http://www.atomice.com/blog A weblog about various stuff Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:05:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been planning on moving my e-mail from Google Mail to my new PC router so I've been looking for a web mail solution that supports similar features to Google Mail. I chose RoundCube WebMail because it has a clean user interface and, like Google Mail, it uses AJAX, which ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=33 My wife and I have set ourself the challenge of feeding ourselves for a week on only £15. Head over to the blog to see how we got on! porridgeandjam.blogspot.com http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=32 When you backup your system using this technique the system is backed up in a crash-consistent state. When you restore from the backup it's like someone yanked the power cord out of your computer at the time you started the backup. The file system used in Windows Vista Home (NTFS) ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=31 You can schedule the backup script to run on a regular basis, e.g. once a week. Click the Start Menu button. Type Task Scheduler into the Search box. Click on the Task Scheduler item. Wait for Task Scheduler to load. Click the Create Task... action on the right hand side of the Task Scheduler window. Enter ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=29 Firstly, if you do not have the Windows Vista Setup CD: First try pressing F8 when your computer is botting. If the Advanced Boot Options screen appears select Repair your Computer. Skip steps 1-5 below. If the Repair your Computer option is not shown or you cannot get to the Advanced Boot ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=28 How to restore your system onto a new hard disk (in the event your old one dies). Firstly, if you do not have the Windows Vista Setup CD visit this website: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-make-a-windows-vista-repair-disk-if-you-dont-have-one/ Boot from the Windows Vista Setup CD Wait for the Install Windows window to appear. Select your Language, Time and currency format, ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=27 Create a directory to contain the programs required to perform a backup (e.g. call it Backup). Copy vshadow.exe and dosdev.exe to that directory. Create a file called backup.cmd with the following contents: @REM test if we are called by VSHADOW if NOT "%CALLBACK_SCRIPT%"=="" goto :IS_CALLBACK @REM @REM Get the source and destination path @REM set SOURCE_DRIVE_LETTER=%~d1 set SOURCE_RELATIVE_PATH=%~pnx1 set DESTINATION_PATH=%2 @REM @REM ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=26 robocopy is included with Windows Vista Service Pack 1- older versions won't work. Vista Service Pack 1 may be downloaded from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx vshadow is included in the Microsoft SDK The Microsoft SDK may be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E6E1C3DF-A74F-4207-8586-711EBE331CDC&displaylang=en. You need to install at least the Win32 Development Tools. vshadow.exe may be found ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=25 Windows Vista Home doesn't come with the Complete PC Backup feature found in the Business and Ultimate editions. The good news is you can use some freely available Microsoft tools to perform regular scheduled backups of your complete PC that can be restored onto 'bare metal' (e.g. a new hard disk ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=24 Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller I upgraded my new PC from Windows XP to Windows Vista. After doing so I noticed the PC would intermittently hang. The hard disk light would stay lit for a while then go out, then the computer would resume. In the System Event Log I found ... http://www.atomice.com/blog/?p=23