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Old 2007-04-11, 08:47   Link #73
Jinto
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Migufuchi Fusutsu View Post
Wow such great deduction...side topic when this pop's out does it only has impact in windows files only or do it affect the other files example:your documents specially rar files
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In that particular case it says that Windows files were affected ( those in WINDIR\system32\config ). However the explicit determinism of such an error message is, it pops up, because there was severe damage on Windows system files. You won't see such a message, when damage on not so important non-system files occurs. Thatswhy you cannot deduct from this error message to other possible file errors.

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Originally Posted by Migufuchi Fusutsu View Post
Side topic: you also mention before that when a pc crash it does not affect read only files....so how about a folder with mp3 files will it alternate the file or something because of the crash?
Well actually I said files with open read handles (which is not the same as read only files). A read only file, has only read permission, that measn one can open this file only with read handle. Usually programs open any files (regardless of their permission) with a open read handle, unless they really need to write to the file (modify it). Files like mp3s rar-files... are most often opened with read file handle.
However, all the names of the files, and the according mapping of data blocks are stored in a look up table on the drive. (each filename points to a set of datablocks on the drive. Those data blocks make up the file. The mapping information of filename to datablocks is stored in a look up table on the drive). When your PC crashes while the drive is writing something to this look up table, severe damage can be done to the file system. E.g. whole folders can suddenly be corrupt. That means the data blocks of the files are still okay after the crash, but you don't know which data block belongs to which filename, thus your files are lost (scandisk tries to recover such files, usually naming them with generic names in the order it found them e.g. file0001, file0002 ... not particulary useful, if you do not know whats inside the file).

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Originally Posted by Migufuchi Fusutsu View Post
The funny thing here when my pc crash sometimes I always undergo a little trauma for about 30mins or so.hehe pretty weird got to get a psychologies..hehe
Chill it out with some smooth music

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Originally Posted by Migufuchi Fusutsu View Post
Edit: Something weird happen I was surfing the net and suddenly some windows pop out came out and I think I clicked it and this came out.
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weird..
I'ld suggest not to click any such warnings popping up while surfing the net. Just close/abort them (if they are active/top most, you can use ALT+F4 to do this. ALT+F4 is the key command for close).

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Originally Posted by Migufuchi Fusutsu View Post
Also when I went to paint where I usually make screen shots to document the errors...and suddenly the desktop theme turned to classic and back to windows xp again.. and that happened when I was pasting something in paint..cause I usually print screen first and paste it in pain...

My weird problems are now turning in to a habit..ouch!
Didn't you use a special window manager to enhance the looks of Windows? Maybe it is related to this.
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