Revert a Disk to Basic Disk

Revert a Disk to Basic Disk

Dynamic disks support three partition types namely, Extended partitions, OEM partitions and type 0x42 for dynamic volumes. However, if MBR contains any invalid partition type, your system might run into an issue. At times, when you observe that disk is appearing as ‘Dynamic Unreadable’, it simply indicates that MBR contains invalid partition type that dynamic disks don’t support. It usually occurs when the MBR is damaged or improperly altered. Thus, to restore the lost information in this way, you require using your recent data backup. However to cope up with the situations that might occur due to data backup unavailability or damage, you should use Disk Recovery tools for recovery purpose.

You might observe following symptoms while using a Windows XP, Server 2003 or 2000 based system:

-You open Disk Management snap-in and disk appears as ‘Dynamic Unreadable’

-You try to use Revert to Basic Disk option and get an error that it will cause data loss. Next, you click yes to the option, but the process fails

-You try to use Diskpart.exe utility for converting the disk to a basic disk. You get a false message stating that it has been successfully converted into basic disk. Next, you rescan the disk, but it still appears ad ‘Dynamic Unreadable’

Cause

Basic causes responsible for this behavior to occur are:

-You are running Windows earlier than Windows 2000 and have deleted or recreated the partition using Fdisk.exe. This causes the disk to appear as damaged dynamic disk and prevent you to convert it back to basic disk

-MBR or EBR is corrupted and is forcing to appear a basic disk as damaged dynamic disk. It can occur if MBR or EBR contains a hexadecimal 0x42 value.

Solution

Follow these steps to solve the existing issue:

-Use Diskmap.exe or Dmdiag.exe utility in verbose mode to output MBR information containing system IDs and partition types in hexadecimal format.

-If this information contains invalid types, you should next use clean command of Dskprobe.exe or alternatively, Diskpart.exe utility to remove all disk partitions.

-The above step will delete all the data from the disk, so use your recent data backup to restore. In case of any backup concerns, scan your disk using Data Recovery tools. These are powerful hard disk recovery tools built to scan and safely recover the lost information.

How to remove programs not listed in Add/Remove Programs

How to remove programs not listed in Add/Remove Programs

This problem can occur if the program you installed creates a registry key name that is longer than 60 characters in length. Add/Remove Programs only lists program names it locates up to the point it encounters this situation.Follow the steps given to solve the problem.

* Go to C:\Windows\Inf folder. In the right pane, scroll down to sysoc.inf. Open it with notepad. It will look like…

[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

* The word “HIDE” in an entry hides that application from your Add/Remove Programs dialog box. To add ms messenger to the Add/Remove menu, delete the word HIDE from its entry. Don’t delete the “,”(comma) after it.

* Save the file and restart your machine and now you can see that app listed in the add/remove programs list.

How to increase modem performance

How to increase modem performance

To increase modem performance when connecting to the Internet:

Disable compression on your modem

Start>run> msconfig
Under the Tab SYSTEM.INI add a line under 386enh
COMxBUFFER=1024 (x being the modem port number)
Add AT%C0 (that's a zero),to the extra settings line of your modem's properties.

control panel>system>hardware> device manager> Modems>properties> Advanced
that's where u insert the AT%C0

Switch error correction off.

How to Get Your Hacked Account Back

HACKED ACCOUNT?

Many have mailed me regarding how to get back my Hacked Orkut Account?
I searched Over net and Found this article.I hope this will be very useful for retrieving back your Hacked Orkut Account.
As Google Account is a single account used across all Googles services like Gmail, Orkut, Blogger, Adsense, Checkout. etc, it can turn out to be our worst nightmare if it gets hacked!

Like many other online services Google tries to protect your account with secret question as well as optional secondary email address. But there is one more official option which only Google Provides!

Now lets go step-by-step…



1. Trying “Forget Password” Option


I know this will not work in most cases, as options like forget password rely on secondary email address and security question, both of which can be easily changed once a account gets hacked. Still you should try atleast once as most password gets hacked by script kiddies and not by real hackers.


2. What if “Forget Password” Option Fails


You can submit a form to Google in which you can provide details about your Google Account usage.

Details include information which most likely only real owner can provide. Here are few things for example…

• Last successful login date
• Account creation date
• Google products you used with this account and the date you started using each one
• Details about Orkut account (if you use Orkut)
• Details about Blogger account (if you use Blogger)

Now most important part is what they quoted on the form,

“Please answer each question as thoroughly and accurately as possible. If you’re not certain about some of the information, provide your closest estimate. Whether or not we can return your account depends on the strength and accuracy of your responses.”

So I will suggest following things…

• Your goal should be to give Google maximum & accurate data! So take your time and submit form with maximum amount of information possible. You can consult your trusted friends if you are not sure. As an example it could be Sam or Bob who invited you on orkut. If you are not sure call them up and ask it!
• Submit only one form! Yes this should be common sense. Do not submit multiple forms. A person who uses around 10-15 Google products asked me if he can submit multiple forms mentioning different Google products.
• Submit form from the place which you use most often to access your account like PC at home! Although they haven’t mentioned this explicitly, line above submit button says, “Please note that we need your IP address in ordrer to resolve this issue. Your IP address will be captured automatically when you submit this form.”

Finally Contact Form is here!

I advise everyone to have a look at this form and information it asks. You can prepare a document about secret info, may be in cell phone or pen down it on a paper. This will come handy if something goes wrong in future!

I guess I have offered my best possible help on the issue.It may or may not work but thats all I can do. So do not mail me asking to hack any account!

Update: If you don’t remember any detail required in the form or you just don’t get any reply from Google after submitting the form, please create a new account.

There is no other option. Sorry!!!