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Old 07-11-2008, 06:22 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by BigV View Post
The good news is I found the reason for the error on the disk. It turns out that Windows has a fatal flaw in the translation of filenames on the disk and in the master boot record. It's an uncommon set of circumstances.

The bad news is to get rid of it you have to backup the volume, minus the offending file, format the volume, and restore the backup. Holy crap!
Computers: Can't live with 'em, can't marry 'em. No that's not it. Women! Can't live with 'em, can't reboot 'em. No, that ain't it neither. Computers: Iron my shirt dammit! Nope, I feel I'm gettin off the scent here...
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