[pchelpers] Re: "Laplink" USB Cable

Eugene Ramulu wrote:
> Thanks for the replies Scott and PcCowboy.
> 
> It seems like the crossover Ethernet cable is the more logical choice.. =
> But I was hoping to avoid doing network configuration on the second PC. =
> I regularly pull out Hard drives from their cases and stick them into my =
> portable drive to clean out viruses, salvage files, etc. I was looking =
> for an easier way.
That would be nice, but the problem of cleaning virus infections is made 
difficult if the infected system is trying to remove active programs 
that may be both replicating and broadcasting themselves. That is why 
the passive cable connection works so well- it immobilizes the nasties 
before removing them.
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