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Friday, 6 September 2013

Create Samsung Recovery Partition

Samsung Recovery Solution

Here Im gonna show you how to create Samsung Recovery Partition with simple steps.
In Samsung laptops this partition is created already when you buy the laptop. But sometimes people delete this unknowingly, while partitioning hard disk. So if you have deleted then you can recreate the OEM partition yourself very easily.

Requirement:
  • Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool 4/5 (Download or Create from Samsung Laptop... Process is given below)
  • Windows 7/8 Installation Disc.
Note: Data from your Hard Disk will be deleted. So Create a back up of your important files.

Creating Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool 5:
You need another Samsung Laptop which have already installed Samsung Recovery Solution 5(or 4) on it.
1. Now start the laptop and press F4 to go to Samsung Recovery Mode.
Samsung Recovery Solution 5

2. When Samsung Recovery Solution start click ctrl+alt+F10.
Samsung Recovery Solution Start Screen

3. Now Samsung Recovery Solution ask you for password. Type secclx or secos as password.
Samsung Recovery Solution Password

4. Insert your USB pen drive. Now go to Tools.
Samsung Recovery Solution 5 Tool

5. Now click on Admin Tool USB. And Click Yes. Within a few moment 'Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool' bootable Pen Drive will be created.
Samsung Recovery Solution 5 Admin Tool


Or
You can download it as an iso image. And make a bootable USB with this image.

Creating Samsung Recovery Partition:

1.  Make USB-HDD your first boot device.
2.  Insert the Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool USB pendrive in laptop.
3.  Boot from USB.
4.  Now Samsung Recovery Solution will start.

5.  Click on Execute on Step 1(Disk Partition)
Samsung Recovery Solution Execute

6.  Click on Initialize The Hard Disk Drive.
Samsung Recovery Solution Initialize Hard Disk drive

7.  You'll be asked for a confirmation. Click Yes.
Samsung Recovery Solution Partition

8.  Now define the Size Of Recovery Area as 20 GB. And click Next.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

9.  Now click OK. And continue partitioning.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

10.  Wait for some min.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

11.  Partitioning Complete. Continue Recovery Area Installation... Click Ok.

Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area Installation

12.  Now a new Window again ask for Continue Installation. Click Ok.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

13.  Wait for some moment. Recovery Environment will be installed.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

14.  Now you will be asked if you want to fix the MBR. Click Ok..
Samsung Recovery Solution MBR Fix

15.  After MBR fix successfully completed Click Ok.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area MBR

16.  Now you'll be asked to add initial status image to recovery area from USB or DVD. Click Cancel(If you have backed up any system image created with Samsung Recovery Solution in Pen Drive or DVD then insert it and click OK. This image will be restored later by pressing F4 while booting)
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

17.  Recovery Area in now set. Now click Ok to continue Windows 7/8 installation.
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

18.  Insert Windows Installation Disc and Click Ok. (There is no need to change windows boot priority. System will boot automatically boot from DVD. If doesn't boot from DVD only then change boot device priority. And one more thing... You don't need to eject the bootable Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool USB)
Samsung Recovery Solution Recovery Area

19.  Now format and install windows on your laptop. You can create partition while Windows Installation. Or do it from Computer Management after Installation complete. JUST DON'T DELETE THE OEM PARTITION, which you've just created.
20.  When your computer will start for first time after completion of Windows installation run Admin Tool application from pen drive. To do this open your pen drive(Samsung Recovery Solution Admin Tool bootable pen drive, which you've created). Open 'Winclon' folder. Click on Admin Tool application and run.
Samsung Recovery Solution 5 Admin Tool
Samsung Recovery Solution 5 Admin Tool

21.  When the application run click on 'Execute' in Step 1. And Install Samsung Recovery Solution Application.
Samsung Recovery Solution Application Install

22.  Restart your computer.
23.  All done. Now you can back up your system. Which can be restored just by pressing F4 while booting. So install whatever you want and back up. But remember Samsung Recovery Partition is only 20 GB. So you can't back up more than 20 GB in the OEM partition.
24.  To back up- again run Admin Tool Application from pen drive(as I mentioned in Step 20). Click on 'Execute' in Step 3. Your computer will be rebooted. And back up will start automatically.
Samsung Recovery Solution Application Install

25.  After completion just restart. Now you can restore your system by pressing F4 while booting.

Thursday, 25 July 2013

How To Repair and Maintain Your Crashed Hard Disk and Recover Data

  • How To Backup or Save Your Important Data When Your Hard Disk Crash and Shows Disk Boot Failure While Booting Or Badly Effected By Virus :


Process 1: Download Hiren's Boot CD ISO file from any web site.. Its Free. Then burn the ISO file to a blank CD or DVD. And run the disk while booting(Make sure 'Boot From CD/DVD is Enable or Make CD/DVD your 1st boot device in priority). Select any one operating system listed there. After that you can transfer all of your important data in any kind of external Hard Drive.

Hiren's Boot CD (Boot Menu)

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Process 2:  This Process may not work every time. But you can try.
1st run your computer in SAFE MODE. To run in safe mode Strat/Restar your computer, and while starting keep pressing 'F8' key. After boot you will see a black screen with some options. Select 'SAFE MODE' from these options. Run your PC. Then you can make a back up of your important data.

  • How To Check For Errors In Your Hard Disk With Software:

Step 1.
1. First Open My Computer.
2. Click on a local Hard Drive(You can also check error for pen drive or any kind of external hard drive)
3. Now right click on the drive that you want to check for errors and click on properties.
4. Now on the 'Tool' tab click on 'Check' and Check for hard disk error.

Step 2.
Install Tune Up Utilities first and Run it. Click on "Overview of All Function" And Click On "Check Error" option. This will run Tune Up Disk Doctor. And Select all your Hard Drives and run "Through Analysis". It will take a long time to complete, depending on your computer speed. If you don't have much time then you can go for a quick analysis. And just wait. After completion Restart your computer.



  • Hard Disk Defragmentation:


Frequent Defragmentation Of your Hard Disk make your computer run smoothly. So run disk defragmentation regularly. Here is some easy step to run Hard Disk Defragmentation.

Step 1.
1. First Open My Computer.
2. Right Click On a Local Drive that you want to defragment. And click on Properties.
3. Now on the 'Tool' tab click on 'Defragment Now'/'Optimize'
4. Now Analyze/Defragment your local drive to make it fast and smooth.

Step 2.
1. Run Computer Management MMC.
2. To Run Go to: Start > Run> Type "Compmgmt.msc".
3. Now click Disk Defragmenter.
4. Select the volume that you want to defragment and then on Defragment.

Step 3.
1. Strat Disk Defragmenter.
2. To start Go to: Start > Run> Type "defrag"
3. Now select the volume and start defragmenting.

NOTE: Defragmentation may take a long time.




Some Additional Tips:


  • Keep your Hard Drive away from phones and signals.
  • Keep it away from any kind of magnetic field.
  • Make sure your hard disk is installed properly. Hard Disk should be install either Horizontally or Vertically.
  • Keep your Hard Disk cool. Excessive heat may damage or degrade your Hard Disk.


Easy Tips To Make Your PC Fast With Some Simple Steps

Easy Tips To Make Your PC Fast With Some Simple Steps:


Here is some really easy and useful steps that make your computer a little faster without upgrading your hardware configuration. Here it is………….

Clean Temporary Files: 

Go to: Start > Run> Type "%temp%". It will open a new Folder named "TEMP".  Select all files within it and delete. It'll make your comp fast.
Clean Temporary Files

Increase Start Up speed:

Go to: Start > Run> Type "msconfig"..Under ‘Start Up’ tab uncheck all unwanted application. It'll boost your Computer Start Up Speed a little bit.
For Windows 8 you can manage Start Up by opening 'Task Manage' by pressing 'alt+ctrl+del'
Start Up


Registry Clean Up:

Clean your unnecessary registry entries Frequently with CCleaner( http://www.ccleaner.com). It will also help to remove unused files.

Hard Disk Defragmentation:

Frequent Defragmentation Of your Hard Disk make your computer run smoothly. So run disk defragmentation regularly. Here is some easy step to run Hard Disk Defragmentation.

Step 1.

  1. First Open My Computer.
  2. Right Click On a Local Drive that you want to defragment. And click on Properties.
  3. Now on the 'Tool' tab click on 'Defragment Now'/'Optimize'
  4. Now Analyze/Defragment your local drive to make it fast and smooth.


Step 2.

  1. Run Computer Management MMC.
  2. To Run Go to: Start > Run> Type "Compmgmt.msc".
  3. Now click Disk Defragmenter.
  4. Select the volume that you want to defragment and then on Defragment.

Delete Temporary Internet Files:


  • Delete Temporary Files Internet Explorer 7: 
  1. Open Internet Options- First click the Start> Then click Control Panel> Network and Internet> and then> Internet Options.
  2. Click on the General Tab> Then under 'Browsing History' Click on Delete.
  3. In last step click Delete All and Confirm by Clicking Yes. Then Click on OK.
This will delete all termporary files in your Internet Explorer 7


  • Delete Temporary Files Internet Explorer 8:
  1. Open Internet Options- First click the Start> Then click Control Panel> Network and Internet> and then> Internet Options.
  2. Now Click on 'Safety' and then 'Delete Browsing History.
  3. Select check boxes next to each of the category of information that you want to delete.
  4. Now if you do not want to delete cookies and the files associated with the websites in your Favorites list then select the 'Preserve Favorites website data' check box 
  5. Now Click 'Delete'. If you have a lot of history and files then this process could take a while.
Step 1
Step 2


  • Delete Temporary Files In Mozilla:
  1. Click on 'Firefox' logo option> Then 'Options'> Again 'Options'
  2. Now click on 'Privacy' tab.
  3. Now you can clean search history or cookies file.
  4. To Delete search history click On 'Clear Your Recent History'
  5. To Delete Cookies Click on 'Remove Individual Cookies'
Firefox

Use Updated Anti Virus:

Virus may slow down your computer. So make your PC virus free with any Anti-Virus or Total Security. Kaspersky, Quick Heal, K7 are such well known anti-virus available in market. Or you can use in build Windows Defender if you are using Windows 7 or Windows 8. But if your anti-virus is not updated then it’s useless to have. So keep updating your antivirus regularly.

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