Included with hard disks

• Mfg - support.wdc.com/product/download.asp - then navigate through appropriate hw
• Google - www.google.com/search?q=western+digital+Data+Lifeguard+Tools
• Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Lifeguard_Tools#Software
• (Mentioned in wikipedia's list of part. sw)

dd

• Mfg - gparted.sourceforge.net
  • General doc - gparted.sourceforge.net/larry/generalities/gparted.htm
  • Live USB - gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php
• Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GParted
• Google - www.google.com/search?q=gparted+windows+xp
• Google - www.google.com/search?q=gparted+windows
• One good overview - Using GParted to Resize Your Windows Vista Partition - www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition
• Prepare Partitions with GParted LiveCD - www.ubustu.com/globe/2007/05/16/prepare-partitions-with-gparted-livecd/
• Gparted live CD won't boot - http://linux.com/forums/topic/4903

Included with hard disks

• Mfg -
  • www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
  • www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/
• Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor (the company, not the sw per se)
• Google - www.google.com/search?q=maxtor+maxblast
• (Mentioned in wikipedia's list of part. sw)

#. at .d

• Mfg - www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic
• Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic
• Google - www.google.com/search?q=PartitionMagic

The first two editions released by Microsoft are Windows XP Home Edition, designed for home users, and Windows XP Professional, designed for business and power-users.

Windows XP Professional offers a number of features unavailable in the Home Edition, including:

• The ability to become part of a Windows Server domain, a group of computers that are remotely managed by one or more central servers.
• A sophisticated access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances. However, users can use tools other than Windows Explorer (like cacls or File Manager), or restart to Safe Mode to modify access control lists.
• Remote Desktop server, which allows a PC to be operated by another Windows XP user over a local area network or the Internet.
• Offline Files and Folders, which allow the PC to automatically store a copy of files from another networked computer and work with them while disconnected from the network.
• Encrypting File System, which encrypts files stored on the computer's hard drive so they cannot be read by another user, even with physical access to the storage medium.
• Centralized administration features, including Group Policies, Automatic Software Installation and Maintenance, Roaming User Profiles, and Remote Installation Service (RIS).
• Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft's HTTP and FTP Server.
• Support for two physical central processing units (CPU). (Because the number of CPU cores and Hyper-threading capabilities on modern CPUs are considered to be part of a single physical processor, multicore CPUs are supported using XP Home Edition.)[3][4]
• Windows Management Instrumentation Console (WMIC): WMIC is a command-line tool designed to ease WMI information retrieval about a system by using simple keywords (aliases).

The most notable feature unique to this edition is the Windows Media Center, which provides a large-font ("10-foot"), remotely accessible interface for television viewing on the computer as well as recording and playback, a TV guide, DVD playback, video playback, photo viewing, and music playback. Unlike competing commercial digital video recorder products, Microsoft does not charge a monthly subscription fee for its Media Center TV guide service.

Media Center Edition was the only consumer-oriented edition of Windows XP that was updated with new features on an annual basis during the five-year development of Windows Vista. The MCE 2005 release, for example, includes an update to Windows Movie Maker that supports burning DVDs, a new visual style called "Royale", support for Media Center Extenders, and SoundSpectrum's G-Force sound visualizations. Microsoft also released its own remote control, receiver and infrared blaster with MCE 2005. A new specially designed wireless computer keyboard for MCE 2005 was released September 2005.

Using Media Center Extenders or the Xbox 360, Media Center Edition is also able to connect and stream recorded TV, music and pictures, over a network connection.

Media Center Edition retains most of the features included in Windows XP Professional as it is simply an addon to Professional, installed when provided with a valid MCE product key during setup. All Professional features have been left in, including Remote Desktop and the Encrypting File System, however the ability to join an Active Directory domain has been removed as it is marketed as a home product with no need for domain support. One value in the registry is all that is needed to circumvent this restriction;[16] if the installation of MCE 2005 is an in-place upgrade from a previous version already joined to a domain, this ability is retained, unless a user uses a Windows Media Center Extender: in this case, such ability is lost and cannot be reverted back again. Presumably, Microsoft introduced this limit because Media Center Extender devices, introduced in this version, rely on the Fast User Switching component, but this component must be disabled in order to join a domain.[17][18]