Wednesday, January 14, 2009
TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt is a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Hard Drive Cloning Utility
http://clonezilla.org/
Open Source alternative to clone utilities such as Norton Ghost, Partition Image, etc.
Drive imaging program, bare metal backup and recovery.
Open Source alternative to clone utilities such as Norton Ghost, Partition Image, etc.
Drive imaging program, bare metal backup and recovery.
Botched VMware Install or Uninstall
I have had multiple occasions when upgrading VMware Player, Server, etc. where the process goes wrong and leaves me unable to cleanly uninstall or re-install.
It happened again today. This time I was installing VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and it wanted to uninstall Vmware Player first. Well this failed and now I couldn't install either app.
A little digging and I found a knowledge base article: Cleaning Up After Incomplete Uninstallation on a Windows Host
Following the repair steps accomplished nothing but then I noticed this little gem at the bottom: VMware_Install_Cleaner.zip This did the trick and I could then install Workstation. :) Note that for Vista you need to right-click and run as administrator if using UAC.
It happened again today. This time I was installing VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and it wanted to uninstall Vmware Player first. Well this failed and now I couldn't install either app.
A little digging and I found a knowledge base article: Cleaning Up After Incomplete Uninstallation on a Windows Host
Following the repair steps accomplished nothing but then I noticed this little gem at the bottom: VMware_Install_Cleaner.zip This did the trick and I could then install Workstation. :) Note that for Vista you need to right-click and run as administrator if using UAC.
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