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How to make bootable pen drive

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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 co

How to make a custom "404 error" page!

A "404" is an error message you get when you follow a link to a web-page that doesn't exist. By default this error message is a web-page created by your web-host provider. Did you know that you can customize this web-page? This will keep you from losing viewers when you delete a page or mess up a link ... funneling those "lost souls" back into your site. This is especially important for search engines ... you don't want to lose all that SE traffic when you move a page! Directions Open a text editor (Windows notepad will do), and copy the following onto the first line: ErrorDocument 404 /error-page.html Now, save the file onto your hard-drive as a text file (.txt) and name it " .htaccess.txt ". Yes, I know that is a weird file name, but that first period is necessary. We'll rename the file after we upload it. FTP to your web-site's root directory (where your homepage is located) with a program like WS-FTP. Copy the above file into t