Nintendo Wii U price drop sale

Click the link below to see the Wii U at Tiger Direct, and use the coupon NXL90940 to get the Wii U for under $300:

Nintendo WUPSWAFB Wii U Deluxe Console- $296.64 after $52 Coupon Code NXL90940

Easy Recovery Essentials (EasyRE) review

I have a Lenovo G555 laptop that is stuck in a Windows 7 boot loop.  The laptop reboots during the black Starting Windows sequence.  When selecting safe mode, it hangs on atipcie.sys.  The Windows install disk takes forever to load for some reason, I used recovery and automatic repair on that disk but the problem still persists (It took several hours to finally complete).  I decided to give EasyRE a try based on the many positive reviews.  The automatic repair takes forever to load on my machine, similar to the Windows install disk automatic repair.  I was stuck at "Please Wait" for what felt like about 15 minutes:

Once it finally loaded, it was unable to find any valid Windows installs on the disk where Windows is installed and attempts to boot from:

I decided to use the browse/backup files function to try and salvage the files so I can just reformat and reinstall Windows.  When selecting my hard drive I receive an error.  Any other volume browses just fine, including the other thumb drive I inserted to test:

I tried the partition editor, where only the bootable USB drive showed up, the hard drive wasn't shown at all.  I was starting to think the EasyRE software must not be very good so I tried hooking the drive up to my desktop PC.  While the drive is hooked up, I selected my working hard drive to boot from.  It freezes on the black Starting Windows screen.  I think the laptop hard drive is just physically broken at this point. I am going to take it into the repair shop to see if they can recover my files.

As far my experience with EasyRE the purchase and download process was very pleasant.  The file size was only about 50mb.  I am unsure what will happen when new versions are released but it seems the single download of the current version is all you get.  Burning it to a CD was very easy and painless. I decided to create a USB because it may run faster on the machine (it didn't).  Creating a bootable USB was a little more difficult but using the instructions contained in the email I received with my purchase I was able to create the bootable USB using EasyBCD which I was able to obtain for free for personal use only.  The EasyRE software boots up well and seems to contain all the features it claims to.  I'm sure that it would have fixed my problems if they were software only, but I am almost certain the hard drive is physically broken.  I feel that EasyRE is quicker, easier but most importantly more powerful and feature rich that the Windows installation disk.  A single successful use could easily justify the cost.  I intend keeping it in my arsenal of PC repair tools for the next time Windows won't boot on one of my PCs.  EasyRE can be purchased here, use "play demo" for a nice video walk-through of features:

http://systemdiscs.com

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Custom Swype for Android with Google Voice Input

Tired of Dragon Dictation on the new version of Swype Beta?  It never works for me at all in a noisy environment, and doesn't work very well otherwise.

Reactivate Google voice input by installing the old version of Swype (Dec 2011).  I removed all the excess languages from this version and resigned it, it is in English only and 7mb.  Works great on my HTC Incredible, it feels good to be back.  Does it work for your phone?

Download the custom Swype.apk here:
Dec2011EngSwype.apk

Don't forget to enable swype in "Language & Keyboard" under settings, then select Swype as your input method.  Make sure you have deselected and uninstalled your version of Swype before installing this.  Keyboard image and version number below:

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Roku 2 brings apps to your TV, and can stream HD video files from your PC (.avi not supported, .mkv, .mov, .mp4 are supported).  Plex is a cool app on Roku that will extend your computer's display onto the TV over your home network.  If you don't already have Netflix, Pandora, etc. on your TV get Roku!

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As a side note, a 12 month membership can be applied to a family account and it will add 6 months to the family membership. A family member must be removed from the family, that person must redeem the code, and then added back 5 or more days later when the waiting period for adding a removed person ends.

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It has been a while since I saw a deal worth posting about, but today's Amazon.com deal is!  32GB of flash storage on USB for only $23.  If you aren't an Amazon.com prime member (yearly fee) you can still get free shipping if your order is over $25.
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Also comes with a $10 Amazon.com credit, good towards your next purchase, expires in one year.

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*Deal Alert! DIY Thermal Lamination $16.99 (79% off)

I bought a pack of 10 self adhesive lamination sheets at Office Depot for $10. I thought it was a pretty awesome deal until I found out they sold me 10 halves for a total of 5 laminated pages. This machine allows you to buy packs of 50 lamination sheets for less than $13. And by 50 I mean 50, not the trick Office Depot pulled on me.  The machine takes 5 minutes to warm up, just like the machines used to laminate anywhere.  Most places charge around $2 per 8.5x11 sheet.

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Here are the pouches for 8.5x11 sheets (smaller sizes are also available):


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This is the one I use, always works great.
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