Computer help

Computers, don't they drive you insane?????............... Have a look at these great links to help you fix your computer woes........

****************Partition Management**************** Partitioning most likely will be the most popular step in repairing a computer, creating a mounting point of an operating system, booting priority and/or backup up an existing partition, etc. For example: you might want to upgrade your computer to a larger hard drive. These are some of the programs which enable you to format, create, resize, and copy a partition(s).


Gparted Open Source graphic partition management software. (freeware) 
Easus Partition Manager Home Ed.
Highly recommended partition manager.
http://www.cutepm.comCute partition manager. Freeware. Excellent for resizing and copying partitions.
Maxtor™
Maxtor has a great utility called Maxblast. It'll help you copy, partition and put EZ_BIOS (a blessing trust me-it manages your hard drive and BIOS parameters, etc. etc.).
Western Digital™ has their version of EZ_BIOS and its own utilities - Western Digital's™ downloads.
******************Bootdisks and Live CDs******************
No operating system found. < :( . These links can help you towards creating a bootable form via floppy disk, USB or CD / DVD.
Boot disks for Windows 2000, XP Home & Pro Ed., NT, 98,95
Bootdisks

- boot disks for all operating systems!!!! Network boot disks too....an essential part for an administrator.
SuperGrub -Installs, repairs and/or deletes a Grub loader. Grub is a boot loader made for Linux to boot OS systems. Sometimes from Ubuntu to DOS you might have a leftover Grub loader displaying a prompt "Grub rescue>"  It can be fixed using SuperGrub to restore an DOS/Windows MBR boot sequence.
Write image files to floppies with RAWwRite..
Bootdisks and Live CDs enable you to boot up from a CD,DVD or even a USB flash drive with either a windows pre-install environment or a Linux op sys. This enables you to at least access your hard drive, scan for viruses, reset admin passwds and/or defrag.

Bart's PE builder
BartPE allows you to boot Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 In a pre-install environment allowing you to fix most issues.
Also...Winbuilder Similar to Bart's PE but more user friendly, in my honest opinion.

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Computer help forums- Most anti-virus and Malware removal tools can be found on any of the sites below.
My three most recommended downloads are:
Avast Antivirus-Highly recommended. I'm currently using it and loving it. It features a game-option. This literally minimizes pop ups and messages of the antivirus. Perfect for transparent, nay invisible antivirus protection.
Spybot Search & Destroy and CCleaner
These three programs allow you to maintain a well tuned  Microsoft operated computer system.
Avira Antivirus -free antivirus program.
Are you having problems executing (double clicking on an) an .exe file? If .exe files do not open or behave as if they are being opened for the first time then
fix the .exe problem associated with this horrendous problem by visiting this webpage on PC powerguide.
ARS Technica ARS-technica is just the right place to learn to tweak win NT 4.0. Plus it provides with helpful hints and technical mumbo jumbo only a few people around the water cooler can appreciate. Hey, all I know is this guy is getting paid more than me to work on computers. Great place to find resources, help, hints, etc. FOR ANY OS, even Linux (go Linux, go).
TWEAKXP.COM Check out the section on 'performance' for Windows XP users.
Doug Knox's website is full of expert advice on tweaking and fixing windows products.
Majorgeeeks.com These guys have plenty of utilities and helpful progs. for networking, tweaking and bringing the best outta your PC. They carry shareware as well as freeware progs.
Geeks to go  - Great website dedicated to help you defeat and combat viruses, malware, ransomware, etc.
C-net.com If you haven't heard about this site, it's not only about computers. Plenty of help and support to any computer need through various individual discussion groups. Lots of software downloads-utilities, freeware, shareware, etc.
Labmice If you've been looking around to find out all about service pack update problems on any OS, then this is your page. Extremely helpful site for any operating system and hardware tech. advice.
ZDNet Loaded with forums, files, help, Geek-o-rama!!
Indiana Univ. Knowledge base This is a great knowledge base, intended to find a 2nd opinion on a problem you might have on your OS.

******************Education******************

Computer Term Glossary Helpful online glossary to esoteric computer terminology and acronyms.
Simulation exams.

******************Linux******************

I began using Linux around 2000 with a distribution from Mandrake Publishing- Now known as Mandriva. My latest installation of Linux Distros(Distributions) which I recommend are:
PCLinuxOS 2011
-This free operating system is one of the easiest to install and software complete you can find on the net. Extra help can also be found at this community wiki Mypclinuxos.
Ubuntu - friendliest Linux distribution. By far my favorite to introduce to beginners.
OpenSUSE 11.2 Linux -Another easy to install and free Linux distribution with loads of free software to install.
Problems with a dual boot or multi-boot after unistalling Linux? See the Bootdisks section and look up SuperGrub. Sometimes after installing a distribution of Linux on a windows computer you might an error with the Grub loader and you are unable to boot into Windows or Linux. Use this with disk floppy, CD-ROM or USB drive to successfully fix the current MBR to point to the correct operating system.

******************Hardware******************

These links will help you find information on hardware identification. Very helpful in diagnosing certain problems associated with certain hardware models, vendors, etc.
Looking for RAM, match your ram by desktop, motherboard, PC brand at Memorystock.com
Handy RAM profile image from wikipedia.org
Find out your Video card performace, GPU, RAM, shader, etc. with Techpowerup's GPU-Z.
Device drivers for hardware found on Softpedia.com and also on Driverzone.com
Driverzone has the ability to find drivers by FCC ID number. Very handy if you do not know the manufacturer of your hardware device.

HP2000 fan cooling issue

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ATX power supply connector schematic from Antec.

USB wiring schematic-click on the image for a larger view.
******************TANDY 1000 SERIES******************<br /> <div class=" separator="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I'm still the proud owner of a Tandy 1000 SX since 1987. The Tandy sported: 7.16 MHZ, 16 colors Tandy EGA, (2) 5.25" floppy drives, 384k of RAM, Everix 1,200 Baud modem, and a joystick. :), God, I feel old. Also, I still own a couple of retro games.....I enjoyed many hours playing Ultima, Bard's Tale, Gunship and Starflight I and II in my Tandy.......I miss those days.....with so much time to waste.....

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******************Emulators******************
MESS. The multi emulator super system can emulate many vintage machines such as the Mcintosh 512k to the TRS-80.

Guess what DOSBox is??? it emulates your old DOS environment on NT, 2000, and XP, Vista and Windows 7 so you can play old Microsoft DOS games!!!!!

VDM sound - Sound emulator-Great for old games..... easy to use, less overhead than DOSBox.

^^^^^THE ULTIMATE PORTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!