Capture specific area of screen in Windows 8 without additional software.

                            Windows has many useful built-in tools which is unknown for many users. 'Snipping Tool' is one of those tools, which is a very simple tool for taking screenshots in new versions of windows. Many people still uses 'Print Screen' for the same purpose, but using Snipping Tool you can capture any selected area of your screen.

To access Snipping Tool in Windows 8,

On your Start Screen, just type Snipping Tool and it will be listed instantly.

For taking Screenshots,
Click New and Select the portion of the Screen you want to capture.
Now give a name to save it on your Computer.

You can also watch the video..

Repairing the ntldr missing problem - Windows XP/2000/2003

Here is how a Windows XP machine can recover from the ntldr missing problem.

Figure 1 shows the typical error message of the problem:

Fig: 1

Step1:

Boot the machine using Windows XP bootable CD. After sometime the setup shows options like Figure 2:

Fig: 2

Step2:

Here, press R to enter the Recovery Console. When you entered, the recovery console will display the windows directories in your system and asks for your choice. See Figure 3:

Fig: 3

Here, enter the option number (Eg: 1) of your windows directory. Now, you will be asked to enter the administrator password of your OS. Enter it to get access to the repair console. (Ref: Figure 4)

Fig: 4

Step3:

Now you have access to some windows commands here. We just need to restore the missing files to the installation drive. For that, enter the following commands in order.

1. copy D:\i386\ntldr C:\
   (Here D is the CD drive )
2. copy D:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\
3. attrib + rhs C:\ntldr
4. attrib +rhs C:\ntdetect.com

Fig: 5

Type exit command to restart your machine.
That is all, Enjoy..
For a better reference, watch the demonstration video here:

NB: This method works only if your system is not booting because of losing ntldr or ntdetect or both files..

Windows XP Commands and Usage

ASSOC      Displays or modifies file extension associations.
AT       Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer.
ATTRIB     Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK      Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS     Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files.
CALL      Calls one batch program from another.
CD       Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHCP        Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR     Displays the name of or changes the current directory.
CHKDSK     Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS     Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time.
CLS      Clears the screen.
CMD      Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter.
COLOR     Sets the default console foreground and background colors.
COMP      Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMPACT     Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS partitions.
CONVERT     Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.  You cannot convert the
         current drive.
COPY     Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE     Displays or sets the date.
DEL       Deletes one or more files.
DIR       Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
DISKCOMP     Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY      Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY      Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and creates macros.
ECHO       Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off.
ENDLOCAL     Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file.
ERASE      Deletes one or more files.
EXIT      Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC       Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the differences
         between them.
FIND     Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR     Searches for strings in files.
FOR      Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files.
FORMAT     Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE      Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO      Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled line in a
         batch program.
GRAFTABL    Enables Windows to display an extended character set in graphics
         mode.
HELP      Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF        Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL    Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk.
MD       Creates a directory.
MKDIR    Creates a directory.
MODE     Configures a system device.
MORE     Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE     Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.
PATH       Displays or sets a search path for executable files.
PAUSE    Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a message.
POPD     Restores the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD.
PRINT    Prints a text file.
PROMPT   Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD    Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD       Removes a directory.
RECOVER     Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk.
REM      Records comments (remarks) in batch files or CONFIG.SYS.
REN      Renames a file or files.
RENAME     Renames a file or files.
REPLACE    Replaces files.
RMDIR      Removes a directory.
SET         Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment variables.
SETLOCAL    Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file.
SHIFT      Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files.
SORT       Sorts input.
START    Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
SUBST    Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME     Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE    Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE     Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or path.
TYPE      Displays the contents of a text file.
VER       Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY     Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written
         correctly to a disk.
VOL      Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY     Copies files and directory trees.