"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote in message
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Sorry, no. It doesn't get rid of everything.

Would you like to explain just WHAT reformatting does NOT get rid of?
(As a Systems accountant of some 20 years standing I would be very
interested to hear this....)

Diamontina Cocktail wrote:

Sorry, no. It doesn't get rid of everything. You don't have to
believe me though. Google is your friend.

Cite just ONE of the Google references that supports you claim.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diamontina Cocktail wrote:

This isn't a key logger problem at all. I don't know why but all
Outlook 2007s actually say they are sending whatever number of how
many emails. I sometimes see 24 of 26 and I am sending only 2 emails.
Not sure what it is all about but I know it is not spyware or
otherwise related.

When people have more than one account, Outlook calculates those numbers
incorrectly.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote in message
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Sorry, no. It doesn't get rid of everything.

Would you like to explain just WHAT reformatting does NOT get rid of?
(As a Systems accountant of some 20 years standing I would be very
interested to hear this....)


Boot block for one and other areas of the hard disk you consider out of
reach that are there, nevertheless. However, as I said, if you want to know
more, Google it.

Having been a "Systems accountant of some 20 years" then you should know
that about Google!

"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote in message
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Boot block for one

Umm AFAIK "boot block" is a piece of code in the BIOS (which is resident on
the Motherboard NOT the HDD) and so is not affected by reformatting
anyway...

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Diamontina Cocktail wrote:

This isn't a key logger problem at all. I don't know why but all
Outlook 2007s actually say they are sending whatever number of how
many emails. I sometimes see 24 of 26 and I am sending only 2 emails.
Not sure what it is all about but I know it is not spyware or
otherwise related.

When people have more than one account, Outlook calculates those numbers
incorrectly.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Ahh is THAT why? I never knew exactly why but I knew it was nothing any
spyware or other nasty was doing. Thanks for that.

Gordon wrote:

Umm AFAIK "boot block" is a piece of code in the BIOS (which is
resident on the Motherboard NOT the HDD) and so is not affected by
reformatting anyway...

Not true. The book block is an area on the disk itself to which the
bootstrap code in the BIOS passes control after reaching the end of its own
code. Often there is more than one boot block on the disk so that in the
event one is lost, the disk is still bootable, but that depends on the
operating system.

Nonetheless, a repartition of the disk erases the prior boot block and a new
format restored a new copy, so DIamontina is wrong as well.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Gordon wrote:

Umm AFAIK "boot block" is a piece of code in the BIOS (which is
resident on the Motherboard NOT the HDD) and so is not affected by
reformatting anyway...

Not true. The book block is an area on the disk itself

This page says not:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/compBoot-c.html

Gordon wrote:

This page says not:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/compBoot-c.html

From Microsoft's Knowledgebase:

On Intel-based computers, the system BIOS controls the initial operating
system boot process. After the initial Power On Self Test (POST) when
hardware components are initialized, the system BIOS identifies the boot
device. Typically, this is a floppy disk or a hard disk. In the case of the
hard disk, the BIOS reads the first physical sector on the disk, called the
Master Boot Sector, and loads an image of it into memory. The BIOS then
transfers execution to that image of the Master Boot Sector.

From Wikipedia:
A boot sector (sometimes called a bootblock) is a sector of a hard disk,
floppy disk, or similar data storage device that contains code for booting
programs (usually, but not necessarily, operating systems) stored in other
parts of the disk.

I can cite as many sources as you wish, including my own Computer Science
degree courses, indicating that the "boot block" or "boot sector" is on the
disk.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]