Use a bootable applications, and can explore (browse) a file on disk is problematic. Again, you can use the Disk Rescue 9.0 Express which we discuss in the first part of this serial article. Very easy to use, you simply follow the wizard (the wizard) from the menu File Transfer Wizard. Unfortunately, this free version can not move these files to CD / DVD. So, you must copy the files to a flash or external hard drive.

Rescue Disk Express but can only work from the CD. If you prefer the process of the flash, use a portable Linux operating system that can boot from flash (live-USB). Almost all Linux distributions have a portable version, but it should be noted that the mounting process (introduction of hard disk contents) often must be done manually. Therefore, we recommend using Puppy Linux distributions because these distributions do the automatic mounting. Size Puppy Linux also only 100MB, so the fit on the flash is small size.

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The logo has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The filing states that the logo “consists of four squares arranged in a rectangular grid. Each square is colored to form three square-shaped regions within the square, with the color of each region gradating from dark to light toward the center of the design. The upper left square design is red, the lower left square is blue, the upper right square is green and the lower right square is yellow. The squares are separated by blank space.”

As an indication of what will be on sale in the Microsoft stores the official document states that the logo is for “retail store services and online retail services featuring computers, computer hardware, software, computer games, computer peripherals, portable music players and accessories, personal digital assistants, cell phones and accessories, video game consoles and accessories, webcams, books, clothing, back packs, messenger bags, computer bags and novelty items”.

Microsoft plans to open its own retail stores to “transform the PC and Microsoft buying experience”, the company said as it hired an executive to run the retail operation.

The stores will help Microsoft engage more deeply with consumers and learn firsthand about what they want to buy and how, according to Microsoft.

Deciding where the stores will be located and what they’ll look like will be the first order of business for David Porter, who will report to work on Monday as corporate vice president of Retail Stores.

Microsoft has long been perceived as lagging behind rival Apple in appealing directly to consumers, and Apple has a head start of several years in running a chain of stores.

While Microsoft makes its own Xbox game terminals, Zune media players and some other devices, it doesn’t have a branded PC product of its own like Apple’s Macintosh.

The software giant will open its retail stores near Apple’s existing locations, a company spokesperson has confirmed, possibly even as close as right next door in some instances.

“We’re going to have some retail stores opened up right next door to Apple stores this fall,” COO Kevin Turner stated during a Webcast conference on Wednesday, according to a report published by Reuters.

Users commenting on several recent Computerworld stories about Windows 7 have let Microsoft have it, especially over the limited-time discount Microsoft is offering on pre-orders of Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Professional ($99.99).

“I think it’s lousy that Microsoft is offering nothing during the current short-term promotion in terms of a discounted upgrade for Windows 7 Ultimate for customers who bought Vista Ultimate,” said one of many anonymous commenters. “Nice way to take care of your customers who’ve already paid you the absolute most money…, folks.”

“Hello everyone, my name is Dan, and I bought Windows Vista Ultimate — the upgrade,” said another user named, not surprisingly, “Dan,” in another comment. “I was a fool. I not only bought Vista Home Premium, I spent additional money on what I hoped was going to be a better OS with some very unique added benefits. Fooled me once, Microsoft. Even fooled me twice. Never, ever, again. At any price.”

As the commenters pointed out, Microsoft has not cut the price of Windows 7 Ultimate, which like the other retail editions, can be pre-ordered from the company as well as some select retailers, including Amazon.com. Instead, the top-end SKU is priced at $219.99 for an “Upgrade” and $319.99 for the “Full” version.

Others complained about the price, discounted or not. Although Microsoft dropped the suggested list price of Windows 7 Home Premium by 8% to 17% when compared to Vista’s price, it left Ultimate (and Professional) unchanged.

“I find it simply outrageous Microsoft is charging me $219 to ‘upgrade’ to Windows 7,” added an anonymous commenter who claimed he was also a Microsoft stockholder. “This pricing structure makes no sense at all and is already backfiring. As a stockholder I’m writing a letter to the Steve Ballmer board to change this pricing before it’s too late. Heads should roll on this one.

“Those suckers that bought Vista Ultimate, myself included, are screwed,” said yet another commenter. “There isn’t a chance in hell that I am paying $219 for what should really be Vista SP2. We were promised ‘extras’ which we never got, now we are being excluded from the pre-order special. Anyway even at $49, it is still too much to pay.”

The extras that commenter mentioned refer to “Ultimate Extras,” one of the main features Microsoft cited in the months leading up to the 2007 release of Vista Ultimate to distinguish the operating system from its lower-priced siblings. According to Microsoft’s marketing, Extras were to be “cutting-edge programs, innovative services and unique publications” that would be regularly offered only to users of Vista’s highest-priced edition.

But users soon began belittling the paltry number of add-ons Microsoft released and the company’s leisurely pace at providing them. Just five months after Vista was launched, critics started to complain.

Earlier this year, Microsoft dumped the feature, saying that it would instead focus on existing features in Windows 7 rather than again promise extras.

The furor over Vista Ultimate has even reached analysts’ ranks. In May, Michael Cherry of Directions on Microsoft urged Microsoft to give Vista Ultimate owners a free upgrade to Windows 7. “It would buy them a lot of good will, and I don’t think it would cost them much,” Cherry said at the time.

Some of the commenters in the latest Computerworld stories about Windows 7 echoed Cherry.

“I am running Vista Ultimate and feel ripped off by Microsoft because … [we] never received the extras we paid good money to get,” said “Hellfire” in a long comment. “The very least that they should do is offer a heavily-discounted upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate to those that have lost money by purchasing Vista Ultimate.”

Of course, remodeling your house costs a great deal of money–but renovating your desktop needn’t cost much at all, if anything. Here we’ve rounded up ten great downloads that can give your PC a whole new look. Give them a try, and you won’t mind looking at your desktop.

(If you’re eager to start downloading a bunch of these programs, see our “Downloads to Dress Up Your PC” collection.)

BumpTop

This program converts your desktop into a 3D virtual room, where you can place icons, shortcuts, and files not only on the floor but also along the walls. You can even place various objects into piles, or have BumpTop automatically group all your items into piles on its own. To see everything in a particular pile, you simply double-click the pile to view its contents laid out in a grid; from there you can use what you want, and then collapse the pile again.

You can also create picture frames that can cycle through pictures on your hard drive, or that can instead show pictures obtained via RSS feeds. BumpTop gives you a few starter picture frames, but creating more of your own is easy enough.

With this program you also have the ability to fling objects and watch them bounce, as well as to search for desktop objects. Additionally, you get access to an assortment of widgets, including one nifty item that will upload a picture to Facebook when you throw that picture onto the widget.

All of that fun, though, does exact a performance hit: Your PC will run noticeably slower when you use this program. Nevertheless, it’s quite entertaining, and useful for anyone tired of their old desktop. BumpTop comes in Free and Pro versions. The Pro version, which costs $29, adds more functions, such as the ability to use your mouse wheel to flip through all of the items in a pile. But you certainly don’t need Pro–the Free program works just fine.

Download BumpTop | Price: Free

Fences

“Good fences make good neighbors,” Robert Frost famously wrote–and this program shows that they make good desktops, too. Fences does exactly what it says: It fences off parts of your desktop and devotes them to certain things, such as applications, Web links, folders, recent items, files and documents, and more. That way, instead of having to search through your disorganized desktop for an item, you just go to the appropriate fenced area and find it immediately there.

You can customize Fences to create your own categories, and you can place any objects inside the fences you want. You can also control the number of fences and where they’re located, as well as customize the fences’ transparency, brightness, and colors. And a very nice feature lets you dismiss or restore all of your icons with a double-click on the desktop.

Unlike with 3D desktops, with Fences your PC won’t suffer slowdown. Though Fences is not quite as nifty-looking as 3D desktops are, it makes organizing your desktop easy, without any detrimental effect on performance. Given that it’s free, it’s well worth the download.

Download Fences | Price: Free

MagicTweak

MagicTweak is a great program for adjusting how Windows looks and works in countless ways. Begin with the Start menu: With this tool you’ll be able to hide many items from the Start menu, including everything from My Computer to Recent Documents. You can even hide the Control Panel, if you’d like; you can also force the Control Panel to use its “classic” look, and disable drag and drop on it. You can determine how Windows Explorer appears and acts, too.

Though this utility gives you many options for customizing Windows’ appearance, that’s only the beginning. Even more powerful is this program’s ability to alter how components of Windows work. Among other options, you’ll find tweaks for security and for your network connections.

Download MagicTweak | Price: $40

Microangelo Toolset 6

One of the quickest ways to dress up your desktop is to change your icons–or better yet, create new ones of your own. You don’t have to be a Michelangelo to do it: Through this program you can make icons easily, even if you don’t have a shred of artistic ability. You’ll be able to design icons in any color format and any size, including icons appropriate for Vista and for XP.

Those with little artistic talent will want to start off by importing a graphic into the program. Just find one you like (such as by searching with Google Images) and then import the graphic–the program automatically converts it into an icon. Afterward, with the program’s simple-to-use tools, you can clean it up so that it’s suitable for an icon. If do you have artistic skills, all the better: Paint tools, drawing tools, and specific icon-creation tools are all at your disposal. You’ll be creating or editing icons in no time.

Beyond the icon-creation tools, Microangelo also lets you manage your icons, browse through your icons, and even make animated icons.

Download Microangelo Toolset 6 | Price: $50

Real Desktop Light

This freebie doesn’t merely dress up your desktop–it thoroughly transforms your desktop into a three-dimensional one. More than that, though, the objects on your desktop become virtual objects that you can rotate, move, and even throw against one another. They react just as if they were real-world objects; they have weight and physical dimensions, and behave accordingly. For example, when you throw one object against another, the items crash, clink, and slide.

You’ll find a lot of playfulness in this program (the Recycle Bin, for instance, becomes a 3D trash can). But you’ll like the app not just for its whimsy but also for its usefulness. It makes finding what you want on your PC much easier.

Download Real Desktop Light | Price: Free