Best Freeware Data Recovery, TestDisk

TestDisk, an excellent free data recovery utility. TestDisk was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table).

TestDisk is a free and useful program which queries the BIOS ( DOS/Win9x) or the OS ( Linux, FreeBSD) in order to find the Hard Disks and their characteristics ( LBA size and CHS geometry). TestDisk does a quick check of your disk´s structure and compares it with your Partition Table for entry errors. If the Partition Table has entry errors, TestDisk can repair them. If you have missing partitions or a completely empty Partition Table, TestDisk can search for partitions and create a new Table or even a new MBR if necessary.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, the command line parameters /log and /debug can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

TestDisk can find lost partitions for all of these file systems:

    * BeFS ( BeOS )

    * BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )

    * CramFS, Compressed File System

    * DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32

    * HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System

    * JFS, IBM´s Journaled File System

    * Linux Ext2 and Ext3

    * Linux Raid

          o RAID 1: mirroring

          o RAID 4: striped array with parity device

          o RAID 5: striped array with distributed parity information

          o RAID 6: striped array with distributed dual redundancy information

    * Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)

    * LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager

    * Mac partition map

    * Novell Storage Services NSS

    * NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP/2003 )

    * ReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4

    * Sun Solaris i386 disklabel

    * Unix File System UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)

    * XFS, SGI´s Journaled File System

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How to speed typing on your keyboard

Free software to learn Rapid Typing. Improve your typing skills through a series of easy lessons! Learning how to type properly without looking at the keyboard is simple. Rapid Typing Tutor makes keyboard training fun and entertaining. Download this typing software or take the free online typing test.

Rapid Typing Tutor is designed to teach adults and kids to use their computer keyboard more efficiently than ever. Learning to type is fun with the typing game included with RapidTyping, while its extensive training statistics and customized lessons are rarely seen in the much more expensive products.

Rapid Typing Tutor is completely free.

-No usage limitation. Free for personal or corporate use.

-Don't ask you for your mail or registration.

-No nag-screens.

-No spyware/adware in the software.

And of course you don't have to pay to get the software and share it with friends. Possible for run without installation, there is a portable version. Rapid Typing Tutor is simple even for the children.

Compatible: Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista. Download 1,9 Mbytes.

Link: download freeware Rapid Typing Tutor

Learning Geography for Kids

Freeware to learning the countries of Europe and Africa, and the states of the USA, is easy thanks to this trio of proven educational programs. And if you like these, be sure to check out World Geography Tutor in our Game Shop, for more maps and powerhouse features.

African Geography Tutor, helps you learn all the African countries by name and location, with a study mode (“Explore Africa”) and two types of quiz.

European Geography Tutor, covers the 40 or so countries of the new Europe using the same powerful interface as the previous program.

USA Geography Tutor, completes this set with coverage of the 48 contiguous states of the United States of America (all but Alaska and Hawaii).

Link: download free Geography tutors educational for kids.

Free Mario Games Online

Pcgame4fun.com, the best place to play online games including Mario Remix, Mario World, Mario Star Catcher 2,Super Mario Time Attack Remix, Super Mario Revived, Marios Time Attack, Mario Castle Shoot, Dancing Hillary, Spider Man Dark Side...

You have the opportunity of playing news and hundreds of games without leaving home; and it is totally free. At pcgame4fun.com you can find different PC games to play online or download.

Pcgame4fun.com not contains virus, spyware, worms. It's secure.

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Hide Windows by a Click

ClickGone Open Source, very fast way to hide windows by clicking them. Also has a boss key feature that hides the active window and mutes the sound, a hide in system tray, "Hide" and "Priority" menu item in the applications system menu (Where it asks you to Close through the taskbar). No install, ClickGone  is portable and FREE.

Clicky Gone allows you to hide your selected windows from view; this includes the taskbar button associated with the application. This utility particularly helps with protecting your privacy by hiding things like your browser with banking details up and someone walks in on you.

Features:

    * Click and Hide by holding down keyboard modifiers
    * Run hidden windows application's in the background, i.e Low priority
    * Toggle all windows to hide and show
    * Boss Key support, hide the active window and mute the sound
    * A fancey menu that shows you all your hidden windows
    * Prevent click hiding on full screen applications, i.e. Games
    * Hide menu on applications caption and taskbar icon
    * Process priority menu on applications caption and taskbar icon
    * Hide windows in system tray or completely from view
    * Prevent stuborn windows from showing up after they are hidden, i.e. a long task completes and the application shows another window from the one you have hidden.

Compatible: Win 2000/XP/Vista. Download 830 Kbytes. No virus, no spyware, no worms.

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