DC> sounds like a fun project that is only undertaken when the data is 
 DC> very valuable...  

 ml> one must remember that value is subjective, too... kinda like beauty
 ml> and the beer holder... to me, that data wasn't very valuable...
 ml> however, the challenge of getting the data off the machine was of
 ml> value... 

 DC> I've done similar things too!  It can be fun as long as you are not
 DC> under the gun.  

true... they weren't in any really hurry... they just greatly wanted that data...

 ml> especially since NTFS security stuff was in place... good
 ml> thing that the DOS NTFS driver allows access to /everything/ O:) 

 DC> You need to tell me more about the DOS NTFS driver!   

not much to tell other than it is a real memory hog and that due to the way
NTFS control buffers and such are set up in memory...

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