Friday, April 15, 2011

How to Convert a Hard Drive from FAT32 to NTFS

Windows: If you use external drives or flash drives often, you've probably reformatted between NTFS and FAT32 tons of times. Here's how to convert a drive FAT32 to NTFS without losing any of your files. FAT32 and NTFS are the two most common file systems that Windows users have to deal with. NTFS is probably what your regular drive is formatted as, but it isn't great for flash drives or external hard drives that need to interface with Mac and Linux, since Mac and Linux can only read NTFS drives—not write to them. FAT32, on the other hand, is readable and writable in all three OSes. Its only downside is that you can't store files bigger than 4GB on it.
As such, I find myself reformatting my external drives all the time to fit the situation. With just a simple command in Windows, though, you can actually convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS without reformatting entirely (and thus losing all your data). If you want to convert the filesystem without losing your files, just open up a command prompt in administrator mode and then type:

convert G: /FS:NTFS
It'll take awhile, but you won't have to re-copy any of your data or reformat the drive.
Sadly, there is no way to convert from NTFS to FAT32—if you want to go back, you'll have to reformat the drive entirely. This trick is still pretty nice, though, as it'll save you from reformatting your drive about half the time.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

How to remove Malware

We all know how annoying this things are, telling you half truths.
Yes you do have a virus but not as many as this things is trying to tell you

Try to download this files and save them to a USB Drive
RKill
Malwarebytes

Here a step by step on how to remove Malwares
  1. First thing to do is shut it down
  2. Then you will have to start you machine in "safe mode with networking"
    1. Turn your machine on and right away start hitting F8
    2. Select Safe Mode WIth Networking
    3. Select your Operating System
  3. WIndows should start and you'll see everything bigger (but not better)
  4. Insert your USB Drive
  5. Run RKill
    1. What this will do is stop any malware still running within safe mode
  6. As soon as it is done running install malwarebytes
    1. Make sure you are updating the database
  7. Run a Quick Scan and 15-30 minutes later it should tell you if you are infected
    1. if you are infected after the scan just select remove selected
    2. and restart your machine
  8. Now you should be Safe and Clean

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What Is the .NET Framework, and Why Do I Need It?

This article was taken from Lifehacker but I think it is really interesting, must of us don't know what .NET framework is and what it is used for
So here it is

Dear Lifehacker,
What is the "Microsoft .NET Framework" and why do I need it? I've been trying to install BlackBerry Desktop, but it fails and states I'm missing the Framework. For some reason I can't download it from Microsoft. What could I do?
Sincerely,
Needing .NET
Dear Needing,
In a perfect world, you wouldn't need .NET Framework. The makers of all your crucial applications would have the time and resources to fully patch together their applications into self-contained packages, because developing for Windows would be an intuitive, mostly high-level process that independent developers could nail down in fairly quick order. So nobody besides developers would need a package like .NET, which provides applications with an orderly way to access databases, web services, and other communication tools.
What Is the .NET Framework, and Why Do I Need It?But you don't live in that world, and we certainly don't write in it. Lifehacker has often recommended applications, usually from small and independent developers, that require some version of the .NET Framework be installed to function. It's often a big download, and sometimes prone to errors, as you've seen—less so in Windows 7, but any big software patch has the potential for error. BlackBerry's need for the Framework is a bit unusual for a large-scale effort, but not entirely unheard of.
Most times, applications will ask for a particular version of the framework to be installed. We'd recommend avoiding installing that particular version, and trying instead to install the most up-to-date version of .NET, assuming your Windows OS supports it. Most .NET packages have backwards compatibility, so an app asking for the 2.0 framework can usually get by with what's packaged into the latest version: .NET Framework 4. Be sure, too, that you're settled up on your Windows Update requests, as there may be relevant system patches that need installing before .NET will fit comfortably on your system.
One problem .NET installations often run into is a need for space, even if your system might not make that explicit. The 4.0 version of .NET for standard 32-bit Windows systems requires 850 MB of free space on your primary Windows drive; a 64-bit Windows system needs 2 GB free, and Windows usually won't ask you if you have space on another partition to spare. If your free space is smaller than these amounts, you'll need to look at your hard drive and free up some space.
Another common problem involves older versions of .NET and, perhaps, their misbehavior on your system. Head into your Add/Remove Programs section in Control Panel (or "Uninstall Programs" in newer Windows setups) and search for any installations related to ".NET Framework," or something very similar. Try removing them from here, through the standard uninstall procedure, then try installing your newer .NET framework again. If that still fails, it's time to turn to the .NET Framework Cleanup Tool, which was made by Microsoft itself to tidy up and set things straight following tricky .NET installations.
Beyond those two run-of-the-mill issues, you'll want to watch to see if any particular error message, or error code, is given out during installation. Copy that message down—on paper, if selecting and hitting Control+C seems out of reach—and search the web with it in quotes, along with ".NET framework." From what we've seen, nearly every potential issue involving .NET has been posted to a tech support forum somewhere, and an answer often follows.
Here's hoping you and .NET can co-exist inside your Windows system soon, so your BlackBerry can start hanging out and making use of your cool stuff there, too.