You turn on your camera, and some or all of your pictures are gone. Or maybe you accidentally hit the format function on your computer or camera, and your flash drive or card is wiped. Can you get your files back? How?
While some manufacturers have their own recovery programs, most that I have tried can be destructive. That is to say, you may not have the option of using another program after theirs; So you're stuck with their results, good or bad.
Instead you should use Zero Assumption, which has an amazing success rate, and isn't destructive (So you can try other programs afterwards to your liking). The most important thing to remember through all this, is that you don't want to use the card at all after you discover the problem. Taking another picture, or transferring any files can, and probably will, destroy your chances of recovering your pictures or files.
After you have recovered your files, you should them completely format the card, and make sure to be more cautious. If it continues to act funny, you may need to buy a new card, but this is extremely rare.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
One Program To IM Them All
AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr...
If you use more than one of these IMing protocols, then this guide is for you. What if you could message all your friends, on all these seperate networks, from one program? You can. Better known as Gaim, its new and updated release Pidgin can use all of the above messaging protocols. You don't even have to uninstall the programs you have now to use it (Although chances are you eventually will once you've tried it out).
OK, so you have it installed, now what? Well, you could stop there, but I would recommend using the OTR (Off-the-Record) Messaging plug-in. It uses AES encryption on your IMs with other people who also use the plug-in (So send your friends a link to this page too). Getting the encryption to work is really simple... All you do is "Authenticate" your buddy is who they claim to be by asking them a secret question that only the two of you know, and then matching each other's response.
That's it! You benefit from using less RAM by only using one program, and also have more security and privacy on-line.
If you use more than one of these IMing protocols, then this guide is for you. What if you could message all your friends, on all these seperate networks, from one program? You can. Better known as Gaim, its new and updated release Pidgin can use all of the above messaging protocols. You don't even have to uninstall the programs you have now to use it (Although chances are you eventually will once you've tried it out).
OK, so you have it installed, now what? Well, you could stop there, but I would recommend using the OTR (Off-the-Record) Messaging plug-in. It uses AES encryption on your IMs with other people who also use the plug-in (So send your friends a link to this page too). Getting the encryption to work is really simple... All you do is "Authenticate" your buddy is who they claim to be by asking them a secret question that only the two of you know, and then matching each other's response.
That's it! You benefit from using less RAM by only using one program, and also have more security and privacy on-line.
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