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I think, I will just let someone backup the data one by one thru the external hard drive (enclosure) terabyte in size, for now. Because this must be done the shortest possible time. And later, I will just put up a backup server, so that it won't repeat the same problem we're having on transferring data.
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hifiger2004
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Is there any way I could intercept and modify character data sent to an Epson/IBM emulating dot matric printer? I understand that the data transmitted is very simple, just ASCII characters with ESC codes for control. It is these ESC codes I wish to insert into or remove from the data sent to the printer.
At worst I suspect could somehow detect the beginning of a transmission, delay it while sending the interlopers, and then resume. Or is that really wishful thinking?
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None I know about, but it's out of my league anyway. But he[^] might know.
You can of course create a copy of the printer, setting it to print to a file instead of the device. Open and edit the file before sending it to the real printer.
Ok, the method is admittedly a bit clumsy. 
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Not at all too clumsy if the process is automated. Set the printing program to print to the file, with a FileSystemWatcher to modify and forward the file to the printer. Actually quite feasible, thank you.
How do I create such a copy of the printer?
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Goto printers and Faxes and add a printer.
Make it a "Local printer attached to this computer."
Then "Use the following port: FILE: /Print to File)"
Make sure it uses the same printer driver as the real printer and give it a fitting name.
Later on you send the modified file to the real printer using "copy (Name of file.prn) /b lpt1" or whichever port the printer is connected to.
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Hello, I have an instrument that is connected to computer via USB. I want when I plug in the device an icon to be displayed in system tray. I don't want any specific function like a menu or blinking or anything else. Just when I plug the device an icon to be displayed and when I unplug it the icon goes away how can I do this?
thanks.
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You can't do this artibtrarily. There is no setting you can change to magically pop out an icon in the tray. You'd have to write your own application to monitor the driver to see if it's loaded and then put up your own icon.
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Hi Guys,
I am using Microsoft outlook, and when I tried to right-click the Inbox folder and click on "properties" it brings up the other window - Inbox Properties.
In that window select the "Administration" tab. Here you will see that the "This folder is available to:" is disabled. Is there a way to enable this one?
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hifiger2004
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I'm trying to draft a backup strategy for a small business. They have two PC's, and two to three laptops on a workgroup network. One PC runs the accounting package, and is used by the secretary to do invoicing, quotations etc. The other PC is not used for much except printing quotations in colour, and providing ADSL access to other machines on the network. I will loosely term this one the 'server'.
I'm proposing a UPS for the two PC's and monitors, and am considering some sort of scheduled backup process, where designated directories on other machines are copied to the 'server', and the server writes a daily incremental backup to DVD at the end of each day, but that is where my knowledge (or lack) of backup schedules or systems ends.
Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely
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We found DVD writing to be difficult to automate.
Incremental backups are inconvenient when doing a full restore, because you have to go right back to the first backup and restore every one from there. If there are any failed or damaged backups, you end up with a broken chain and often can't restore to a consistent state.
What we used to do, until recently, was perform a full backup weekly onto a removable hard disk (we had two disks in USB caddies) then a daily differential backup to DVD. A differential backup backs up the files that have changed since the last full backup, so Monday's backup backs up the changes on Monday, Tuesday backs up the changes from Monday and Tuesday, and so on. (We did our full backups on Friday night spanning to Saturday morning.) Technically, this is often implemented with the Archive bit in the file system. Any time a file or folder is modified the OS sets the archive bit. The backup software clears it when doing a full or incremental backup. The backup software backs up files with the bit set when doing an incremental or differential backup.
You have to decide how long you're going to keep backups for. We used to have a two-week plan, although I think that was a bit risky - if your system fails during the second full backup, you only have one full backup available and if that's bad, you lose everything, not just the last week's work.
We recently invested in new servers and now use Backup Exec to back up to LTO-4 tape (800GB native capacity, 1.6TB compressed at 2:1), doing a full backup every night, retaining one month of tapes with one tape per month (actually every four weeks) being taken out of rotation and kept for a year. As a development house we're constantly generating more and more data.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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Not really an answer to the question. I think it's been answered well enough already.
But I always start with finding out the budget.
Consider a hypothetical backupsystem and how often you make the backup:
How much is the lost work time, lost credibility with customers, plus the time of getting the data back or system working again worth?
How much is the cost of getting the same data back, including the cost of hardware, software and work?
The equilibrium in cost tells you how often you need to backup and how much the system may cost
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In their case the costs of lost data are very low. The volume of data is low, all business is currently done on paper. The only reason quotations and invoices are captured, in Excel, is to print them. All customer records are on paper, and filing is physical filing of printed documents, not file system filing. They are slowly, an with some encouragement from their IT consultant, moving toward using an accounting system for at least invoicing. Initially that will be the only critical area of IT for the business.
Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely
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In that case I would get some USB disks to run the backups to. If you don't want to buy a backup program and like me don't like the builtin backup from microsoft, then you can make a simple scripted backup using robocopy, from the windows resource kit tools, with the /MIR parameter.
Make an extra CD/DVD every week or month or so, to store offsite for example in a bankdeposit box.
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Hi,
I have in my C drive there is a file called FTM280.tmp which is having 3.81 GB. Also there is an additional file called FTM280.tmp.SegmentInfo which is having only 4 kb. Recently I have installed Visual Studio 2008 and Sql Server Management Studio Express.
Does this file belongs to any of the above software? Even though I googled with the file name, I didn't get any result. If i delete that file, will it affect any software? Since it is taking huge size, I would like to delete the same. Pls reply asap.
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Meeram.
Meeram395
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It's a temporary file from Microsoft's File Transfer Manager, used by Connect and MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Launch FTM through whatever site's Resume Download feature and cancel the download.
When the download completes, the FTMnnn.TMP file is renamed to the final filename.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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Hi, my computer is infected by the virus w32.floopy.a[^]. I already clean this virus from my system.
But one thing that made me difficult is the hidden folder and hidden ms. word file. When I try to remove the hidden file from the property page of the file or folder, I found that the hidden property could not unchecked. Because there are many file remain in my system, it is really difficult for me to make the file become visible.
Does anyone has any comment method to solve this problem? Thank in advance!
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Why not just make Hidden Files and Folders visible in Explorer, if all you're trying to do is delete them.
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I already tried in windows explorer. But the hidden property of the file is disable. I couldn't make change to the check box. Do you have any other solution to solve it? Thank in advance.
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The directory is probably marked as a SystemDirectory. This means you have to clear the system attribute before you can remove the hidden attribute. You should use attrib for this.
Wout Louwers
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Ok, thank you very much for your support. I will try this command line to clear this attribute of the file.
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WoutL wrote: You should use attrib for this.
Thank you very much for your help. Now i already solve the problem by using this command line.
Thank you.
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Hi guys,
does anyone know a software that at least ATTEMPTS to recover data after a "full format" (which, AFAIR, initializes the disk with 0es). I have promised to try anything, and the bill isn't on me, so any hints are appreciated.
I don't have access to the disk yet, but from the description, things seem pretty bad.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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"If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
modified on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 9:07 AM
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If it was truly (and fully) zeroed only data recovery companies can do that however it will cost several thousand dollars and the hard drive will be disassembled / permanently damaged so data can be read directly off the platters.
John
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Jörgen, thanks for the links. And thanks for freshening up my knowledge of the inner workings of the format command 
I had the "work on a backup"-part figured out already. Will use dd, though. I knew TestDisk (cgsecurity) before, and have used it with success, but it isn't the easiest tool to use.
Anyway, thanks for the thousands of links, which now will be forever stored in my favs.
Thank you VERY much!
Cheers,
Sebastian
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"If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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