Apple Computers (yes, that is what it originally was) recently announced a new iPhone-like mobile computing device called the iPad. Unless you live in the most remote of Islands, I’m sure that is all you’ve heard or read about in the past week.
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How to repair a corrupt MBR in Windows Vista
I tinker with Linux a lot and in many cases, have computers that dual-boot with Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, and Server 2008. What always happens is that sometimes I remove the hard drive containing the Linux partition and the GRUB boot loader. This inevitably leads to the error 5 message – “boot loader not … Read more
Windows Backup 2008: Another Royal Mess
I am always baffled by the constant ability of Microsoft to take something that was working very well and turn it upside down all in the name of trying to improve the product. The list is long so we won’t even bother. The latest in this list is the supposedly new and improved Windows Server Backup 2008. In my opinion, this is one of the most frustrating thing the company has done to small business owners in terms of backing up files. Don’t get me wrong, the concept behind the product makes sense – for those who can afford it. It has:
- Faster backup technology.
- Simplified restoration.
- Simplified recovery of your operating system.
- Ability to recover applications.
- Improved scheduling.
- Offsite removal of backups for disaster protection.
- Remote administration.
- Automatic disk usage management.
- Extensive command-line support.
- Support for optical media drives and removable media.