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Langa Letter: XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option
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| June 19, 2006
| Fred Langa
Posted on 07/11/2006 7:10:14 PM PDT by Eagle9
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I haven't tried this 'no-reformat total-rebuild' method yet, but will when necessary.
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:10:18 PM PDT
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9
That settles it.
I'm buying a Mac.
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:12:57 PM PDT
by
Peter W. Kessler
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Eagle9
To: Eagle9
A post that makes you go "hmmmmm." Good post.
5.56mm
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Eagle9
Im bookmarking this thread, too..
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:18:05 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(John Kerry-National Embarrassment)
To: Eagle9
OMG.. a whole article for this? how dumb, i have know this forever.
To: Eagle9
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:25:54 PM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Peter W. Kessler
I hope to have one (or both!) of my old Win 98 boxes running at least a dual-boot with Knoppix Linux here in the next few weeks.
Ideally, I'll have learned enough about Linux to make them exclusively Linux boxes.
To: Eagle9
If all has gone as plannedI've been through this more times than I can remember, and all I can say is: don't bet on it.
To: cardinal4
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posted on
07/11/2006 9:58:05 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Eagle9
exactly 30 days too late for me. I had a major crash - my only one in 9 years - and lost all of my files. I still have clients chewing my ass about it.
Oh well...will copy and save. Thanks.
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posted on
07/11/2006 10:42:15 PM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Things look different from over here.)
To: Peter W. Kessler
That settles it. I'm buying a Mac. If you ever need any technical assistance, we have some good Mac experts on the forum. I hope it will be an enjoyable first-class solution for you.
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posted on
07/11/2006 11:13:53 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Eagle9
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posted on
07/12/2006 12:46:52 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(We are but Seekers of Truth, not the Source.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
07/12/2006 1:52:21 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Eagle9
Nice post Eagle9 but some further information is necessary. And I have a couple of questions to address this information. First, how are the myriad of updates affected? I.E. will the user have to go to Microsofts update site and reupdate the newly repaired installation? Also, is this method truly proven to solve all problems? Some viruses can infect the boot sector of a Hard Drive or even the BIOS, which in this case you would still have problems.
With Windows there are really only two ways to truly clean your system. Wipe and resinstall or switch to an alternate OS such as Mac or Linux. I would suggest some try the later solution.
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posted on
07/12/2006 7:27:49 PM PDT
by
phoenix0468
(http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
To: Eagle9
Wow, thanks for a good post and info.
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posted on
07/12/2006 7:29:49 PM PDT
by
garyhope
("In vino veritas" Especially a good red wine with a nice grilled steak and baked potato.)
To: Big Giant Head
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posted on
07/12/2006 7:33:11 PM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Only the stupidest of animals fouls it's own nest - Democrats provide a fine example of this)
To: Eagle9
Thanks.
Looks quite useful.
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posted on
07/12/2006 10:29:19 PM PDT
by
Quix
(PRAY AND WORK WHILE THERE'S DAY! Many very dark nights are looming. Thankfully, God is still God!)
To: Eagle9
I have tried it.
Unfortunately it depends on the integrity of the registry (although it doesn't explicitly say so). I've found that it fails about 80% of the time.
It also doesn't do anything about the virus that hosed the system in the first place - that still has to be hunted down and killed.
I use the bootable Bart PE CD to boot the PC outside of Windows so that I can kill suspect files without them able to re-spawn.
Good luck!
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posted on
07/12/2006 11:18:47 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
To: phoenix0468
First, how are the myriad of updates affected? I.E. will the user have to go to Microsofts update site and reupdate the newly repaired installation? I'm no expert when it comes to computer software. I think that if you had a slipstreamed WinXP installation disc, you would still need all of the other Windows updates from MS.
Also, is this method truly proven to solve all problems? Some viruses can infect the boot sector of a Hard Drive or even the BIOS, which in this case you would still have problems.
No, it won't solve all problems. Yes, you are correct about viruses, and I think you could include rootkits and some of the other malware.
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posted on
07/13/2006 6:25:57 PM PDT
by
Eagle9
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