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Opinicus
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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: "01-01-2098" & "31-12-2097" |
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{WinXP all updates in place}
My 500 gig USB drive (W hiccuped (for lack of a better term) the other day
and for a while Windows was unable to access it. (An error message that
flashed by said something about "W:*" being missing or somesuch.
A reboot brought it back. Just this morning I noticed that the last-modified
dates have been changed to "01-01-2098 00:00:00" on 4 files and to
"31-12-2097 23:00:00" on one file. The files (videos all) seem to be OK.
What happened? And how do I fix the dates?
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Pegasus (MVP)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: Re: "01-01-2098" & "31-12-2097" |
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"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:13meqqi2rgkmp28@news.supernews.com...
| Quote: | {WinXP all updates in place}
My 500 gig USB drive (W hiccuped (for lack of a better term) the other
day and for a while Windows was unable to access it. (An error message
that flashed by said something about "W:*" being missing or somesuch.
A reboot brought it back. Just this morning I noticed that the
last-modified dates have been changed to "01-01-2098 00:00:00" on 4 files
and to "31-12-2097 23:00:00" on one file. The files (videos all) seem to
be OK.
What happened? And how do I fix the dates?
--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com
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There are many so-called "touch" utilities that you can use
to change a file date, e.g. from here: http://pobox.com/~stevemil. |
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M.I.5¾
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: Re: "01-01-2098" & "31-12-2097" |
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"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:13meqqi2rgkmp28@news.supernews.com...
| Quote: | {WinXP all updates in place}
My 500 gig USB drive (W hiccuped (for lack of a better term) the other
day and for a while Windows was unable to access it. (An error message
that flashed by said something about "W:*" being missing or somesuch.
A reboot brought it back. Just this morning I noticed that the
last-modified dates have been changed to "01-01-2098 00:00:00" on 4 files
and to "31-12-2097 23:00:00" on one file. The files (videos all) seem to
be OK.
What happened? And how do I fix the dates?
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This is in fact a more serious problem than it appears. Under certain
circumstances file dates of this type can affect the system clock with all
the side effects that causes. There are a number of utilities that you can
use to change the file timestamps back to reality. My personal choice is
Touch Pro. This particular one has a try before you buy mode that will
allow reset of file time stamps of individual files (but not folders).
Should you wish to buy the full version, IIRC, it is not expensive by any
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Pegasus (MVP)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:26 am Post subject: Re: "01-01-2098" & "31-12-2097" |
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"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:13meqqi2rgkmp28@news.supernews.com...
{WinXP all updates in place}
My 500 gig USB drive (W hiccuped (for lack of a better term) the other
day and for a while Windows was unable to access it. (An error message
that flashed by said something about "W:*" being missing or somesuch.
A reboot brought it back. Just this morning I noticed that the
last-modified dates have been changed to "01-01-2098 00:00:00" on 4 files
and to "31-12-2097 23:00:00" on one file. The files (videos all) seem to
be OK.
What happened? And how do I fix the dates?
This is in fact a more serious problem than it appears. Under certain
circumstances file dates of this type can affect the system clock with all
the side effects that causes. There are a number of utilities that you
can use to change the file timestamps back to reality. My personal choice
is Touch Pro. This particular one has a try before you buy mode that will
allow reset of file time stamps of individual files (but not folders).
Should you wish to buy the full version, IIRC, it is not expensive by any
means.
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How can a weird or corrupted file date have an effect on the
System Clock. Please elaborate! |
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