PC Memoirs

‘Charm’ and ‘Metro’ are buzzing and they are buzzing hard. With Windows 8 out, you’d want to give it a try but there may be a lot of factors that stop you from doing so. Before we explain how to dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 8, let’s look at them individually.

Windows 7

After months of testing and public betas, Microsoft released Windows 7 in July, 2009. The operating system was received well and although it had some compatibility issues, developers strived hard and almost all major applications were fixed. There were a lot of changes to the core applications and a service pack was released in 2010. The operating system was available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.

Windows 8

After 3 years, Microsoft released Windows 8. It was a bold and a daring move by the company. The one thing that was common in all versions of Windows, starting from Windows 95 was the Start menu. With Windows 8, the entire layout, design and the functionality has been changed. A new theme called Metro Style has also been introduced. It may take a while before you get used to the redesigned Start screen. If you are a professional, who makes a living by designing or developing content, you may experience trouble when the tool you use isn’t compatible with Windows 8.

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No one can deny the fact that Windows is one of the widely used operating systems (OS), but if we talk about data safety and security, then Linux is in the same range and also available for an affordable price. Virus infection and other system threats are common with Windows OS bases systems, but Linux OS based computers are considered as more secure and reliable. This is the reason organizations prefer to have Linux systems. However, despite the robust nature of Linux OS, there are times when Linux users encounter severe data loss due to accidental deletion and system crash. In such situations, use of an efficient Linux data recovery software is preferred.

If you search over the Internet, then you will find many tools that recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from Linux based systems. Among these tools, one of the most efficient and highly recommended software is Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery. This software has easily understandable user interface and for recovery of your lost, deleted, or formatted data and it provides four very simple options under ‘Data Recovery’ tab. The brief description of these options is explained below:

Quick Recovery: The very first option provided under ‘Data Recovery’ tab is ‘Quick Recovery’. This scanning method performs quick scanning of selected volume formatted in FAT, ext2, ext3, and ext4 file system. This scanning method is relatively quick and effective and lets you select only one volume at a time for scanning and data recovery.

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The new Windows 8 is released and it is easy to develop apps for it. Microsoft officials claim that the Windows 8 app development program is so simple that it can be handled even by non developers. The entire process of creating and submitting an app is quite easy. The Metro style design, speed and ease in navigation and the support it offers for multiple states and devices are all that easy to handle. However, the great news is that Microsoft has undertaken to leave only a third of that work to you while they promise to take care of a major two thirds of the tasks.

Since it is a three-star application, it is easy to use though the design and functions qualify it to for a four-star rating. The aspiring developers can always depend on using Microsoft’s Dev Center to do most of the work for them. The Windows store is accessible worldwide, complete with the back-end analytics. With the help of the powerful tools, code and design tools, people should be able to code in many languages like HyperText Markup Language or HTML, Extensible Application Markup Language or XAML, Javascript etc using Visual Basic. The great thing is that the tools that you need to develop Windows 8 come free of charge and you can take advantage of the option to use local and cloud services.

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It really is no surprise that Acer has great influence in India’s laptop market. It’s true that the industry is crowded and there is competition everywhere. India’s economic boom has made it an attractive market for computer companies. But for many reasons, Acer has the inside track when it comes to market share and developing loyal customers.

Affordability

These laptops are always reasonably priced. Even though these computers are very powerful, they are well within reach of customers’ pockets. Their product line-up offers something for everyone, from entry-level to power users.

Power Packed

Their popular lines like Extensa, Olympic, TravelMate, Tineline and Aspire provide quality performance. Each model is designed to perform tasks like web browsing and drawing easy. Watching movies, playing games and listening to music become effortless. These laptops also make it easy to use office applications like word processors, spreadsheets and presentations.

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In general, a Mac user may need an application utility, converter utility, recovery applications but how often does a Mac user requires a data wiping utility? I am not betting on it but yes, maximum percentage of the users (including myself) may never assume of having one.

To us, deleting data permanently from a Mac machine using the command ‘Option-Shift-Command-Delete’ or by emptying the trash folder is more than sufficient. But to confirm a sensitive file is wiped from the drive, I may opt to format the media, hard drive and USB. But again, a question arises from the action, whether my efforts are enough to secure the sensitive data?

With the help of some data recovery utilities, the trashed & formatted data can be easily regained, considering the formatted data was not overwritten.

The role of disk wiping techniques?

A disk wiping utility can be found easily on the Internet and on software stores for different platforms (Win, Mac). Its role has been broaden in the past few years as many organizations, including single system users have realized the need of data destruction before it falls into wrong hands. To avoid any kind of misuse of the data, the system administrator ensures its complete removal from the storage media. The role of media wiping utility comes into play only when a single user concludes to let off its old system for someone else’s reuse. But talking about the big organizations, the drive wiping tools have much vast scope, mostly for administrators who indulge in working on number of connected drives sharing a pool of sensitive data.

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