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A: In encrypted data, one corrupted bit usually corrupts the whole ciphertext block in which it occurred. The ciphertext block size used by TrueCrypt is 16 bytes (i.e., 128 bits). The mode of operation used by TrueCrypt ensures that if data corruption occurs within a block, the remaining blocks are not affected.
Due to hardware or software errors/malfunctions, files stored on a TrueCrypt volume may become corrupted. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you backup all your important files regularly (this, of course, applies to any important data, not just to encrypted data stored on TrueCrypt volumes). If you do not have enough free space to backup all files, we highly recommend that you at least backup the volume header, which contains the master key (size of the backup file will be 1024 bytes). If a volume header is damaged, the volume is, in most cases, impossible to mount. To backup a volume header, click Tools -> Backup Volume Header.
See also the question 'What do I do when the encrypted filesystem on my TrueCrypt volume is corrupted?'
Will encode 2 hours of raw High Def video to Bluray (50GB) in 1 min 12 seconds with a heavy system load.-TOOWILD (August 29, 2007, 04:05 PM)
At one point I tried to fight the silly ms naming convention, but more recently, I decided to go with it for consistency (rather than fight it) and it has made my life easier. Accept the convention and things get less painful.-Metacosm (August 30, 2007, 04:30 AM)
I had a tree structure like this but you end up spending more times shuffling files than working - and a lot of things could fit in more than one category so in the end you are never sure where to look for things.
So I went to a much flatter set up and better search.-iphigenie (August 30, 2007, 07:31 AM)
the only problem with it if what Armando is saying is true (storing snapshots on the OS drive)...-justice (August 30, 2007, 03:08 AM)
Non-system partitions/removable media can not be used to store snapshots
After having tried many info dump programs, my favorite is InfoSelect 2007.
They also have again (after a many years hiatus) a 30 day trial version.
www.miclog.com
Pricey but in my opinion the best!
Greetings,
Brahman-brahman (June 21, 2007, 10:53 AM)
) uses info select. I tried it almost for a whole week and I liked it. I don't remember what version it was though... 7, maybe??? 
...)Info Select is very much a PIM and email program (some will say it enters the EITKS category...) program. OneNote is not exactly what you'd call a fullblown PIM... Well, I wouldn't. Even if Zaine files it under the Calendar, PIM and Outlining section...
)Some time ago i noticed that the more "cleaning/repairing" programs i ran, the less stable my windows OS became.
So now i never run any registry cleaners, disk check repairers, etc.
I think the reason is this:
Inside every computer that has Windows OS installed, is a tiny little miniature bill gates. And when you run these types of programs you make it very angry and it throws a fit and starts trashing things. That's just my theory,-mouser (August 29, 2007, 05:25 AM)
Another option;
run weekly backups with FirstDefense-ISR on your OS partition.
Faster, easier than acronis.
Run an incremental backup (superflexible is my fave) on your data partition.
That's what I do. I think it's pretty secure. I have a clean install of XP as a base image in FD-ISR. If things go really bad, I boot to that one. There's a long thread about how to use FD-ISR in security forums.
My strategy:
A base snapshot (windows, + drivers + barebones utils)
A working snapshot (the one I boot to everyday). You can afford to screw things up here)
An archive of the working snapshot (that's a 'last known good config'). It'll have all the programs you installed in recent history.
If you install something that craps your computer, I boot to the base snapshot, recover the last archive to the working snapshot, and then boot back to working snapshot. I hope it makes sense.
All in all, I feel pretty protected. I disconnected windows' own history, as this is a lot safer.
You could have as much as 10 archives if you wanted to, but I'm ok with one.
HTH-urlwolf (August 29, 2007, 12:19 PM)
Use Total Uninstall to monitor installations and removing the crap afterwards. You have to learn how things work in Windows before being able to use it correctly, but it's worth the effort. Since I began to use almost three years ago, computers ran as fast as they should. BTW, if you give it a try, monitor only trivial software, like games and apps, forget about drivers and Windows updates, as it could do more harm than benefit.-Lashiec (August 29, 2007, 10:12 AM)
Buy a big additional /external harddisk + Acronis Trueimage and make weekly images.
Problem with this is that when I find out that there's problems it will be a pain to revert to an identical installation without problems.
3 -- Word 2003 [with Chapter by Chapter add-in]-TomColvin (August 09, 2007, 06:13 PM)
)I read something about a product called "ZuluPad" which sounds similar to what you want. Don't know if it would have an "export" to Word function, etc. but you could contact the author. There's an open source version (according to here: http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/) and a paid version. I don't know anything much about either program.
As far as rewriting the macro... Word already has internal linking, and the macro is doing text searching (but not efficiently). I thought you could just generate the links.
Actually, probably best to ask on one of Microsofts Word forums.-tabletguy (August 27, 2007, 10:15 PM)
I can't imagine that there isnt someone out there who has already made a set of macros to do a "wiki" structure in word.
Finding it is another question.-iphigenie (August 28, 2007, 07:43 AM)
There's just one flaw in the developer's promo. He talks about doing this to thank his subscribers -- but those of us who've paid for the software already don't get a thing! Darn... I'd settle for half price on his e-book.-TomColvin (August 25, 2007, 11:20 PM)
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I dunno - I've always shaken my head at this is well.-Darwin (August 25, 2007, 11:38 PM)
I’ve been using IdeaMason heavily for 2 months now, and I’m pretty disappointed.
It won’t work for what you want to do, because as far as I can tell, it doesn’t really handle external documents well at all. There is a special “documents” tab that holds external documents, but those are not integrated into the rest of the program at all. In other words, that tab is nothing more than a link list. You can’t associate any comments or even a citation with the external doc.
And, most disappointingly for your purposes, those documents can’t be searched.
One work-around is that you can create a “library” item, which has a “source on the web” tab, and view your external document there—it allows you to enter a local file:: url. Library items can have comments and citations associated with them, so that solves that problem. But you can’t easily view your document outside of their viewer, and, again, IM search does not search within the external document.
IM has a lot of other flaws for what it’s supposed to do. I used it to research and write a major paper for my final year of law school, which is due tomorrow. I was really excited about it, and thought that it would help structure my writing process. But it just slowed me down, and continues to do so, because of all the work-arounds I have to use—and because it is so painfully slow. However, I do think it’s a nice concept, and someday I’ll write the IM folks with my wish-list and see if they’re responsive.
So this is the security software thread???-Lusher (August 24, 2007, 02:38 PM)