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Old November 28th 17, 08:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:39:31 -0600, Char Jackson
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:35:18 -0600, Wildman wrote:


On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:10:10 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:


On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:34:26 -0600, wrote:

The SVI folders are all empty.

How are you verifying that? Windows Explorer isn't going to help, but
you can use a few other methods. I use Treesize Free to explore in
there, but Linux should also work. Be careful, though, some folks report
that their PC will no longer boot after mucking around in there.


There is no danger in "reading" a file system no matter
what method or OS you are using. The mucking around
you mentioned would only occur if the user done something
that caused the file system to be written to.


I was being respectful toward frequent contributor "Paul", who has
related his experience that just looking around caused one of his
systems to be unbootable into Windows, unless I'm misunderstanding what
he said. But yes, at least in my case, just looking around has never
caused me any issues.



I was just "looking around" in my garage the other day. I was looking
for something and didn't look where I was going, so I tripped and fell
on the floor.

Fortunately, I didn't break anything, but I did have (and still have)
some issues--bruises and pain. vbg

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