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Welcome

Every month I strive to give you the best selection of Windows-related help and advice, and in this issue I think

we really have nailed it There’s a new ‘Essentials’ section

on page 42, dedicated to guiding you through the basics of Windows, so if you’re new to your machine or you just want

to brush up on old skills, this is a great place to get started You’ll find all of these hand-picked tutorials in PDF format on the disc that comes attached to the cover, so you can simply open them on your PC when you want to.

We’ve also started highlighting what’s coming up in the next issue in select parts of the magazine, so if you like the current mag, you might be tempted to get the next one.

Of course, as usual we’ve crammed the magazine full of amazing content, including 100 new ways to speed up your

PC and the ultimate disaster recovery guide – reading it might just save your bacon one day.

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As well as investing in stocks and shares,

you can also use fluctuations in currency

exchange to make money – so when you

hear that the pound is up against the

dollar, you can cash in Web trading

platform eToro allows you to do just that,

and includes a practice mode It offers

almost instant results on investments,

which makes it a furious game of opening

and closing trades Visit www.etoro.com/

webtrader and hit ‘Practice’ to get started

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The phrase ‘trading stocks’ generally

conjures images of sweaty men loosening

their ties as they clinch deals on Wall

Street or the London Stock Exchange

However, what was once the occupation

of a fortunate few has become accessible

to just about everyone via the internet

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of

finances, we need a disclaimer Stocks can

go up as well as down, so while you could

make a small fortune, you could also lose

it in an instant If you

have debts, then you

must pay these off

before you invest

Only spend what you

can afford, and make

sure you’ve got enough money to cover

your living expenses if everything goes

disastrously wrong

Fortunately, you can launch your

investments career without spending

a penny A good place to start is Halifax’s

Fantasy Trader Account (www.halifax

co.uk/sharedealing/our-accounts/

fantasy-trader) Sign up and Halifax will

give you £10,000 – of virtual money

You can invest this by searching for real companies and specifying the amount

of money you wish to put into them, or the number of shares you want to buy You can build an entire portfolio of pretend investments and see how they do over time Wall Street Survivor

(www.wallstreetsurvivor.com) is another good way of learning the ups and downs

of the stock market, albeit from a more American perspective The focus here

is on familiarising you with how everything works via

a simulation It’s free

to get started, and there are even real cash prizes up for grabs

Once you’ve mastered virtual investments, you can move onto the real thing Halifax’s share dealing service charges £11.95 commission for trades, and you’ll already be familiar with it thanks to the Fantasy Trader Other brokers include Hargreaves Lansdown (www.hl.co.uk),

AJ Bell (www.ajbell.co.uk) and Interactive Investor (www.iii.co.uk)

You needn’t be a millionaire to play the stock market – in

fact, you don’t need any money at all Here’s how you do it

I understand Microsoft’s marketing strategy, but what is ‘cloud storage’?

Cloud storage refers to saving files online, rather than locally on your computer, which means you can access them from anywhere OneDrive is competing with Google Drive and Dropbox in this market

So what does OneDrive do differently

an internet connection A new feature with the rebranding is simultaneous collaboration, so you can work on a Word document with other users

How much storage do you get with the OneDrive service?

The service starts with a mere 7GB

of online capacity, but you can add 3GB

by syncing photos from your smartphone, and you get an extra 500MB (up to

a maximum of 5GB) for every person to whom you recommend the service This brings the total storage to a potential 15GB – the exact same amount that Google Drive provides by default

Is it worth using?

Microsoft has brought its online storage offering up to date with the OneDrive rebrand, but this also means there’s little difference between it and other providers We’d say to go with OneDrive if you use Hotmail and Office, pick Google Drive

if you use Gmail, and try Dropbox for sending larger files

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A handy new feature in Windows 8 is the

power report This is brilliant for us when

we’re testing the battery life of the latest

laptops, but it can be just as useful for home

users as well To access it, press [Windows],

then type CMD and click the ‘Command

Prompt’ icon Next, type powercfg /

batteryreport and Windows will generate

a report, the location of which will be

displayed in the command prompt Open

this file and you’ll be able to see a history

of when your computer has been active

or suspended, and at the very bottom of the

page you’ll find battery life estimates These

estimates are useful for working out how

long you can use your laptop between

charges – essential when you’re travelling

Power up

Windows’ Taskbar notification area is the little bit of your screen to the lower right where you can see the time, as well as icons for programs that are running By default, Windows hides inactive icons, but this isn't necessarily helpful if you’re having problems with your computer To make sure icons are permanently visible, right-click the Taskbar, then choose ‘Properties’ Uncheck ‘Hide inactive icons’ and you will be able to see all the icons Unchecking ‘Show the clock’ means the time is hidden; to see it, move the cursor into the area Click the ‘Customize’ button to choose which icons are shown

use it Hit the [Windows] key and then type

DVD maker Next, import the photos and

videos that you would like to burn to disc, and reorder them if necessary by dragging them up and down Insert a blank DVD when you’re ready, click ‘Next’ and DVD Maker will create your multimedia extravaganza

Make movies

If you frequently use your laptop away

from home, you’ll know how annoying

it is when the battery suddenly dies

Fortunately, Windows versions from

Vista upwards include Microsoft’s

Mobility Center, which allows you to

quickly adjust settings to give your

battery a little bit more juice when

you’re out and about The Mobility

Center can be found in the Control

Panel of your computer, and you can

also access it by pressing [Windows] + [X] Among the settings you will find brightness and sound adjustment, battery level and wireless network status, and the ability to switch your laptop to a presentation mode so you don’t get interrupted by incoming

emails when you’re delivering that

important talk Sometimes you will find additional options provided by your laptop’s manufacturer

Boost your battery

Quickly change those all-important power settings

with the Windows Mobility Center

POWER USER Mobility Center also includes options for rotating your screen and connecting external projectors and monitors, as well as synchronisation settings

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behemoth, has said that it is to sell

off its Vaio laptop division in order

to focus on flagship brands, such as

PlayStation, as well as the more lucrative

smartphone and tablet markets Sony’s

announcement comes after a shaky year,

in which the company experienced an

expected net loss of $1.1 billion

The first Vaio desktops were introduced

in 1996, with the brand name standing for

Organizer’ In 1997 the company

brought out the PCG-505

laptop; this high-end portable

computer targeted the luxury end

of the market and came with a suitably

lofty price tag of $2,000 At the time, its

specifications were incredible But now,

32MB of RAM and a Pentium MMX

processor feel antiquated

In the 2000s, portable computing

became more and more prevalent, and

Sony tapped into this market very

successfully Our experiences with Vaio

computers were always good: Sony

perfected a luxurious but practical design

and added innovative new features to make its machines stand out

It was the first company to introduce

a new chiclet style keyboard to make typing easier and faster – Apple later included this on its MacBooks and made the tech more mainstream Sony’s laptops came with dedicated buttons to quickly launch web browsers, XBRITE technology to make the screen luminous and sharp without draining battery life, and switchable graphics so you could ramp up the power to play a game

or turn it down to preserve

energy

Sony will sell the division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), who will establish

a new company around the brand

Don’t worry if you’ve recently purchased a Vaio laptop – you will still receive support from Sony

MacBooks currently dominate the upper end of the laptop market, so we can see why Sony has chosen to sell the division However, we can’t help but wonder if Sony has jumped the gun, and should have concentrated on making affordable Windows laptops rather than churning out high-end ones

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about everything, including Star Wars (Wookieepedia), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffyverse) and the Fallout computer

games (Nukapedia) Each one goes into

a huge amount of depth on its subject, and users can immerse themselves in detailed biographies of characters and maps of locations Not into TV or gaming?

No problem, Wikia’s lifestyle pages feature recipes, drinks, crafts and more

Like Wikipedia, anyone can edit Wikia It’s a commercial site, though, so there are adverts peppered throughout It’s always worth taking a look, particularly if you missed an episode of a TV series and want

to find out what happened, or simply want to know the motivations of your favourite – or least favourite – characters

KNOWLEDGE BASE Find out everything about anything – including your fave TV shows

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WHAT ARE THE TOP ACTIVITIES OF TWITTER MOBILE USERS?

iOS and Android game Flappy Bird required gamers

to navigate the titular critter through a series of pipes Despite its rather basic nature it became phenomenally successful, raking in more than 50 million downloads

its first release, creator Dong Nguyen pulled the game from mobile devices “I cannot take this anymore,” he said.

HAVE YOU EVER SHOPPED ON A SMARTPHONE?

According to research firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, the use of

an Android or iOS phone to purchase online tat increased by

of a tablet soared by 56 per cent However, shopping on PCs fell by

which is larger than the 5 per cent

fall experienced by high street shops.

Motivational aid site

Webtrate believes the

distracted from work by emails and social

media alerts 36 per cent of respondents

reckoned internet messaging had cost them

more than an hour of productivity a day

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…selected email as their top

method of communication in

a survey conducted by YouGov

Respondents were asked to choose

their top three methods of

were happy to send a text, and

phone calls Interestingly, people

in the north of England and

Scotland were more likely to prefer

face-to-face chats.

Dell’s Tech Page One news department tried to

envision a future metropolis It found that the

amount of mobile devices will double by

2015, half of people in Asia will live in cities by

2020, and the global population will reach 9.3

billion by 2050 Among the technologies we’ve

got to look forward to are cheap flying cars,

3D printed goods and mail delivery drones.

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hotel industry could be making

from Wi-Fi charges A survey

conducted by Thistle Hotels

revealed that the average charge

surfing, and that half of all

travellers surveyed would rather

have a free internet connection

than access to the hotel’s pool

Thistle – naturally – offers free

Wi-Fi, but Hilton, Holiday Inn and

Marriott do not.

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CAN’T GET INTO WINDOWS? DON’T PANIC

WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND ADVICE YOU

NEED TO GET YOUR PC WORKING AGAIN

The tools will work on all PCs from Windows 8 down to XP, although there may be some teething troubles with newer machines – we’ll help you to overcome these We’ll not only show you how to build the recovery media, but we’ll also reveal how to use it to fight off malware infections and recover or back up data, so whatever happens – repair or reinstall – you won’t lose all of your documents, beloved photos and important files.

We’ll finish off by highlighting some of the best tools on the disc for helping you diagnose whatever problems are plaguing your PC, and hopefully guiding you towards a fix We’ll also point you in the direction of some additional tools available on the internet that you can download and use in your rescue environment should you need a bit more help

With a bit of luck you’ll get your PC working again; and even if you don’t, you’ll have recovered whatever data needs rescuing.

One of the most frightening moments for

any Windows user is suddenly finding

that your PC won’t boot You might get

lucky, and the issue will be something that

Windows’ own repair tools can easily fix, but it

could be something much worse If the latter

is the case, you may end up locked out of your

PC, programs and precious files Whether it’s

a relatively simple issue such as a corrupt file,

or something as potentially devastating as

a malware infection or failing hardware, you’ll

find yourself unable to even boot into Safe

mode, leaving you in a precarious position.

In this feature, we’ll reveal how you can arm

yourself with a couple of rescue discs or USB

flash drives, which will give you access to your

computer when Windows won’t boot These will

simultaneously provide you with an

easy-to-navigate user interface and an array of tools

to help you recover data, remove malware and

hopefully diagnose and fix various problems.

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Build and test your rescue disc

to do is create your

rescue media The most

critical tool in your armoury

is the Hiren’s BootCD, which

contains almost everything

you need, including access

to a Windows-like

environment, the ability

to get online and browse

the internet for help, and

a collection of useful tools to

help you get started Should

Windows ever fail to boot, all

you need to do is insert this

disc or pop in the USB flash

drive and you’re good to go

Obviously, the best time to

build your repair disc is while

your computer is working

properly If it’s not, then

you’ll need access to another

PC running Windows XP or

later, with a broadband

connection and a DVD

burner or spare USB 2.0 port

We recommend you create

two copies of your bootable

media – one should be a CD

and one should be a USB

flash drive While USB flash

drives boot faster and can be easily customised with additional tools, some older PCs are unable to recognise them as bootable media

Therefore, it makes sense to have one of each available

BUILD YOUR DISC

Firstly, you’ll need to download the files you need

to create the Hiren’s BootCD

Go to www.hirensbootcd

org/download and scroll down past all the download links until you see one marked Filename: Hirens

BootCD.15.2.zip Click it to start the download Note the file size – at 592MB its download times can vary from less than three minutes

on a fast 30Mbps fibre-optic connection to well over an hour on a slow 1Mbps one,

so you might want to consider backing up the file once you’re done

Once saved to your Downloads folder, right-click

‘Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip’ and choose ‘Extract All’ Leave the default destination

selected and click ‘Extract’

Once complete, a new Hirens.BootCD.15.2 folder will appear Inside the folder you’ll find a BurnCDCC.exe program for burning the rescue disc Double-click this, then click ‘Browse’

to select the Hirens

BootCD.15.2.iso file from the same directory Pop in

a blank CD or DVD, then tick

‘Read Verify’ before clicking

‘Start’ The bootable disc will now start to be created

Once your copy has been burned and verified, remove

it from the drive, label it and keep it in a safe place Now follow the step-by-step guide to create your bootable USB flash drive

Be aware that the flash drive needs to be at least 1GB

in size and any existing data

on it will be lost

Once the Hiren’s BootCD and/or flash drive has been created, it’s important to test that it works correctly Leave the CD or flash drive inserted and then restart your PC

Look for a message on boot

up that allows you to access

a boot menu or boot options – this is often the [F11] key Tap this until you see the boot menu appear, then either select your CD drive

or USB flash drive from the list and press [Enter]

You should see the Hiren’s BootCD menu appear From here, use the cursor keys to select the ‘Mini Windows XP’ option and press [Enter] After a short pause, you’ll see the familiar Windows XP logo and will eventually find yourself in the main Mini XP interface, which is based on

XP itself From here it is possible to safely shut down the computer in the usual way, then reboot back into Windows proper If the BootCD menu appears again, leave ‘Boot from hard drive’ selected and press [Enter]

TROUBLESHOOT

If you are unable to access

a boot menu and your computer doesn’t automatically detect your Hiren’s boot media, you’ll go

Download Rufus from http://rufus

akeo.ie – once downloaded, make sure that

your USB flash drive is plugged in and

double-click the file to launch the program,

clicking ‘Yes’ when prompted First, select

your drive under ‘Device’

Make sure ‘MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI computers’ is selected, then set the File system to ‘FAT32’ Under

‘Format options’, select ‘Create a bootable disk using’, choose ‘ISO Image’ and click

on the image of a disc

Browse for and select the Hirens.BootCD.15.2.iso file, then click ‘Open’ Finally, click the ‘Start’ button and wait while the disk is made bootable and the ISO file’s contents are transferred across

to it Click ‘Close’ to finish

STEP-BY-STEP Create a USB rescue disk

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Add more repair tools

Hiren’s BootCD comes with lots of useful tools

to help troubleshoot your problems, but you can also add other portable applications if you prefer – most should work in the Mini Windows

XP environment as long as they are compatible Adding these to your Hiren’s USB flash drive is as simple as creating a suitable folder – say PortableApps – on the drive after you’ve created it and copying files to that

XP-Advanced users can use the HBCDCustomizer.

exe program in the Hirens.BootCD.15.2 folder

to extract the ISO file to a folder They can then add their own apps to this folder and create

a new ISO file to burn to CD Alternatively, you could simply put all of your apps on another USB flash drive, and plug that in when you’re running Mini Windows XP.

Data recovery and imaging your

hard drive in its current state require

a backup drive A 32GB or 64GB flash drive

might be sufficient in some circumstances,

but a USB hard drive is probably the best

solution for the majority of PC users

If your network devices aren’t detected in Mini Windows XP, consider fitting an older Wi-Fi or network adapter (internal or USB) that is known to work

in Windows XP, then test it to verify that

it works in Mini Windows XP

Over the page, we’ll show you how to create a Kaspersky Rescue Disk Check your own security software’s website for a downloadable rescue disc for burning to CD or putting onto a USB flash drive as an alternative

STEP-BY-STEP Essential add-ons

straight back into Windows

If you’re running an older PC,

it is possible that it just

doesn’t support booting

from USB devices If this is

the case, repeat the test with

your bootable CD instead

If this doesn’t work either,

or you believe your machine

should support USB booting,

restart again However, this

time tap the key prompted

– typically [Del] or [F2] – to

enter your PC’s BIOS setup

Look for a Boot section

where you can set the boot

device priority, and make

sure that your CD drive

or USB drive is placed higher

up the list than your hard

drive Save your changes and

try again

In newer PCs you may have an issue with Secure Boot If your PC came with Windows 8 pre-installed, Secure Boot is likely to be enabled, which prevents you

by default from booting from anything other than the internal hard drive If this is the case, enter your PC’s UEFI setup utility at start-up and look for an option to set it to

‘Disabled’ Once done, you should be able to access the boot menu and the Hiren’s rescue media

If your PC has newer SATA hard drives, you may find they are inaccessible in Hiren’s BootCD That’s because XP can’t see these types of drive See page 20

for a guide to fixing this issue, which may result in your PC freezing when the desktop first appears

ELIMINATE ISSUES

Even if you successfully manage to load Mini Windows XP, you may come across other issues that need resolving If the screen appears a little cramped, right-click the desktop and choose ‘Properties >

Settings’ and then push the slider up a notch or two before clicking ‘OK’ You’ll also notice Network Setup and Wireless Setup shortcuts – you’ll need one of these in order to access the internet should you need it Again,

you may run into problems with newer PCs if the card isn’t recognised – see the step-by-step guide for

a workaround

You may find your wireless mouse and keyboard don’t work after you’ve booted into Mini Windows XP If this happens you’ll need to source wired alternatives, or check the BIOS for USB compatibility settings.Once your rescue media has been created and tested, label it and keep it in a safe place until it’s required Simply turn the page to find out how you can use it to disinfect your computer, recover data and repair your Windows installation

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Disinfect your malware-infested PC

been off in the battle

between malware and

security If a malware

infection manages to take

full hold of your PC, it can

easily make it impossible for

you to remove it from within

Windows itself Even Safe

mode – where malware used

to be crippled – is no longer

a haven And that’s assuming

the malware infection hasn’t

barred you from accessing

it in the first place

Removing all traces of an

infection can be a struggle

Malware could lock you out

of key parts of your

computer while your security

software lies crippled in the

background At times like

these, the solution is to press

your recovery media into

action However, despite the

fact that Hiren’s BootCD

Post-disinfection steps

The infection has gone, but after booting back into Windows you may find that you’re still unable to access key parts of your system such

as Registry Editor, the Run dialogue box or various system tools Don’t panic Visit www.tweaking.com in your web browser, click

on ‘Tweaking.com – Windows Repair’ and download the portable version Once extracted, double-click the program and work your way through the initial steps to repair damaged or missing system files and to back up the Registry When you come to the ‘Start Repairs’ section, you’ll see a list of 28 repair categories, many of which cover damage from malware infection Click one for a more detailed description, then tick those that you think will help you regain control of your PC, such as ‘Remove Policies Set

By Infections’ and ‘Repair Windows Safe Mode’ Click ‘Start’ to hopefully finish the job

of repairing your PC You’ll need to reboot when the repairs are complete; once this is done you will be able to test to see if you are able to access key parts of your system again.

comes with a number of anti-virus tools onboard, its age means that many are outdated and therefore won’t work correctly

Thankfully – as the step-by-step guide reveals – you should be able to use your rescue media to boot into Mini Windows XP, then download and create a Kaspersky Rescue USB drive

This is up to date and contains pretty much all the tools you need for rooting out and disinfecting your PC

WORKAROUNDS

The Kaspersky Rescue Disk produces good results, but if you’re unable to create one for whatever reason, then you can still make use of a couple of tools on the Hiren’s BootCD Boot into Mini Windows XP, then double-click the ‘1,024 x 768’

shortcut to increase the

screen resolution before double-clicking either the

‘Network’ (for wired connections) or ‘Wireless Network’ shortcut

to get onto the internet

Once done, open Hiren’s Program Launcher via its System Tray icon, expand the AntiVirus/Spyware section and choose ‘Malwarebytes Anti-Malware’ Switch to the

‘Update’ tab to check and download the latest update, then switch back to the

‘Scanner’ tab and perform

a full disk scan Don’t assume all the scan results are malware: any references to your B or X drives and Registry will be false-positives All other results are indicative of malware, so make sure they’re ticked and click ‘Remove Selected’

If you’d like a second opinion, select ‘ClamWin Free Antivirus’ from the

same menu A command window will open with a list

of options: press [2] to update the definitions before opening the main program Hold [Ctrl] and click

on your local hard drive letters to select them If you need help identifying them, click ‘Start > Programs > Windows Explorer’ Leave drives B, X and your CD drive unselected, then click ‘Scan’.ClamWin scans for any lingering malware, but will not remove it If it finds any, open ‘Tools > Preferences > General’ and select ‘Remove’, then repeat the scan This could end up deleting key system files, so use with care Check out the box below for additional steps to follow should you find that certain parts of your system are still inaccessible even after the infections have all been removed

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Go to the ‘Objects Scan’ tab Make sure all options are ticked,

then click ‘Start Objects Scan’ Wait while your computer is scanned

As threats are found, alerts will appear to let you know Choose

the recommended option when prompted – typically ‘Disinfect’

or ‘Delete’ – and tick ‘Apply to all objects’ to speed up the scan

Plug in a USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 512MB

You’ll lose all existing data on it, so make sure vital files are saved

elsewhere Double-click the downloaded rescue2usb.exe file to

launch the utility Click ‘Install’, then click ‘Browse’ to pick the kav_

rescue_10.iso file from drive B Click ‘Start’ to create the rescue media

Boot to the Mini Windows XP environment using the Hiren’s

rescue media First double-click ‘1024 x 768’ to make the screen

bigger Now double-click the internet shortcut on the desktop – this

will initialise your network connection and then load the Opera web

browser, allowing you to download the files you need

When the scan is complete, click the ‘Report’ button for a complete list of detected objects Switch to the ‘Detected threats’ tab and expand the ‘Detected’ section if it exists These threats need to be fixed manually – right-click and choose ‘Process’, then delete the threats when prompted Once complete, click ‘Close’

Remove the Hiren’s media, then restart your PC with the Kaspersky drive inserted Press any key when prompted, then hit [Enter] followed by [1] to accept the user agreement Next, select the ‘Graphical Mode’ option When the main screen appears,

go to the ‘My Update Center’ tab and click ‘Start Update’

First, browse to http://support.kaspersky.co.uk/4162 and click the ‘Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10’ link Save the ISO file – all 388MB of it – to your B drive Next, go to http://support.kaspersky.co.uk/8092 and download the utility for creating a bootable Kaspersky Rescue Disk to the same drive

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Recover documents and other data

cause could be anything

from a corrupt update to

the after effects of a malware

infection The tools on the

previous page can remove

malware from outside

Windows, but ‘Tweaking.com

– Windows Repair’ only

works in Windows itself

Therefore if you are still

unable to boot into Windows

(or your problem isn’t

to do with an infection),

you’ll need to press your

Hiren’s rescue media into

action to undo the damage

Before trying to diagnose

and fix whatever problem

ails your PC, you should

safeguard your data In the

worst case scenario you can

reinstall programs and

Windows easily enough, but

personal documents, photos

and other data can’t be

recreated so easily You

might be one of those users

who diligently backs up files

and folders regularly, or

stores them on a different

hard drive or partition

to Windows itself

Nonetheless, it is critical

to know whether or not your files survived whatever’s happened to your computer while carrying out your troubleshooting process

Start by booting from your Hiren’s rescue media If your

PC is a newer model with SATA hard drives, Hiren’s may not detect them If the drives don’t show up in Mini Windows XP when you double-click ‘My Computer’,

or the OS freezes before launch with no access to the mouse or keyboard, restart your PC and tap the key prompted to enter the

‘Setup, BIOS or UEFI utility’

Explore the various sections looking for a reference to storage Select this and check to see what mode your hard drives are in: if it’s set to ‘AHCI’ then Hiren’s will

be unable to access your drives Switch this to ‘IDE’ for compatibility purposes, but switch back to ‘AHCI’ before you next boot into Windows

FIND FILES

Once at the desktop, click ‘1024 x 768’ to resize your desktop, then open ‘My Computer’ From here, you should be able to see all the drives currently connected

double-to your PC, and browse them

as if you were in Windows itself One of these drives should be your backup drive – this is where you’ll recover any files before attempting further repairs on Windows itself If you only need to recover a few files, double-click ‘My Computer’ again to open a second window, pointing towards a folder on your backup drive, such as

‘Recovered’ Browse to the folders containing your personal data – unless you’ve manually switched these to another drive

or partition, you’ll need

to browse to C:\Users (Windows Vista or later) or C:\Documents and Settings

Here you’ll find all the personal user folders on your

PC – if in doubt about what needs recovering, simply

copy the entire folder across

to your backup drive if there’s space to house it all Otherwise, open each user folder in turn and browse the My Documents folder (Windows XP) or Documents, Pictures, Videos and Music folders for what you need

TAKE A BACKUP

Another way to rescue files that are still present and visible is to back them up Click the ‘Program Launcher’ button and you will see a Backup section There are

no convenient file-based backup tools provided here; see the step-by-step guide below for a free alternative called Toucan that you can download and run from within Mini Windows XP Advanced users can experiment with the ‘Rules’,

‘Variables’ and ‘Script’ tabs

as well as compression settings if space is tight on the backup drive

In the Program Launcher’s Backup section there are

a number of very useful

Dude, where’s my drive?

What happens if your drive isn’t detected

in Mini Windows XP even after it’s been set to IDE mode in the BIOS? Firstly, verify that the drive has been physically detected by Mini Windows XP Do this by opening Program Launcher and selecting ‘Testing > HDD Scan’

to perform various tests on it to make sure that

it is physically sound.

If it’s sound but no partitions are showing, open the Program Launcher and select ‘Partition Wizard Home Edition’ Ignore the prompt for

a new version, select the empty drive and click

‘Partition Recovery Wizard’, then follow the prompts to restore the lost partition When the wizard closes, right-click the recovered partition and choose ‘Change Letter’ to assign it drive C, then click ‘Apply’ to complete the recovery.

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01 Install Toucan

Open the browser and go to

http://portableapps.com/toucan Click

‘Download Now’, then choose ‘Run’ to open

the installer Click ‘OK > Next’, select your

backup drive and click ‘Install’ Tick ‘Run

Toucan’ and then click ‘Finish’

Switch to the ‘Backup’ tab and select a folder or file to back up in the Computer pane Click on the ‘+’ button

to add the file or folder to the ‘Files to Backup’ list Repeat for any other folders that you wish to add to the backup

Click the ‘…’ button under Backup Location to select a folder on your backup drive Give it a suitable name under File name – such as Recovered – before clicking ‘Save’ Finally, tick ‘Test After Creation’ and then click ‘Run’

STEP-BY-STEP Back up with Toucan

drive-imaging tools These

allow you to take an exact

copy of your Windows hard

drive as it currently stands,

giving you a failsafe backup

to fall back on should your

repairs prove disastrous Our

personal favourite among

the tools on offer is Macrium

Reflect – the version here is a

little outdated, but it’s easy

to use Just click ‘Create an

Image’, then follow the

wizard through, selecting

your main hard drive in the

Partition selection screen,

then choose a folder on your

backup drive when asked

for a destination Prior to

clicking ‘Finish’ to create the

image, click ‘Advanced >

Auto Verify Image’ and tick

‘Verify image or backup file

directly after creation’ to

ensure the backup is sound

If there is plenty of space

left on your backup drive,

consider taking a ‘forensic’

image of the drive instead

This ensures any previously

deleted or lost data is

backed up with the actual

files you can see It means

you can postpone data

recovery in order to try and

repair or reinstall Windows

itself, or it gives you a failsafe

backup to fall back on

should your data recovery

efforts go awry To create

such an image, just follow

the previous steps, but click

‘Advanced’ and select ‘Make

an exact copy (clone) of the

partition(s)’ before clicking

‘OK’ followed by ‘Finish’

For a guide to recovering individual files and folders from your drive image, see our feature on page 28 of issue 94 Should you need to, you can also restore the entire image from within the version of Macrium on your Hiren’s rescue media – click

‘Restore an Image’

RECUVA IT!

Don’t worry if the files you need to recover appear to be missing, even when the drives and partitions are accessible The Hiren’s BootCD ships with a wide range of data recovery tools, including one of our

favourites: Recuva This version is a little out of date, but is perfectly functional – it may be able to help you recover your data

Alternatively, open the web browser and download the latest portable version from www.piriform.com/

recuva/builds Opt to open the file directly, then when 7z File Manager opens, select the zip file (rcsetup150.zip at time of writing) and click ‘Extract’

Choose a folder on your backup drive and click ‘OK’

Once extracted, navigate to the folder and double-click recuva.exe After a lengthy

pause it should open You can then search for files using the wizard, or click on

‘Cancel’ to manually search using the main program interface Recuva will then help you to find any traces

of your missing files Make sure that you save any recovered files to your backup drive Visit www.piriform.com/docs/recuva for an online user guide

If Recuva doesn’t find what you’re looking for, you will find a number of alternative data recovery tools in the same location as Recuva Just go to ‘Program Launcher > Recovery’

DATA RECOVERY Recuva may help you track down lost or deleted data on your drive

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ALTERNATIVE PARTITION RECOVERY

booting Windows? Click ‘Start’, select ‘Programs’ and click ‘Check Disk’

A command window will open listing all attached drives and their letters

Type in the letter associated with your hard drive (typically C) and hit [Enter]

If Check Disk doesn’t find and fix anything, extend your tests via the

‘Program Launcher > HD Disk/Storage’ menu Use HD Tune’s ‘Health’ tab to

quickly highlight any potential physical problems, then switch to the ‘Error

Scan’ tab to see what blocks – if any – have been damaged Other tools worth

trying include HD Scan (Low Level Diagnostic) Launch the program, then click

on the ‘Scan’ button This will allow you to select from a wide range of tests in

order to give your hard drive a good checking over

be unable to restore any missing

partitions Open ‘Partition Find &

Mount’ from the ‘Program Launcher

> Partition/Boot/MBR’ menu, select your drive and click ‘Scan’ Start with the Intellectual Scan, then ‘Normal’

and ‘Thorough’ until the drive appears under ‘Found partitions’

You can’t restore it from here, but you can recover data Choose ‘Mount As’ to mount it as a drive in Windows;

this will allow you to copy files or take a full drive image with Macrium

Windows because of a Registry problem It allows

you to load your Registry settings into Mini Windows

XP’s Registry Editor and make changes from there

While in Mini Windows XP, go to ‘Program Launcher

> Registry’, and launch Registry Editor PE Simply click

‘Open’ each time that you are prompted for a hive

(SAM, SECURITY, Software and finally System) If you

need to make changes to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER

part of your Registry, click ‘Yes’ and then browse to

your own personal user folder under C:\Users or C:\

Documents and Settings

Once you’ve done that, Registry Editor will launch

with your own Registry keys marked under _REMOTE

This will allow you to perform edits that may help

restore your computer to working order again It is

important to make sure that you’ve taken a drive image

before proceeding, just in case your edits make things

even worse

get your machine working again

Happily, Hiren’s BootCD comes with

a built-in web browser in the form of Opera, which is accessible by double-clicking the ‘Internet’ shortcut on the desktop This takes you straight to Google, allowing you to type details

about your problem Knowing what

to search for is key, so start by typing

in any error messages or symptoms you’re facing If lots of irrelevant results are returned, try narrowing your search by including your version

of Windows or extra info about what’s causing your problem.With a bit of luck, you’ll find steps you can follow using the tools we’ve described here If a solution involves running a third-party program that

is not included on your rescue CD, proceed with care: it will need to

be a portable tool and may still not run Additionally, whatever fix that it provides will need to be applied to your actual Windows installation, not

to the rescue environment

Windows XP environment, but you may find yourself locked out of a folder To unlock it, run NTFS Access 2.2 from ‘Program Launcher > FileSystem’ Select the folder that you want to recover, then un-tick ‘Set folder owner’ before clicking ‘Grant’ This will give all users access, which allows you to recover it now, or access it when you next boot into Windows proper However, this technique comes at a cost to security Therefore, advanced users could simply right-click the folder itself and choose ‘Properties > Security’ to set permissions manually Less confident users should stick with using the NTFS Access option

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RESOLVE START-UP ISSUES BOOT MENU TOOLS

AND THERE’S MORE

Windows XP environment; there’s a list of tools in

the main boot menu, too The most obvious fix

flagged on this screen resolves the ‘NTLDR is missing’

error in Windows XP, but there are other options too

If your PC has been randomly crashing or freezing,

select either the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool

or Memtest86+ to give your memory the once over

Select DOS programs to choose from a wider

selection of recovery, backup and testing tools – but

you must be comfortable with the command line

environment if you go down this route There’s

even a Linux-based option that takes you into the

graphical PartedMagic environment for disk-based

troubleshooting and recovery This also comes with

a built-in web browser (Firefox) and networking

support It’s worth giving it a go if your network

device cannot be detected in Mini Windows XP and

you need to get online to try and find a solution

menu of Program Launcher if you’re convinced your problem is due to a third-party program or driver Select ‘File > Analyze Offline System’, then click ‘ ’ next to System Root to select the C:\Windows folder Click ‘ ’ next to User Profile

to select your own user profile folder, then click ‘OK’

Autoruns lets you manage which services and drivers get launched, allowing you to disable them (we don’t recommend deleting anything but definite malware, just in case) Autoruns will attempt to provide you with useful information about each program, driver or service to help you identify it, but simply right-click any entry and choose ‘Search Online’ to find out more about it via Google Once you’ve finished tinkering, close the program and reboot to see if Windows behaves itself If it’s still playing up, try booting into Safe mode for a better array of troubleshooting tools

Word, Excel or PDF formats Thankfully, all the tools you need for reading

these files can be found via the Program Launcher’s Editors/Viewers menu

Just download the file, then double-click it to open it in the correct app

A selection of third-party portable apps will run in the Mini Windows XP

environment If you followed our tutorial in issue 94 on building your own

portable toolkit, you may have access to these files from your backup drive, or

even your main Windows installation Open the Portableapps launcher and

browse your collection to see which work, or select ‘Apps > Get More Apps’

to download more apps from its directory Apps worth considering include

the Windows Error Lookup Tool for decrypting error codes, and FileZilla for

connecting to FTP servers HWiNFO provides detailed system info, and web

browsers Firefox, Thunderbird and Chrome work too Portable apps from other

sources may also work NirLauncher (http://launcher.nirsoft.net) is an example

of one of these and includes a collection of over 150 utilities for Windows

If your PC keeps crashing with

a blue screen STOP error, launch

BlueScreenView from ‘Program Launcher >

System Information’ Point it towards your C:\

Windows\Minidumps folder and it may

supply you with handy troubleshooting info

02 Restore the Registry

If your Registry is corrupted, recover an earlier version from System Restore Go to ‘Program Launcher >

Registry > Registry Restore Wizard’, select C:\WINDOWS, click ‘Next’ and then recover the first version before your PC crashed

Forgot your user password and can’t log onto Windows? Open Program Launcher and click ‘Password/Keys > Windows Login > NTPWEdit’ Click ‘(Re)open’, select your username and click

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“VPN software protects you from online

threats, and can help you access sites that

are usually blocked based on your location.”

around for a long time, enabling you to send encrypted data over the internet, but it’s usually been the domain of workplaces rather than the home

The free Hotspot Shield software changes that, giving you much greater security than using a standard

With Hotspot Shield you can also unblock almost any website and bypass filters to access your favourite sites any time and anywhere you want, making it ideal for restricted public Wi-Fi hotspots You can browse completely anonymously too, and it hides your IP address at all times When you connect to the web with Hotspot Shield enabled, your PC is given a new IP address

to mask your actual one, enabling you to surf privately, and it can even automatically detect and block malware before it reaches your PC

1 Protect all your devicesDownload Hotspot Shield by visiting www.hotspotshield.

com and clicking 'Free download' As the file is downloaded, you’ll

see a prompt about protecting devices other than the Windows

PC you’re currently using Type in your mobile phone number,

select your country and click 'Send SMS' if you'd like to receive a

direct link to the mobile version of the program too

2 Run the installerFind the exe file in your Downloads folder and run it to

install Hotspot Shield This process takes a while to complete, and you'll see a few of the program's features in an intro sequence that plays while you wait Once the program is installed you’ll see Hotspot Shield pop up in the Taskbar Notification Area The program will also place an icon on your desktop for quick access

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This area shows you how much data Hotspot Shield has secured for you as you browse the web

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Here you can establish

a virtual connection

to another country to access local content, like the US Netflix site, for example

3 Test protectionYou’ll now see Hotspot Shield Elite in action, and you can

use the drop-down list to choose which country you'd like to use

‘Test protection’ button and an independent IP testing web page

will open showing your current IP address and which country

your PC is purporting to be from Impressive, isn’t it?

4 Sign upIf you want to use Hotspot Shield Elite for more than a few

days, you’ll need to sign up for an account Don’t worry, it won't cost you anything just yet, but it does give you access to the full features Visit www.hsselite.com/account and you’ll see a pop-up inviting you to register Type in your email address and

a password to be taken to the Dashboard

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VPN

VPN software lets you connect to a private computer on

Virtual location

The 'spoofed' IP address issued by VPN software essentially allows you to pretend your

PC is in a different part of the world

SIGN IN

This button allows you to sign

into Hotspot Shield Elite from the

Control Panel If you're signed

out, your PC will still be running

Hotspot, but not the more

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Pause protection will automatically

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means that some extra files need your authentication Once the

install process is complete, the app will launch Its interface is very

basic, but it offers most of the standard features, including the

ability to switch countries if you install another country profile

7 Watch TV from another countryIf you're in the UK, you can use Hotspot Shield Elite to

access US-based sites that would usually be off limits Click on

‘Virtual location’ and choose 'United States’ to circumnavigate the

usual location restrictions on sites such as Netflix The US content

at www.netflix.com is usually inaccessible from the UK, and you'll

find a very different set of TV shows and movies to watch

5 The Dashboard‘Time left’ indicates how much time is remaining on your

Elite service It allows you to buy additional time, redeem a license

that you have purchased and see your account history Next to

this are all the devices that are currently being protected by your

Elite subscription You can add up to five devices – PCs, tablets

and smartphones – running Windows, OS X, iOS or Android

10 Stay protectedYou can pause Hotspot Shield at any time by choosing

‘Stop maximal protection’, then clicking ‘Pause protection’ at the bottom left, but you’ll remain in a VPN for your chosen IP (the United States, for example) Be aware that every time you change

IP area, your access to certain content will be restricted For

8 Switch back againOf course, you might not want to access the internet

through a proxy all the time If you decide you want to get back

to watching Netflix UK or the BBC iPlayer website as normal, you’ll need to turn Hotspot Shield off so your IP address returns

to a UK one Simply go back and select 'United Kingdom' from the drop-down list under ‘Virtual location’

6 Check your statsThe Statistics Report panel shows the work that Hotspot

Shield Elite is doing to protect your PC while it's running in the background As you browse the internet, Hotspot is scanning the websites you visit for potential threats; you’ll see the counter

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Make your Facebook

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“Facebook, by its very nature, encourages you to share

a lot of personal information, so it’s important to make

sure your privacy settings are correctly set up.”

acebook has just celebrated its 10th birthday, and in that time it has amassed over a billion monthly active users

It’s a great place to share photos and information with friends and family, but whenever you share personal details online, you should always be aware of who can see it, and the privacy settings available

For example, most people put their full name, date of birth, phone number and even address on their Facebook profile without a second thought All this data could be used

by someone to commit identify theft, where they pose as you and use your identity to open credit cards and more Facebook has a number

of privacy tools that can keep your information safe, while still allowing friends to see your profile Some options aren’t easy to find though,

so I’ll show you how to make your Facebook profile completely secure

1 Log inI don’t need to tell you how to log in to Facebook, but when

you log in to your account from a shared or public computer,

make sure you don’t tick the box labelled ‘Keep me logged in’

It’s an option we sometimes choose without thinking, and it’s fine

for our home PCs, but you don’t want someone else accessing

your account after you’ve stopped using the PC

2 Access the privacy settingsFacebook has recently implemented a number of changes

to make its privacy settings easy to access To see them, click the padlock icon on the top right-hand corner and a drop-down list containing the most popular privacy settings is displayed These aren’t all your options though – you can also click ‘See more settings’ for even more privacy tools

7 Allow tagged contentFrom now on, when someone tags you, you’ll be asked to

review the tag This appears as a notification, but you can check

it manually by clicking the ‘Privacy’ icon, expanding ‘Who can see

my stuff?’ and selecting ‘Use activity log’ Click ‘Tag review’ to see

things you’ve been tagged in, then ‘Add tag’ to be associated with

it (which other people can see) or ‘Ignore’ to remove the tag

8 Restrict who can befriend youSome people see Facebook as a competition to get as many

friends as possible, but this can be dangerous, as you don’t want strangers seeing all your information From the Privacy menu expand ‘Who can contact me?’ then under ‘Who can send me friend requests’ you can choose only ‘Friends of friends’ – people your friends know – to be able to send you a friend request

5 Review what other people post about youIt’s one thing to be careful about what you post about

yourself, but what about friends who tag you in their posts?

You can set Facebook to alert you when that happens, and if

you’re happy with what they’ve posted, you can allow it on your

timeline If not, you can choose to untag yourself To get started,

click ‘See more settings’ then ‘Timeline and tagging’

3 Who can see what you post?Before you begin tweaking privacy settings, check how

much information you’re sharing, and with whom Click the

arrows next to ‘Who can see my stuff?’ and ‘What do other people

see on my timeline?’, then click ‘View As’ Initially you’ll see what

your profile looks like to people you don’t know Make note of any

information you’re not comfortable sharing with strangers

6 Review tagsOn this screen there’s an option called ‘Review posts friends

tag you in before they appear on your timeline?’ Click ‘Edit’ and select ‘Enabled’ By ‘Who can see posts you’ve been tagged in on your timeline?’ click ‘Edit’ and select ‘Friends’ or, for more security,

‘Only me’ Next by ‘Review tags people add to your own posts before the tags appear on Facebook?’ click ‘Edit’ then ‘Enabled’

4 Limit what people seeNow you know what you’re sharing, you can do something

about it First, limit who sees what you post Status updates can include what you’re doing, who you’re with and where you are,

so it’s a good idea to limit them to people you know Click the privacy icon, then click the arrow by ‘Who can see my stuff?’ and under ‘Who can see my future posts?’ select ‘Friends’ from the list

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13 Protect your loginOne of the best ways to keep your account secure is to

use a strong password – ideally a mixture of upper and lower case

letters, and numbers The more complex it is, the harder it will be

for a malicious user to crack For even more security, enable Login

Approvals Whenever you log in from a new device, a message is

sent to your phone allowing you to approve the login

11 Protect your browsingYou may want to make sure your online activity is secret,

which is where secure browsing comes in When on Facebook,

look at the address bar of your browser If it says ‘https://’ you’re

secure, but if it says ‘http://’, browse to the ‘More Settings’ screen

and click ‘Security’ on the left Next to ‘Secure browsing’, click

‘Edit’ then check the box to enable secure browsing

9 Limit who can search for youAnother tactic to make sure your account is only accessible

to people you know is to limit who can search and find your

account From the Privacy menu, click ‘More settings’ Next to

‘Who can look you up using the email address you provided’ and

‘Who can look you up using the phone number you provided’,

click ‘Edit’ and select ‘Friends’ or ‘Friends of friends’

14 You’re now setNow you’ve followed these steps, you can breathe a sigh of

relief – your Facebook account is as secure as possible Make sure you pay attention to any notices you get telling you someone has logged into your account – if you don’t recognise the device, make sure you change your password To do this, go to ‘More

12 Be warned if someone tries to log inThe most important aspect of Facebook security is making

sure only you can log in to your account, and you’re informed if someone tries to log in as you Enable ‘Login notifications’ from the Security menu This emails or texts you if your account is accessed from a device you haven’t used before You can see all the devices you’ve allowed access under ‘Recognised Devices’

10 Prevent people searching for you onlineThese privacy settings are all well and good, but they don’t

do much if anyone can just type your name into Google, or any other search engine, and find your profile From the same screen

in step 9, where it says ‘Do you want other search engines to link

to your timeline’ click ‘Edit’ and make sure the box next to ‘Let other search engines link to your timeline’ is unchecked

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Stream media to other

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“You don’t have to stay glued to one computer to enjoy

your media, because it’s easy to play music and video

around your home with the Windows 7 Play To feature.”

n this tutorial I’m going

to explain how you can stream your media to other devices from Windows Media Player on your Windows 7 computer

But which devices? Well, broadly speaking I mean most devices that connect to your home Wi-Fi or wired network and is capable of playing media If you have an internet connected television, for example, you can stream music and video to it using the Play To feature in Windows Media Player If that’s something you’re interested in, look for the DLNA symbol next time you’re buying a new TV, which basically means that you can stream things

to and from your network

However, most of the time you’ll probably use this feature to stream music or video to another PC – and that’s what I’m going to look

at here Find your favourite songs and videos, and let’s get started!

1 Check your sharing settingsThe first thing you need to do is ensure that your

computer’s home sharing settings are set up correctly It’s

possible to do this from within Windows Media Player, but it’s

better to do it from within the Network and Sharing Center

Access this from the Control Panel, then click on ‘Change

advanced sharing settings’ on the left-hand side

2 Turn on sharingYour computer must be able to detect suitable playback

devices (such as smart TVs or other PCs) on your network before you can use Windows’ Play To feature to stream media The top four things listed here should all be turned on for network sharing

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