How To Create a Windows 8 Recovery Drive

Make Your Own Recovery Drive From Any Working Windows 8 PC

By Tim Fisher

Recovery Drive Creation Process in Windows 8

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A Windows 8 Recovery Drive gives you access to Advanced Startup Options, a menu full of advanced repair and troubleshooting tools for Windows 8 like Command Prompt, System Restore, Refresh Your PC, Rest Your PC, Automatic Repair, and more.

Once you have a Recovery Drive created on a flash drive, you'll be able to boot from it in the event that Windows 8 no longer starts properly for some reason, in which case these diagnostic tools will come in handy.

Considering its value, one of the first things a new Windows 8 user should do is create a Recovery Drive. If you didn't, and need one now, you'll be happy to know that you can create a Recovery Drive from any working copy of Windows 8, including from another Windows 8 computer in your home, or even a friend's.

Note: A Recovery Drive is the Windows 8 equivalent of a System Repair Disc from Windows 7. If you're using Windows 7, see How To Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc for that process. See Step 10 below if you're interested in creating a System Repair Disc for Windows 8.

Follow the steps below to create a Windows 8 Recovery Drive:

Difficulty: Easy

Items Required: A flash drive, empty or that you're okay with erasing, with at least 500 MB of capacity

Time Required: Creating a Recovery Drive in Windows 8 should take under 10 minutes.

Applies To: You can create a Recovery Drive this way in any edition of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.

Here's How:

1. Open the Windows 8 Control Panel. Windows 8 includes a tool to create a Recovery Drive and it's most easily accessible from the Control Panel.

1. Tap or click on the System and Security link.
   
   Note: You won't see System and Security if your Control Panel view is set to Large icons or Small icons. In your case, just tap or click on Recovery and then move on to Step 5.
    

1. In the System and Security window, tap or click on the Action Center link at the top.
    

1. In the Action Center window, tap or click on Recovery, located at the bottom of the window.
    
2. In the Recovery window, tap or click on the Create a recovery drive link.
   
   Note: Tap or click Yes if you're prompted with a User Account Control question about theRecovery Media Creator program.
   
   You should now see the Recovery Drive window.
    
3. Connect the flash drive that you plan on using as the Windows 8 Recovery Drive, assuming it's not already connected.
   
   You should also disconnect any other external drives, if only to avoid confusion in later steps.
    
4. Check the Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive checkbox if it's available.
   
   Note: This option is usually available on computers that had Windows 8 preinstalled when purchased. If you installed Windows 8 yourself then this option probably isn't available which likely isn't an issue since you probably still have the original Windows 8 disc, ISO image, or flash drive that you used when you installed Windows 8.
   
   Something to consider, if you do choose this option, is that you'll need a much larger flash drive than my recommended 500 MB+. A 16 GB or greater capacity drive will probably be more than enough but you'll be told how much if your flash drive is too small.
    
5. Tap or click on the Next button.
    
6. Wait while Recovery Drive Creator searches for drives available to be used as a Recovery Drive.
    
7. On the Select the USB flash drive screen, choose the drive letter that corresponds to the flash drive you want to use as a Windows 8 Recovery Drive.
   
   Note: If no flash drive is found, but you do have an optical drive, you'll see a Create a system repair disc with a CD or DVD instead link at the bottom of the window. Touch or click on that if you'd like to complete that process, which I explain for Windows 7 here. That tutorial applies perfectly to Windows 8 as well so long as you start it at Step 3.
    
8. Tap or click on the Next button.
    
9. Tap or click on the Create button to begin the Recovery Drive creation process.
   
   Important: Please take note of the warning on this screen: Everything on the drive will be deleted. If you have any personal files on this drive, make sure you've backed up the files.
    
10. Wait while Windows 8 creates the Recovery Drive, which involves formatting the flash drive and then copying the necessary files to it.
    
    Depending on your choice in Step 7 above, this process could take anywhere from a few to several minutes.
     
11. When the Recovery Drive creation process is complete, you'll see a The recovery drive is ready message.
    
    Tap or click on the Finish button.
    
    Important: You're not done yet! The most important two steps are yet to come.
     
12. Label the flash drive. Something like Windows 8 Recovery Drive should make pretty obvious what this drive is for.
    
    The last thing you want to do is toss a valuable but unlabeled flash drive in your drawer that has four other ones in there too, which brings me to my last point:
     
13. Store the flash drive somewhere safe. What a waste of time to create a Recovery Drive and then have no idea what you did with it!
    
    I keep mine in the pencil holder on my desk, but I know several people who keep things like this in their home safe, right next to their passports. Anywhere safe and memorable will work.

How To Create Partition in Windows 7 & 8 Without Formatting the system

How To Create Partition in Windows 8 Without Formatting the system 

Windows 8 Disk Management built-in "Shrink Volume" feature supports to reduce partition size and generate unallocated space. Can you redistribute the unallocated space to any partition within Windows inbuilt disk management?

How to shrink volume with Windows 8 Disk Management?

Step1: Right-click "Computer", select "Manage" and then click "Disk Management" in "Storage" folder to open Windows 8 Disk Management. Right click on the volume which you want to shrink and select "Shrink Volume" as below:

Step2: In the pop-up window, enter the amount of space to shrink. 

Then you can preview an unallocated space behind D drive. When you right click on it, you can only see "New Simple Volume" that allows you to create a new partition.

The new generated unallocated space is always on the right side of the partition in Windows 8 disk management. However, the "Extend Volume" can only extend the partition that has an unallocated space behind it. So the unallocated space which is not next to C drive can't be added to system partition.

How to Add Shared Printer to Mac OS X 10.6

by Madison Carter, Demand Media

If your office has a central computer connected to a printer, you can set up printer sharing to make that printer accessible to other computers connected to your company network. If you are using Windows computers, each computer must have Bonjour installed to allow access to the printer. A shared printer connects directly to a computer instead of a wireless router or network device. The operating system that the shared printer has been connected to determines the steps necessary for making your printer accessible to a Mac running OS X Snow Leopard.

Windows Sharing

Step 1 Click "System Preferences" in the Dock on your Mac and select "Network."

Step 2 Click the "Advanced" button. You may need to click the Lock and enter your administrator credentials to make changes.

Related Reading: How to Use a Printer Attached to a Mac OS X Computer in Windows XP

Step 3 Click the "WINS" tab and enter the name of the Windows workgroup into the workgroup field. The Mac must have the same workgroup name as the Windows computer that is connected to the shared printer. Click "OK" and "Apply."

Step 4 Click the Start menu on your Windows computer, select "Control Panel" and "Programs."

Step 5 Select the option to "Turn Windows Features On or Off."

Step 6 Click the "+" symbol near Print and Document Services.

Step 7 Check the "LDP Print Service" item check box. Click "OK" and restart Windows.

Step 8 Click the Start menu and select "Devices and Printers."

Step 9 Right-click the printer you want to share in the Printers and Fax list. Select "Printer Properties."

Step 10 Select the "Sharing" tab and name your printer. Check the "Render Print Jobs on Client Computers" check box. Click "OK."

Step 11 Click the Start menu and "Control Panel." Select "View Network Status and Tasks." Click "Local Area Connection" in the Network and Sharing Center. Click the "Details" button and write down the IP address in the IPv4 Address field.

Step 12 Click "System Preferences" in the Dock and select "Print & Fax" on your Mac.

Step 13 Click the Lock button and enter administrator credentials to allow changes. Click the "+" button and open the Add Printer window.

Step 14 Click the "IP" tab and select "Line Printer Daemon - LDP" from the Protocol drop-down list. Enter the IPv4 IP address in the Address field. It should have the following format: "ldp://192.168.1.1/Printer Name." Substitute the IP address for "192.168.1.1" and enter the name you used for the Windows printer for "Printer Name." Select your printer driver or "Generic Postscript" from the "Use" drop-down list. Click "Add."
If you still can't access the Windows printer, click the "Windows" tab. Click "Workgroup" in the first column, then select the name of the print server from the second column. Enter a Windows administrator username and password to access the Windows printer. Select the option to remember the password in your keychain and click "Connect." Select the printer in the third column and click "Add."

Mac Sharing

Step 1 Click the Apple menu, "System Preferences" and "Print & Fax" on the Mac connected to the printer you want to share.

Step 2 Select the shared printer from the Printer list in the left sidebar. Click the "Share This Printer on the Network" check box.

Step 3 Click "Done" to allow anyone on your network access to the printer. Otherwise, click "Sharing Preferences" and click the "+" button in the Users list section. Choose a user category, select a user and click "Select." You can add network users, users from your Address Book and users sharing the same computer. To create a new account, click "New Person," provide user credentials and click "Create Account."

Step 4 Click "System Preferences" and click "Sharing" on any Mac that needs to access the shared printer. Click the "Printer Sharing" check box.

Step 5 Click "Open Print & Fax Preferences" and make sure the shared printer appears in the list of printers. If it doesn't click the "+" button, select your printer from the list and click "Add." If you required a password to access the shared printer, provide the appropriate credentials. Your employees can select the shared printer when printing a document.

Tip

• Before adding the printer to your Mac computers, make sure the printer is turned on, connected properly and able to print from the connected printer.

Warning

• Information in this article applies to computers running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. and Windows 7. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions or products.

Change/Delete Windows 7 Administrator or User Password

Change/Delete Windows 7 Administrator or User Password Using Windows 7 DVD 100% Working 10 Step By Step

Fellow those steps : 

Fast you need a Boot able Windows 7 DVD or USB

1. Boot from USB or DVD
2. Wait for Loading and chose language & Windows 7 Version.
3. Chose "Repair you Computer Option"

 

4.Click on Comment Prompt

  5. Find out the system drive by using "dir" comment

      Like : D:\ enter type dir or C:\ enter type dir you can see like this 

      Copy cmd.exe and sethc.exe in System Drive like C:\ or D:\ etc

      Comment : copy D:\windows\system32\sethc.exe D:\

                         copy D:\windows\system32\cmd.exe D:\

                         copy D:\cmd.exe C:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

      Overwrite the file type "Y" and press enter

6. Restart your computer (remove you DVD or USB)
7. When you get log in screen Press 5 times "Shift" to open CMD or Comment Prompt
8.Type " net user " chose your user account to change or delete password
    Like "net user CHANDAN * "  (CHANDAN is my user account)
    enter your new password then enter (you can't seen the password, just type)
    re-type your password  then enter

9. when you seen " the comment completed Successfully " close the Comment Prompt. 
10. Now log in your account using your new password.