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    Digitally sanitizing used storage media

    Thank you all for your thorough answers, I really appreciate it! One last one: in general, did old mp3-players usually have their OS (or firmware, or whatever you'd call it) on a hidden partition of the main storage, or on a separate flash memory altogether? Asking since I don't want to risk...
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    Digitally sanitizing used storage media

    Thank you all for your replies! Tech3475, your alternative sounds easiest. How is a live distro with gparted only relatively safe though?
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    Digitally sanitizing used storage media

    Hi all! Not really gaming related but I thought you fine folks still might know since I reckon some of you encounter second hand storage media from time to time. I recently bought a few old used mp3 players out of nostalgia, and I'm wondering about the best way to make them safe for use with...
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    Give-away Tempmas 2021 Raffle Giveaway - entry thread (CLOSED)

    I'm in!
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    Windows Defender warnings during scan

    Thanks for the reply Joom! I can view the defender logs in the event viewer, but there's nothing there except the regular "scan started", "scan finished", "definitions updated" and "history cleared" logs. No alerts. What MB removed was most likely something that came pre-installed on the...
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    Windows Defender warnings during scan

    Thank you for your reply! There is nothing in defender's history, not under "quarantine", "allowed" nor "all objects". But still, the warning shows up during every full scan, almost right at the very start of the scan. I'm planning on getting a new computer in a while, therefore I haven't...
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    Windows Defender warnings during scan

    Hello all! Please forgive me in advance for what might be considered a dumb question, I'm not very computer savvy. I'm on windows 8.1 64bit and I use windows defender with the latest definitions. I've never encountered anything during my weekly regular full scans, but lately I get a message...
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Mr TPC provides once more, much obliged!
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Hello again! Been happily enjoying my 3DS thanks to you guys! I just thought I'd ask if any of you know why it randomly forgets about my apps & games on startup, forcing me to "unwrap" all the "gifts" all over again? Also any order I might've placed them in is forgotten by the system. This is a...
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Mr PooCharger, you are a gentleman and a scholar! After several failed attempts with the 3ds.hacks.guide your starter kit did the trick!
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Good! I have a fresh 32gb card, no need for the old 2gb one. Following the finalizing guide there's a step stating there should be a luma folder on the sd card though, but there's not (since its just been formatted)?
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Thanks for all the good tips! I'm following the finalizing setup guide now and am about to format the 3DS since there's a bunch of junk on it from the previous user. Just to make sure, selecting Format system memory from "settings" won't get rid of b9s, just all the other stuff?
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    Perfect! Thanks again!
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    That is a good question. As a rule I just never use second hand storage media from an unknown source in my computer.
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    Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

    You've been most helpful! =) So let's see if I've gotten this right: I'll get a fresh card and start from scratch since I don't want copy the files on the second hand card that came with the 3DS to my computer because of the potential virus risk. Is it then necessary to also format my 3DS, and...
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