How long does it take to format 1TB HDD?

I don't know, I am really stuck. I spent 10 hours doing full format and it's just 1% completed; what the heck! As I searched, people said that it's more than a couple day. I think it could be and it could be up to 3 or 4 days. However, you can do quick format if you don't want to spend much time with it.

Then, a question comes up! What is the difference between full format/normal format and quick format?

The answer is:

"When you choose to run a regular format on a volume, files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors. The scan for bad sectors is responsible for the majority of the time that it takes to format a volume.

If you choose the Quick format option, format removes files from the partition, but does not scan the disk for bad sectors. Only use this option if your hard disk has been previously formatted and you are sure that your hard disk is not damaged."

I got it from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686.

In my personal front, I recommand not to use 1TB as one drive; it could be more trouble. For example, if you defragment the drive (1000GB storage) or do defragmentation in the drive, you need to spand more than 5 days or a week (if it is full of files). Not only this, but it also spend much time to do error-checking.

If you don't want that, you should divide this 1TB to many drive as you want. For me I made 4 drives with capacity 600GB for movies, music, etc.; 200GB for ebook, tutorial, education, etc.;, 100GB for my studio, and project; and 31.5GB for temporary and uncategory files.

Oh! You might wonder where is another 78.5GB. The capacity of 1TB is 1000GB and only 931.5GB is available for usage.

អុញ៎! ខ្ញុំសុំសន្លប់មួយ!

ថ្ងៃ​មួយ មាន​បុរស​ម្នាក់​ជិះ​សេះ​និង​ឆ្កែ​របស់​គាត់​មួយ​ក្បាល់ បាន​ធ្វើ​ដំនើរ​ឆ្លង​កាត់​វាល​ខ្សាច់​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ។ ដោយ​សារ​ថ្ងៃ​ក្តៅ​ខ្លាំង​និង​មាន​ភាព​ហត់​នឿយ​ទៀត​នោះ គាត់​ក៏​បាន​យក​ទឺក​ដែល​សល់​តិច​តួច​យក​មក​ផឹក។

ពេល​នោះ​ស្រាប់​តែ​មាន​សំលេង​មួយ​ចេញ​មក "អញ​ដើរ​រហូត! ហត់​ចង់​ឡាប់​ហើយ មិន​ទាន់​អោយ​ទឹក​អញ​ផឺក​ផង! វា​ជិះ​អញ​ស៎ោះ ផឹក​ទឹក​មុន​អញ​ទៀត!" ​(សេះនិយាយ)

ពេល​នោះ​ទាំង​មនុស្ស​ទាំង​ឆ្កែ​ភ័យ​ស្ទើរ​ស្លាប ក៏​រត់​ទៅ​បាត់។ "អុញ៎! មើល​ពួក​វា!" សេះឆ្ងល់។

និយាយ​ពី​មនុស្ស​និង​ឆ្កែ​ម្តង ក្រោយ​ពី​បាន​រត់​បាន​ឆ្ងាយ​បន្តិច ពួក​គេ​ក៏​សំរាក​ទាំង​ដង្ហើម​មិន​ដល់​សួត។ ពេល​នោះ​ឆ្កែ​និយាយ​ទាំង​ភ័យ "ភ័យ​ចោល​ម្តាយ! ស្វត​ចេះ​និយាយ!"

អា៎...! ខ្ញុំ​សុំ​សន្លប់​មួយ! (ឆ្កែ​ចេះ​និយាយ​ទៀត!)

អុញ៎!

The Future Photo Museum

Hehe ... My future photo is a fisherman! Can it be? I got this prediction from http://en.miraino.jp/ (I knew it from Barbie), go and see!

This is "Neferas".


This is "neferas".



I think, we can get many photos from a name. I can say I'll get a new photo if I put "nEferas". Hahhahaa ... Let's try!



Oh! No, nEferas = Neferas; but NefEras is difference.





Huh? What is that? I put "NeEeras" and become ...

1TB Hard Disk Drive (^_-)

Today, I bought a new Hitachi HDD from PTC. The biggest capacity of HDD in Cambodia, 1TB. But it's only 1000GB; not 1024GB as I expected. Hehe ... What I's happy the most is it cost only $190 because I remember last year it cost $300.



So, I am transfering data to my new Universe. Anyway, I'll the posts the picture soon.

Hehe ... Comments?

Today, I am crazy with design my blog! Any comments?



I'll tell you more about making transparent background with 100% opacity text.

Virtumonde Virus!

I just got out of hell. You know what Virtumonde made me trouble maybe 3 days ago. This is because I installed Smiley Central (coz I like Smiley Emotion). First, I didn't know my PC went wrong because of Smiley Central. When I searched about safety of Smiley Central, many people and forums said that it's Adware, Spyware or Malware.



Then I was stuck! I didn't know what I's gonna do next. I tried to remove Smiley Central and My Web Search but my PC ran slower than before. Then I used Norton to scan the Virus and you know what it's damn funny! Norton said "Congratulation! There is no virus in your PC". (I wanna cry! What the crazy Norton! I always trusted Norton but ...)



The next day, I downloaded and install two genius anti-virus Spy Sweeper and Ad-Aware 2008. When I did scan with Spy Sweeper, the program said my PC was inflicted by Virtumonde and many trackers!. I's a bit happy because Spy Sweeper killed it. But 10 minute later, I got the same problem; my PC ran slowly when I opened any programs.

The third anti-virus was Ad-Aware. I did full scan the same as I did before and I got a report. 23 viruses! All came from folder My Web Search, which is the main root of Smiley Central! Oh my godness! Not only this But:

Misc: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\msimg32.dll (MyWebSearch)
Malware: C:\Windows\System32\windrvNT.sys
Adware (Virtumonde): C:\Users\Neferas\AppData\Local\Temp\removable.bat
Trojan: C:\Users\Neferas\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp00200fc8
Extended Engine: C:\Windows\System32\mIJYPOHB.dll (Trojan)
...



Then I thought the virus was gone, but when I did scan with Spy Sweeper again, I still saw the Virtumonde in PC memory and registry. So, I's sure it still hid in somewhere in my PC.



The next scan, I used Avira. This time, Avira deleted many files that it knows the files are Virtumonde virures. And most of the files are in Windows\System32\ folder. (Unfortunately, I have no Avira license to do full scan in my PC.)



At last, Gods bless me! I did research about Virtumonde maybe in 24 hours and I got a result. I met a program called VondoFix and this program saved my life. Just 2 click, my PC became normal again! Thank Thank Thank VondoFix!

The Big Boss: C:\Users\Neferas\AppData\Local\Temp\ddcCRkca.dll

But you cannot delete it, coz it hides itself running in Windows Explorer. you need to use Dellater or whatever to delete it before Winlogon start! Anyway, VindoFix will do it for you!



To sum up, Virtumonde cannot win Neferas, the genius developer! Anyway, I need to thank VondoFix!



About Anti-Virus:

Norton: (I don't need to say!)
Spy Sweeper: Good at scanning memory and registry
Ad-Aware: Good at Spyware, Adware, and Malware
Avira: The best virus detector!

Oh! I forgot! DO NOT INSTALL "Smiley Central" in your PC! It's damn virus!

I will tell you more about how to delete this virus and how the Virtumonde do in the PC.
(I will put the link here when I post!)

For Newbie Blogger to Advance Blogger

Sometime, people find it's easy to be a blogger because some people don't care too much about what the code (CSS) is and what they do is posting. However, if you want to be advance blogger, sometime it doesn't because you'll don't know what to do if you want to put this and that without anyone credit. (If you are good at Web Programming such HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you might think it's easy.)

First step you move, you need to learn HTML language, CSS style, and JavaScript if you could. I recommand this website for you, http://www.w3schools.com/. You can learn them quickly and easily.

After that, the next move is the understanding of blog. I tested many kind of blog, and I found that http://www.blogger.com/ is the best blog because you can do any thing without pay. Thus, first you can learn about blogger's help and practice.

Finally, you have your wings. You can visit and learn many styles and tricks from other blogs by "Right-click and View Source". I am sure you can do it. I recommand some useful blogs; they all will teach you how to be an advance blogger.

http://www.jackbook.com/
http://www.blogskins.com/
http://buzz.blogger.com/
http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/
http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com/
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/

If you want to learn more, you can do search in google and you can download ebooks that talk about blogger (I know, but I forgot the title).

G'Luck! :)