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From: Galen on 8 Mar 2005 21:20 In news:6B9CC35E-35D6-4681-B46B-5F3CDB25DE47(a)microsoft.com, racerl1 <racerl1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say: > Let me know if you can think of anything else. Thanks. Methinks you'll need to wait until your CD has come in the mail for this one. I've no ideas beyond that at this point, well. I have one. Kick it. Maybe two... Partition that section of the drive out with a hacksaw, wipe it clean with an abrasive cleaner, and re-insert the bits and pieces. CHKDSK will fix it after that *nods* Okay so those two aren't really very good ideas but you get the idea? Basically I'm all out of ideas other then that which you're going to get in the mail. Out of curiousity I ordered one this weekend and it was shipped on Monday. They notified me via email that they'd shipped it. I hope that you're able to get your copy soon. From that disk you'll be able to build a handy diskette that boots like an OS from CD and from there you SHOULD be able to delete the file. If not then you'll be able to create yet another disk where you'll be able to boot using DOS with NTFS (full read/write) support. Or so they people I know who've used it tell me and the company's page tells me. I've yet to use it and it seemed to me that you might have problems with it so I ordered a copy of it as well. Galen -- "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
From: racerl1 on 9 Mar 2005 16:17 I have not received the disk or the email that it shipped. I think I'll request it again. Thanks, and I'll update you when I get it. Robin "Galen" wrote: > In news:6B9CC35E-35D6-4681-B46B-5F3CDB25DE47(a)microsoft.com, > racerl1 <racerl1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say: > > > Let me know if you can think of anything else. Thanks. > > Methinks you'll need to wait until your CD has come in the mail for this > one. I've no ideas beyond that at this point, well. I have one. Kick it. > Maybe two... Partition that section of the drive out with a hacksaw, wipe it > clean with an abrasive cleaner, and re-insert the bits and pieces. CHKDSK > will fix it after that *nods* Okay so those two aren't really very good > ideas but you get the idea? Basically I'm all out of ideas other then that > which you're going to get in the mail. Out of curiousity I ordered one this > weekend and it was shipped on Monday. They notified me via email that they'd > shipped it. I hope that you're able to get your copy soon. From that disk > you'll be able to build a handy diskette that boots like an OS from CD and > from there you SHOULD be able to delete the file. If not then you'll be able > to create yet another disk where you'll be able to boot using DOS with NTFS > (full read/write) support. Or so they people I know who've used it tell me > and the company's page tells me. I've yet to use it and it seemed to me that > you might have problems with it so I ordered a copy of it as well. > > Galen > -- > > "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me > the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am > in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial > stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for > mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes > > >
From: dave on 9 Mar 2005 20:18 This is a very interesting problem. I'm not 100% savy on the way to delete this file after reading the entire thread, but wouldn't it be possible to get a LINUX distro on bootable CD to delete the file? Probably not the preferred way but maybe an idea. Is this at all possible? Dave On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:17:10 -0800, =?Utf-8?B?cmFjZXJsMQ==?= <racerl1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have not received the disk or the email that it shipped. I think I'll > request it again. Thanks, and I'll update you when I get it. > > Robin > > "Galen" wrote: > >> In news:6B9CC35E-35D6-4681-B46B-5F3CDB25DE47(a)microsoft.com, >> racerl1 <racerl1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say: >> >> > Let me know if you can think of anything else. Thanks. >> >> Methinks you'll need to wait until your CD has come in the mail for this >> one. I've no ideas beyond that at this point, well. I have one. Kick it. >> Maybe two... Partition that section of the drive out with a hacksaw, >> wipe it >> clean with an abrasive cleaner, and re-insert the bits and pieces. >> CHKDSK >> will fix it after that *nods* Okay so those two aren't really very good >> ideas but you get the idea? Basically I'm all out of ideas other then >> that >> which you're going to get in the mail. Out of curiousity I ordered one >> this >> weekend and it was shipped on Monday. They notified me via email that >> they'd >> shipped it. I hope that you're able to get your copy soon. From that >> disk >> you'll be able to build a handy diskette that boots like an OS from CD >> and >> from there you SHOULD be able to delete the file. If not then you'll be >> able >> to create yet another disk where you'll be able to boot using DOS with >> NTFS >> (full read/write) support. Or so they people I know who've used it tell >> me >> and the company's page tells me. I've yet to use it and it seemed to me >> that >> you might have problems with it so I ordered a copy of it as well. >> >> Galen >> -- >> >> "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me >> the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am >> in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial >> stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for >> mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes >> >> >> -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
From: Galen on 11 Mar 2005 00:02 In news:opsnedxdxjxro3re(a)dell-cg9761s, dave <yaya(a)nothere.com> had this to say: > This is a very interesting problem. I'm not 100% savy on the way to > delete this file after reading the entire thread, but wouldn't it be > possible to get a LINUX distro on bootable CD to delete the file? > Probably not the preferred way but maybe an idea. Is this at all > possible? LOL That or BartPE as a bootable CD is the next/last idea that we've come up with so far in the thread in the mailing list. (Had to call in re-enforcements.) Good thinking though. An interesting aside here. I once used an early version of a CD based *NIX (don't want to bad mouth it so I will leave the name out) and made an error with it. I didn't read, this is MY fault, the help files clearly. I did read them but didn't think about them is more accurate. Using the CD with XP installed I'd gone ahead and told it to NOT ever save ANY files to disk except to a separate slaved drive. However, I never assigned the root to the slave drive. I then, this is MY fault, set up the modem. This, of course, was saved to the drive which was C: at the time. Not the drive that I'd wanted. Somehow, in the end, the MBR was eaten. No amount of editing it, no fixing it from recovery console, and no use of the tools from the drive manufacturer ever repaired the MBR. Nothing, and I mean nothing as I think I tried them all eventually, repaired it. My fault entirely. I have even tried to edit the individual sectors with a HDD tool that I came across to no avail. It turned out to make an wonderful slave though and to this day there's a small section of the drive that not even Partition Magic can clean up, edit, format to anything, or access. I have since decided to never use *NIX from CD but that's just my own standing on this. I'd rather install it to a slave if I'm going to use it and that's become very seldom these days. However, you're 100% correct and if the CD does work as planned that would almost certainly do the trick. Galen -- Signature changed for a moment of silence. Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.
From: racerl1 on 31 Mar 2005 11:51
I have requested the disk twice in the last month, but I have never received it. I also have never received an email telling me that it would ship. I'm wondering if they won't send it to me because I answered the questionaire honestly and told them it was for a home computer. Did you get your disk? "Galen" wrote: > In news:opsnedxdxjxro3re(a)dell-cg9761s, > dave <yaya(a)nothere.com> had this to say: > > > This is a very interesting problem. I'm not 100% savy on the way to > > delete this file after reading the entire thread, but wouldn't it be > > possible to get a LINUX distro on bootable CD to delete the file? > > Probably not the preferred way but maybe an idea. Is this at all > > possible? > > LOL That or BartPE as a bootable CD is the next/last idea that we've come up > with so far in the thread in the mailing list. (Had to call in > re-enforcements.) Good thinking though. > > An interesting aside here. I once used an early version of a CD based *NIX > (don't want to bad mouth it so I will leave the name out) and made an error > with it. I didn't read, this is MY fault, the help files clearly. I did read > them but didn't think about them is more accurate. Using the CD with XP > installed I'd gone ahead and told it to NOT ever save ANY files to disk > except to a separate slaved drive. However, I never assigned the root to the > slave drive. I then, this is MY fault, set up the modem. This, of course, > was saved to the drive which was C: at the time. Not the drive that I'd > wanted. > > Somehow, in the end, the MBR was eaten. No amount of editing it, no fixing > it from recovery console, and no use of the tools from the drive > manufacturer ever repaired the MBR. Nothing, and I mean nothing as I think I > tried them all eventually, repaired it. My fault entirely. I have even tried > to edit the individual sectors with a HDD tool that I came across to no > avail. It turned out to make an wonderful slave though and to this day > there's a small section of the drive that not even Partition Magic can clean > up, edit, format to anything, or access. I have since decided to never use > *NIX from CD but that's just my own standing on this. I'd rather install it > to a slave if I'm going to use it and that's become very seldom these days. > However, you're 100% correct and if the CD does work as planned that would > almost certainly do the trick. > > Galen > -- > Signature changed for a moment of silence. > Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side. > > > |