ISO Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Damn man thanks for the heads up. I have been wondering about this type of thing for awhile. I guess I have an excuse to go get my back up, back up drive. LOL Quote Isobaric - Refers to the practice of coupling two drivers together to make them act as one. "Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go." Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The Destruction of a person builds character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1992Chevy K1500 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 There's usually a small (tiny, hell, you can't see it without glasses, even if you have 20/20 vision!) tab on the drive. It slides. Use a magnifying glass and look to see if it's in the locked position (has a pic of a closed lock embedded on it). Trust me, when it's engaged, you can't reformat it for anything. And thanks for the heads up. Nothing on mine though. My external devices only have 1 computer, Mine! Quote My comp setup (Not bad for what it is): HP Compaq Presario V6120US laptop with: 15.4" widescreen AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6GHz processor 2x1GB stick DDR2 SDRAM (667 Mhz) Seagate Momentus 500GB SATA HDD 128MB shared video memory Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 12 cell Lithium Ion battery (actual battery usage time: 6 hours) What it does: On a USB 2.0 Wireless card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirill007 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Lol, that's not really a bad virus, it doesn't destroys you're computer. If you have a Vundo virus it destroys everything and infects the whole computer. After a while (2 or 3 days) you can't start windows anymore. I had this twice. :mad: Quote Thinking is the root of all problems... You ALWAYS get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 a guy at work (a customer not a guy i work with) got a virus that infected his boot sector and everytime he booted to the XP disc to reinstall windows, it said it couldnt load a file lol and theres no lock on my card.. its a micro SD...ive seen what your talking about before and there isnt a lock on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 This virus is common as, it's like the STI of memory sticks, you put it in this computer, that computer, soon everyone has it! If you follow 2 basic principles of secure computing you'll never get it... 1. Disable autoplay 2. Use minimum privelege possible... you only get this if you're running as administrator Quote 10.x volts fo' life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanitarium Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 linux wont format it? i call BS dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatever the drive is detected as zeros the drive, wipes everything out INCLUDING formatting. you can then safely format it however you like, (like ntfs or fat from windows) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted November 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) how are you goig to call BS when i just said plain and simple, linux wont format it. i know how to format in linux. it will not format it. Edited November 22, 2009 by pimpedout97x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin - STAPUFT Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Lol, that's not really a bad virus, it doesn't destroys you're computer.If you have a Vundo virus it destroys everything and infects the whole computer. After a while (2 or 3 days) you can't start windows anymore. I had this twice. :mad: You too?!? Wasn't that one fun? Back to the problem at hand though- I dunno how to fix that one either. It doesn't (SEEM) to cause real harm to your ish, but who wants any kind of virus? Maybe it was written by a company that only makes regular old HDs or some bitter ass former memory stick employee. ...probably a Russian!!! Quote 12 - 12"s in the STAY PUFT 1989 Chevy Astro Build & Comment Log Un-Interrupted Build LogYouTube Channel Chevy Trailblazer 5.1 Dolby Digital DTS Install You have a beard of a mysterious sea captain. I would follow you to hell and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpedout97x Posted November 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 linux wont format it? i call BSdd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatever the drive is detected as zeros the drive, wipes everything out INCLUDING formatting. you can then safely format it however you like, (like ntfs or fat from windows) i tried that, and in gparted it has locks next to both partitions (fat32, and ext3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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