Circular Dock For Windows 7

Probably Windows 7 users wouldn’t like to install a third-party dock as the all new Taskbar (also known as Superbar) itself work as a dock. But if you are really looking for a dock to spice up your Windows 7 desktop, you should try the free Circle Dock.

Once you install and run the dock, you are good to add your favourite applications, folders and other special items to the dock. The beauty of this program is that you can customize almost everything from dock theme to background image to folder/program icon.

Right-click on the dock and then select Settings to begin customizing the dock. As we mentioned earlier in this article, you can customize dock shape (Circle, Ellipse & Line), radius, number of items per orbit, background, centre and toggle buttons, animation and more.

To add a new item to the dock, right-click and select add option. You can also add some special items such as My Computer, Documents, Control Panel, Recycle Bin, Firewall settings and more to quickly access your favourite folders and settings.

Overall this is a cool circular dock for Windows 7 and Vista. You can download it from the link mentioned below.

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How To Create System Image Backup In Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with several new features that are not available in Vista. System Image backup is one such handy feature available in Windows 7 to create an exact copy of a drive, which can then be used to restore the contents of your computer if your hard drive or computer ever stops working

In the earlier versions of Windows, we would have to use third-party applications to create and restore a system image. But in Windows 7, you can easily create a system image backup by following the simple procedure given below.

Creating a system restore image is simple. Here is how to do it:

1. Type backup and restore in Start menu search box and then hit enter to open Backup and Restore window.

2. In the left pane, click on Create a system image option.

3. Once the Create a system image dialog-box is opened, select the location where you want to save your image backup from the available three options. Although you can use a different partition on your hard disk, we recommend an external hard disk for this purpose. In this guide, we save the image backup on an external disk.

4. After selecting the backup location, click Next button to continue. Here you need to select that you would like to backup. The drives that are required for Windows to run smoothly will be included by default. If you want to add other drives in the list, simply select the check box.

5. Here you need to confirm the backup settings by making sure that you have selected the right backup location.

6. Hit the Start backup button to kick start the image backup process. It might take a few minutes depending on the size of the drive or system performance.

Once you are done, keep the system image backup safely so that you can use if your PC ever stops working.

Install Windows 7/Vista From USB Drive [Detailed 100% Working Guide]

This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there. I have seen many sites/blogs that have “Install Vista from USB guide” but either with incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don’t’ use proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this 100% working guide.

I just did this method on one of my friends machine and installed the new Windows 7 BETA. The main advantage is that by using USB drive you will be able to install Windows 7/Vista in just 15 minutes. You can also use this bootable USB drive on friend’s computer who doesn’t have a DVD optical drive.

The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say that your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USB drive.

Requirements:

*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)

*Windows 7 or Vista installation files.

Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Vista USB drive using which you can install Windows 7/Vista easily.

1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to a safe location on your system.

2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open Command Prompt with admin rights.

*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in the command prompt:

First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.

4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it.

So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

SELECT DISK 1

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.

5. Next insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive and check the drive letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is “G” and USB drive letter is “I” (open my computer to know about it).

6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type  the following command now:

G: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “G” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code.

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:

Where “I” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see the below message.

8. Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.

9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7/Vista. Only thing you need to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. I won’t explain it as it’s just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabling the USB boot option in the BIOS.

Note: If you are not able to boot after following this guide means you haven’t set the BIOS priority to USB. If you got any problem in following this guide feel free to ask questions by leaving comment.