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Erase and not just format data before selling your phone NEW DELHI: Before disposing off old gadgets like hard disk drives or mobile phones, you need to ensure that data is securely wiped -- not just formatted -- by a recognised software data erasure to avoid passing sensitive data to strangers, hackers and cyber criminals, warns a study. The findings, applicable to both individuals and corporates, showed that nearly all hard disk drives available on second-hand marketplace sites contain a huge amount of confidential data. "Most consumers in India are unaware that data can be recovered from their legacy drives and mobiles and steps like formatting are not enough for ensuring data privacy," said the study by data migration solutions provider Stellar Data Recovery. Consequently there is a grave risk of private and confidential data from these legacy devices being passed onto the buyer of such devices. The study exposed the non-familiarity of the vast majority of Indians with da...

The best way to install an operating system is to install OS from a USB Pen drive. It will only take 20-25 minutes for the installation. You need to enable USB Boot from BIOS Setup and set USB as first preference in boot order. Article Prepared by : Sanoj P Raj System Administrator, Alathur Mbr HPO,Palakkad   - 678541 Ph : 9809 904 904 Requirement:  1. A USB Pen drive (Preferably 8 Gb USB 3) 2. Windows 8 USB Installer Maker Software (A 900 Kb freeware software) 3. A Windows XP / Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 / Windows Server OS DVD or ISO image of the same. Steps Involved: 1. Format the Pen drive 2. Copy all files from OS DVD to Pen drive / Extract ISO image of OS to Pen drive. 3. Use Windows 8 USB Installer Maker software to make the Pen drive bootable. Simply select the “USB drive letter” and click “Fix USB Boot” Now your Pen drive is a bootable USB drive.  Google Drive Link for Windows 8USB Installer Maker Software:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4d6Yo...

Disable USB Ports on Windows Most of us have come across a situation where we need to disable the USB Port at offices for various reasons. Mostly to protect computers from viruses and to protect our data from being stolen. So, in this tutorial, I will try to explain various methods to enable / disable USB Port on any version on Windows OS The common methods used to block USB Port are  1. Changing the Registry Values 2. Disabling USB Device Manager 3. Uninstalling Your USB Mass Storage Drivers Method 1: Disable USB Port by Changing the Registry This is the simplest method. In this method, the registry value is changed so that it will disable the USB port.  1.Go to Run (Win+R) 2.Type Regedit 3. Go to HIKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CURRENT CONTROL SET SERVICE USBSTOR 4. In USBSTOR, double click on start Change the value data to 4 to disable the USB Port Change the value data to 3 to enable the USB Port when required 5. Click ok and close the Registry Editor. Method 2: Disabling USB D...

Step 1: Start the computer in safe mode  1. Start the computer. 2. After the computer runs the Power On Self Test (POST), press F8 repeatedly to open the Windows Advanced Options menu. 3. On the Windows Advanced Options menu, use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode, and then press ENTER. 4. Use the arrow keys to select the Windows operating system that you want to start, and then press ENTER. 5. When the computer is running in safe mode, log on by using an account that has administrator rights and permissions. Then, click Yes in the message that states that Windows is running in safe mode. Step 2: Start Registry Editor Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Step 3: Remove the RESETS registry subkey  1. In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. 2. Expand SOFTWARE, and then expand Microsoft. 3. Expand Windows NT, and then expand CurrentVersion. 4. Expand Winlogon, and then expand Notify. 5. Under Notify, right-click RESETS, and ...

HIDDEN ANDROID SECRET CODES *#*#778O#*#* = Factory Data Reset *#*#I472365#*#* = Quick GPS Test *#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#*  = Audio Test *#*#2664#*#* = Touch Screen Test #’#273283*255*663282*#*#* = Backup Media Files *#*#0283#*#* = Packet Loopback Test *2767*3855# = Reinstalls The Phones Firmware & Format Your Phone *#*#232339#*#* OR *#*#526#*#* = WireIess Lan Test *#*# 1575#*#* = Different GPS Test *#*#4636#*#*‘ = Complete Information About your Phone *#*#2663#*#* = Touch Screen Version *#*#232337#*# = Displays bluetooth Device Address *#*#4986*2650468#*#* = PDA, Phone. Hardware, RF Call Date *#*#44336#*#* = Displays Build Time *#06# = Displays IMEI Number *#*#8255#*#* = Google Talk Service Monitoring *#*#I I I I#*#*   |  *‘#*#2222#*#* = FTA Software Version FTA | Hardware \/ersion *#*#3264#*#* = Rom version *#*#23233I#‘*#* = bluetooth Test *#*# 1234#’#’ = PDA and Phone Firmware Info *#*#0*#*#*= LCD Display Test *#*#...

How to Retrieve Deleted WhatsApp Messages from Android People can catch up with their friends, families and colleagues and know exactly what they did, where they went, how they feel in a more simple way with WhatsApp. However, sometimes you may come across data loss if you accidentally delete the important files on your Android. You seek for help in order to retrieve deleted WhatsApp messages and find out that it could be really time-consuming.  To solve the problem of losing WhatsApp chat history, you can restore it via the two solutions in this guide. If you have backed up with Google Drive before, please read on solution 1. If not, please read on solution 2. Remember! Don't operate your Android phone or update anything once you find out that you lost the important data and want to recover it. Otherwise, your backup file will be overwritten and what you deleted by mistake can not be extracted back any longer. Solution 1: Restore WhatsApp Data from Google Drive Backup If you have ...

                                                     Now a days, for running various softwares in computer,we need a big size RAM in PC. But have you ever thought that your pen drive can also work to fasten your computer by working as virutal RAM.           Today we will discuss about this here.. here i have mentioned following points by following same you may see that your pen drive will start working like virtual RAM.  Steps :                Rename your thumb drive as "VIRTUAL RAM" or something similar, so that you can identify it easily Delete all contents from your pen drive  Right click on My Computer, and go to Properties. Once there, click on Advanced and go to the system output's Settings. Click on Advanced, and then Edit. Click on your thumb drive above, and select "user-...

    hi friends,  today we will learn how to make password protected folder using notepad. To make password protected folder , you just need to follow two easy steps Open Notepad Copy the following code @ECHO OFF title Folder Private if EXIST “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto UNLOCK if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER :CONFIRM echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N) set/p “cho=>” if %cho%==Y goto LOCK if %cho%==y goto LOCK if %cho%==n goto END if %cho%==N goto END echo Invalid choice. goto CONFIRM :LOCK ren Private “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” echo Folder locked goto End echo Enter password to unlock folder set/p “pass=>” if NOT %pass%== joshi goto FAIL attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}” ren “Control Panel.{21EC202...

You can "unsend" messages even after 7 minutes Last week, Android Jefe discovered another  trick to delete sent messages  even after the seven-minute deadline. Users can disable internet connection, close WhatsApp, change the phone's date to a day before the sent message's date, open WhatsApp and long-press the text to "delete for everyone". Unlike the trick to read deleted messages, this "unsend" trick can be used on both Android and iOS platforms. Source : https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/Science/12916/67063/whatsapp-delete-for-everyone-loophole/amp/ google

How to retrieve the 'deleted' messages? The team at Spanish blog Android Jefe claimed that WhatsApp "deleted" sent messages can still be found on the recipient's phone. The messages can be accessed as they exist as a "notification" in the device's notification log. Android J efe  added recipients can easily access the recalled WhatsApp messages sent to them using a third-party Android app called " Notification History " available on Google Play. How to use "Notification History" app? Android users need to download "Notification History" app and allow the permissions for it to access the deleted messages. Whenever the user receives a WhatsApp message, the app would start showing a notification log along with the text, even if the message is deleted. In some devices, the notification log shows up to 100 characters, whereas in some it shows the whole message. Source : https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/Science/12916/670...