Sentences with phrase «overwriting system files»

Most install sheets for CyanogenMOD are over 20 steps, and the majority of carrier - sold Android devices have locked bootloaders that must be cracked, officially or otherwise, before rooting, installing a custom recovery, backing up the original files and, finally, overwriting system files with Cyanogen.

The users discovered the issue in May when using a new Lenovo laptop that automatically and covertly overwrote a system file on every boot, which downloaded a Lenovo updater and installed software automatically, even if Windows was reinstalled from a DVD.

If you need to delete or overwrite a system file in Windows 7 or Vista, you'll quickly notice that you can not delete system files, even as administrator.

Not exact matches

This means the files are «marked» internally as eligible for the computer operating system to overwrite with subsequent data.

My main two issues were and still are that the update did not check first for system compatibility and that the new version irreversibly overwrote the previous file.

«CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the file system overwrites data in place.

It just goes to show that the WPBT isn't even necessary — PC manufacturers could just have their firmwares overwrite Windows system files.

If you want more information about what the system configuration backup contains, and what it will potentially replace / overwrite, then definitely check out our guide to backing up your configuration file here.