@Mihir That's what I do. I don't rely on pendrives to store my research work. Once I finish printing, I use ubuntu to format my drive. Thanks for your suggestion.
@ Others Well, I understand the issue with MS Word 2007 files because I have faced them myself. Isn't there a work around like someone suggesting a plugin. I frequently see him formatting his system because it is infected with virus. To begin with, maybe we could setup a dual boot or install Windows as a VM. That way, chances of his system getting infected with viruses is minimal. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Naren Bharatwaj < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Just got a random thought on why not help install Linux in all hostels >> where photocopy/printing facility is available. I've had to print some >> documents and when I take the content in a pendrive, it invariably ends up >> infected with virus. I hope there'll be students from every hostel in this >> mailing list. We can go in groups and encourage the guy who runs the >> photocopy facility to install linux by highlighting the advantages of linux. >> According to my observation, he uses the system only for printing documents >> (word documents/PDF files). >> >> Any ideas on this are welcome. >> >> Naren Bharatwaj >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > I guess it would be more practical not to rely on pen drives for long term > data storage, so that you can format them whenever you suspect a virus. > After all, the hostel photocopy shops are not the only Windows-dependent > places you'll be plugging in your pen drive, and you can't control > everyone's operating system. > > -- > Mihir Mehta, > B. Tech student, > Department of Computer Science and Engineering, > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
