How To Recover Data After Windows Has Crashed !!

Many of us have been in a situation where windows has crashed and we are unable to boot into windows again.The question that comes to our mind at that moment is how to recover the data in the windows.The data might be your music collection the photos and videos of friends and your loved ones,your office data etc.In this article i suggest to you a simple way by which you can do this.A Linux live CD  is the thing you need at such a situation.

What is a Linux live CD ?
A Linux live CD is a complete bootable operating system which will run only from the memory(RAM) the Hard Disk space will not be utilized while booting from a live CD.Distro hoppers use live CD's to test out a operating system before installing.Some people even use live CD to make online bank transactions as there is no chance of any malware being on a live CD. A live CD in no way alter the files and operating system already present on a Hard Disk.There are innumerable uses of a Linux live CD which will be looked in another article.One can also make a live USB .A  live USB will be much faster than a live CD but your motherboard should be able to boot from a live USB.

To recover data any Linux operating system can be used.Light ones like puppy Linux are fast to boot and copy the data at lightning speed.Here is how you can recover the data with puppy Linux :

•  download puppy Linux from here .
•  burn the .iso file to to a CD to make live CD.Use software such as yumi to make live USB.To know how to make a live USB by yumi click here.
• put in the live CD or connect the live USB and let computer boot  into it.If  USB boot is not enabled go to the bbot menu and enable it.wait for the GUI to appear.
• once you have logged into the Linux mint live.go to "home",now you can see your drives on the left side of the window.Now copy paste the data to a USB drive from the crashed windows drive.
• now all your data is safe in your USB drive.

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How to use gprs internet on puppy linux?

I have been playing around with puppy linux for a while. Puppy linux is very  fast and use minimal system resources.The boot is lightening fast and the gui is also clean.The first thing that one would want to do when one sets up a new disto is to connect it to internet and customize it.Here i today guide you how to connect to internet via gprs by using your mobile as a modem.the systems i am using are:

• Nokia C2

                                                        

• Compaq CQ40 -317TU

• Softy connectivity adapter cable CA-101

• Gprs internet - service provider bsnl india

follow the steps given below:

• Boot to puppy Linux and connect your mobile phone to computer via the cable.As i am using nokia c2 i got following options on my mobile on the connection

                                                           *data cable
                                                           *printing&media
                                                           *data storage
         select the first i;e data cable

• Now download cdc-acm-update-k2.6.33.2.pet from here. You would require this to help find your mobile .now go to TERMINAL or the thing called CONSOLE in the desktop and type "dmesg"(without thecotes of-course  )at the end of the command output if you can see somthing like this "cdc_acm 5-2:1.4: ttyACM0:USB ACM device" this means your mobile is detected and can be used.
• Click on the network icon in your tray .Now the network connection wizzard pops up.Click on the internet through wireless gprs option.

• Now the pgprs modem setup wizard pops up,fill it up as follows:-

         serial modem device file:/dev/<your device name>
         APN:the APN of your service provider(contact the ISP or Google it up)
         USERNAME:your username(usually your phone number)
         PASSWORD:your password(usually your phone number)
         PHONE NUMBER:the number of ISP which should be dialed to connect to internet
         PHONE PIN:1234(leave it as such it works with most cell phones or enter the pin if you have changed the default pin)

         Here is how i filled it up(i am using the services of Bsnl India), Serial modem device file:/dev/ttyACM0
         APN:bsnlnet
         USERNAME:my phone number
         PASSWORD:my phone number
         PHONE NUMBER:*99#
         PHONE PIN:1234 

(Bsnl guys with Nokia mobiles can just copy me as it is except the cell no.)

• Click on the "ok" button,now you would be shown a message "connect to internet using 'PGPRS Connect' in the 'network' menu".click on the "okay" button.one last time go to console again and type "dmesg"(this is to conform that your mobile is detected )
• Go to MENU>NETWORK>PGPRS CONNECT.If all goes well you will connected to internet.

• To disconnect press "Cntrl +C"

Hope our readers love this post. Comment down if you have any questions or suggestions... We are happy to help you..

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How to make webcam work in Linux mint?

Linux mint is a out of box distro.It is developed from Ubuntu,although its very out of box and one of the best disto for new Linux users to try out it has some minor problem to be fixed .One of them is that the Webcams  don't work out of the box in Linux  mint.If yours doesn't work here is the trick.

• Do "alt+f2 ",now you can see a small rectangular window in the middle of your screen. 

• Type "gstreamer-properties" in the space provided and click on run.

• Go to the video tab and test the default input.Now your webcam will spring to action,that means now your webcam will work.

                                    

• Install cheese by typing "sudo apt-get install cheese " in terminal.
• Start cheese.
• Take photos with your webcam .

Hope our readers have done this successfully.... Have any doubts??? please free to comment down. We are happy to help..

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How to install Lucid puppy Linux on a hard disk using live cd.

Puppy Linux is a special build of Linux meant to make computing easy and fast.It is lightweight but powerful. Puppy requires only very few seconds too boot up to. Everyone wants to know how to install both Windows and Puppy togather in a single Pc but majority don't know. So here is a tutorial that will help you to set up Dual boot on your system.I am assuming that you have windows as primary operating system on your computer right now. You can follow the steps as given below:-

• Download lucid puppy linux from here.save it .
• Write that .iso file to a disk using a disk writing software such as nero or burnfree.

• Go to the computer you want to install puppy.open the CD/DVD drive and put in the live CD/DVD you just made.
  
   

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Boot up the live disk.wait 5 seconds  for normal boot up .then in some seconds you will see the puppy screen.

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• Click on the install icon you see on the desktop.

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• Now click on the button right to “click to run the Universal Installer:” statement.
  
    

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From the new pop up select “internal(IDE or SATA)hard drive.

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In the next pop up you will be shown the hard disks on your system.click the required one .if you have only one hard disk you will be shown only it.click it and press ok!

• Puppy linux will scan all the drives on your hard disk and show you in next pop up.here select a drive of your choice.be care full do not end up selecting the windows drive .If you want to edit the partition table click on  the icon in the middle option named “Filesystem in partition”.when you click it GPARTED pops up.GPARTED is a tool to edit the partition table.You will be given a warning by GPARTED in a pink screen just click “okey” and go ahead.

• Select the partition you want to edit then edit it as per requirement. click “apply”
  
  
  

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• Then again puppy would pop up the hard disk list .select the one you edited.Then puppy linux would scan the partitions on the hard disk.select the required partition.
• Now you will get a pop up named “Puppy Universal Installer” this pop up box shows you the partition size and file system.just click “ok”.

• Another pop up box comes up “Puppy Universal Installer” it will ask you where the puppy files are you will have to options below “CD” and “DIRECTORY”.

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Click on CD and move forward.Another pop up box pops up named “Puppy Universal Installer” again .this box asks you if you have the LIVE CD  in the CD/DVD drive or not.As we have booted from the live disk it must be inside so click “OK”.

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-->Rest are normal installation procedure like naming computer,giving time zone etc.  

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There you go. Now the setup is complete. If you want any help or has any questions, feel free to ask us. Put down a comment and we will help you..

 

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How to download youtube videos in Debian ,Ubuntu and Linux Mint

So many of the new windows user who migrate to linux complain about trouble downloading videos from youtube.So friends i give you the most simple solutions ever and after this you will love your linux much more.

A.LOOK IN THE TEMP FOLDER

Follow the following step :

• Go to where your video which you want to download is
• let the video buffer its full length
• Minimize your browser [DONT CLOSE IT -----NO NO !!!]
• Go to DESKTOP>COMPUTER>FILE SYSTEM>TEMP
• WHAM BAM  you will find your video here ..copy paste it to your desktop ....rename it now you can watch the video again and again ........
• You can close your browser if you want !  :-)

 NOTE :-

1. i did this on ubuntu 10.10 , mint 9 and debian 6.0 with firefox morzilla........i have not tried this any other browser or distro .I will let you know i there is any other way to do this !!!

2. This can be done for video in any website ....youtube was just an example !

 B.YOUTUB-DL

There is a software thats available in your package manager ,its named youtube-dl.youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the videos served.

Youtube-dl allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically determine the best quality video to grab. It supports downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.Currently supported sites are video.google.com, youtube, photobucket, and metacafe.You can get youtube-dl from your package manager.

C.THE KISS WAY ;-)

• Go to where your video is - for example it is at "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z_liq2su2w"
• Now you add the word kiss before youtube in the link ---"http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=0z_liq2su2w".
• Hit enter and it will redirect to aveyoutube pages from where you can save youtube video easily ,it also allows you to save them in the format that you     want ,like .flv,mp4 and also give resolution choice .
• If it's your first-time, a warning box may pop-up - just select "Run" to continue. This is perfectly safe and will not install software.

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• A list of download links will appear. Right-click on the format you want and select "Save As..." to start your download. That's all!
  
  
  

NOTE:-

You can still use firefox extensions and softwares like youtube-dl to download video,this is a method where you dont require any software installed. I recommend users to go for this.. have any comment??? Do drop it down..

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Wine :Run Windows Applications On Linux

So have ever thought of quiting windows and switching to Linux,but you changed your mind when you thought about the windows applications that are dear to you and are not found for Linux such as Microsoft office.So we bring to you WINE

WHAT IS WINE:-

WINE is a application for Linux that let you run windows softwares and games on Linux.WINE is not a emulator.With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.Most importantly wine is open source and user driven and thus it is free to use and distribute.The source code could be found on Wines home page..http://www.winehq.org/.

  We experimented with different windows applications in Linux using wine.I had a demo of wolfenstein which ran like a charm in my mint 9 using wine.In next article we would discuss some tweaks to run windows applications on Linux. To download and install Wine check you application store on your Linux box or click here

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