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| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
Computer Data too Big for Virus Program
I have developed a small Virus problem, for the last week, I have been trying to perform a deep scan of hard drive. The computer has close to 80 gigs of data, photos, etc.
This takes about 20-30 hours to run the scan and even more if I am using the computer.
I know I can skip some files, but it is not as comprehensive or conservative.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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I very seldom have my computer running more than 10 hours, and to run the computer over 24 hours is a real problem.
Then even when I am capable of running my computer for 24 hours, the Virus Program eats up all the resources.
I downloaded a small program that remove a annoying Klez viruses and this small program has been running for 10 hours, I cannot choose which folder or directory it tries to cleanse.
It appears I will have to use an external hard drive for storage, there seems no value in having a hard drive in the computer bigger than 100 gigs, the virus program just becomes too onerous to use. I am proceeding to upload 100 gigs of information for a backup, this is a huge problem. I am a traveler; I do not have these types of connections and cannot just carry two extra hard drives.
I have always envisioned that one day the on board hard drive would be come of little value on a computer, and all the data or photos of a computer would be stored in Data Centers on the Internet. For me, what I viewed as the future must happen today.
Computer Data too Big for Virus Program |
posted by Andy HoboTraveler.com @ 6:24 AM   |
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I don't think a scan should take that long. Are you using an old computer?
My favorite virus software is AVG free edition, and it never runs that long. Here's the link.
I am trying to figure out the best solution for storage as well. I have about 20 gigs of data. My plan is to zip the important folders and upload them to a private part of my website once a week in case I ever lose my laptop. I had an external hard drive, but it really just got in the way.
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The computer is just over 1 year old with an extra gig of Ram, 2.5 Gigs.
I say Gigs, but it would be better to think of Files, I have created close to one half million files, there. It take a long time, nonetheless, in this new word, I may have to go to Linux, just to make a faster type of system.
I have kept all my archives of information for up to 15 years.
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It sounds like you have a nice computer, so I agree; it must be the half-million files.
I think an external hard drive would work best. If you moved all your old files to that, it would presumably speed up the scans.
I have high speed internet here in the U.S., so I like my method of uploading the files to a hidden portion of my website via FTP. Of course, if you're using free wifi, somebody could always steal your data.
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The plan is now
1 external hard drive in USA
1 external hard drive in Thailand
1 external hard drive with me
1 Backup up on a server
I need 250 GIG Hard drives, because I expect to go from 100 Gigs to about 150 in the next year.
As I move around the world, I would leave backup in the locations.
I have already been doing this, however I will not remove the majority of archives from my computer and keep on the external hard drives I carry.
The problem now is to go buy three 250 Gig hard drives. I will do so in Thailand. If I can get my present computer clean, I guess it will last for another year if I take 50 Gigs off of it.
I have now used three programs to clean my drive. Avast, Bit Defender, and Solo
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I don't think a scan should take that long. Are you using an old computer?
My favorite virus software is AVG free edition, and it never runs that long. Here's the link.
I am trying to figure out the best solution for storage as well. I have about 20 gigs of data. My plan is to zip the important folders and upload them to a private part of my website once a week in case I ever lose my laptop. I had an external hard drive, but it really just got in the way.