Re: Zero Memory?
From: I like toys and cake (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 09/18/04
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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:37:58 +0100
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> If you had posted all the thread, you'd see that this was a
> "sudden" and spyware, viruses and children using P2P all go
> together. I don't think all children are perverts but a
> great many do swap music, games and use P2P software, which
> opens the computer to the world since it is an insecure
> server application.
I'm glad to hear you don't think all children are perverts but jumping
to the conclusion that this problem is caused by filling a drive with
mp3s or by a virus is flawed and lazy analysis and rude to assume
someone's child likes to download porn. The poster stated that the
drive shows as 0 total capacity which a quick search of virus
databases shows, is not a symptom of any known virus (without other
more obvious symptoms) and although it is possible that the OP has
contracted a brand new virus it is more likely to be hardware or core
software failure
> There may well be problems with the hardware, but software
> is more likely to be the cause of the problem.
true, software does fail more than hardware but hardware does fail and
the symptoms of the problem point to the possibility
> Let's take a poll, all the other people on this newsgroup
> can vote, do kids often download software and invite Trojans
> into a computer. Yes, or No.
>
Do you have kids? I can't count the number of times mine have pointed
out to my technophobic wife that something she is about to do with a
computer will result in a virus download or similar potential threat.
Kids aren't the problem, uninformed people are and most kids are more
informed about computers than most adults. If you think the majority
of kids have no common sense and are a danger to themselves and others
simply because of their lack of birthdays you are heading for a rude
awakening, my friend.
> "I like toys and cake" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:1095528813.11712.0@ersa.uk.clara.net...
> | "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote
> in message
> | news:%23Cjtk8ZnEHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> | > "Debbie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> | > message news:200201c49d9c$3a6eb790$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> | > | Sorry, I am so computer illiterate...but I'm guessing
> hard
> | > | drive space...I looked in My Computer and it shows
> C:drive
> | > | as having both zero total size and free space. When I
> | > | looked at the disk defragmenter it showed under his
> (C:)
> | > | drive Capacity: 0. I tried to use the system restore
> also
> | > | and it said there was not enough memory to run the
> | > | program, that it would need more memory and suggested
> | > | running the disk cleanup to free up more space, but
> when I
> | > | did that it showed only about 50b could be made
> available
> | > | with cleaning.
> | >
> | >
> | > Is your son using Kaza or another P2P file swapping
> program
> | > to download music? Very likely he is doing that
> |
> | Very likely? speak for yourself or your own children.
> |
> | >, or
> | > downloading porn movies and he has used up all the free
> | > space on what is today a small hard drive. Also, the
> P2P
> | > programs mean that there are probably a number of virus
> and
> | > Trojan programs, some may have been reserved space for
> their
> | > nefarious use.
> |
> | Assuming P2P software is to blame is at best, a huge leap.
> I am
> | offended by your inaccurate view of all children as music
> pirating,
> | perverts and I think the OP would be too. How can you
> possible analyse
> | the described problem and jump to that conclusion?
> |
> | > Reformatting and a clean reinstallation would be the
> | > quickest and easiest way to fix this. And some
> education
> | > for your child.
> |
> | Re-installation is neither quick, easy or warranted and if
> anyone
> | needs an education, it appears to be you.
> |
> | As for the OP's problem if the drive shows 0 total size it
> means that
> | windows is not correctly identifying the drive for some
> reason (even
> | though it is booting from it) I think this matter has more
> to it than
> | can be discussed here and you should contact the
> manufacturer if it is
> | under warranty or take the machine to your local computer
> store. The
> | total size is the drives capacity regardless of how much
> is used, it
> | should show as +- 40GB as that is the size of the drive.
> If it is
> | showing incorrectly all of a sudden it could mean the
> drive is failing
> | or any number of software errors.
> |
> |
>
>
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