Matt

So today I decided that it would be a good idea to get rid of some of the crap partitions that Dell installed on my harddrive. In the process, I managed to kill grub. At first it wouldn't even get to the menu, but I reinstalled grub, and my menu was back. Now, unfortunately, whenever I try to boot, it throws Error 22, saying that it can't boot from the partition. I'm hoping that it's a simple issue with my menu.lst. Here's some info: Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0

You probably have the Open Source version of VirtualBox (Virtual Box OSE). It has issues with USB. The closed source version works with USB for me every time. Look here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

They do it to help prevent possible data loss from an ntfs drive. I'm not too fond of it either, and we're not the only ones: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/689/

New Palm Pre won't work with old apps Pre and Web OS are clear departure from previous phones and won't work with old Palm apps, official says January 10, 2009 (Computerworld) LAS VEGAS -- "The new Palm Pre, which runs on the new Web OS operating system, will not work with older applications supported on the Palm Treo and other smart phones, a Palm Inc. official confirmed. "We're not emulating [applications from] the old Palm OS, but will allow third-party emulation," said Pam Deziel, vice president of product management, in an interview Friday at the International CES trade show. "We're figur

I get this error when I don't properly unmount / "safely remove hardware" from a windows boot. See if that's it.

Yep.

Thanks for the info guys.

For anyone interested, here's a hjt scan of the Windows 7 Beta Build 7000: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:36:31 AM, on 1/10/2009 Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.2904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7000.0000) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Windows\System32\StikyNot.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe C:\Program Files\T

So, in other words, it's backwards-compatible and I can buy either?

My laptop came with a 1.5 Gb/s harddrive. I'm looking to upgrade and I was wondering if my laptop's motherboard will only support 1.5 Gb/s Sata drives, or can I put in a 3.0 Gb/s? It's a Dell XPS M1530, if that helps.

Well the fact of the matter is that this is the situation. These are rules decided upon by other groups at other websites. We don't have an active anti-malware info-base here at BestTechie that's hidden from everyone. Because of that, all of our helpers come here from other sites. Like it's been stated, helpers are simply following the rules. Many of the people who have come to this decision are at GeeksToGo WhatTheTech SpywareInfo MalwareRemoval ASAP/Maddoktor2 BleepingComputer UNITE And some other places.

This is where you are wrong. It takes a lot to look at a log, identify the infections, and know how to work with them.

Just throwing in my $0.02 As I used to be an active part of the malware community, I understand the need for privateness. Yes. we don't want malware writers to have full access to out defense methods. Yes, some tools should require some special training. On the other hand, I don't know anyone in the malware community who won't admit that the system is flawed. Different sites have different rules. Different members of different ranks at different sites have different ideals. ASAP is a good example of this. Personally, I think that the "politics" of malware removal has gotten a bit corrupte

Here's to eight years of... b.s.

A new year, a new look

Very cool hitest! Get a good deal? Why not put 64 btt on there? Also, what's with the Windows wallpaper?

Blim, it also wouldn't be a bad idea to head over to the HJT forum just to have someone double-check that your computer is completely clean. I know you don't like to mess around over there, but its really not hard! This post is a good resource, whether or not you want to post a log: http://www.besttechie.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=13853

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What the hell... closed.

For anyone interested, http://www.systemlookup.com/ seems to be that standard database now.

This is sad. They were such a contributor in the anti-malware community. Hopefully UNITE has come up with an alternative...

For those of you who haven't seen this on the blog yet, Jeff called the software company 'Finally Fast' to inquire about their software. I can't believe what happened on the phone! If you have a Digg account, help spread the word: http://digg.com/software/Finally_Fast_BUSTED_on_YouTube Also, here's the original article: http://www.besttechie.net/2008/12/21/final...ast-phone-call/

As in, make a virtual machine without an os disk? VMWare lets you download a variety of OS images: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/45

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