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Re: Micoshaft silently micoshafting your disk drive

  • Subject: Re: Micoshaft silently micoshafting your disk drive
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:42:28 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / ISBE, Manchester University / ITS / Netscape / MCC
  • References: <2TiNg.17438$r61.8798@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>
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__/ [ 7 ] on Monday 11 September 2006 20:34 \__

> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/11/1342224&from=rss
> 
> Uh oh!
> 
> It appears micoshaft is silently micoshafting your disk
> and turning it into a spinning wizz of trashed data.
> 
> No fix as yet for irrecoverably trashed data despite you having paid.
> 
> Oh well.
> 
> Loads of open source free OSes here to replace data corrupting
> micoshaft OS.  http://www.livecdlist.com
 
Microsoft Windows already does that to your MBR... by design.

"Eliminate Ze Enemy."

Best wishes,

Roy

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