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Old June 11th 21, 07:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default O.T. Missing Folder/files

Robert in CA wrote:
I re-connected the #3hd and again autoplay worked.
I went into Disk Management via Admin Account
and was successful in changing the partition.


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Looks good.

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression of autoplay, I like it
that's what I mean when I say back to'normal'. If we
could somehow get the backspace key back it would be
perfect.
In passing, just what am I loosing by not having it not Genuine?
since they already stopped supporting it and I have every update since.


"Not Genuine" is not a benign condition. In some cases it
stops working. Time constants a freezes instantly,
72 hour warning, 30 day warning.

We have the original 1TB, #3hd is cloned exactly like this
(the one that we just changed the partition) and #4 is in the 8500
and all are operational.

If you agree, I think at this point it's a good idea to create a
System Restore Point and do Mrimgs for both computers so
we don't loose all the hard work we've done and gives us a way to
recover. So I will make a System Restore now and then start the
Mrimgs.


For the one that's Not Genuine, you can still try "slui" without
any number on the end.

Not Genuine applies to the disk, not the machine. If I owned
a half dozen disks, one could be Not Genuine, the others Genuine,
and it should not "spread" from one to another.

When I used to move Win2K from one machine to another, sometimes
I'd screw up and the Win2K would freeze on me. I'd just clone it
again, and be more careful the next time, as to what I was doing.
It was important to use the same disk driver on the two machines,
back in the day (you could move the disk, if both machines had
an Intel Southbridge).


I thought Patriot stick were OK to use?


It's not the fault of the stick. It's that malwares have certain
bad habits. If you have a malware on a machine, then you plug
in the Patriot, it writes an autorun.inf onto the stick, plus
deposits a malware EXE. Then when the Patriot is pulled out
of the XPS 8500 USB port and plugged into the 780 USB port,
the 780 becomes infected.

That's what is bad about autorun/autoplay. There is an attack
vector there, and the user has to be careful not to let
stuff into the machine.

I had someone at work do something like that. He brought
infected floppy diskettes to work. The first time, I had
to go around the department and disinfect the equipment.
Then, a few days later, damn if he doesn't do the same thing
again. I could have slugged him. Once it gets on one
machine, every time someone would insert a floppy, malware
would get on it, then they'd plug it in another machine...
and so on. Then I'd have to go around and remove the malware
(which at the time, was pretty simple, because of an
excellent free program for the purpose). If only cleanup
was that simple today!


Hmmmmmmmm the TestDisk sounds impressive but that's
really getting into the nitty gritty with the step by step.

Robert


I wanted to show you the interface the program uses.
Just to give you some idea what you would be facing
if trying the program out. But the ability to peer
into partitions that won't mount, is very handy.

Paul
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