is Powershdow harmful to Harddisk?

Discussion in 'sandboxing & virtualization' started by koreanmark, May 18, 2007.

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  1. koreanmark

    koreanmark Registered Member

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    oh, I c, thanks. you are quite nice.
     
  2. Chuck57

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    I suspect the number of users is in the millions, as flinchlock mentioned. I read that many schools in China use it, businesses, etc.

    The Chinese are putting out some great software these days, with PS and Eqsecure which I haven't tried yet but have been following in the threads.
     
  3. mitchelson

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    The atmosphere here becomes strange, some guy turns irrational......

    Sure,PS is not perfect-- no other app can achieve that .

    It is just your personal choice if use it or not, I can't see the necessity to argue about it anymore

    IN fact, PS has been commercially sold in Hongkong&Taiwan market for a long time. (maybe not in such name) So, there r a lot of people using PS nowadays.
     
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  4. koreanmark

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    no other app can achieve that? really?
    Is it a bug of Powershadow?
    Should people bear the damage to hardisk?
     
  5. mitchelson

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    U just keep saying PS will damage your HD , but without any proof.

    I will not reply again, sorry ; U just go ahead. :)

    But it will be much better to report such bug to PS official forum,isn'it?
    Is there anything perfect (including software)existing in the world? I really don't think so.
     
  6. koreanmark

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    As I know, in China, the public pc cafe and school mostly use the recovery card or Deepfreeze. No Admin will install a software that allow people to select shadow mode without password in a public pc.
     
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    This morning while surfing the net in Shadow mode I laid my glasses on the computer tower. I came out of Shadow mode to update my AV. Now my glasses are gone. Man I hate that.
     
  8. Perman

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    Hi, folks: Despite of continuing debates back and forth, Koreanmark does point out a visible weakness of PS; it does not have a password protection. Switching in and out of shadow mode as easy as folks picking up chopsticks, let alone the so-called total security. Therefore I doubt any given schools or public institutions in China would worry-freely adopt it. May I be allowed to say PS is not bullet proof in this regard ? Have a nice one.
     
  9. flinchlock

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    IF you want PS to always be in shadow mode, just tweak the boot.ini to make it the ONLY choice... a "Kiosk". I wouldn't doubt there is already an option to do that.

    Mike
     
  10. Perman

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    Hi, folks: Nice to know this. Thanks.
     
  11. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    Let's get back on topic which is:"is Powershdow harmful to Harddisk?'. Also, see this post.
     
  12. koreanmark

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    as I know, the PS reads the the boot.ini option which user choose from here.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
    SystemStartOptions = xxxx

    if someone know this, can change boot.ini easyly.

    Now, It is easy to find the source code of PS in some chinese sites. I think it is too weak to use PS in a public pc.
     
  13. Peter2150

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    Since there is no more apparent discussion on the topic "is Powershadow harmful to Harddisk, this thread will be closed. Please continue discussion in one of the several Powershadow threads.

    Pete
     
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