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Sometimes Windows fails to boot properly and thats when we clench our fists thinking that we should have created a recovery drive earlier. When you install Windows 8 or buy a new Windows 8 PC, you should create a recovery drive for such emergency situations so that you can boot through the recovery drive and fix the boot problems. Windows 8 comes with a recovery drive creation utility using which you can create a recovery drive on a USB disk.

When you upgrade your hard disk with with a newer one, you have to to re-install Windows all over again which is a painful experience and takes many hours. Fortunately, there is XXClone – a freeware application that allows you to backup your Windows system hard disk from right inside Windows itself.

Jet Screenshot, a free screen capture program, makes the sharing of screenshots pretty easy. It allows you to capture your PC screen and easily share it online with others without any trouble. With Jet Screenshot, you can share screenshots using their own image hosting service, or upload to an FTP server.

HashTab is a very simple way to calculate and check file hashes. It adds an extra tab in the File Properties dialog displaying the file hashes. It supports a large number of hashing algorithms. It also includes a quick file comparison function. It makes all the file hashing business considerably simpler and easier.

You can set Windows 8 to automatically login to a user account without bothering you with the login screen everytime you start your PC. If you use your PC in a public environment like in the office or school, then the login screen protects your PC from unauthorized access. But if you plan to use your PC at home where you are the only user, then the login screen is just a nuisance.

When you buy a new branded computer whether desktop or laptop, it usually comes packed with pre-installed trial software that you do not really need. This software just takes up space on your hard disk and sometimes interferes in the normal working of your PC. You can manually remove this unwanted software from your PC or you can use PC Decrapifier to automatically get rid of such software.

When you delete a file in Windows 8, you will not see any confirmation dialog like you see in Windows 7 or Vista. The file just gets deleted and sent to the Recycle Bin without it pestering you with any confirmation. But this means that if you accidentally hit the delete key, a file might be sent to the Recycle Bin and you can keep scratching your head as to where it went. Luckily, if you want then you can enable the old style confirmation dialog when you try to delete a file or folder.

If you find your hard disk space being filled up rapidly, then its natural to think about which files or folders are taking up so much disk space on your hard disk. WizTree is a free app using which you can find the most disk space consuming files in your PC. There are many similar programs but none is faster than WizTree.

Microsoft Windows comes with a clock which is located in the system tray, in the lower-right corner of the desktop. But this clock is not customizable and looks plain. If you want a great looking clock for Windows desktop, then you can use the free Eusing Clock which shows the time using circular rings – one each for hour, minutes and seconds. Eusing Clock is completely customizable and allows you to change its look, time format, color and opacity.

The file renaming process in Windows is very simple. However things become a little difficult if you want to switch the names of two filenames – give the first file the name of the second and the second file the name of the first. Fortunately, there is a simple way to switch filenames of two files – Switcheroo. It is a tiny Windows tool that can quickly switch the names of two files.