Timeline for Copying files from external HDD to USB stick - will files remain anyhow on the computer's system drive?
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 22:19 | history | edited | Anxious |
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 22:00 | history | edited | Anxious | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:57 | answer | added | Canadian Luke | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:19 | comment | added | Anxious | I did reboot my computer a few hours later that day. It wasn't until days later I saw the contents of the jump drive. I'm just concerned and was wondering if you think I will be ok. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:10 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:07 | comment | added | VL-80 |
Good for you - you did not open the files. Most likely such copy-paste operation would be done directly: USB-stick -> External-drive without placing anything to the internal drive. Just reboot your computer to be sure nothing remains in RAM.
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:06 | comment | added | Tom O'Connor | " what is the likelyhood of this blowing up in my face" -- Huge. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:05 | comment | added | M.Bennett | You will probably go to jail. | |
| S Mar 4, 2014 at 16:02 | history | suggested | VL-80 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 15:52 | history | asked | Anxious | CC BY-SA 3.0 |