X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Robert Pendell Subject: Re: Reliable old script loses data on new Cygwin installation Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:58:31 -0500 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <20071111173033.GA2360@sub-tombaker> <20071112090628.GA3792@sub-tombaker> <4e41f5c20711121838w1aa0fc9bhc1197c62885eb8fc@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <4e41f5c20711121838w1aa0fc9bhc1197c62885eb8fc@mail.gmail.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071112-0, 11/12/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Morgan Gangwere wrote: > /!\ WOOGA WOOGA /!\ > Possible Stupid human Error! > /!\ OOOPS OOOPS /!\ > > if the copy of xp is new enough, its got a funky little tool called > the Windows Malware Detection And removal Tool (a freind of mine who > is an MS MVP has had the same problem as you just under a different > circumstance.) > > I took an sp1 machine, created some text files that i wanted to search > for and got no problems on an athlon machine (2.4Ghz) > I then upgraded to sp2 -- same machine, same 200gb sata hdd and everything > > no problems > > then i let it run its updates > > BAM > > trace shows: > > its the windows malware detector (aka windows defender or whatever you > want to call it.) > > also, avg can do this too > > try moving 200 files with mv -r /tmp/std-output/* /logs/$$/, each > about 30kb each > One other thing I wanted to add to this was make sure the drives are not overheating. Some drives will actually shut down or begin to act erratically if they get too hot. I discovered this when doing work with my external drive (notebook ide using usb adapter). P.S. - The reason for this issue was because I had the drive near an exhaust vent for my laptop -- mistake :( It is normally fast enough to handle high speed burns or file transfers as necessary. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/