Friday 12 August 2011

Install any Windows Operating System With a USB Flash Drive

Windows is used in most of the Laptops and Netbooks but how do you install it without a CD drive?
Use a USB flash drive in place of the DVD. In this article I will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive that will install Windows so you can install Windows on any computer without an optical drive.
Before we get started you will need:

  • Windows (XP\7\vista\2003\2008) ISO file
  • 4GB USB flash drive.

 The link below redirects you to a free utility that will automatically make a bootable USB flash drive from a Windows  ISO image file.

Windows_USB_Setup

Simply download the tool, specify the location of your ISO file and the wizard will do everything for you.

A screenshot of the software is given below:












For any assistance contact me : jethinshaji@gmail.com


Wednesday 3 August 2011

Restore file/folder to previous version in Win 7 without using any additional software


Restoring was very difficult for earlier version of windows. We had to go through a lot of steps and finally we will get a whole backup(including many unwanted files or we won't get the specific backup we wanted.

NOW in Windows 7 we can easily restore the pics we have deleted from a folder by just taking the properties of that folder as shown below:



With just one click we can get what we thought was lost forever.

To do that we have to make sure that we have enabled the restore option.
To enable the system restore option,
Take the My Computer properties as shown in figure:



Then click system protection as shown above.
In the box that appears you can select which drives need to be protected as shown in figure below:




We have to make sure that the restore points are created occasionally to restore whenever we want.
My Operating System is Windows 7 Ultimate. I think it works in all Win 7 versions.  
Win 7 Ultimate is the best OS for personal use.