Here are a few small commands that a colleague of mine showed me. These commands will start the Windows Device Manager and allow you to see devices that have been removed […]
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How to Extend any Windows2008 Disk Partition
I had the need today to extend a Windows 2008 Server disk partition to add the rest of the unused hard drive space to the C: drive. A collegue of […]
Command line options for XCOPY
Many people are not aware of some additional command line switches for most if not all dos commands. In this article I will briefly try to explain one or more […]
How to find files over X days old on Linux
This has come up a few times and I thought I would share it. If you need to find files in a directory over 60 days old /usr/bin/find /directory/to/look/in -atime […]
How to add a Swap Partition
These steps will create an additional swap partition on your system. 1. Create swap partition (This example uses IDE 2nd drive (/dev/hdb), 2nd partition). Use n command and make partition. […]
How to FTP files automatically.
The below script may come in handy for someone that needs to pull files for whatever reason to a separate location for processing. I realize that this is not the […]
7 Ways to Backup Your Data
I have been asked many times by friend, coworker, employees and class students “What is the best way to back up my data?” There really is no correct answer that […]
Gathering Linux DIsk I/O Stats
Here is a small Linux command that I have used frequently to look at disk performance on some of my Linux servers. iostat -xdkt 30 360 >> iostat-results.txt The above […]
Recuva – Product Review
I have come accross another decent free program for your pc repair bag of tricks.This one is called Recuva ( I tested V1.22.384) From the website Recuva (pronounced “recover”) helps […]
Top Free Software Download Sites
Here is a list of what I believe to the Best Free Software Download sites. www.download.com – One of the best I have found to get free software. Sorted by […]