Also i doubt it's a virus. I have yet to see a virus behave that way, and in all truth it would be a pretty lame virus if it just renamed files without actually damaging them. So running an antivirus wont help much imo.

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

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Originally posted by venomX I agree with you depending on where the corruption happened. If the machine is running fine i doubt the corruption is of the whole MFT, its more likely just those sectors and chkdsk will correct the errors in the sectors. chkdsk might be more damaging only if the sectors are physically fux0red, because then the files will be lost. if it happened because of a particular program, the program probably just messed up those particular entries in the MFT and chkdsk can fix that.

why risk it?

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Originally posted by emc^2 why risk it?

true, i would risk it if it were my computer and my files, but then again i could probably recuperate them if i messed them up with the chkdsk

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

He should Ghost image the drive, and worry about messing with it, afterwards.

OK OK guys. i may not be as knowledgeable as you, but i think i know my way around computers a bit.

first things first. PLEASE stop fighting. i'll help you kill eachother later.

now... if it were file system corruption, would i be able to still play the files perfectly?

edit: this doesn't really seem like a virus to me either, as venom says.

[email protected]; add me to msn please so you can try to help me sort this out live.

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Originally posted by Inertia OK OK guys. i may not be as knowledgeable as you, but i think i know my way around computers a bit. first things first. PLEASE stop fighting. i'll help you kill eachother later. now... if it were file system corruption, would i be able to still play the files perfectly? edit: this doesn't really seem like a virus to me either, as venom says.

It's possible that it's not a virus, but seeing all those numerical sub-folders in your My Documents folder looks abnormal - I just brought it up, as a possibility. However, emc^2 had the nerve to get in my face - how mature...

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM It's possible that it's not a virus, but seeing all those numerical sub-folders in your My Documents folder looks abnormal - I just brought it up, as a possibility. However, emc^2 had the nerve to get in my face - how mature...

thats my 'incoming' folder, not my My Documents

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my biggest problem lies in what will happen on reboot. it will just eventually happen, as when the power dies (power outs are normal here) and our generator goes out, it will die.

yeah, i know hard powerdowns are a bitch but i dont have a say in this. and i can't think how a hard powerdown could cause this, as it was fine for the last 6 hours, and changed all of a sudden.

current details:

- all files present.
- all files play/open, given the proper program.
- 3 folders, aside from Windows-created folders (my documents, program files, etc) were not renamed; 'incoming', 'download', and 'samples'. the contents of the first two were all renamed, but the contents of 'samples' still has about 3 files, out of a few thousand, in original state.

add me to MSN: [email protected]

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Originally posted by Inertia thats my 'incoming' folder, not my My Documents

LMAO!!! I guess he didn't get it after all those times I told him that "My Documents" was not involved. But he's a tech expert. I just can't help but laugh. Shit, even my wife, who is taking intro to computers can tell the difference between different folders and how to determine where she is in the dir tree.

LOL. extremium must enjoy abuse pwnage tho he gets extra points for his persistance.

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guys. seriously. let's not start a flamewar.

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Originally posted by Inertia my biggest problem lies in what will happen on reboot. it will just eventually happen, as when the power dies (power outs are normal here) and our generator goes out, it will die. yeah, i know hard powerdowns are a bitch but i dont have a say in this. and i can't think how a hard powerdown could cause this, as it was fine for the last 6 hours, and changed all of a sudden. current details: - all files present. - all files play/open, given the proper program. - 3 folders, aside from Windows-created folders (my documents, program files, etc) were not renamed; 'incoming', 'download', and 'samples'. the contents of the first two were all renamed, but the contents of 'samples' still has about 3 files, out of a few thousand, in original state. add me to MSN: [email protected]

Easy, its screw ups your registry and/or possibly your Master Fat Table. Either one screws up.. youzzz fuck. Hopefully you have made an Emergency Repair disk in windows, that will fix it. Which reminds me i need to do that!