RE: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:20:17 -0700

 
That probably depends on what kind of HD you have (SCSI, ATA, SATA..)
it is not important. Most modern drives do not let you do low level format easily.
 
At the initial stages of you installation, XP will list the available partitions
on you HDD. You can select an existing partition and then reformat it
or you can erase an exiting partition and let windows reformat the free space for you.
 
ANY TIME YOU DEAL WITH PARTITIONS LOOK THRICE BEFORE PRESSING OK!
 
if you let windows create (not format) your partition you will loose about 8MB on some reserved space.
I am not sure what it is for. If you use something like Partition Magic (now part of Norton..)
to create the partition you will not loose this space and have finer control on partition sizes.
(you can also use it later to resize your partitions WITHOUT loosing any data
 these guys are almost as smart as TJ ;).
 
My personal preference is to use Partition Magic to reformat the partitions. I reserve a 20GB
NTFS partition for system/ program files and the rest for other. (with coming Win Vista
this will have to grow to 50GB / rest).
 
If you really want to be picky you can reserve another 5GB as FAT partition (on a separate
drive than the system drive, preferably) for highest speed pagefile.
 
All I am saying is it is important to reformat the partition on which you will install a new system
so there will be NO leftovers from the past.
 
After your install is complete, and BEFORE you install any additional software, move your
pagefile to its separate partition of FIXED size (do not let windows manage it) and run
disc compression (part of windows defragmentation). Now you can install other software
and use external defragmenter to optimize your system.



Joseph Biran
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ara Kaloustian
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

Joseph,
 
Is the disk formatter in XP, a low level formatter?
 
tx
A
----- Original Message -----
From: J. Biran
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

p.s.
 
when you reinstall XP make sure you reformat the partition you are going to use to reinstall XP!
(part of the options during the install process), make sure you now WHICH partition it is
otherwise you may end up with no data disk!!
 
after 2 years of (continuous) use you need to start worrying about the integrity of your disk drive!
(you may need to back that up somewhere else).
 
also, some applications overwrite data during install, so you may want to backup their data to a
separate folder (i.e. drive:\backup\program files\application name\...)


Joseph Biran
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ara Kaloustian
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

Thanks Joseph ... looks like I have to re-install XP
 
I have my apps and data on different drives from system, so am safe for loss of data.
 
Do you know if there is a way to automatically register all applications so I won't have to re-install those also?
 
Thanks
 
Ara
----- Original Message -----
From: J. Biran
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

try running CMD.exe from your root folder then :
ATTRIB -R [drive:] /S /D
 
If this does not fix it you have a bigger problem. Didn't you have another bizarre behavior just recently?
You may want to consider re-installing Win XP (after backing up important data). Do not mark any drives
as private! (leave defaults)
 

Joseph Biran
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ara Kaloustian
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 12:24 PM
To: AB-Main
Subject: [amibroker] OT: Win XP - Read Only files

I have every file folder and subfolder marked as read only, even though the files within these folder are normal (not read only).
 
Removing the read only check from folder properties, does nothing. Next time I look at its properties, it is again marked as read only.
 
This seems to causing problems with making backups. 
 
Any thoughts?
 
Thanks
 
Ara
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