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  • Clone Your Computer To VirtualBox

    September 8, 2012 // davisde // Computer Hardware Tags: backup, box, clone, computer, copy, data, drive, hard, old, pc, virtual, vmware 6 Responses

     

    Why keep old hard drives and computers? This video will show you how to clone your physical hard drives to virtual drives and boot to them using Virtualbox
    USB adapter – http://goo.gl/m8Ska
    Disk2VHD –  http://goo.gl/omFyY
    Virtualbox – http://www.virtualbox.org

  • Reviving A Dead Hard Drive

    March 24, 2012 // davisde // Computer Hardware Tags: computer, data, dead, drive, fix, hard, help, lost, tech, technology 14 Responses


    Learn the signs of a dying hard drive and found out how to recover data from one that is dead or almost dead.

    Drive Sounds – http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
    HDD Raw Copy Tool – http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool

    http://www.tinkernut.com/chat
    http://www.tinkernut.com/forum

  • How To Make An Auto Hacking USB Drive

    February 10, 2010 // davisde // Hacks Tags: auto, drive, executable, firefox, gfi, hack, hacking, passwords, steal, tips, tricks, usb, virus 24 Responses


    This video will show you how to make an auto-hacking USB drive and how to protect yourself from them.
    You can find all scripts at my forum post: http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/how-to-make-an-auto-hacking-usb-drive
    U3 Universal customizer- http://www.u3community.com/viewtopic.php?t=434
    Batch to exe converter http://download.cnet.com/Bat-To-Exe-Converter/3000-2069_4-10555897.html
    Nirsoft Utilities http://www.nirsoft.net

  • Increase The Life Of Your Hard Drive

    February 26, 2009 // davisde // Computer Hardware, Safety & Security Tags: computer, data, drive, hard, life, safety, up, virus 7 Responses

    With all that we do on computers now-a-days, it is important to make sure we take care of them so that our data remains safe. This video covers the measures that you can take to increase the life of your computer’s hard drive. You can find all the links and notes used in this video at:

    http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/increase-the-life-of-your-hard-drive

  • How To Make Portable Applications

    February 10, 2009 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: device, drive, geek, portable, tips, tricks, tutorial 2 Responses

    This video shows you how to make portable applications from (some) regular applications using free software. The software used in this video is listed below:

    http://inshame.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-make-portable-applications.html

    http://portableapps.com/node/9909

    http://portableapps.com/node/2022

    http://geek-menu.sourceforge.net

  • Safety Tip: Clone a Hard Drive

    September 26, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Video Tags: backup, clone, drive, hard, image 3 Responses

    This video shows you the tools you need to clone a hard drive using DriveImage XML.

  • Backup Files Online

    June 2, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: backup, diy, drive, files, ftp, internet, online, safety, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial 1 Response

    This tutorial shows you how you can backup your files online.

  • Backup Your Stuff For Free

    January 16, 2008 // davisde // Safety & Security, Video Tags: backup, data, drive, hard, safety, security, tutorial, windows 1 Response

    This weeks freeware application is called “Syncback” by 2BrightSparks.com. It’s a Windows utility that you can use to back up your files or to synchronize them from one location to another. It’s very intuitive and has a lot of great customizable features. Download it here.