HURRAI FOR DELL COMPUTERS!

Buying a computer with no Operating System CD included from the package? No worries. Some manufacturers or even the sellers do not include a CD for reinstalling the OS if there is a problem in the future (though the pc is already loaded with an operating system, ayt!)So how do you go about reinstalling or fixing the computer without the operating system? If you bought a DELL computer, the latest as of today, you’re in good hands. If there is a problem with your OS and you need to repair it, there are 2 ways in doing that: using the recovery partition in the HDD or using the OS CD. Here are the steps in making WINDOWS XP RECOVERY CD.
1. Click START, ALL PROGRAMS, DELL ACCESSORIES, DELL OS RECOVERY CD
2. Say YES for the license agreement
3. Place a blank CD-R on your CD writable ROM, then NEXT
4. When the back-up is finish, it will say CONGRATULATIONS and the ROM will open by itself.
You have now the WINDOWS XP OPERATING SYSTEM BACK UP CD!


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USING RECOVERY FROM HDD

Buying computer nowadays has a separate partition in the HDD for you to use if something happens to your operating system (xp or vista) and it’s pretty easy to access. No need for the original operating system CD to use once you access this. The only disadvantage is if this partition in the HDD was corrupted; you need to use the original CDS to reinstall the operating system again. Make sure to back up your files before doing these steps so you won’t lose any precious information from your computer.

DELL COMPUTERS:
Press CTRL + F11 (XP) to get into DELL PC RESTORE or DELL FACTORY IMAGE RESTORE
1. Select Restore
2. Press Confirm for data deletion and HDD will be formatted to factory settings
3. Finish then restart
For Vista, simply pressing F8 during the Dell logo screen, select Repair your computer, select the username and password, select Dell Fartory Image.

HP COMPUTERS:
Press F11, you get 3 choices for PC RECOVERY
1. R for recovery console
2. F for formatting of the HDD into the original or factory settings, all data will be lost
3. Q for Quit

TOSHIBA COMPUTERS:
Press 0 (zero) then turn the pc off, turn it back on still pressing it down firmly.
When you see the Toshiba logo, start tapping 0 (zero) until you hear the beeping sound.
Then the "HDD RECOVERY MODE" will be displayed, then it will load the Toshiba recovery program.

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TO LOCK OR UNLOCK PC

1. The simplest form to lock the pc for windows users are just pressing and hold CTRL+ALT+DEL, then select Lock you computer. Oftentimes, the window will not show.
2. If the window will not show, then just pressing some key combination will do the trick. Press the windows button + L. Ola! the pc is locked.
3. Or if you always forget to lock your pc, it's time to set it automatically. Go to the desktop screen, right click it, go to screen saver, then tick the box that says ON RESUME, PASSWORD PROTECT.

congratulations, you're done!

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Windows XP peer to peer (P2P) connection

What is a peer to peer connection between computers? It is topology of computers where one computer is connected to each computers on the network, same for computer number 2 and so on. This is necessary for sharing digital signals to and from each computer. It contains no node (like a server) so there are no source or primary computer in this network. All computers are networked equally. How do create a P2P connection? Here’s how:
1. Click START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, NETWORK
2. Click ADD, CLIENT, then ADD
3. In the MANUFACTURERS box, click the appropriate manufacturer, select the appropriate client in the NETWORK CLIENTS box, then OK.
4. Click ADD, PROTOCOL, then ADD.
5. Follow instructions to finish installing the network client and protocol.
When giving the computer a unique name to distinguish one computer from another in this network, do these steps:
1. Click START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, NETWORK
2. In IDENTIFICATION tab, type your desired name (In smaller networks, the name WORKGROUP is more desirable to use so pc can be accessible at all times)
3. OK then restart pc.
Once you’re done with this, configure a peer server. As I’ve said, there is no server or the source of information on this network, but rather, all computers acts like an individual server, after configuring it for File and Transfer Sharing. How? Follow these steps:
1. Click START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL, NETWORK
2. Click FILE AND PRINT SHARING, click one or both options, OK twice to exit
3. Restart pc

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How to display volume icon on the system tray

Click on "Start" then "Control Panel"
A. If in Category View:
1. Click "Sound, Speech and Audio Devices"
2. "Sound and Audio Devices
3. Check the box labeled "Place volume icon in the task bar"
4. Then OK to close all the windows.
B. If in Classic View:
1. Click "Sound and Audio Devices"
2. In Volume tab, check the box that says "Place volume in the taskbar"
3. Then OK all the windows.

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How to perform "chkdsk /r" ouside windows

If windows is not loading and plugging the HDD into a working pc but the data inside the HDD is still not detected, perform these steps:
1. Boot to cd (it's like installing the windows again)
2. Press R (for recovery console, instead of "Enter" where installation of windows will take place)
3. On the C:\> prompt, type "chkdsk /r"
4. Wait until the check disk utility finishes.

Inside windows:
1. Go to run, type cmd
2. On the C:\> prompt, type chkdsk /r

Good luck!

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