What is the recommended way to copy my data from a windows disk to a linux disk?

I have one hard drive which just has my data (no applications). I am currently on windows 7, so the file system is ntfs. I want to migrate to Linux on my second computer. The disk is USB drive, so I can just move it and plugin it the second ...

Message posted on the February 6th, 2012 - 11:55 PM ET

Acronis Disk Director Suite test

While Windows does have an integrated partition manager which allows you to organise your data, it nevertheless has quite a few limitations that restrict the user. Why not then opt for a third party solution that offers greater flexibility? For this ...

Review published on the January 28th, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows XP repair tools

When your computer gets infected, locks up during a procedure, fails during an installation or you encounters a driver or hardware problem, then you may need to get your hands into the engine to see what's going on. Here are a range of tools that ...

Review published on the July 19th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Create a boot disk to go to DOS with Windows XP

Create a boot disk to go to DOS with Windows XP.

Tips & Tricks published on the November 26th, 2001 - 6:00 PM ET

Install Windows XP, Vista or Seven from a memory stick

Its not just various GNU/Linux distributions which are "bootable" from a simple memory stick! Here we will show you three different methods which allow you to create different bootable flash drives: one for Windows XP, one for Windows Vista and one ...

Review published on the May 6th, 2010 - 6:10 PM ET

Restoration system of Windows XP

The system restoration offered by Windows XP is a process that saves changes that are made on your system (system files and registry) periodically, backing up your computers state. The system restoration will give the user a second chance if their ...

Review published on the April 17th, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Create a RAM Disk

Create a virtual disk on your computer using your RAM so that you can speed up the access to certain files.

Tips & Tricks published on the March 5th, 2004 - 6:00 PM ET

Create an emergency repair disk for Windows 2000

Create an emergency repair disk for Windows 2000.

Tips & Tricks published on the November 24th, 2001 - 6:00 PM ET

help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

Dear folks, Thanks for the suggestions here. In the end pressure to get the Windows installed fast meant I cheated and reinstalled Debian on the first drive. So I didn't run grub-update. Also I was so busy I didn't get time to read your emails ...

Message posted on the December 10th, 2010 - 6:50 AM ET

Re: EMERGENCY! I LOST MY WINDOWS DRIVE

If you ever decide that you want to install Fedora on the same drive as Windows again, make sure you use the "Free Space" option. Normally, the best practices is to clean up your Windows disk as much as possible, defragment the hard ...

Message posted on the May 9th, 2011 - 1:13 PM ET

Re: EMERGENCY! I LOST MY WINDOWS DRIVE

If you ever decide that you want to install Fedora on the same drive as Windows again, make sure you use the "Free Space" option. Normally, the best practices is to clean up your Windows disk as much as possible, defragment the hard ...

Message posted on the May 9th, 2011 - 1:13 PM ET

Optimize Windows 7 for better performance

<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance> This page is just too funny. <quote> No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they're new, they all seem to get slower over time. That ...

Message posted on the July 19th, 2011 - 12:47 PM ET

[Samba] Destination share larger than windows source

Hi, I'm running Samba 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 (beta). Like many before me, I'm trying to migrate data from a Windows file server. I copied over a share as a test and was a bit surprised when the amount of space allocated in the file system was over ...

Message posted on the April 17th, 2012 - 7:00 PM ET

Bug#651106: grub-pc: Windows XP partition assigned wrong root partition

Package: grub-pc Version: 1.99-14 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, For some time now - all the updates to the grub-pc package in the last year or two - my Win XP partition is detected, but it is given the wrong menu entry: ### BEGIN ...

Message posted on the December 5th, 2011 - 4:40 PM ET