Windows Vista Data Recovery Tool

How can you backup damaged or corrupted personal information and official documents from crashed orundetected hard drive! Windows system files recovery software retrieves various kinds of erased or lost files formats including doc, ppt, xls, wav, tif, jpeg, jpg, html, midi, bmp, txt etc. Windows data recovery system performs restoration of deleted or missing data, files and folders due to software malfunction, human error, damaged file system, hardware failure, system crashed, power failure or virus attack etc. Windows Vista files undelete tool does not require any special technical knowledge for using the software. Windows partition backup program supports all Microsoft Windows operating system including Windows XP, Vista, NT, ME, 2003, 2000, 98 etc. Windows Vista partition uneraser tool provides interactive user friendly graphical user interface (GUI) to salvage corrupted information. Windows data recovery specialists restore data, files, folders and directory which have been deleted by using Shift + Del key. Windows Vista files repair tool supports all major brands of hard drive including Samsung, Sony, Hitachi, Seagate, Hitachi etc. Windows partition file recovery solution backup corrupted or formatted important information in just few minutes from your damaged hard drive. Windows file undeleter tool provides comprehensive solution to restore missing data from NTFS and FAT windows partition.

Features:

• Windows partition data salvage software rescues all data, files, folders and directories erased from recycle bin.
• Windows Vista files repair utility supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 file system.
• Windows data backup tool retrieves corrupted or damaged encrypted files and compressed folders.
• Windows system data recovery application supports all higher capacity hard disks.

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Dual boot with XP/2000/NT and install linux/windows whenever You want

This is for those people who have dumped Windows 98 and adopted Windows 2000/NT/XP as their os’s and want linux to dual boot with these.

CAUTION : This how to wont work with Windows 98/95/ME . Actually i haven’t used ME and so i don’t know.Anyways this will only work with those Windows versions which use ntloader to boot.

There are a few pre requisites.

a) a linux boot disk/live cd
b) Use Windows 2000/NT/Xp and one of its partitions must be FAT (other than NTFS)
c) You should really know basics like partition naming in Linux and mounting.

Problem :

Installing / re installing Linux/Windows 2000/XP/NT whenever You want , without managing to mess up the MBR.

Scenario 1.

Installing Linux along with an existing windows installation .

I.Setting Up partitions

If You don’t have a linux partition , make space for it , by repartitioning my disk.

Ideally You would free up a partition and divide it into two , one part for swap space , the other part for the installation.swap space partition size = 2 times that of your RAM

In the non ideal case that is , if you cant free up a whole partition you would first defragment the drive and then create two new partitions from it using PQMagic , so you don’t loose data and you get two more drives. the new partition’s size will be as above

II.Installing Linux

Now you can go about installing your linux system. Here the issue to be taken care of is installing the boot loader (LILO/GRUB) to the proper place

Usually the installation program will ask u were to load the boot loader. default choice would be on the MBR. Now DON’T GO FOR THIS . If u want to go my way , don’t go for it. Instead , get the installer to install the boot loader onto the root partition.Also note down the root partition’s name , ie) the ‘/dev/hda*’ where * is 1,4,5 etc.
If possible create a boot disk

III. Setting up the system to boot windows too.

now when you reboot , you will go directly to the NT/XP/2000 boot menu.

Don’t worry , your Linux installation is safely sitting there.

Now boot using the linux boot disk / live cd

mount the non NTFS windows partition using the following commands

mkdir /mnt/windowsdrive
mount /dev/hda* /mnt/windowsdrive

where * is 1,4,5 etc.

Now use this command to get first 512 bytes of your root partition

dd if=/dev/hdaN of=/mnt/windowsdrive/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1

replace /dev/hdaN with your Linux root partition name (/dev/hda something) .I had asked you to note it down , hadn’t I?

now boot to windows. find out the bootsect.lnx file from which ever drive u wrote it to using the previous command.Copy it to C:\

open boot.ini and add the following line to its end

c:\bootsect.lnx=”Linux”

Reboot

Now you will see “Linux” showing up in your Windows boot menu.

When u choose linux it will load the linux boot loader (LILO/Grub which ever u installed.)

You may want to remove the “Windows” choice from the linux boot loader’s menu. There is no harm if u leave it there

Scenario 2.

Installing Windows NT/2000/XP along with an existing Linux installation .

1.Setup partitions.

Don’t touch the linux partitions. No other precaution needed. also make the windows partition bootable.

2.Install Windows NT/2000/XP. Let it over write the MBR

3.Follow step III of Scenario 1.

Thats all

Software testing isnt cake walk

Every one thinks in software industry, Software testing division is a cursed one. But I feel interesting when I happened to test a Website.
But Website testing differs from Software testing. Though I’m doing testing now, I share my experience later. Lets review on the different kind of Software testing.

• ACCEPTANCE TESTING. Testing to verify a product meets customer specified requirements. A customer usually does this type of testing on a product that is developed externally.
• BLACK BOX TESTING. Testing without knowledge of the internal workings of the item being tested. Tests are usually functional.
• COMPATIBILITY TESTING. Testing to ensure compatibility of an application or Web site with different browsers, OSs, and hardware platforms. Compatibility testing can be performed manually or can be driven by an automated functional or regression test suite.
• CONFORMANCE TESTING. Verifying implementation conformance to industry standards. Producing tests for the behavior of an implementation to be sure it provides the portability, interoperability, and/or compatibility a standard defines.
• FUNCTIONAL TESTING. Validating an application or Web site conforms to its specifications and correctly performs all its required functions. This entails a series of tests which perform a feature by feature validation of behavior, using a wide range of normal and erroneous input data. This can involve testing of the product’s user interface, APIs, database management, security, installation, networking, etcF testing can be performed on an automated or manual basis using black box or white box methodologies.
• INTEGRATION TESTING. Testing in which modules are combined and tested as a group. Modules are typically code modules, individual applications, client and server applications on a network, etc. Integration Testing follows unit testing and precedes system testing.
• LOAD TESTING. Load testing is a generic term covering Performance Testing and Stress Testing.
• PERFORMANCE TESTING. Performance testing can be applied to understand your application or WWW site’s scalability, or to benchmark the performance in an environment of third party products such as servers and middleware for potential purchase. This sort of testing is particularly useful to identify performance bottlenecks in high use applications. Performance testing generally involves an automated test suite as this allows easy simulation of a variety of normal, peak, and exceptional load conditions.
• REGRESSION TESTING. Similar in scope to a functional test, a regression test allows a consistent, repeatable validation of each new release of a product or Web site. Such testing ensures reported product defects have been corrected for each new release and that no new quality problems were introduced in the maintenance process. Though regression testing can be performed manually an automated test suite is often used to reduce the time and resources needed to perform the required testing.
• SMOKE TESTING. A quick-and-dirty test that the major functions of a piece of software work without bothering with finer details. Originated in the hardware testing practice of turning on a new piece of hardware for the first time and considering it a success if it does not catch on fire.
• STRESS TESTING. Testing conducted to evaluate a system or component at or beyond the limits of its specified requirements to determine the load under which it fails and how. A graceful degradation under load leading to non-catastrophic failure is the desired result. Often Stress Testing is performed using the same process as Performance Testing but employing a very high level of simulated load.
• SYSTEM TESTING. Testing conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the system’s compliance with its specified requirements. System testing falls within the scope of black box testing, and as such, should require no knowledge of the inner design of the code or logic.
• UNIT TESTING. Functional and reliability testing in an Engineering environment. Producing tests for the behavior of components of a product to ensure their correct behavior prior to system integration.
• WHITE BOX TESTING. Testing based on an analysis of internal workings and structure of a piece of software. Includes techniques such as Branch Testing and Path Testing. Also known as Structural Testing and Glass Box Testing.

Its not the Text matters.. Your design too

There are thousands of Photoshop tutorials out there, but few that are top-notch in terms of instructions, presentation – and of course – outcome. In this post, you’ll find 30 beautiful, high-quality Adobe Photoshop tutorials from top tutorial sites and designers like PSDTUTS, PSHERO, and Abduzeedo.

1. Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect

Use the Pen Tool and a lot of patience to create this excellent grass effect.

2. Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

This beginner-level tutorial allows you to create text that glows.

3. Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life

Learn about the concepts behind lighting and shading to make your text stand out.

4. Transparent Glass Lettering

This is PSDTUT’s rendition of the popular glass text effect.

5. How To Create A Gold Text Effect

A classic text effect that rarely turns out classy (instead of gaudy and cheesy).

6. Icey Styles

Uses some basic Layer Styles like Bevel and Emboss to create a cold text effect.

7. Dramatic Text on Fire Effect

Set your text on fire with the Smudge Tool and some layer masking.

8. Wood Inlay Text

Using wood textures and some layer masks, you can create this “wooden inlay” effect.

9. Watercolor Text

Learn about the Brushes Palette to achieve a water-color painting effect.

10. The Sugar Bag Effect

Find out how to create this “Sugar Bag” effect using basic Layer Styles and selections.

11. Text In Stitches

This tutorial shows you how to create an stiched effect using a custom brush set.

12. Text Ticker

Mimic the text that you commonly see in “news tickers”.

13. Cartoon/Comic-Style Text Effect

This is PhotoshopStar’s rendition of this popular pop-culture text effect.

14. ‘Bee Movie’ Text Effect

Use a load of Layer Styles to create this text effect seen in the film “Bee Movie“.

15. Simple, Sleek and Stylish Text Effect

Create a quick and sleek “Web 2.0″ feel with this easy Photoshop tutorial.

16. Smooth Glass Type

Learn how to create a translucent text effect.

17. Moon Shine Text Effect

Quickly create this “dreamy” text effect using some basic Layer Styles.

18. Colorful Glowing Text Effect

Create this layered, glowing effect by separating the text in individual layers and a white to transparent gradient layer to get this cool, colorful glowing text effect.

19. Bubble Text

This is another quick tutorial on how to make this text effect using layer styles.

20. Killer Halftone Effect

This tutorial shows a way to apply the halftone effect to the background of your text.

21. Text on Turf

This tutorial uses the Noise Filter to create the grass-like texture.

22. Spray Paint Text

Create your own digital grafitti by following this excellent tutorial from PSD Learning.

23. Scanline Text

This is PSD Learning’s beautiful take on the relatively “old-school” scan line technique.

24. Retro Text

This tutorial uses both Photoshop and Illustrator to create a retro look.

25. Grunge Text Effect

This tutorial from psdfan shows you how you can apply this popular effect on text.

26. Pimp your text

Can’t afford real bling-bling? Make some digital ones with this quick tutorial.

27. Paint Effect

UBL Designes shows us how to accent text as though you splattered paint on it.

28. Spectacular Style Text Effect

Create a 3D text effect by duplicating layers and offsetting each layer.

29. Shining Neon Text Effect

Create a colorful neon text effect by using a Gradient Overlay and a few Layer Styles.

30. Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography

Uses vector files to accent your text to achieve a similar look as the sample.