This is like a Friday night at the VFW or American Legion after all the old vets get liquored up. Just sit back and watch the fun.

When I'm at that golden age and forget to take my meds I want to be the fun "crazy" guy, not the troll on a photog forum.

Yeah my apologies, I assumed you were using Windows. Unfortunately this article only covers Linux and Windows. I'm sure there is documentation out there for MacOS as well. Good luck!

OH this is not an easy solution unless you understand the technology for sure. But basically the steps involved would assume you have a spare drive (same capacity) as the failed drive, and you immediately catch the failure and take the steps to re-initiate the "mirroring" from the assumed good spare drive to the new replacement.


I found this link, which does not relate to your specific RAID management software, but I hope it helps, or at least provides and understanding of why you can't simply just access that data on the mirrored drive.
You might want to skip down to the Windows section (if that's what you are using).

https://recoverhdd.com/blog/how-to-recover-the-data-from-raid-1-array.html

I don't know your situation or why this is happening, but if closing a card affects your score that much, you might have larger issues to deal with. I close store cards all the time and never see any movement on my credit report.


But then again, I'm just following this thread as an excuse to eat popcorn.

You two are speaking my language with Linux

I try not to push people to it because I would quickly become their defacto troubleshooter when they couldn't figure something out. But out of all the operating systems I play with, it is my go-to at home.

This isn't a suggestion to switch by any means, but the latest Debian based Linux distros have jumped light years in terms of user friendliness and compatibility with 3rd party peripherals/hardware.

Some of us in the network security field think the worst virus on the machine is the human running it sometimes, they are usually the ones that keep us in business....

End point is just a fancy name for a device. Defender is an end point protection device. It is the blanket term being used to encompass any protection on a computer (anti-virus,anti-malware, firewall..etc....).



Cheers!

I did some research on why the update didn't automatically disable SMB1 and also install SMB2, because the default action was set in the updates to do just that so users didn't lose the file/sharing capability. The best I can guess is it was somehow manually disabled through an endpoint protection device and the update never properly happened. I double checked my own system and everything was set by default to disable v1 and automatically enable v2.

Think of protocols as two people speaking a common language (X). A new boss comes in and tells the two people that all communication will now be in languate (Y) for efficiency and better communication. One of the two individuals immediately adapts to language (Y) and has no problem working in that environment. The second person refuses to change (update) their language and doesn't learn language (Y), and all of a sudden can't communicate with anyone and is no longer productive. (This is an over simplification of course)

SMB is a protocol that the application layer uses to communicate. If Micro$oft patched or disabled a vulnerable protocol it is then up to the vendor to update their software to include updated/patched protocols so the operating system and peripherals can communicate. While you may think that all of your peripherals "used" MS software, that is just because those vendors provided their drivers and support features via a signed package that was easily retrieved through the MS ecosystem. It is still on that 3rd party vendor to update their drivers either on their corporate website or via MS repositories.

And MS did "tell you" via the update and patch notes that all of us seem to just disregard when updating our systems. It is then up to the vendors to upgrade their firmware to use the new standards.

I hope this helps a little. Cheers.

Very much appreciated Dick!

I am always one for bashing the all great and mighty Micro$oft...but I have to side with them on this one. SMBv1 is a huge security risk and they are protecting a wider range of malware, specifically the ransomware named WannaCry, which could basically turn your entire PC into a huge dust collector.

It is up to 3rd party hardware/software vendors to update their aged code that utilizes out of date software. So in this case, and only this case, I would direct my energies as the manufacturer of the printer, camera, and SD card reader.

I've read the same. After you get past the fear mongering of some new type of Skynet device stealing peoples creative control, it just didn't live up to what the devs promised.

It could very well be. By the time the solvent is wiped clean from it and the lubricant/oil is applied any ammonia that would be present has long since evaporated. That's when the bouquet of aromatics scream "take me to the range".

I don't get an ammonia vibe from a freshly cleaned and oiled firearm, but our palettes may be different