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What Purged Files on My Wife's Hard Drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="noob_for_life" data-source="post: 1532260" data-attributes="member: 309169"><p>Gotta love young teens. The response from my 14 year old and his cousin: "most likely not but maybe"</p><p></p><p>Let's say I wanted to test this happening and I didn't want to destroy my computer. Suppose I copy a large numbers of files to a dummy user ID on the computer and then, as that user, rename the home directory, and soon after name it back. Would that be both an accurate and safe test?</p><p></p><p>Any idea how long I would need to leave it with the bad name?</p><p></p><p>Naturally, I'll make sure I have a full backup before doing anything.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again!</p><p></p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noob_for_life, post: 1532260, member: 309169"] Gotta love young teens. The response from my 14 year old and his cousin: "most likely not but maybe" Let's say I wanted to test this happening and I didn't want to destroy my computer. Suppose I copy a large numbers of files to a dummy user ID on the computer and then, as that user, rename the home directory, and soon after name it back. Would that be both an accurate and safe test? Any idea how long I would need to leave it with the bad name? Naturally, I'll make sure I have a full backup before doing anything. Thanks again! Gary [/QUOTE]
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