On 14 May 2008 at 22:54, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 11/05/2008 21:36, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2008-05-07 14:23:06, schrieb Lisi Reisz: > > > >> With pre-installed software that resists formatting for at least one > >> partition. I have not seen this often, but I have seen it. (The idea, I > >> believe, is allegedly to make using the drive to back-up Windows more > >> automatic.) ... > Please explain how this software can possibly work. If you connect a > portable hard drive nothing runs if you don't want it to. How can the > drive "resist formatting"?
Courtesy of windows 'autorun' misfeature, which too many people will assume is a Good Thing, necessary, vital and irremoveable rather than the more truthful converse. I suppose a /really/ perverse manufacturer could gimmick the device controller and enforce a fixed partitioning system; I can't imagine any would think it worth the effort; (although thinking back, I recall we once had a 70Mb winchester that pretended to be 3 and a half 20Mb drives back in PDP11/VAX days, emulating smaller DEC drives). -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
