Dual Boot

BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and BootChk. Protects against damage to the partition table or boot sector done by rogue programs, viruses or accidents with tools like Norton NU. This version does NOT save the boot sectors for each individual partition, just the MBR (master boot record) that contains the primary booting code, and the partition information.

Parallels Workstation is the most powerful, easiest-to-use, cost-effective desktop virtualization solution available today. It empowers any user to create completely networked, totally secure independent, maximally stable virtual machines on a single physical machine. Virtual machines can run nearly any OS, including Windows 3.1 - XP/2003, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, and MS-DOS. The product is available at the low price of $49.

Parallels Workstation is the most powerful, easiest-to-use, cost-effective desktop virtualization solution available today. It empowers any user to create completely networked, totally secure independent, maximally stable virtual machines on a single physical machine. Virtual machines can run nearly any OS, including Windows 3.1 - XP/2003, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, and MS-DOS. The product is available at the low price of $49.

Linux in a window of Windows. Run the Debian Linux appliance in the free VMware Player side by side with Windows. This is a full desktop Gnome installation of the stable Debian Etch distribution 4.0r0. It is intended to be used for working with Windows and Debian Linux at the same time without the need of a dual boot setup. If you can't download with BitTorrent get the zip file directly from www.visoracle.com/download/

With Windows Password Recovery Bootdisk you will be able to retrieve logon passwords in three steps. First, the program creates a special record on a removable device, like floppy or flash disk. Then, you use it to automatically restore password hashes, even if they are encrypted with syskey. And finally, submit hashes to http://www.rixler.com/windows_service.htm to get back your Windows user password. The tool works for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.

Windows XP has a Prefetcher component, which shortens the amount of time it takes to start Windows and programs. When trouble shooting either Windows or program start-up issues, it might be helpful to disable the prefetcher using HSLAB Prefetch Manager, because it runs as a background service while other applications are running or loading. When a Windows XP system is booted, data is saved about all logical disk read operations.

Active Boot Disk Professional combines six powerful tools that let you recover your lost data, reset Windows passwords, make computer system backups and securely erase data. Active Boot Disk is used from a bootable CD-ROM to start the PC. Active Boot Disk contains the following products: Active UNERASER Active Partition Recovery Active KillDisk Active Disk Image Active NTFS Reader Active Password Changer