Named Streams

[Guest Rob]

I just installed EMC's DiskExtender this weekend adn am getting many files

that have named streams, which the system will not archive.

I do not know much about the anmed streams, but have downloaded and ran the

streams.exe form the sysinternals page and they do indeed have sstreams

attached. This ustility also allows you to remove the streams, but i have no

idea what the consequences are since I don't know how the streams got put in

place in the first place. It seems to primarily be with graphic files and

thumbs.db and .exe files.

Can anyone "Educate" me as to the ups and downs of removing the streams from

all the files?

Thanks

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: Named Streams

 

Do you have these funny computers that i can't remember the name...ha yes !

Macintosh ! LOL

 

NTFS introduced streams to be compatible with these half pie computers... I

think you have or had macos...

Streams are usefull for them!

 

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:404FA1F5-AD5E-452A-AB63-11220BD74C6C@microsoft.com...

>I just installed EMC's DiskExtender this weekend adn am getting many files

> that have named streams, which the system will not archive.

> I do not know much about the anmed streams, but have downloaded and ran

> the

> streams.exe form the sysinternals page and they do indeed have sstreams

> attached. This ustility also allows you to remove the streams, but i have

> no

> idea what the consequences are since I don't know how the streams got put

> in

> place in the first place. It seems to primarily be with graphic files and

> thumbs.db and .exe files.

> Can anyone "Educate" me as to the ups and downs of removing the streams

> from

> all the files?

> Thanks

[Guest Rob]

Re: Named Streams

 

No macs ever here, but that doesn't mean some of these items haven't been

acquired from others with a mac. many of these are either advertising or

presentation related, so there may have been input from multiple sources, not

just local.

 

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Do you have these funny computers that i can't remember the name...ha yes !

> Macintosh ! LOL

>

> NTFS introduced streams to be compatible with these half pie computers... I

> think you have or had macos...

> Streams are usefull for them!

>

>

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>

>

> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:404FA1F5-AD5E-452A-AB63-11220BD74C6C@microsoft.com...

> >I just installed EMC's DiskExtender this weekend adn am getting many files

> > that have named streams, which the system will not archive.

> > I do not know much about the anmed streams, but have downloaded and ran

> > the

> > streams.exe form the sysinternals page and they do indeed have sstreams

> > attached. This ustility also allows you to remove the streams, but i have

> > no

> > idea what the consequences are since I don't know how the streams got put

> > in

> > place in the first place. It seems to primarily be with graphic files and

> > thumbs.db and .exe files.

> > Can anyone "Educate" me as to the ups and downs of removing the streams

> > from

> > all the files?

> > Thanks

>

>

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: Named Streams

 

strange, because streams are lost if files are copied over FAT or email.

 

If it's PPT and no apple on the network you can get rid of these streams

 

you can copy these files to FAT32, then back to NTFS to remove streams.

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:479A078B-20D4-435A-9300-E743FBA67D0B@microsoft.com...

> No macs ever here, but that doesn't mean some of these items haven't been

> acquired from others with a mac. many of these are either advertising or

> presentation related, so there may have been input from multiple sources,

> not

> just local.

>

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> Do you have these funny computers that i can't remember the name...ha yes

>> !

>> Macintosh ! LOL

>>

>> NTFS introduced streams to be compatible with these half pie computers...

>> I

>> think you have or had macos...

>> Streams are usefull for them!

>>

>>

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>>

>>

>> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:404FA1F5-AD5E-452A-AB63-11220BD74C6C@microsoft.com...

>> >I just installed EMC's DiskExtender this weekend adn am getting many

>> >files

>> > that have named streams, which the system will not archive.

>> > I do not know much about the anmed streams, but have downloaded and ran

>> > the

>> > streams.exe form the sysinternals page and they do indeed have sstreams

>> > attached. This ustility also allows you to remove the streams, but i

>> > have

>> > no

>> > idea what the consequences are since I don't know how the streams got

>> > put

>> > in

>> > place in the first place. It seems to primarily be with graphic files

>> > and

>> > thumbs.db and .exe files.

>> > Can anyone "Educate" me as to the ups and downs of removing the streams

>> > from

>> > all the files?

>> > Thanks

>>

>>

[Guest Rob]

Re: Named Streams

 

I don't have a FAT32 system to write them to, but the streams.exe utility I

mentioned does have that capability to remove them.

 

And oddly enough, the ppt files have migrated with no problems. So they must

have been created locally or at least from someone on a PC it sounds like.

 

I will see if anyone else has a differing opinion about removing them, but

it seems to me I should be able to do just that with no repercussions.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> strange, because streams are lost if files are copied over FAT or email.

>

> If it's PPT and no apple on the network you can get rid of these streams

>

> you can copy these files to FAT32, then back to NTFS to remove streams.

>

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

>

>

> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:479A078B-20D4-435A-9300-E743FBA67D0B@microsoft.com...

> > No macs ever here, but that doesn't mean some of these items haven't been

> > acquired from others with a mac. many of these are either advertising or

> > presentation related, so there may have been input from multiple sources,

> > not

> > just local.

> >

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> Do you have these funny computers that i can't remember the name...ha yes

> >> !

> >> Macintosh ! LOL

> >>

> >> NTFS introduced streams to be compatible with these half pie computers...

> >> I

> >> think you have or had macos...

> >> Streams are usefull for them!

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

> >>

> >>

> >> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:404FA1F5-AD5E-452A-AB63-11220BD74C6C@microsoft.com...

> >> >I just installed EMC's DiskExtender this weekend adn am getting many

> >> >files

> >> > that have named streams, which the system will not archive.

> >> > I do not know much about the anmed streams, but have downloaded and ran

> >> > the

> >> > streams.exe form the sysinternals page and they do indeed have sstreams

> >> > attached. This ustility also allows you to remove the streams, but i

> >> > have

> >> > no

> >> > idea what the consequences are since I don't know how the streams got

> >> > put

> >> > in

> >> > place in the first place. It seems to primarily be with graphic files

> >> > and

> >> > thumbs.db and .exe files.

> >> > Can anyone "Educate" me as to the ups and downs of removing the streams

> >> > from

> >> > all the files?

> >> > Thanks

> >>

> >>

>

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