Win10 boot problems swapping HDDs

On 19/11/2019 20:34, nospam wrote:
In article , David ! wrote:

I decided, eventually, that my only recourse was to revert my operating
system to macOS Mojave using Time Machine. This I did (it takes a very
long time!) but am pleased to report that, once done, my SuperDrive did
once more play DVDs.

The fault DID lie with the macOS Catalina operating system!

as you've been told in other threads, dvd playback works perfectly fine
in catalina.

I was told, verbally, by senior Apple Support staff that there *IS* an
ongoing problem around the world with Catalina and *SOME* Apple SuperDrives.

you were told in other threads that there was a problem in catalina
*betas*, which has long been fixed.

Yes, I /was/ told that there was a problem in the betas. That does *NOT*
mean that a problem does not exist for *SOME* users now.

there is no issue playing dvds, except if the user ****s up somehow,
which in your case is virtually guaranteed.

The Apple Support staff say otherwise!

Just because *YOU* don't know about it, it doesn't mean that I have been
misinformed.

you don't understand what anyone tells you.

Wrong again.

I erased my hard disk before installing Catalina - currently in
progress! :-)

leave it erased.

Too late!

In article , David ! wrote:

I decided, eventually, that my only recourse was to revert my operating
system to macOS Mojave using Time Machine. This I did (it takes a very
long time!) but am pleased to report that, once done, my SuperDrive did
once more play DVDs.

The fault DID lie with the macOS Catalina operating system!

as you've been told in other threads, dvd playback works perfectly fine
in catalina.

I was told, verbally, by senior Apple Support staff that there *IS* an
ongoing problem around the world with Catalina and *SOME* Apple
SuperDrives.

you were told in other threads that there was a problem in catalina
*betas*, which has long been fixed.

Yes, I /was/ told that there was a problem in the betas. That does *NOT*
mean that a problem does not exist for *SOME* users now.

any such problems could be a defective optical drive, scratched disc,
cable issue, or in your case, user error, none of which have anything
to do with catalina.

there is no issue playing dvds, except if the user ****s up somehow,
which in your case is virtually guaranteed.

The Apple Support staff say otherwise!

you don't understand what they said, or what anyone says.

Just because *YOU* don't know about it, it doesn't mean that I have been
misinformed.

you don't understand what anyone tells you.

Wrong again.

it's quite clear you haven't a clue about just about everything.

I erased my hard disk before installing Catalina - currently in
progress! :-)

leave it erased.

Too late!

re-erase it.

On 19/11/2019 20:52, nospam wrote:
In article , David ! wrote:

I decided, eventually, that my only recourse was to revert my operating
system to macOS Mojave using Time Machine. This I did (it takes a very
long time!) but am pleased to report that, once done, my SuperDrive did
once more play DVDs.

The fault DID lie with the macOS Catalina operating system!

as you've been told in other threads, dvd playback works perfectly fine
in catalina.

I was told, verbally, by senior Apple Support staff that there *IS* an
ongoing problem around the world with Catalina and *SOME* Apple
SuperDrives.

you were told in other threads that there was a problem in catalina
*betas*, which has long been fixed.

Yes, I /was/ told that there was a problem in the betas. That does *NOT*
mean that a problem does not exist for *SOME* users now.

any such problems could be a defective optical drive, scratched disc,
cable issue, or in your case, user error, none of which have anything
to do with catalina.

What you say is true - *COULD* be!

My Apple SuperDrive was exchanged for a brand new one by John Lewis a
few days ago - it came with an attached new cable. The main DVD I tried
was brand new 'out of the box' - no scratches!

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

there is no issue playing dvds, except if the user ****s up somehow,
which in your case is virtually guaranteed.

The Apple Support staff say otherwise!

you don't understand what they said, or what anyone says.

False

Just because *YOU* don't know about it, it doesn't mean that I have been
misinformed.

you don't understand what anyone tells you.

Wrong again.

it's quite clear you haven't a clue about just about everything.

False

I erased my hard disk before installing Catalina - currently in
progress! :-)

leave it erased.

Too late!

re-erase it.

No need.

In article , David ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

On 19/11/2019 21:29, nospam wrote:
In article , David ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

Thank you to everyone who helped me.

In article , David ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

no maybe about it, and your router has nothing to do with dvd playback.

Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

in other words, there's no problem with catalina.

Thank you to everyone who helped me.

you're beyond help.

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:34:08 -0500, nospam
wrote:

In article , David ! wrote:

I erased my hard disk before installing Catalina - currently in
progress! :-)

leave it erased.

That's the best technical advice I've ever seen anyone give
BD. And it's cross platform. He can apply it to the Linux and Win 10
machines he uses to STALK under dozens of #FAKE_NYMS
My advice was that Apple machine are completely OFF topic in
Win 10 groups. He ignored me.
Do you think he might be phishing *AGAIN*?

Google "David Brooks Devon" and "get to know him better".
[]'s

PS He's using a new nym. That's 61 and counting.
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 22:08:26 +0000, David ! wrote:

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

Yes. By a sociopath and his bottle.

Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

Same software. So you installed it correctly this time?

Thank you to everyone who helped me.

Nobody did. You never gave any technical details, and you
posted to a completely OFF TOPIC group.

---------------
BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to
hide".
I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request,
rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!":

http://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php

61 confirmed #FAKE_NYMS, most used in cybercrimes!
Google "David Brooks Devon"
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

On 19 Nov 2019, David wrote
(in article ):

On 19/11/2019 21:29, nospam wrote:
In , ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

So... you are trying to say that you’re important enough that someone would
do something to your ****ing ROUTER to cause your SuperDrive to not play
DVDs, eh? Your ROUTER? Really? Not only is he an idiot, he’s bat-****
insane.


Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

No ****ing kidding. It worked for everybody else. PEBCK, boyo, PEBCK.


It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

Thank you to everyone who helped me.

You’re an idiot.

On 19/11/2019 22:13, nospam wrote:
In article , David ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

no maybe about it, and your router has nothing to do with dvd playback.

The router had EVERYTHING to do with obtaining the software from Apple!

Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

in other words, there's no problem with catalina.

That is NOT what Apple Support told me. I'll raise the matter with them
again tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone who helped me.

you're beyond help.

So which of these was Dustin responsible for putting onto my machine?!!

Win.Dropper.Johnnie-6567749-0

Win.Trojan.Winlock-6629293-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6629273-0

Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0

Win.Packer.WwpackV-1

Win.Downloader.Aiis-6803892-0

On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:29:06 +0000, David wrote:

So which of these was responsible for putting onto my machine?!!

Win.Dropper.Johnnie-6567749-0

Win.Trojan.Winlock-6629293-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6629273-0

Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0

Win.Packer.WwpackV-1

Win.Downloader.Aiis-6803892-0

As before, I'm left wondering why nothing is ever *your* fault. Nothing is
ever *your* responsibility. It's really quite remarkable.


--

Have you been approached by David Brooks (DB, ~DB~, and 50+ other nyms)?

To prevent yourself from being a victim of cyber
stalking, it's highly recommended that you visit he

https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20191103112509/https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php

On 19 Nov 2019, David wrote
(in article ):

On 19/11/2019 22:13, nospam wrote:
In , ! wrote:

Maybe there was a problem with my installation of Catalina. I'll let you
know how things stand when my iMac is up-and-running again.

the problem was and always will be pebkac.

Maybe or maybe my iMac, or my router, had been 'got at'!

no maybe about it, and your router has nothing to do with dvd playback.

The router had EVERYTHING to do with obtaining the software from Apple!

God help us all, he’s visibly becoming more and more stupid as we watch!



Anyway, the *GOOD NEWS* is that, with the new installation of macOS
Catalina my Apple SuperDrive *DOES* work.

It now plays both CDs *AND* DVDs! :-D

in other words, there's no problem with catalina.

That is NOT what Apple Support told me. I'll raise the matter with them
again tomorrow.

It’s PEBCK, boyo. You really are that incompetent.



Thank you to everyone who helped me.

you're beyond help.

So which of these was Dustin responsible for putting onto my machine?!!

Win.Dropper.Johnnie-6567749-0

Win.Trojan.Winlock-6629293-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6629273-0

Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0

Win.Packer.WwpackV-1

Win.Downloader.Aiis-6803892-0

I’d love to see you prove that he put any of them anywhere near your
machine. As they’re all Windows malware, they can’t do anything to a Mac
and he knows better than to commit a felony which can’t possibly actually
do any harm.

You, on the other hand, don’t have a clue.

David wrote:


So which of these was Dustin responsible for putting onto my machine?!!

Win.Dropper.Johnnie-6567749-0

Win.Trojan.Winlock-6629293-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6629273-0

Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0

Win.Packer.WwpackV-1

Win.Downloader.Aiis-6803892-0

Are these ClamAV signature-based detections ? Puzzling.

You should have listed the filename where
these were detected. If one of them was in
my shell32.dll, I might be quakin in my boots.
Otherwise, not so much.

Paul

On 20/11/2019 10:01, David wrote:


I'd been using a 'My Book' Studio Edition WD product to keep Time
Machine back-ups of my Apple iMacs for many years. It's one much like
this:-

Try this:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2011?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

After this post all mac questions on Apple Mac Website. You're wasting
your time here because Windows 10 is Microsoft Product while Apple Mac
is produced by Apple.

On 20/11/2019 11:33, Diesel wrote:
David
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:29:06 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:

[snip]

So which of these was Dustin responsible for putting onto my
machine?!!

Win.Dropper.Johnnie-6567749-0

Win.Trojan.Winlock-6629293-0

Win.Trojan.Generic-6629273-0

Win.Malware.Speedingupmypc-6718419-0

Win.Packer.WwpackV-1

Win.Downloader.Aiis-6803892-0

I'm not responsible for putting any of those on your computer. Also,
one of those is not malware in any way shape or form on it's own, the
other going by it's name is probably actually adware. They are rather
generic detection names, David...Two by themselves aren't malware
either, but if executed (if the names are accurate) will seek out and
possibly install malware to the machine which originally ran them.

I've seen droppers and downloaders alike that instead of expected,
outright, easy to spot, malware, provided bs adware instead. The kind
that claimed to find so many problems with your computer, but you
have to pay to have them all fixed.

Anyways.. back to the original point I was making:

Why did you falsely accuse me of putting Malware (listed by name) on
your computer? Aren't you often claiming to be a good guy who tells
the truth?

*So which of these was Dustin responsible for putting onto my
machine*?!!

That was a *TEASE* - and you took it, hook, line and sinker! :-D

I've always said you weren't what you claimed to be, and, didn't do
what you claimed to do. Thank you, David, for once again, confirming
that what I've written is true. You are not a good guy, good guys do
not go and make up stories like the one above. You've made up others
much much worse, but lets not dwell on those at this time, this one
is recent and it's a great example of one of the types of lies you
like to spread about people. It's one thing you actually think you're
pretty good at doing. I suspect only small children are actually
fooled by it, and even then, it's only children young enough not to
know how to research/fact check things they read yet. Anyone old
enough to do that sees right through you. Noted exceptions, Mike
Easter and Ant. You did school them. Kudos to you for that.

I truly *AM* one of life's *GOOD GUYS*, Dustin.

Sorry about that! :-)