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  1. Also, DVDInfo doesn't seem to detect CD-RW for erasing. It will return that the disc type is a CD-RW but, in the erase dialog, it says a DVD-RW is there and won't erase the disc. Because it's expecting a DVD-RW.
  2. The bottom line is, most likely, it's undetectable now because Vista isn't out in the wild yet. It's new and full of holes. I wouldn't be too worried about stealth malware just yet.
  3. The folders in the System Volume folder MIGHT correspond to Registry keys. So, doing a searching in the Registry might help isolate some information. As for the file access being denied, you can experiment with Unlocker if you wish. Now, you're ENTIRELY on your own if you wish to but it can release files captured by Explorer.exe, and others. Not always without a reboot, which is useless in this case. And, there's no guarantee that writing over contents even if you could would work. Because the Registry might be expecting one thing and the file contents would say another.
  4. Actually, you have had the same problems. Being able to turn off Java/Javascript for an individual page would stop the fucking annoying file upload stops on file servers. It's the Java that is causing the problem. The scripts aren't completing, and, normally, it should ask you to Cancel, etc. But, if it doesn't, you'll still think it's sending because Firefox STILL thinks it's sending, waiting for you to tell it to cancel the script. Which it sometimes doesn't tell you it wants. If Java was temporarily disabled, this MIGHT prevent the problem... then again, most likely, given how the fuckers operate, you'd NEED the Java just to run the upload.
  5. That IS possible. But, I can't fix it if it is. SCANDISK in DOS did detect mismatching FAT's when a scan of C: was run. I replaced the first with the 2nd. BUT, the strange thing is, Windows SCANDISK and Norton Disk Doctor never detected the problem in Windows. And, the problem happens with either FAT as the main one. And, if the FAT is hosed, why does it only affect the DVD drives? Whatever is causing it seems to go hand in glove with another problem of mine I reported on in the past. At one point, all DVD drives stopped returning the Manufacturer ID's on CD's only. DVD's were fine. I solved it then by reverting to a drive image where that didn't happen, which was about a month old. Now, with the recurrence of this problem, that problem has returned. So, it has to be an error introduced by a software install or Windows changing a Registry entry itself as it's want to improperly do on startups. I just need to find the offending application, which is most likely the culprint. 90% of the fuckers out there never get it right. I am leaning towards one in particular. The strange thing is, it only manifests itself when ImgBurn is installed. Alcohol by itself was fine. ImgBurn by itself was fine. I need to thoroughly test more, since that test was last run months ago. And, given the changes in Alcohol, Daemon Tools, and that SPTDI or whatever the fuck driver is called that were added recently, who knows?
  6. Technically, Lloyd invented an entirely new unit of measurement, the jigawatt. Most likely, he just didn't know the word correctly from the script. I take it someone is watching TBS.
  7. You mean System Restore points? If so, this is Windows! Forget about it! You MIGHT have luck by copying over the System Volume Information folder for a drive to somewhere else as a backup and copying it back over. But, I would highly doubt it would work. You'd have to do it outside Windows or disable the monitoring on that drive, do the copy, and re-enable it, which would probably just overwrite what you just copied. Thus, defeating the purpose. But, that's Big Bill for you.
  8. Is there a way to turn off Java/JavaScript for an individual page? Or for a temporary basis? Such as loading a page, turning it off, then back on? Like maybe with a "command line" in the Address field? And, I realize it may differ from browser to browser. Otherwise, now, it seems the only way to do it is to go into options and do it manually. Firefox is apparently getting buggier with new releases, and, the last update has produced a lot of pages where scripts become unresponsive. (The ' opening the Find introduced two or three revisions ago is still there and widely documented.) For sites where you're uploading something, this can just kill the transfer entirely.
  9. Yeah, tried that one already. Changed both to Y and Z. Both changed to Y and Z. On reboot, though, only the 2nd drive retained its letter, Z. The first changed back to H.
  10. Plus, if they let it slip, then, the emperor would be seen as being sans the clothes that he really is.
  11. I never claimed I wasn't. After all, with problems like this one just the tip of my iceberg, I must be mad in that I'm still around!
  12. Ah, it's definitely a fucker error. It is either caused by a bad application installation or a usual "Reboot Windows And It Stops Working" error. I swapped around the IDE cables for the two drives and got the same problem. The first drive, the Sony, will not accept the new drive letter. So, I swapped the cables around back to their normal position, and, got what I expected, the same problem. I took out the Sony drive and inserted the LiteOn in its place... and got the COMPLETELY unexpected result of... now... the 2ND drive, the NEC, has inherited the fucking problem! This means there is a Registry error somewhere, and, that means either an application installation or an ReWAIStW Error caused the problem. Either one, they all fall under the category of fucker error. Yep, typical Big Bill fucker error. So, the only fix is to restore down to a backup and following the INSTALL.TXT instructions from that step on. At each installation, test the drive letter changes each time, reboot, and see if it isolates a culprit install.
  13. Nope! Renaming that key didn't do diddly, as I expected. It would only be effective on reboot... which is what is CAUSING the problem. Well, in the meantime, might as well do some more shit to waste my time. But, I can at least counter anyone who suggests it by saying I tried that. First, I'll swap around the IDE cables from drive 1's to drive 2 and vice versa. That will rule out the controller or the cables, since if either is the problem there, then, the 2nd drive will become the one that won't keep its drive letter. If the problem persists, as it most likely, will, then, I replace the 1st drive and see if it persists. Since that requires the MOST work at hand, I will end up most likely having to do that. I will put in the drive that had been in there before on this setup to minimize the possibility of introducing new elements into this already chaotic system.
  14. No, it's nothing that easy. Never fucking is. What is happening is the first (I had said second. Turns out it's the first DVD drive that keeps getting the letter change.) DVD drive is getting its drive letter changed by something on Windows start. Why it and not the 2nd one, too, is the mystery. Anyway, the SATA internal HD gets assigned its drive letters first, but, the first DVD drive then shoves its ass out of line and steals the next free drive letter, which WAS and should be going to H:, instead of its assigned drive letter of R: Which it had been taking just fine until now. And, if the drive letter is changed to R: in Windows, it will stay as R: until reboot. Then, the 2nd DVD drive keeps its old drive letter, S: which it should be and which the first one should be doing, like it had been. Well, since H: is hijacked, the partition on the first USB HD that would normally get it must take the last free drive letter after all the rest of the 2 USB HD partitions get theirs AND R: gets its. So, drive letters are getting shuffled around when they used to not to. All because that fucker has decided to shove ahead of the line. And, I need some way to change this because Windows has made some change to itself, or some application changed it, that turned on some stupid ability to do this. A typical error I see all the time, that can only be fixed by restoring a drive image. BUT, my newest one that doesn't do this is from January 1st! FUCKERS! Problem has nothing to do with invisible partitions, etc. It's the DVD drive that is shuffling the letters around now when it hadn't anymore. No multiple Primaries, etc. Just the C: Primary booting partition and the Extended Logical partition to contain the Logical Extended drives.
  15. Well, YOU'VE probably never had them. As I would guess anyone else who has had the luck to cross my path has probably never had them either. Of course, these are also people who, for those reasons, have had lives worth living, too. #39;(
  16. ... actually, it appears to have been easier than I realized. For once. Doesn't do me much good, though, as the KB article says you must reboot. I'll test it, though, on the incredibly off change it works. I'm not an idiot. Disk Management is the only way I know of to change the drive letters for CD/DVD drives easily. Partition Magic and Disk Director only work on hard disk partitions. Anyway, yes, it is with Disk Management that I have changed the DVD drive letter with. But, on reboot, Windows resets the drive letter for that DVD drive to the first free drive letter after assigning the drive letters to the partitions on the SATA internal drive. Since that drive contains the booting partition.
  17. Oh, yes, I WILL lose info with NTFS! I absolutely hate it! People keep getting sucked into it for its perceived security, etc. BUT, if you have a problem with the drive, that's it, you're screwed! Nothing outside of Windows can properly access them. I can't recall the number of times I've copied a file to an NTFS partition only to try and get it later and it says it cannot access it. And the times restoring down Drive Images, etc. and the files cannot be accessed because the descriptors or whatnot that mapped to the security features weren't there. The Recovery Console has NEVER booted for me. In the 5 years of XP's existence, on 4 different tested machines with their default setups, it always asks me for my admin account and password and claims the password is wrong or the account doesn't exist. And, without the account existing, I can't log into the Recovery Console, which appears to be the only way to access the drives that are NTFS. So, why fucking jump through hoops for what doesn't work right in the first place? Nope, my first step in any XP install is to convert the NTFS partition to FAT. It's worked fine for me for 5 years. No reason to move over yet, so, I'm gonna stick with what works.
  18. What would it be under? In general? i.e. is it a drive option, etc.
  19. As for Disk Management, I tested the problem with the external drives powered off, and, it still happened. This reduced the display space to a point where I can get a screen capture. It seems my old haunt for posting up images last time isn't doing that anymore. Oh, well, let's try another. All the data is there except for the left hand panel. It appears as if it is cut off on the right side, but, it is not. I don't see what you can get from this data that I haven't but, any help is welcome.
  20. Well, ya kind of caught me in a faux pas. I forgot that sometimes spider do have less than 8 eyes. They have anywhere between 2 to 4 pairs. I suppose any cave spiders might even have no eyes, like those kind of fish that live specifically in bodies of water where no light gets in. Such as caves. But, none have more than 8.
  21. What precisely are you looking for? Because, I really can't get a screen shot that has everything. All that will be returned on all drives is the bottom pane, with the bar representations of the drives. The top pane cannot be resized to a size that does not obscure part of the bottom pane. So, one or the other can be shown at one time. Which/what do you want to know?
  22. I created the ultimate, unpardonable sin. First, I woke up alive, and, then, I made the stupid mistake of sitting down in front of my desk. Honestly, no, I've done nothing like that at all.
  23. AH! Well, HERE'S one of the goddamn problems... one of the DVD drives REFUSES to keep its changed drive letter! FUCKERS! It always reverts back to the first free drive letter after it's changed. The first DVD drive DOESN'T! Only the 2nd. Normally, the drives are supposed to be R: and S:. The first STAYS as R:. The 2nd is going back to the first free drive letter on each Windows start. So, how can I stop this? Also, anyone know where in the Registry, etc. the keys, etc. that store the drive letter information are? I know they won't be of much use here, if any, but, I'm curious where this information is stored in Windows.
  24. I got... All Dogs Go To Heaven 2. Granted, it was a movie only disc, made specifically for Pizza Hut, with a starting ad video stream before the main menu. Which only has two menu options. Start movie and choose Espanol. But... I didn't have to deal with that for too long...
  25. First off, I think I can safely say this, but, not go any further because of lots of stuff that is too complicated. Before you go any further, be aware that this foreign DVD may not play on your US TV at all, regardless of the region coding. If the video format is PAL, the video will not play right unless your player or TV can support PAL. Most in the US support NTSC. PAL on the wrong format TV will result in any of the following or combinations of them: 1.) black and white video 2.) the video is not centered on the screen 3.) a high pitched whine interferes with the audio because of the number of lines being displayed is greater 4.) the video scrolls on the screen like the TV's vertical hold has been tampered with. The video on these DVD's will play fine on a PC because PAL versus NTSC doesn't matter to a PC monitor.
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