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General Software Discussion / Re: Help me to understand .mp3 naming issue on a DVD player reading from a USB stick
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 08:11 PM »
Yeah, I've been getting around it by using some file ops but haven't bothered to script that. This'll save me the trouble  :)
1527
Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 07:54 PM »

Like the man said...

-MilesAhead (May 29, 2011, 07:03 PM)

You're not going to plug that old thing, are you?
1528
Living Room / Re: Backup Strategy: "The Threes"
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 11:02 AM »
My routine's pretty much like that. There's redundancy but that's okay by me. It took me many years to take this seriously but I really do believe that it's essential for anyone with material that matters to them, for whatever reason.

  • Weekly imaging to a rotating set of alternating external HDDs (overnight) one of which is always moved off site.
  • Daily copies of e.g., application data and MyDocuments to alternating internal HDDs.
  • Per-project versioned backups, for current projects, to internal and external HDDs and across the network to other machines.
  • Any-time on-demand reversion to previous boot-drive state (boot drive only).
  • Periodic 'convenience' sync of selected sets of data between the originating and dedicated backup external HDDs e.g. photos, audio, software installations.

When I'm working (seldom, thank goodness) it's to air-date deadlines, so this has to save my bacon only once to make the whole thing worthwhile. So far it's saved me more often than that.


Afterthought: docks for 'bare' external drives are very cheap and very useful. The few that I have provide an on-board choice between SATA and USB connections (BlacX). USB3 models are already on the market. Many of us have old drives lying around and such docks put these to good use cheaply and with a minimum of fuss. They might as well be lying around preserving data as lying around doing nothing useful.
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to find/replace a WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device driver
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 09:10 AM »
Is RollBack like GoBack? If so that driver always blocked hibernation. Probably not much you can do about it if you want to keep Rollback running.
-Carol Haynes (May 29, 2011, 08:40 AM)

Yes, same sort of idea. I think you're right, the two concepts are incompatible and I find RollbackRX too useful to abandon (on this machine, at least).

Thanks to all for the input, probably stopped me from stepping in something that's best avoided  :)

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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 08:59 AM »
Actually, I'm feelin' kinda hexed.
-barney (May 28, 2011, 11:43 PM)

Talk to MilesAhead as helix his wounds!
1531
Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 11:08 PM »
I dread hearing the phillip-ics from both sides.
-MilesAhead (May 28, 2011, 07:55 PM)

Now don't be cross, you can have our own slot.
1532
General Software Discussion / Re: Help me to understand .mp3 naming issue on a DVD player reading from a USB stick
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 10:59 PM »
Just noticed this as a Hot Find on Gizmo's site:

-MilesAhead (May 28, 2011, 08:21 PM)

What a gentleman you are!

I appreciate that, it'll save me some fidding around if it works as advertised.

Thanks again!
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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 07:15 PM »
thread wars, left or right ... I can imagine the zealots lining up now
-barney (May 28, 2011, 05:51 PM)

That could take a while to taper off.
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to find/replace a WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device driver
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 12:46 PM »
My guess is that it's the RollbackRX shield.sys but the system just gives me WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device as the problem

I've no idea when hibernation was blocked as I never use it.

I'm well versed in the breakfast between boot and work routine .
Once it was a snack, now it's a three-course meal ;D
There's a fair bit of stuff on this particular machine.
1535
Living Room / Re: 26 Terabits Per Second... WHOOSH~!
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 12:26 PM »
So your connection Tera-Bites?
-Stoic Joker (May 28, 2011, 10:43 AM)

Quite so, my ISP and I are headed for a dust-up.
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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 12:25 PM »

I wouldn't dare ... too many plot twists  :D.
-barney (May 28, 2011, 11:48 AM)

Nice one  :Thmbsup:

Strange you should mention that in passing!
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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 10:24 AM »
We're taking turns   :huh:  Where's the fun in that  tongue?
-barney (May 27, 2011, 11:02 PM)

Are you trying to make some kind of pitch here? If so, we'll have to counter…  and sink it.
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Living Room / Re: 26 Terabits Per Second... WHOOSH~!
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 10:19 AM »
I'm still on 1 mbps!  (see attachment in previous post)
-nosh (May 27, 2011, 10:55 PM)

And I'm lucky to get 26 kbps! The only downside to living in a forest.
1539
Living Room / Re: General Poll: What should there be more of on DonationCoder?
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 10:17 AM »

I'd like more of those Reiews!

Failing that, I'd like more of the same  ;)
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to find/replace a WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device driver
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 28, 2011, 10:13 AM »
Thanks again, Carol.

As you will have surmised, I don't (want to) understand much about hardware.

Two of the subsidiary driver files for the device are from MS (disk.sys and PartMgr.sys).
One is from Acronis (snapman.sys)
One is from RollbackRX (Shield.sys)

It's the last one about which I have a mild concern. I don't want to have to reinstall RollbackRX as I'd lose my history of restore points and there's a good reason to hang on to the current set.

In your experience, if I change the WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 driver should I expect that to disable the Shield.sys driver for RollbackRX or, for that matter, any other of the associated drivers?

Since my only reason for even thinking about hibernation is to play with Skwire's misunderstood Boot Snooze ( ;) ) I'd rather leave it incapacitated than create a bunch of issues on a machine that I sometimes use to earn money. So I'm trying to do some risk assessment here  :)
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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 10:35 PM »
Oh, ye gods ... some of the worst pundits in the world have aggregated in/on one (1) thread  :o.  Is there any hope for salvation  :P?
-barney (May 27, 2011, 06:32 PM)

Possibly, but you'll have to wait your turn…
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to find/replace a WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device driver
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 07:23 PM »
Thanks, I'll give it a try once I'm certain that everything is backed up from all of my drives.
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General Software Discussion / How to find/replace a WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 device driver
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 01:53 PM »
Apparently, my machine doesn't want to hibernate due to this device (WDC WD5001ABYS-01YNA0).

What's the right way to find the device driver and replace it without doing more harm than good?

Any help appreciated.

TIA
1544
Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 11:27 AM »
-Shades (May 26, 2011, 11:47 PM)

 :huh:
And I was thinking that its meaning is: kicking with a "sleepy" foot...
[/quote]

Napping in the trunk of one's car?

One can see why it's a bit confusing  :D
1545
N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Certificate
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 11:25 AM »

@cranioscopical, you just post yours here and we will adjust it

-anandcoral (May 27, 2011, 02:00 AM)

 ;D ;D

I, too, have some certificate stock. I used to run them off for some of the youngest family members when they had achieved something worthwhile (to them). They were quite popular which probably had more to do with the paper money attached to the back than with the certificates themselves.
1546
Living Room / Re: 15 Minutes to Hack Your Email
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 11:20 AM »

Hmmm... Now I wonder if it would be profitable to supply something like an entire downtown area with free Wi-Fi...
-Renegade (May 27, 2011, 06:47 AM)

Rather like the Chinese were offering for the London subway system during the upcoming Olympics? My, aren't they generous?

By the way, those candle-stick makers get on your wick!
1547
General Software Discussion / Re: WorkTimer: A free web app for freelancers
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 27, 2011, 11:14 AM »
Something like that would be great in a mobile app.
-Renegade (May 27, 2011, 10:07 AM)

They're around already, unless I've totally misunderstood what's being discussed (and there's a high probability that I have).
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 26, 2011, 06:17 PM »

I think that Boot Snooze is about the most misunderstood app I've written.

-skwire (May 26, 2011, 02:04 PM)

That's the thing that relaxes one's footware, right?
1549
Living Room / Re: Which is more important: the gadget, or the software and apps that runs it?
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 26, 2011, 07:01 AM »
Wetware beats all  ;)
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Certificate
« Last post by cranioscopical on May 26, 2011, 06:48 AM »
I think it's a great idea.  :up:
-mouser (May 26, 2011, 04:21 AM)

And I'm off to fake mine right now  :)
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