Freeware Utility for Easy Rebooting your PC in Safe Mode

There are multiple situations, when you need to boot your computer in Safe Mode for troubleshooting, virus cleaning, and some other cases. It is not a big deal for those who know the computers well. But even though occasionally you need to catch a right moment and click repeatedly on the same button. Do not get upset! A small portable utility BootSafe will do all the required operation without your active participation. BootSafe is 100% free to use and contains no adware, spyware or malware! No more fighting with the F8 key or MSCONFIG!

 

                BootSafe Benefits
 

• Supports booting into Safe Mode
  (Minimal, Networking and Repair)
• Easily boot back to Normal mode
• Supports Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 and XP
• No installation required, no setup, just download and run - it's that simple!
• Simple to use, fast to download and FREE!

BootSafe - Step by Step

• Download BootSafe and save it to your Desktop (or any location of your choice)
• Double click the BootSafe icon to start the program
• Select which Safe Mode you wish to boot - Minimal, Networking (typical), or Repair
• Click the Reboot button
• Once you have booted into Safe Mode, you can perform any actions needed, such as scanning for viruses, spyware, adware, malware or repairing a system component
• When you have completed your tasks, simply run BootSafe again and select the Normal Restart option and click the Reboot button and your computer will reboot in Normal Mode

Developers’ Website: http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html

Direct Download: http://www.ziddu.com/download/12928417/BootSafe.exe.html

Universal Cross-Platform Data Recovery Software

TestDisk is OpenSource software and is licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

TestDisk can

·         Fix partition table, recover deleted partition

·         Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup

·         Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector

·         Fix FAT tables

·         Rebuild NTFS boot sector

·         Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup

·         Fix MFT using MFT mirror

·         Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock

·         Undelete files from FAT filesystem

·         Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

TestDisk can find lost partitions for all of these file systems

• BeFS ( BeOS )
• BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
• CramFS, Compressed File System
• DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
• Windows exFAT
• HFS, HFS+ and HFSX, Hierarchical File System
• JFS, IBM's Journaled File System
• Linux ext2 and ext3
• Linux LUKS encrypted partition
• Linux RAID md 0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2 (RAID 1,4,5,6)
• Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
• LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
• Mac partition map
• Novell Storage Services NSS
• NTFS ( Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 )
• ReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4
• Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
• Unix File System UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)
• XFS, SGI's Journaled File System

The software is simply one of the best disaster recovery utilities, available on the market. Almost all Live CDs include it in their data recovery toolboxes. However, the lack of normal GUI will be a big drawback for the less advanced users. For those who at least slightly familiar with Kernel-type DOS-like utilities, that will not be a problem. Note that the software is all command line based. But you don’t have to remember and type any commands. Simply select the various options from the list using the arrow keys and press Enter to execute them. So the software does have an interface, it’s just not graphical one.

I would say that this utility is a must for the emergency data recovery!

OS: Dos, Windows NT/XP/2000/2003/Vista, Linux, Mac OS X

Author: Christophe Grenier

Website: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Download Page (choose your OS): http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

Recover files from scratched CDs and DVDs

CD and DVD disks are one of the most popular means for data and media storage. They are rather capacious, all-purpose, durable, and inexpensive. The only problem with their use is in its relatively low reliability. A small scratch or dirt can result in a failure to read the information recorded on the disk. Disk might be damaged by careless handling or storage, overheating, or sun lights exposure. That is why practical tools for emergency recovering information from CD and DVD disks are of high demand on the market.

The CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool has a complete set of data recovery features for all types of disks on the market: CD, DVD, HD DVD, and even newcomers Blu-Ray. You can recover inaccessible information lost as a result of some mechanical damage of the disk (scratches, chips, different spots on the surface) or as a result of incorrect recording. Software scans any CD and DVD disks and redefines recorded data structure - finds files and folders located there. Definitely, the damage might be too severe and there can be some information on the disk that cannot be recovered. Therefore, the CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool finds the possible maximum amount of information. After that, it shows a list of all files and folders available for recovery. Now the user can select the files and folders to be recovered. Those specific objects will be recovered while the others will be ignored.

Program features:

• Recovering information from any CD and DVD disks.
• Recovering files larger than 4 GB.
• Detecting possible lack of free space on the hard disk for storing the recovered files.
• Compatible with any Windows Operating system Windows 98 and higher, including Windows Vista.
• Software is very user-friendly. The program interface is designed as a step-by step wizard, where the user has to perform a single action on each page of the wizard.
• Languages: English & Russian.
• CD Recovery Toolbox Free does not contain any adware or spyware.

Developers Web Site: http://www.oemailrecovery.com/cd_recovery.html