How To Browse Your Linux Partition from Windows - How-To Geek

How To Browse Your Linux Partition from Windows - How-To Geek: "Ever need to grab a file or two from your ext4 partition?� Maybe you’ve wanted to backup a few important files while you were in Windows.� Here’s how to browse your Linux partition from Windows using a tool called Ext2explore.

Most Linux distributions nowadays use the ext4 partition by default, and while there are some tools that can read the older ext2 and ext3 partitions, Ext2explore (also known as Ext2Read) is the only one that we’ve seen that is able to read all three.� In the spirit of Linux, it’s also open source.

You can download Ext2explore from the Ext2Read Sourceforge page, and runs on Windows XP SP3, as well as Vista and 7 in compatibility mode."

Comments: Now that the struggles are behind us for accessing Windows from our Linux OS (for the most part), here is a way to access your Linux files from Windows.

USB Safeguard Encrypts Portable Flash Drives, Securely Deletes Files

USB Safeguard Encrypts Portable Flash Drives, Securely Deletes Files: "Windows only: USB Safeguard is a portable program that encrypts files on your flash drive in case you lose it. It also stores your email or phone number or shreds files in case you lose it."

Make A Bootable USB Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10

Make A Bootable USB Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10: "Many antivirus companies are offering free rescue disks to provide their customers with an option to disinfect a system from the “outside”. That’s especially helpful in scenarios where a virus has damaged the operating system critically, so that it won’t boot anymore on its own."

Comments: I tried this for someone's notebook recently and had to make some modifications. The instructions above would not make a working bootable USB for me. Grab the Kaspersky ISO from the above link. Then go to Pendrivelinux.com and grab Multiboot USB. It worked perfectly.

You can also later add ISO's to the USB boot menu (Ubuntu 10.10 for example). It can even download the ISO and install. You choose what to install from a menu. I mentioned Ubuntu and that may seem overkill for troubleshooting but it is a no brain linux for accessing ntfs drives. I have been busy loading stuff on the flash drive. It works. I can't update the distros using ISO's so what you have is what you stay with.

Multiboot USB is an interesting and useful tool. Actually I am tempted to change the title of this post to Multiboot USB.

PS: I am working on how to update Kaspersky definitions http://agnipulse.com/2009/12/kaspersky-rescue-disk-updater/ The update is working. I should just be able to rename and copy the updated "rescue.iso" to the USB drive and have updated definitions. At least all the elements for this procedure are here somewhere.

If you are wondering what else to do with your USB dirve, look at LifeHacker's 10 things article.

Set up a Win7 install? Here is the link. (I trying to figure out how to get both 32 and 64 on the same thumb drive.) But a single works fine.

What if your BIOS will not boot from USB? Try this. (How much can I add to this post?)

Search The Contents Of Files Quickly With File Searcher | PCMech

Search The Contents Of Files Quickly With File Searcher | PCMech: "I have previously written about the Everything tool which quickly searches your hard drive for particular files. The problem with this utility is it only searches based on the file name and not the contents. For for situations where you need to search for text inside of a file, check out the File Searcher utility."

Comments: "Quickly" may not be the right word for File Searcher but it works, although I have only given it one shot. It can be extracted and used without installing. Specific folders can be selected to cut down on process time. It found my search phrase in .xls, .zip files so far. It talks awhile but if you just can't find that old file, this can do it. The program seem to challenge my dual core P8600 at times and things bog down periodically, coming to a standstill at times. So this is not something for casual use. I finally had to use Task Manager to kill it. I'm going to try installing and see if it plays nicer with friends.

Ubuntu 10.04/10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Download | Ubuntu: "Get Ubuntu Desktop Edition Windows installer
You can download Ubuntu Desktop Edition and run it alongside your current Windows system."

Use Wubi then refer to first 10 things.

The temp monitor is not working yet so I don't know if it is running hot. Fan runs and it feels hot even without Compiz. Too bad for laptop. Nice version other than that. I'm convinced it is a poor graphics driver that does not allow the chip to down clock.

I am seeing 10.10 is out but I am sitting at 10.04. Not sure why. Probably a Wubi thing. Ha, had to set the source to "normal updates" and it found 10.10

NetSetMan - Network Settings Manager | LAN & WLAN | Freeware & Pro

NetSetMan - Network Settings Manager | LAN & WLAN | Freeware & Pro: "Are you tired of changing your network configuration on your
laptop or computer every day? Always the same procedure?"

Comments: If you use different ip addresses in different location or are just working on a problem and tire of entering the ip/dns info repeatedly, try this little gem. It can be portable.