Questions tagged [overwrite]
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Windows INSERT key anti-functionality accidentally triggers; how to stop it permanently?
We all use editing facilities to change a line of text as we are entering it. There are two principal editing modes within a line, a) "insert mode" which inserts non-editing characters at the point of ...
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How do I delete a file that is in use by another process? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a 'locked' file?
More specifically, I'm trying to rename or overwrite a file, and get the message
Access Denied. Make sure the disk is not full or ...
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Windows 7: does formatting a disk actually write zeros to it?
According to this article from Microsoft, zeros are written to an entire disk when it is formatted (not using the quick format option) in Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows. My question is ...
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Why is it faster to copy than overwrite?
I noticed this in general: its faster to copy a large file from my computer to my USB than it is to overwrite it. For example, I have a file a.txt thats 10 gb. If my USB is blank and I copy my file to ...
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Zero filling (vs one-filling) drives: convention or practical reason?
Many tutorials suggest zero-filling a drive to fully erase it for further use, but I have never seen anyone suggest one-filling a drive for any reason. Is this an arbitrary convention, or is there a ...
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How to find the original content when the folder is already "replaced"?
I'm new to mac and I made a big mistake. I was trying to back up internal HD (macbook pro). While I wanted to save what was on internal HD's "Folder A", there was already a folder named "Folder A" on ...
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How to fill a flash drive with 1s instead of zeros
I recently ran the F3Tools on a large USB thumb drive that I purchased. It has a 240 GB FAT32 filesystem (not exFAT or NTFS, actual FAT32) on it, and it's supposed to be 256 GB, so I got slightly ...
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