I think many of us must have faced the hurdle of finding windows system hidden files and folders. For example I always forget the path of the hosts file hidden somewhere in the windows folder. Whenever I wanted to configure this particular file I have to always look for it by turning on the show hidden files and folders option from the folder options, and going through most of the windows folders. I always thought there must be an easier way to do this stuff and
find other hidden files and folders. And I finally found an application which makes finding the hidden files and folders a piece of cake.

How to use Revlit to find hidden files and folders

Revlit is an application which helps the user to find all the hidden files and folders on your computer or any specific drive or folder.
To search for a hidden file or folder using revlit, first run this small application. Then you’ll be provided with two option named Folders and Files. If you want to search a hidden folder choose the folder option and the other option for finding out the hidden files. After you choose either of these two options, you have to specify the path, i.e., a specific folder or drive, and then revlit will start searching for hidden files or hidden folders.  When the search is completed revlit will display a list of hidden files or hidden folders whichever option you choose earlier.

As you can see from the two screenshots below, I tried revlit to find both hidden files and hidden folders on the same drive partition. The first screen shot of hidden folders.

The second screenshot is of hidden files.

Revlit is a very small application less than 140KB, and consume least CPU and memory resources.

Closing Words: The task for searching hidden files and folders may not be a difficult task for many users, but revlit makes it even easier. Also revlit makes the task of searching any hidden files or a folder in a particular system drive is an added and needed feature.

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How long does your phone bear not to call “BATTERY LOW”. Have you ever noticed where does the Battery juice goes? Who does sucks up these juices?

These are some questions that may not come to everyone’s mind everyday but they bear a lot of importance in your life. If your battery runs out too quickly, you to find out some feeding point

 wherever you are. So here I am to guide you through how to save your battery power of Android device making it run longer. Below are given remedy steps to save the battery juice intact for longer time until it demands an immediate feeding point.

• Check out who feeds on your battery the most

The very first thing you require to find out the culprit behind sucking on the battery the most. You can check that when you open the About phone section of your Android device in the setting area and check out the Battery Use there. This part lists the items that suck your battery and also the percentage of battery they are constantly feeding upon. Here you will also see time passed since it was removed from the charging point.

• Adjust Device’s Brightness Level

In the previous step, you must have seen that the one, which consumes battery the most, is the display almost all times. The display of Android devices are quite bright and that much high level brightness is not required all of the time (at least when you are inside a building and not outside in Sun). Hence you can adjust the brightness at a low level at which the display is clear as well as the battery usage is decreased considerably. For this adjust brightness of the display in the Display Setting of your device.

•  Automatic Brightness Setting

Not at but some of the Android devices will show a setting know as Automatic Brightness which enables the phone to adjust the brightness level according the level of light in the surroundings. Here the user will not have to adjust the brightness whenever goes out in the sun or comes back inside. This option is available in the Display Settings of Android device.

• Turn off 3G Network

If you do not access the high speed 3G network all the time, you can simply switch it off whenever you do not use it. For such actions, you will find an option in the Mobile Networks section in Wireless settings. This will save battery not much but does contribute.

• Black Background for AMOLED Screen

When you have an Android device with AMOLED screen, remember to keep a background that is quite dark and preferably Black. This will help save battery power of your Android device. Also if you surf Google through bgoog.com, this link will provide a black background.

• Task Manager to view if any App is on unnecessarily

Like the computer we also have the Task Manager for our Android devices that displays the number of programs that are open in the device. Open Task Manager of your Android Device to view if any App is on unnecessarily. It is a one stop solution to switch off all the Apps that may be on. Task Manager is available in the Menu of all Android devices.

• Adjust Screen Timeout

You must have observed that the screen brightness goes low if the device remains idle.  Android devices come with the functions to set these screen timeout according to the requirement of the user. You can easily adjust the screen timeout from the Display Settings section and adjust it low so that the phone dims the brightness earlier than before. This will help save battery power for longer time.

• Do Not get Pinged for every 2 Minutes

The Android device has so many features, why not exploit them. But if tweet, emails and similar stuff keeps you updated every 2 minutes, soon you will get bored and every time with this you also constantly lose your battery power. So to save battery power and concentrate, decrease the frequency of updates or notifications related with any apps.

• Turn Off Wi-Fi

The Wireless connection to the internet can be provided by the Wi-Fi services of the Android device. If an area where you are has connectivity to the internet through Wi-Fi services you can access the services on your device as well. But all the areas that you visit may not have Wi-Fi services and also you must not be accessing the internet through Wi-Fi all day long, so it would be better if you switch off the Wi-Fi connectivity when not required. Believe me, this will greatly enhance your Battery output for longer time.

• Turn Off Bluetooth

The Bluetooth services mainly provided you access to send and receive files that are not very big in size with another device or computer. But there is an often mistakes by many of us, that we forget to switch off the Bluetooth when not in use. Please make a note of this and always switch it off after your file sharing work is complete. This will save battery of your Android device as well as save your device from unauthorized access that someone may attempt to do while your Bluetooth is on.

• Turn Off GPS

GPS is a very useful and important service that our Android devices provide. The GPS will guide you through to your destination and let you know how to reach a particular place in an unknown region. Again this service is like that you may be using it all the time; hence turn off the GPS when not in use to save battery power from reducing at a faster rate.

• Keep your device on Stand By

Whenever you are not using your device, keep it on Stand By mode. This will again help you save battery power.

• Screen Widgets and Live Wallpapers

Screen Widgets look so beautiful and also provide an easy access to your various apps and programs that you may use very frequently. And not to forget those Live Wallpapers that add more beauty to the home screen. Both of these things make your home screen adorable but side by side they suck upon your battery juices and finish it very fast. If not possible to remove all the screen widgets on home screen than at least make a choice to keep only those without which you can’t live. And the live wallpapers I would say are worth replacing with the normal wallpapers but don’t make the home screen dull and ugly. Have a good collection of wallpapers and if you do not have search it on the internet and download but better avoid live wallpapers.

• Screen Auto Rotation

The screen auto rotation is a motion sensor feature of Android Devices and lets the devices change the view from portrait to landscape and back to portrait by just changing the style of holding the device. But the Android device is so configured with resolution that it will automatically show the stuff in portrait or landscape form according to stuff it has to display. Likewise you will find that some of the apps play in Portrait form but others may play in Landscape form and there are a very little number of apps that can be played in both the forms. So to switch on this feature is not of much use. So save battery by switching it off.

• Auto-sync Turned Off

If you are not a great user of Google stuff all the time, like Gmail, Calendar, etc. then it would be good for you to switch off the Auto Sync function. This will save battery juice for longer time. You can sync your contacts with manually after a fixed interval of time every time, so that if you lose you device anywhere you have those precious contacts with you. My Settings is that app which will help you switching off the auto sync feature. This app also has many similar features.
Download it Here.

• Put device in Best Reception Of Signals

Another parameter that matters for battery is good reception of signals. You can actually experiment this parameter. Keep your device in a place where there are plenty of signals of good strength are available, your battery will definitely remain active for longer period of time. In other case, the battery drains out at a faster rate. Antennas is an app that help you find good reception area.
Download it Here.

• Device Vibrations

The device vibrations are very useful like you may be in a place where you do not want your phone to shout when you receive a call, sms, email or something like that. Also there can be places where you require the ringtone to ring for you whenever call or similar things happen. So it depends on the place you are in that you require the ringtone or just the vibrations to work for. But one thing is that vibrations consume a lot of battery power. So do not keep your device on vibrations unnecessarily. Also there may be Apps and Games that shake your device at instants while playing, so it will be better to switch vibration for these stuff.

• Air Plane Mode

There is mode called Airplane Mode on your Android device. You should switch to this mode while travelling in airplane. This will also help you save battery on your device. If you are not interested in using your device in the airplane, it will be best you switch off the device. While in airplane mode your device will not be able to receive or perform call like features but will be fully functional for those tasks that do not use the network connectivity.

• Keep Your Device’s charger and USB cable always with you

It may happen with you that you do not find time to charge device when you are work or you may field work and travel a lot and so not able to charge the Android device. For that case, you must always carry the charger and the USB cable with you, so that you can charge the device whenever you find time. USB cable is also helpful at lot of places to charge the device like the Airports where they have charging ports that work with USB cable.

Apps that will help you Save Battery

• Juice defender

This is a wonderful and mighty app which has a lot many features to help you in saving the battery juice of your Android device. The app has the power to make a huge difference in the power consumption that you make now and that after using its features.
Download it Here.

• Go Power Master

This app is also very cool and provides a great help in your motive to save battery power. The app is very interactive and user friendly.
Download it Here.
You may try each and every remedy provided above, but trying at least 5-6  will make a considerable difference to battery consumption.
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Nowadays almost every person likes to keep his personal documents, videos, images, or audio files on their computer hard drive. Compared to the old ways of storing data like paper or diary, hard drives have a limited lifetime which is around 5-10 years.

But the fact that hard drive doesn’t fail without a host of signs, thus giving you signals to store or backup your precious data.
If you really unsure about the signs of hard drive failure, then read this articles to find out what signs may reveal hard drive failure.

Signs of hard drive failure

Slow Computer with Frequent Freezes and Blue Screen of Death



These signs are very unspecific as they can be cause by millions of different reasons. But whatever be the reason be, you should immediately backup your data. After making a backup try formatting and a fresh installation of Operating System on your hard drive. If the problems still persist, the cause behind is hardware failure, thus possibly a failing hard drive.
Corrupted Data and Lots of Bad Sectors on Hard Drive


If you’re unable to open a saved file, even if the file was saved without any error whatsoever or the files are disappearing, then it may be hard drive related problem. So, you should backup your data and try a fresh installation of your Operating System as problems like these can be virus or malware related. If the problem still persists, then your hard drive is prone to fail.
Bad sectors are those parts of a hard drive where it cannot maintain data integrity. It is very difficult to find bad sectors as they are automatically masked by Operating Systems. You can check your hard drive for bad sectors by Right-Clicking on any hard Drive partition and choosing Properties. Now Select Tools tab and click on Check Now, to check your hard drive for bad sectors.


Strange Sounds made by your Hard Drive
If your hard drive is making strange sounds or noises, then it may be too late already. This repetitive sound is also known as click of death which is caused by the head as it tries to write data and recovers from error while doing so.
If your hard drive is making grinding or screeching sounds or noises, then there is a hardware problem, like spindle motor or bearing are failing.
What to do when you think your hard drive is going to fail
I think the best available option for you is to make a backup of your personal documents, images, video or audio files. I would also add that you should always keep a secondary drive as a backup hard drive, just in cases like this.
Closing Words: You shouldn’t rely on software and signs to tell you that your hard drive is going to fail, a occurrences like this comes unexpectedly. So all you can do is do more reliable like keeping a backup of your personal data first hand.