2012/2/23-3/26 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:54312 Activity:nil | 2/23 fixboot wrote FAT boot sector to my WinXP hard drive. How can I convert
the drive back to NTFS?
\_ Does C:\WINDOWS\system32\convert.exe work?
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2008/5/5-9 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:49885 Activity:moderate | 5/5 Any recommendations for data recovery software for NTFS partitions?
I have an NTFS partition that produces this error in linux:
"ntfs_read_inode_mount(): Couldn't find first extent of $DATA attribute
in attribute list. $MFT is corrupt. Run chkdsk"
\_ Eh... I'd try it with a real windows box before assuming the
partition is bad. NTFS itself is pretty solid. How old is the
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2008/3/18-21 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:49492 Activity:nil | 3/18 Windows reads/writes NTFS. Modern linux reads/writes NTFS.
I think Macs read it. Dunno if they write it. Is there any reason
for me not to make my portable usb drives NTSF now?
\_ have you tried to move a NTFS from one windows PC to another?
Try that first and then decide on which FS to use...
\_ Macs can write to NTFS if you install NTFS-3g.
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2007/4/7-9 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:46228 Activity:high | 4/7 xcopy sucks. It crashes when encountering a file with a
path longer than 255 characters. Thanks Microsoft.
\_ What do you expect it to do? Windows doesn't support paths longer
than 255 characters (unless you're using \\?\-style Unicode paths).
\_ I'd expect it to SKIP the file, not crash with an error
message that says "insufficient memory". So if Windows doesn't
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2006/1/15-17 [Computer/SW/Languages/Perl, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:41383 Activity:high | 1/15 This is a computer question which photo geeks would appreciate.
I am trying to
extract date/time from JPEG's EXIF header and use that to
override Windows/NTFS's filename's create time. I need to
do this in a batch mode involves hundreds of photographs.
How to do this? write a shell script in cygwin? which library
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2005/12/30-2006/1/4 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:41180 Activity:nil 65%like:41172 | 12/29 A friend's primary Windows 2000 hard disk got nuked, and her
backup drive is missing data. I'm looking for any
recommendations for data recovery software for FAT/NTFS
(restoring deleted files or corrupted filesystems) or
recommendations for data recovery services in SF?
\_ Get an external USB drive enclosure. You want something
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2005/12/22-24 [Computer/SW/Unix, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:41124 Activity:nil | 12/22 On XP, I have folders using Chinese characters. I also have
file names using Chinese characters. When I do a samba mount
from my Linux to XP, I can do everything if the file name
isn't using Chinese characters. How do I get around this
restriction? Thanks.
\_ you need to be specific on your XP's file system. FAT uses
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2005/10/28-31 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:40319 Activity:low | 10/29 It's been over 10 years since I took 162. What is a good place
for a refresher course on the architecture and advantages vs.
disadvantages of using various file systems for BSD, Linux,
MacOS, NT/XP, and others? ok thx.
\_ And the legendary FAT.
\_ And HPFS, NTFS, and the legendary FAT.
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