Select the following options from the successive dialog boxes. Create a new answer file; Windows unattended installation (Select the appropriate Windows version); "Fully automated"; "No this answer file will be used to install from CD"; and finally, accept the license agreement.

Step 5: Under the General Settings, you can customize the installation of Windows by providing the default name and organization, display settings, time zone and the product key. Fill in the fields using the drop-down list or by keying in the details. If you don't select an option from the drop-down list, the default values will be used.

Step 6: After you are done click Finish and save the answer file as "winnt.sif" when you are prompted. Advanced users can further tweak the answer file by referring to the Help file called Ref.chm in the same folder.

Step 7: Finally copy the answer file to i386 folder in the Windows XP installation folder you created in the beginning.

Step 8: To burn a bootable installation disc, you need the boot sector of the Windows XP CD. Download it from here bootfiles.zip

Step 9: Launch Nero and select CD-ROM (Boot) from the New Compilation dialog box. Under the Boot tab, specify the boot sector file you downloaded and extracted. Set the emulation as "No emulation", and keep the boot message blank. Most importantly, remember to set the "Number of loaded sectors" as 4.

Step 10: Under the Burn tab, set the write method to disc at-once. Click the New button to to begin adding files and folders to the compilation. Drag all the contents of the Windows XP installation disc that you copied to your hard drive (with the answer file in the i386 folder) into the left pane.

Insert a blank CD into the optical drive and hit burn button.

Your windows automated installation Disc is ready!

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नया Opera 10.10 Beta 1 (Build 1833)

ऑपेरा अब अपने दसवें रूप से भी आगे बढ़ गया है । नया वर्जन अब आपके लिए मुफ्त में उपलब्ध है शायद ये सबसे अच्छा ब्राउजर ना हो पर इसमे चित्र वाले वेबसाइट बहुत तेजी से खुलते है अन्य ब्राउजर की तुलना में ये मेरी राय है आजमाइए और अपनी राय बनाइये ।

यहाँ क्लिक कर डाउनलोड करें ।

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UltraISO Premium

UltraISO can extract, create, edit, and convert CD/DVD image files. It can directly edit an ISO file, make ISO images from CD/DVD-ROMs, create a new ISO from files and folders on your computer, and make bootable CDs and DVDs. In addition, UltraISO can convert nearly all known CD and DVD image formats to ISO, BIN/CUE, Nero (NRG), Alcohol 120% (MDS/MDF), and CloneCD (CCD/IMG/SUB) formats, as well as burn CD/DVD images directly with built-in burning engine and emulate ISO images with up to 8 virtual CD/DVD drives.

Version 9.3.3.2685 can view and extract files from XBOX360 ISO images, mount UDF DVD images on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Beta 1, and save newly detected media capacity.

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Source:- http://download.cnet.com/UltraISO-Premium/3000-2646_4-10177302.html

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Magic ISO

Quickly create an new ISO file or an new CD/DVD

1. Click menu "Files" ->"New" to choose which type of ISO image you want to create

Data CD/DVD image:  The new ISO image contains two file systems  - ISO 9660 and Joliet. This ISO image or CD/DVD burnt with this ISO image can be read on Microsoft Windows.

Bootable CD/DVD image:  Create a bootable ISO image with choosing bootable image file that can be get from bootable floppy disk or another bootable ISO image. The new ISO image contains two file systems  - ISO 9660 and Joliet.  This ISO image or CD/DVD burnt with this ISO image can be read on Microsoft Windows.

UDF CD/DVD image:  Create UDF-ONLY ISO image.

Hybrid CD/DVD image: The new ISO image contains four file systems  - ISO 9660,  Joliet, UDF and Apple HFS+. The ISO image or CD/DVD burnt with this ISO image can be read on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Unix/Linux CD/DVD image: The new ISO image contains three files systems - ISO 9660, Joliet and RockRidge. The ISO image or CD/DVD burnt with this ISO image can be read on Microsoft Windows ,Linux and Unix.

2. Dragging files or directories from Local Browser  into ISO Panel. or click the button " or to add files or directories.

3. Click to create an new folder. Then enter the folder name.

4. Click to delete files or folders.

5. Press F2 or click to rename file name, folder name or volume name.

>>For creating an new ISO image.

6. Click to save in ISO image.

>>For creating an new CD or DVD.

6. Click to burn CD/DVD on-the-fly.

7. Choose your CD/DVD recorder, Choose write speed. Important: you must remember to clear the "Finalize CD" checkbox if you need to write data onto this CD or DVD later. With a Multisession CD or DVD, this checkbox is only checked for the last session of the CD or DVD. This setting write protects the CD or DVD and no further writing is possible.

8. Click "Burn it!" button to start the burn process.

                               

Version - 5.5(build 274)                                                    Mirror Link

Using MagicISO to edit ISO file

1. Click to open ISO file or choose File menu and Click Open Command.

2. Dragging files or directories from Local Browser  into ISO Panel. or click the button " or to add files or directories.

3. Click to create an new folder. Then enter the folder name.

4. Click to delete files or folders.

5. Press F2 or click to rename file name, folder name or volume name.

6. Click to save in ISO image.

>>For creating an new CD.

6. Click to burn CD/DVD on-the-fly.

7. Choose your CD/DVD recorder, Choose write speed. Important: you must remember to clear the "Finalize CD" checkbox if you need to write data onto this CD or DVD later. With a Multisession CD or DVD, this checkbox is only checked for the last session of the CD or DVD. This setting write protects the CD or DVD and no further writing is possible.

8. Click "Burn it!" button to start the burn process.

                                

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Make ISO from CD/DVD-ROM

1. Click Menu "Tools"->"Make ISO from CD/DVD-ROM"

2.  Choose "Source CD/DVD-ROM"

3. Enter output file name

4. Choose output format for your CD/DVD.

Standard ISO image file (.ISO): It is used for All kind of DVD Disc and Data CD with single track.

BIN image file (.BIN/.CUE): It is used for Audio CD, Video CD, Super Video CD and all CD with single session.

NRG image file (.NRG): It is used for All kind of CD (include Audio CD, Video CD, Super Video CD and Data CD etc.)

Universal Image Format ( *.UIF): It is used for all kind of CD and DVD. It is strongly recommended for backuping your CD or DVD. Read here to learn more.

5. If you choose "Universal Image Format(*.UIF)" as output format, you can enter password for protecting your image file.

6. Click "Ok" to process.

                                

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Extract boot image from CD/DVD-ROM

1. Click Menu "Tools"->"Make ISO from CD/DVD-ROM"

2.  Choose "Source CD/DVD-ROM"

3. Enter output file name.

4. Check "Export Boot Image".

5. Click Ok button to process.

Make boot image from floppy disk

1. Click menu "Tools"->" Make boot image from floppy disk"

2. Enter the name of bootable image file to save.

Make bootable ISO image

1.  Open an ISO image.

2. Click to set boot image file.

3. Click button to save ISO file.

Convert CD/DVD image

1.  Click menu "Tools"->"Convert ..."

2. Enter source file name,   Choose output format, Enter output file

3. Click "Convert" Click here to learn about how to convert .DMG to ISO image.

Burn CD/DVD with CD/DVD image file

1. Click to open "Burn CD!" Dialog

2. Choose CD/DVD-Writer

3. Enter CD/DVD image filename

4. Choose writing speed.

5. Click "Burn it!"

                                

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Source:- http://www.magiciso.com/howto/howto.htm

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Daemon Tools 4.30.4

Daemon Tools is an advanced application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features.

This program allows running Backup Copies of SafeDisc (C-Dilla), Securom, Laserlock, CDCOPS, StarForce and Protect CD (and many others) protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive (Generic DVD-ROM) enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD! DAEMON Tools works under Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with all types of CD/DVDROM drives (IDE/SCSI) and supports nearly any CD protection.

- Daemon Tools needs a 1:1 Copy to run!!
- Daemon Tools is used to RUN GAMES, NOT TO BURN THEM!!! Means emulation must be active while you want to play a game, not while burning the copy (except for you want to use DAEMON Tools' "fastdump" feature on a safedisc protected CD).
- If you want to run a copy protected application from an image mounted to a Generic DVD-ROM enabling the copy protection emulation(s) is NOT necessary!!
- Generic DVD-ROM is able to run nearly every protected or unprotected CD image (Safedisc, Securom, Laserlock, Lockblocks etc.) like it was the original CD! Just do an image file using one of the supported burning programs and mount it with Daemon Manager!

Daemon Tools supports the following image files :
- cue/bin
- iso
- ccd (CloneCD)
- bwt (Blindwrite)
- mds (Media Descriptor File)
- cdi (Discjuggler)
- nrg (Nero)
- pdi (Instant CD/DVD)
- b5t (BlindWrite 5)

Changes in Daemon Tools 4.30.4 :
- Windows 7 beta supporting (SPTD 1.58);
- Protected images creation: Password field on Disc Imaging dialog;
- Compressed images creation: Compress option on Disc Imaging dialog;
- Image Catalog item was moved to the first level of Main Menu;
- mdf-file type association option;
- Languages updates.
- Bugs fixed:
- Devices speeds detection;
- Lite-ON DHXXXXX drives supporting;
- Large RAID volumes issue;
- Mounting/converting B6T DVD images;
- Setup improving: Unicode supporting;
- Some minor GUI bugs.

Changes in Daemon Tools 3.47 :
- Fixed lockup with some images containing bad sectors made by Alcohol (MDS)
- Fixed Nero InCD formatting problem with DAEMON Tools present
- Fixed atapi.sys locking problem (as a result, some emulation ability is removed for PCD5 until new release)

Important Notes :
- Quote from Daemon Tools' release notes: "Another important change in DAEMON Tools 4.10 is the integration of ADWARE. Yes, we need that revenues. However, we decided to let YOU choose to run it with ADWARE and support us - or simple turn it OFF in installation-process and run it same way as former versions - without ADWARE. By default, it is turned ON - to not install that ADWARE, please UNCHECK at installation "DAEMON TOOLS SEARCHBAR" (or you can remove it anytime later when you wish via "Control Panel"-> "Add/Remove programs")."

 

Download [ Daemon Tools 4.30.4 ]

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Free Utility To Make Your USB Pen Drive Bootable

If you are an fairly advanced computer user, at times you may need to boot from devices other then the default hard-disk, mainly to troubleshoot virus infections and other critical operating-system related issues, I had shared tips on how to make bootable cd for performing advance system tasks on windows. Today I will share few utilities enabling you to create bootable USB pen drives with ease, you need to have Motherboard/BIOS with USB boot support for this to work.

MakeBootable is an free and simple-to-use utility to make your Pen Drive act as a boot-up disk without erasing any data on the device. It consists of a single executable file and requires no installation, However the utility will only work on USB device's using Phison’s chip solution and FAT file-system only (you can re-format your drives to FAT easily).

If the above utility fails to recognize your USB drive you can download and use the HP USB Format Utility and HP USB Boot utility, They work with other brands of flash drives as well, The best software for creating bootable flash drives with the most extensive support of drives and advance options would be "FlashBoot"

There are quite a few other manual methods to make usb devices bootable as discussed here, once you succeed in making your USB drive bootable using any of the method discussed above, You need to change the boot-up setting in the system BIOS as described below to boot using your portable device:

With your device inserted, restart the machine. Enter the BIOS setup menu to change the boot device setting. If the boot-up files are created in the USB drive, select USB-HDD or USB-ZIP (preferred). If the boot-up files are created in the floppy drive of your device, select USB-FDD (for Pen Drive that supports security mode).

Save and exit the BIOS setup. You should be able to boot up with you USB device.

                                                  

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Source:- http://www.megaleecher.net/Make_Bootable_USB

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Modix HD3510: Fully Adequate DVD Player Replacement

At first glance, the white box of the Modix player looks like a normal external hard drive case. On the front is a large display and lots of function buttons, while the A/V and USB ports can be found on the back, where you can also attach an external power supply. Once you turn on the device, a menu structure will appear on the hard-to-read display. You can navigate either with the remote control or using the many buttons on the front.

Package information , Package Contents

 

The player can be controlled without a remote control, using the buttons

The remote control is pleasant to hold

Some buttons on the remote control have no functions

Source:- http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-disk-drive-video-players-hit-mainstream,1107-10.html

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Codec Compatibility

Test format / Codec	THEbox
AC-3	yes
3ivx D4	no
Canopus Soft DVSD	no
DAT CD-Video	yes
DivX 3.11	yes
DivX 3.20	yes
DivX 4.1	yes
DivX 5.03	yes
DivX 5.2	yes
DivX 6 (.divx)	yes
DivX 6 (.avi)	yes
DivX 6 with menus	yes **
DivX 2-PASS	yes
DVD Video (.vob)	yes
DVD with menus	no
Leadtools 1.0	no
Matroska	no
Morgan M-JPEG 3.0	no
Motion JPEG	yes
MP3 Fraunhofer	yes
MP3 Lame	yes
MP3 VBR	yes
MP3 CBR	yes
MPEG-1	yes
MPEG-2	yes
MS Media Player 9	no
MS MPEG4 V1	no
MS MPEG4 V2	yes
MS MPEG4 V3	yes
On2 VP3 V3.2	No
OGG	no
PCM Audio	yes
Sigma Realmagic	yes
SVCD (MPEG-2)	yes
VOB (MPEG-2)	yes
VCD (MPEG-1)	yes
WMA	yes
XviD MPEG3 V2.1	yes
XviD + AC3	yes
* video hangs, ** no DivX menu

 

Summary And Evaluation

 

THEbox HP-25OTG

 

Weighting	Factor	Score
20%	Features	80%
40%	Ergonomics	65%
5%	Price	85%
10%	Design	95%
25%	Service	50%
	Overall score	68%

 

Thanks to its versatility, the HP-25OTG is an ideal travel companion that can play back virtually any audio and video format. The tiny unit only reaches its limits when it comes to playing back DVD directories.

 

Source:- http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-disk-drive-video-players-hit-mainstream,1107-9.html

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Player Setup: Not Much Of Use Here

Lots of setup options? Don't be fooled by its looks.

While the player's preference list contains all the absolutely critical functions, it dispenses completely with any instructions or explanations. Users are left scratching their heads over mysterious acronyms and jargon in both English and Chinese. The manual also lacks clear answers regarding what kinds of effects a modification might produce.

Selecting the TV standard

Two language versions are available

The on-screen text can be deactivated

Resetting the screen

File sorting

(De-)activating the screensaver

Source:- http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-disk-drive-video-players-hit-mainstream,1107-8.html

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