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| emc^2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
So, you think virii in your computer only attack once? They stay on the drive, and don't remain dormant - this isn't a human body.
After two years of technical school, four years of college background, and ten years of technical job experience, I sure do know what I'm talking about. It doesn't matter, where he keeps his music. Evidently, a virus screwed up his My Documents folder, and needs to be dealt with, before the entire drive gets screwed. Worst case scenario, if his drive is backed up properly, he can safely do a clean OS reinstall. |
well Sherlock, consider your money wasted. I would venture to guess that someone who runs mIrc, Soulseek as well as other p2p + other crapware would run AV on their system.
Please again, explain to me how My Documents comes into play here - I'm dying to hear it. I got no college education, so any help your hard earned knowledge could provide is greatly appreciated at least by me.
Oh, and not to swing any dicks around, I got MCSE, MCP, MCSA, CCNA, CCNP, A+, Server+, Compaq ASE, HP ASP, and CISSP certs...
And I taught in computer school for 5 years...
...oh, did I mention I managed/designed/supported THE largest Active Directory deployment in the world? 15 Million+ objects, over 110,000 users, 9000+ servers... The very same network that Microsoft uses to test limitations of their OS?
..alas, no college diploma or highly-valuable tech school experience. Just self taught since I was 12. Way before windows.
mmokay thx buh bye. |
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| venomX |
| 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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| emc^2 |
| quote: | 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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| venomX |
| quote: | 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 :p |
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| EXTREMUM |
| He should Ghost image the drive, and worry about messing with it, afterwards. |
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| 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.
[email protected]; add me to msn please so you can try to help me sort this out live. |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | 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... :rolleyes: |
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| Inertia |
| quote: | 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... :rolleyes: |
thats my 'incoming' folder, not my My Documents |
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| 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] |
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| emc^2 |
| quote: | 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. , 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:haha: tho he gets extra points for his persistance. |
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| Inertia |
| guys. seriously. let's not start a flamewar. |
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| Orbital32 |
| quote: | 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 . Hopefully you have made an Emergency Repair disk in windows, that will fix it. Which reminds me i need to do that! |
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