Bhaveek Patel, Author at TechPatel.com

Google Secrets You Must Know

Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web, But most people don’t use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 4 billion pages in Google’s index, it’s still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google’s search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let’s look at some of Google’s lesser-known options.

Syntax Search Tricks :

Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict [Read more…]

Converting FAT32 Partition To NTFS

By Bhaveek Patel 3 Comments

Your hard drive must be formatted with a file system such as FAT, FAT32 or NTFS so that Windows can be installed on to it. This system determines how files are named, organised and stored on the hard drive. If you’re not using it already, NTFS (New Technology File System) is recommended for Windows XP because of the additional functionality it offers. If your PC came with Windows XP pre-installed then there’s a chance that you’re already using NTFS. If you’ve upgraded from Windows 98 or Windows Me you may still be using FAT or FAT 32. The option to change over to NTFS would have been available during the upgrade process. Don’t worry if you skipped this as it’s possible to convert at any time from within Windows XP without losing any data. [Read more…]

Computer Acronyms

By Bhaveek Patel 5 Comments

Here are some basic Computer Acronyms which you must know :

ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI – Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
APC – American Power Conversion
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI – Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT – Advanced Technology
ATI – ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX – Advanced Technology Extended

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BFG – BFG Technologies
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BNC – Barrel Nut Connector [Read more…]

Increase Windows xp Booting Speed

By Bhaveek Patel 6 Comments

If your Windows XP takes much time to boot up or seems to be slowing down, then simply follow the below steps to speed up boot process:

1. Open notepad, type del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q and save it as fastboot.bat
2. Now click on Start menu, Goto Run and type gpedit.msc
3. Double click Windows Settings under Computer Configuration and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right side window.
4. Now, in the new window, click Add, Browse, locate the fastboot.bat file (Which we saved earlier) and click Open.
5. Click Ok, Apply and Ok once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, goto Run and type devmgmt.msc.
7. Double click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers [Read more…]

New Symbol For Indian Currency

By Bhaveek Patel 3 Comments

Today is the great day for India, as in the Government of India has finally launched the symbol for the Indian currency, This symbol was actually given by an Indian youngster (I actually dont know the name). You can see the symbol as below:

Thanks to the Government and Proud to be an Indian.