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Comment on DirectX 7.0a SDK Download by Steve O Hernandez

Steve O Hernandez — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:11:08 +0000

I reuploaded the files in ZIP format since my host (m6.net – which isn’t the best but they’re cheap) over wrote my MIME settings for the 7z file format. Now you get larger file sizes but a more widely supported format.

Comment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Disk is Read-Only / Write Protected by Steve O Hernandez

Steve O Hernandez — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:50:29 +0000

If you're receiving an I/O ERROR there's something wrong with the hardware. Either the hard drive itself is going bad, the controller on the external case, or the cable. I would check all the connections and make sure everything is in there tight. You should also run a check disk (open the command prompt and run chkdsk /r DRIVE_LETTER) where DRIVE_LETTER is the letter the OS assigned to it, to see if there's any surface damage on the disk.

If you've checked everything and continue to get those errors, your disk is going to die soon. Backup your files somewhere else and try to get it replaced if its under warranty. Hope that helps.

Comment on DirectX 7.0a SDK Download by Slacker

Slacker — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Hey, the download links don’t work anymore. Care to reupload those files? Thanks.

Comment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Disk is Read-Only / Write Protected by modifaya

modifaya — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:39 +0000

Thanks alot for the help..worked like a charm but was wondering if you could help me further..my device says it has an i/o error..i cant copy files to my WD external hard disk..Is there any way you could help me out..? thank you in advance

Comment on Word 2007 will not start! by Willie

Willie — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:03:55 +0000

Also spent many hours and your fix worked!
I’m glad you referenced the event log 7003 warning, because that’s how I found you.

Comment on Ubuntu / Vista Dual Boot – Full Encryption with TrueCrypt by [ubuntu] Editing Grub to dual boot encrypted Windows. | Coders & Admins

[ubuntu] Editing Grub to dual boot encrypted Windows. | Coders & Admins — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:45:09 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Disk is Read-Only / Write Protected by John R

John R — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:58:08 +0000

Cheers. Had been using diskpart, but the clear readonly seemed to finish the job. Was about to replace the drive too.

Comment on Ubuntu / Vista Dual Boot – Full Encryption with TrueCrypt by encrypt multiple systems (Windows 7 + deb)

encrypt multiple systems (Windows 7 + deb) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:28 +0000

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Comment on ASP.NET / VB.NET: Get File Size by Steve O Hernandez

Steve O Hernandez — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:06 +0000

It looks like you’re hitting the 32-bit wall. Unsigned 32-bit integers can only take on values from 0 to 4,294,967,295. If you’re file is exactly 4 GB (4,294,967,296 bytes) then it is 1 byte over the limit and will either error out or misbehave.

It looks like your file is 70 bytes over the limit, and thus, you are being returned 70 bytes.

You would have to either 1) check for 4 GB files and display an error, or 2) run that code on a 64-bit machine. If you do the later, you’d be able to check the size of files up to 2 TB.

Good luck.

Comment on ASP.NET / VB.NET: Get File Size by Nishant

Nishant — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:39 +0000

i’m trying the below code to get the file size

filesize = filename1.Length
Dim filesize1 As String
If filesize < 1024 Then
filesize1 = String.Format("{0:N0} B", filesize)
ElseIf (filesize < 1024 * 1024) Then
filesize1 = String.Format("{0:N2} KB", filesize / 1024)
ElseIf (filesize < 1024 * 1024 * 1024) Then
filesize1 = String.Format("{0:N2} MB", filesize / (1024 ^ 2))
ElseIf (filesize < 1099511627776) Then
filesize1 = String.Format("{0:N2} GB", filesize / (1024 ^ 3))
Else
filesize1 = String.Format("{0:N2} TB", filesize / (1024 ^ 4))
End If

but for a file of 4 GB it returns me 70 B.
why this is coming pls help