From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Borland 4.5 C/C++ compiler problem
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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:23:12 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 13:23:40 -0700, JohnT <jrt AT inXSformatics DOT net>
wrote:

>Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
>> "Hidden" files and "system" files are considered by defraggers to be
>> fixed in position so as not to break some programs' copy protection.
>
>But when I've done a DIR /s/ah or DIR /s/as to look for hidden and
>system files, nothing unusual turned up as I recall. The possibility of
>some other bit being set in a file header or something in the FAT table
>having an odd value came to mind, but I don't have the know-how to
>check out those ideas.

Just a shot in the dark, but what about read-only files?  What about
any file recovery managers (undelete.exe, Recycle Bin, etc.) you're
using?

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