In Windows 7 or 8 (and maybe before that) if I view the properties of a document, I get all sorts of meta information. I'm interested in the
Date created element and a
Content created element....
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posted by kbanas
on Mar 4, 2013 -
7 answers
In Windows 7, I have several examples of identically-named files in the same folder. As far as I know, this shouldn't be possible. Any ideas about why this would have happened and how to fix it?
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posted by FreelanceBureaucrat
on Aug 12, 2012 -
13 answers
I have a 1TB external hard drive that I want to use with Linux, Mac & Windows 7. What filesystem should I format it with?
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posted by metaBugs
on Aug 2, 2012 -
17 answers
Is there a SQL-like way to interact with the Mac filesystem? Failing that, what's better than the Finder for batch copies/moves/deletions?
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posted by ripley_
on Dec 22, 2011 -
12 answers
(Long shot Ipad question): Need assistance if possible to put /find/extract data from an older ipad backup...
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posted by handbanana
on Oct 19, 2011 -
6 answers
What is the most inter-operable file system that can handled files larger then 4GB? (i.e. DVD iso files at 4.7GB or uncompressed AVI that are larger then 4GB.) Best would be something that Windows XP/Vista/7, Ubuntu/other linux flavors, and Mac could all read and
write.
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posted by wonderfullyrich
on Dec 22, 2010 -
11 answers
My parents computer isn't booting, and it's due to a corrupt ntfs filesystem. I'd like to run CHKDSK, but when I try to boot into the repair console, it requires an administrator password, which we don't have (second-hand computer). I can't use a password reset disk, because it won't recognize the disk (presumably due to the corrupt filesystem). Catch-22 - what now?
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posted by chrisamiller
on Nov 23, 2010 -
17 answers
I've somehow corrupted my GPT table on my Windows 7 box and i'm wondering if there is a way to recover/recreate this table. The MBR is fine and windows 7 still boots. Parted/Gparted cant see the partitions though (looking at the corrupted GPT) and it's becoming an issue because i'm attempting to dual boot with Ubuntu.
Thanks!
posted by runit
on Apr 23, 2010 -
3 answers
Why won't Ubuntu 9.10 recognize any recent pictures or new folders on my Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone when I plug it in?
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posted by carsonb
on Apr 18, 2010 -
5 answers
I have a 300gb SATA drive, NTFS formatted, that has most of my movies & music on it. After a lengthy move and installing a new operating system on a different drive, it's done something I never have seen before: about half the files on the disk point to some random location of the disk, so movie files go to the middle of MP3s, MP3s go to random places in entirely unrelated MP3s, etc. It's a massive mess. I ran the NTFS repair utility (without doing a backup, stupid) and it only had the effect of setting about half of the affected files' sizes to zero. I'm fairly sure at this point it's a lost cause, and I'll save what I can & reformat, but has anyone run into this problem before? Is there some magical way out? What on earth could have caused it?
posted by devilsbrigade
on Jul 11, 2009 -
6 answers
Easy Windows XP question, yet hard to google:
Is there anyway to set the 'select file' dialog boxes used by virtually every program to sort by Modified Date instead of Name?
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posted by ZackTM
on Jun 25, 2009 -
1 answer
What filesystem should I use on my new USB 2.0 external hard drive? It'll mostly stay attached to an Ubuntu box and be used to store large video files for streaming to playback devices on my network, but I'd also like to be able to take it to a friend's house and plug it into whatever computer they happen to have.
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posted by contraption
on May 2, 2009 -
12 answers
What would cause certain folders to show up when a DVD is mounted under Windows (XP, FWIW), but not to show up under Linux (Ubuntu Intrepid)?
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posted by claudius
on Mar 5, 2009 -
7 answers
Does anyone know of some good Computer books that really talk about the structure of computers and how they work
in depth? Like file systems, boot process, assembly, hardware details like how the processor works, BIOS, and all that good stuff
posted by CZMR
on Dec 31, 2008 -
18 answers
My fantastically unstable IBM T42 (which is on it's 3rd, soon to be 4th, life) died a little while ago, no longer booting into Ubuntu. However, it loves to boot into Windows. How do I nuke both?
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posted by tmcw
on Jul 11, 2008 -
8 answers
I want to copy a 6.5Gb file from my Linux machine to my Macbook running Tiger as quickly as possible. I have a USB drive. What is the best way to do this?
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posted by beniamino
on Apr 4, 2008 -
13 answers
Why does my hard drive keep losing it's file system and switching from NTFS to RAW?
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posted by itchylick
on Sep 22, 2007 -
2 answers
I accidentally formatted my NTFS drive with HFS and wrote some data on it. Now how do I recover whatever is left?
>>>Any filesystem experts around here?
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posted by oneous
on Apr 26, 2007 -
6 answers
I have a new hard drive that I have added into my system. I've partitioned it three ways. The first partition is what I would like to add onto /opt, the second is some additional swap (added with no problem), and the third is the one that I'd like to add onto /home. How do I make this work with UnionFS?
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posted by Xoder
on Apr 15, 2007 -
8 answers
In a journaling file system like ext3, a journal entry is written before each file system change, describing the change about to be carried out. This allows quick recovery if the actual file change is interrupted or not carried out due to power outage or whatever. But why is the act of writing the journal entry not susceptible to the exact same threat of being interrupted?
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posted by chrismear
on Apr 10, 2007 -
10 answers
I’ve got a new 400gb drive heading my way, plus a free copy of Vista. What is the best way to rebuild my system, with XP, Vista sharing files etc. with maybe a little Ubuntu thrown in? There’s
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posted by nazca
on Dec 18, 2006 -
7 answers
How can I set Mac OS X so that it doesn't create .DS_Store, .Trashes, and ._* files on USB drives I work with?
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posted by odinsdream
on Aug 23, 2006 -
9 answers
Is it possible to convert a FAT32 disk to HFS+ in-place (i.e., with all the data intact)?
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posted by dmd
on Apr 3, 2006 -
8 answers
WindowsXPFilter: This has to be the strangest problem I've ever had... I can't access files that start with the letter 'Q'.
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posted by jedrek
on Feb 14, 2006 -
8 answers
I have a CD with some software on it. When I copy the files from that CD, the size of the files on my hard drive are far greater than the capacity of the 700mb CD it came from!
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posted by viama
on Mar 30, 2005 -
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Browsing the hard disk from a flash webpage.
a) is it possible?
(I know it is - i've seen a component that does it. But i want the actionscript that does it)
b) help
(i just need some pointers - tutorials, actionscript snippets and so on)
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posted by FidelDonson
on Dec 6, 2004 -
13 answers
Can anyone recommend a program (in say perl or java or something) that will execute on my linux web server and a) slurp the file references in the pages (html, php) and b) compare them to the actual files in my web root tree giving me a list of all of the unreferenced files (not referenced on public web pages)? I want to clean up this junky file system, but I don't want to break any links and I inherited the mess. Thanks.
posted by pissfactory
on Sep 13, 2004 -
5 answers
The bell tolls for ME. Help this loser to upgrade from Windows ME to XP Pro. [4 questions inside...]
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posted by Termite
on May 2, 2004 -
12 answers
Windows XP rebooted, and
chkdsk set many of my files to zero bytes. How do I get what was originally in those files back?
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posted by calwatch
on Apr 4, 2004 -
5 answers
