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Transferring files from Windows 98 pen computer to Windows XP tabl
Mine is a most bizarre request for information and I don't know where to post
it. To give a brief summary of why and what I am looking for, I filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (the governing medical board for doctors practicing in this province) against a psychiatrist who minimized sibling sexual abuse as a "common occurrence" without asking any pertinent questions about the abuse (i.e. How old was I . .. . How old was my brother . . . Etc.). This minimization was the cause for reinforcing all the negative feelings I had about myself (a common effect of abuse, whereby the victim blames his/herself). The College decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to print out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. I am hoping to find that there were *no* issues with transferring files between these two operating systems, casting doubt on his statement whereby the College is forced to look seriously at my complaint of fraud. Where would I find any information about transferring files from Windows 98 "pen" to Windows XP "tablet" and if there were any compatibility difficulties between them? |
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Transferring files from Windows 98 pen computer to Windows XP tabl
"shemar" wrote in message
... . . . decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: .. . . He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. 1. Your chances appear small. You may lack enough knowledge of computers to make for yourself those inquiries that may serve your cause. 2. Many users (perhaps you too) have difficulty learning how to work with new hardware or new software. In giving the doctor the benefit of the doubt the College is following the main precedents in this sort of case. 3. Operating systems have little or no effect on data files e.g. documents. (But there are differences, e.g. that WinXP can be set to record two dates for each file, of first creation and last alteration, while Win98 records only "Date Modified.") File format is the important character of data files (e.g. affects how easily data files can be transferred from one PC to another) and some software (e.g. MS Word) can be configured to keep a sort of log of changes made in a file. But you do know what software the doctor used, or what format his data files had. 4. No difference between "pen" and "tablet" PCs is relevant (even if the user felt at the time they seemed very different.) All that counts is file format, which derives from the application software, not the PC's Operating System (WinXP or Win98: the only link is that some WinXP software will not run at all under Win98.) 4. Your strongest point seems to be that when the College ordered that the original files be printed out the doctor did not do this but supplied a handwritten and rewritten narrative. But you cannot be sure the College's judicial body understands #3 and $4 above. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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"shemar" wrote in message
... . . . decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: .. . . He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. 1. Your chances appear small. You may lack enough knowledge of computers to make for yourself those inquiries that may serve your cause. 2. Many users (perhaps you too) have difficulty learning how to work with new hardware or new software. In giving the doctor the benefit of the doubt the College is following the main precedents in this sort of case. 3. Operating systems have little or no effect on data files e.g. documents. (But there are differences, e.g. that WinXP can be set to record two dates for each file, of first creation and last alteration, while Win98 records only "Date Modified.") File format is the important character of data files (e.g. affects how easily data files can be transferred from one PC to another) and some software (e.g. MS Word) can be configured to keep a sort of log of changes made in a file. But you do know what software the doctor used, or what format his data files had. 4. No difference between "pen" and "tablet" PCs is relevant (even if the user felt at the time they seemed very different.) All that counts is file format, which derives from the application software, not the PC's Operating System (WinXP or Win98: the only link is that some WinXP software will not run at all under Win98.) 4. Your strongest point seems to be that when the College ordered that the original files be printed out the doctor did not do this but supplied a handwritten and rewritten narrative. But you cannot be sure the College's judicial body understands #3 and $4 above. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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shemar wrote:
Mine is a most bizarre request for information and I don't know where to post it. To give a brief summary of why and what I am looking for, I filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (the governing medical board for doctors practicing in this province) against a psychiatrist who minimized sibling sexual abuse as a "common occurrence" without asking any pertinent questions about the abuse (i.e. How old was I . .. . How old was my brother . . . Etc.). This minimization was the cause for reinforcing all the negative feelings I had about myself (a common effect of abuse, whereby the victim blames his/herself). The College decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to print out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. I am hoping to find that there were *no* issues with transferring files between these two operating systems, casting doubt on his statement whereby the College is forced to look seriously at my complaint of fraud. Where would I find any information about transferring files from Windows 98 "pen" to Windows XP "tablet" and if there were any compatibility difficulties between them? This query, as set-forth, is more in-line with a legal matter which no one in this group would purport to provide absolute expert answer for, therefor a legal disclaimer would be and is necessary. This type of information request or requested advise regarding potentials which may be or are within the scope of legal advise, are best handled by an actual licensed attorney or otherwise authorized party, and whatever expert testimony or other as might be obtained through proper legal methods. The same holds true for administrative activities which this query apparently contains. Let me provide a general disclaimer and Notice for the responders to perhaps provide more opportunity for responses: ---- Disclaimer and Notice for *Transferring files from Windows 98 pen computer to Windows XP tabl*: The responders to this instance query are in no way or form attempting to provide expert, free, distinct, or otherwise legal advise in this matter; nor expert testimony or otherwise to be used outside this distinct and limited matter wherein this disclaimer has been placed. The qualifying responses are to be construed in light of honest attempts to provide opinionated general information regarding operating systems and/or related matter to the best knowledge of the party, and therefore not to be found as nor construed in any other form or fashion. This disclaimer and Notice is not to be construed nor considered as: an allowance for personal attacks or offensive statements; for matters outside the scope of this present activity; for matters outside the scope of this instance; for deliberate attempts to provide false or mis-leading statements or materials, regardless of the applicability to the instant matter. Queries of this type should be addressed towards licensed and/or otherwise authorized members of the legal profession. --END Referencing the above; Transferring files between devices and computers may affect the dates of those files depending upon HOW the transfer was done. The content of those files may be affected by WHEN AND WHERE those files were accessed, in addition to transference method employed, as in draft copies verses finalized documents, change from one format to another or modification of same, or otherwise. File dates and times may be accessed and modified by various tools readily available. Files may also be affected when opening and/or when changed/converted between differing versions or sub-versions of an application, such as Microsoft Office. Files may also be affected when containing external or additional materials such as data base, template, footnote, forms, or other like activities. 9X does have the ability to provide both creation and access/modification dates and times, however those may be affected by the above mentioned activities, as well as other factors such as direct transference to another operating system or filing/storage system. Your attempt to address this a *re-wrote* issue fails on its face. Moreover, you specifically note there was a change in the OS [9X to XP] which may or does affect the files due to the differing access and filing methods, and compatible applications as well. The administrative review has apparently taken these potential activities under consideration. Unless you can prove beyond reasonable doubt [not in a legal sense but in a reasoning sense] that there was a distinct and decided REAL attempt to defraud you and the administrative board/school, your appeals to the board/school will likely fail, regardless of how you word them here or elsewhere. One could reasonable question why hand-written verses printed was used, however, that would require more extensive examination. Potentially, a review of both the actual saved *as printed* from both the *pen* and OS, verses presented *hand-written* might be of value, however, that may already have been taken under consideration, or the materials may no longer be available in their prior form. Proceeding and proving otherwise will require you to contact a member of the legal profession as it will apparently require application of other methods and proofs. You may wish to contact any available legal or like help group at the school/university for suggestions or advise. -- MEB Windows Networking, Diagnostics, and other materials http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm The "real world" of Law, Justice, and government http://peoplescounsel.org ------- |
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shemar wrote:
Mine is a most bizarre request for information and I don't know where to post it. To give a brief summary of why and what I am looking for, I filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (the governing medical board for doctors practicing in this province) against a psychiatrist who minimized sibling sexual abuse as a "common occurrence" without asking any pertinent questions about the abuse (i.e. How old was I . .. . How old was my brother . . . Etc.). This minimization was the cause for reinforcing all the negative feelings I had about myself (a common effect of abuse, whereby the victim blames his/herself). The College decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to print out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. I am hoping to find that there were *no* issues with transferring files between these two operating systems, casting doubt on his statement whereby the College is forced to look seriously at my complaint of fraud. Where would I find any information about transferring files from Windows 98 "pen" to Windows XP "tablet" and if there were any compatibility difficulties between them? This query, as set-forth, is more in-line with a legal matter which no one in this group would purport to provide absolute expert answer for, therefor a legal disclaimer would be and is necessary. This type of information request or requested advise regarding potentials which may be or are within the scope of legal advise, are best handled by an actual licensed attorney or otherwise authorized party, and whatever expert testimony or other as might be obtained through proper legal methods. The same holds true for administrative activities which this query apparently contains. Let me provide a general disclaimer and Notice for the responders to perhaps provide more opportunity for responses: ---- Disclaimer and Notice for *Transferring files from Windows 98 pen computer to Windows XP tabl*: The responders to this instance query are in no way or form attempting to provide expert, free, distinct, or otherwise legal advise in this matter; nor expert testimony or otherwise to be used outside this distinct and limited matter wherein this disclaimer has been placed. The qualifying responses are to be construed in light of honest attempts to provide opinionated general information regarding operating systems and/or related matter to the best knowledge of the party, and therefore not to be found as nor construed in any other form or fashion. This disclaimer and Notice is not to be construed nor considered as: an allowance for personal attacks or offensive statements; for matters outside the scope of this present activity; for matters outside the scope of this instance; for deliberate attempts to provide false or mis-leading statements or materials, regardless of the applicability to the instant matter. Queries of this type should be addressed towards licensed and/or otherwise authorized members of the legal profession. --END Referencing the above; Transferring files between devices and computers may affect the dates of those files depending upon HOW the transfer was done. The content of those files may be affected by WHEN AND WHERE those files were accessed, in addition to transference method employed, as in draft copies verses finalized documents, change from one format to another or modification of same, or otherwise. File dates and times may be accessed and modified by various tools readily available. Files may also be affected when opening and/or when changed/converted between differing versions or sub-versions of an application, such as Microsoft Office. Files may also be affected when containing external or additional materials such as data base, template, footnote, forms, or other like activities. 9X does have the ability to provide both creation and access/modification dates and times, however those may be affected by the above mentioned activities, as well as other factors such as direct transference to another operating system or filing/storage system. Your attempt to address this a *re-wrote* issue fails on its face. Moreover, you specifically note there was a change in the OS [9X to XP] which may or does affect the files due to the differing access and filing methods, and compatible applications as well. The administrative review has apparently taken these potential activities under consideration. Unless you can prove beyond reasonable doubt [not in a legal sense but in a reasoning sense] that there was a distinct and decided REAL attempt to defraud you and the administrative board/school, your appeals to the board/school will likely fail, regardless of how you word them here or elsewhere. One could reasonable question why hand-written verses printed was used, however, that would require more extensive examination. Potentially, a review of both the actual saved *as printed* from both the *pen* and OS, verses presented *hand-written* might be of value, however, that may already have been taken under consideration, or the materials may no longer be available in their prior form. Proceeding and proving otherwise will require you to contact a member of the legal profession as it will apparently require application of other methods and proofs. You may wish to contact any available legal or like help group at the school/university for suggestions or advise. -- MEB Windows Networking, Diagnostics, and other materials http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm The "real world" of Law, Justice, and government http://peoplescounsel.org ------- |
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That 'pen' computer is probably an early tablet. Some manufacturers (eg,
Fujitsu) called their first tablets 'pen'. So I would recommend asking in a tablet group. Whether or not there is an issue with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP depends only on the hardware involved. There is no issue at all with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP as far as the operating systems are concerned - a file is a file is a file. But if there was no common compatible transfer medium (eg, Compact Flash Card) or if there was no way to physically connect the machines together (eg, connecting to a common network) then the transfer may have been declared too difficult. If the reference to the operating systems being incompatible is taken at face value, that means there was a conversion problem, not a transfer problem (how could he know there was an incompatibility unless he had attempted to access the file?). It is very common that people who switch from W98 to XP find that they can no longer access their files. Questions about this in the XP newsgroups are common. For instance, they might have had MS Works in Windows 98, but their XP came with Office. Unless they are aware of the problem, it appears that their files are inaccessible. The solution is actually simple, and any half competent PC tech should be able to answer it immediately. For the tablets, the problem might be more significant. As the document is recorded as a graphic, not text, it is possible that conversion is more difficult. I would be surprised if it was impossible, but it may have been difficult enough to make it easier to recreate the files (why you would do that in the same format, having just experienced such an incompatibility issue, I don't know, but people have done much stranger things than that with important files). People in the tablet groups would be up to speed about accessing W98-format handwritten files from XP. If that's what happened, the rewrite would have been dated the date it was actually done, and if he wanted it to look like the original then he needed to go back and change the dates. Again, that probably isn't too difficult to do, but it appears that instead he chose to rewrite it by hand once again. (Note that the dates the file system uses are probably not relevant - the date that prints on the document is almost certainly a date recorded in the document, not the date that the OS records for the file). But I think the point is moot. Whether or not he could have done the transfer from W98 to XP, he didn't. Similarly, whether or not he could have forged the dates in the rewritten file, he didn't. Instead he created a handwritten copy from the copy he had on the XP tablet. It seems to me that there are two possible issues you could consider. One 'hole' you might investigate is whether it is regarded as acceptable to provide a copy of a copy (both, presumably, not notarised) in response to a request for the original notes. I know that when I was investigating documentation that was required to be maintained by law, any claim that the original was no longer available had to be supported by evidence, or the copy would not be accepted. For instance, if it was on a PC that was stolen, where were the police reports, insurance claim etc? In this case, where is the account from the PC technician who attempted to do the file transfer/conversion and failed? The problem here is that it seems that the copy of a copy has already been accepted as adequate. The other question that might be relevant is where are the original notes now? Did they get transferred to the XP tablet and if so can they now be provided for someone else to view and transcribe (or, as is likely possible) convert to XP format and print? If they didn't get transferred, is the original W98 'pen' (or its backup media) available for examination? If the original isn't available then are there any issues regarding proper keeping of records that need to be investigated? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "shemar" wrote in message ... Mine is a most bizarre request for information and I don't know where to post it. To give a brief summary of why and what I am looking for, I filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (the governing medical board for doctors practicing in this province) against a psychiatrist who minimized sibling sexual abuse as a "common occurrence" without asking any pertinent questions about the abuse (i.e. How old was I . . . How old was my brother . . . Etc.). This minimization was the cause for reinforcing all the negative feelings I had about myself (a common effect of abuse, whereby the victim blames his/herself). The College decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. I am hoping to find that there were *no* issues with transferring files between these two operating systems, casting doubt on his statement whereby the College is forced to look seriously at my complaint of fraud. Where would I find any information about transferring files from Windows 98 "pen" to Windows XP "tablet" and if there were any compatibility difficulties between them? |
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Transferring files from Windows 98 pen computer to Windows XP tabl
That 'pen' computer is probably an early tablet. Some manufacturers (eg,
Fujitsu) called their first tablets 'pen'. So I would recommend asking in a tablet group. Whether or not there is an issue with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP depends only on the hardware involved. There is no issue at all with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP as far as the operating systems are concerned - a file is a file is a file. But if there was no common compatible transfer medium (eg, Compact Flash Card) or if there was no way to physically connect the machines together (eg, connecting to a common network) then the transfer may have been declared too difficult. If the reference to the operating systems being incompatible is taken at face value, that means there was a conversion problem, not a transfer problem (how could he know there was an incompatibility unless he had attempted to access the file?). It is very common that people who switch from W98 to XP find that they can no longer access their files. Questions about this in the XP newsgroups are common. For instance, they might have had MS Works in Windows 98, but their XP came with Office. Unless they are aware of the problem, it appears that their files are inaccessible. The solution is actually simple, and any half competent PC tech should be able to answer it immediately. For the tablets, the problem might be more significant. As the document is recorded as a graphic, not text, it is possible that conversion is more difficult. I would be surprised if it was impossible, but it may have been difficult enough to make it easier to recreate the files (why you would do that in the same format, having just experienced such an incompatibility issue, I don't know, but people have done much stranger things than that with important files). People in the tablet groups would be up to speed about accessing W98-format handwritten files from XP. If that's what happened, the rewrite would have been dated the date it was actually done, and if he wanted it to look like the original then he needed to go back and change the dates. Again, that probably isn't too difficult to do, but it appears that instead he chose to rewrite it by hand once again. (Note that the dates the file system uses are probably not relevant - the date that prints on the document is almost certainly a date recorded in the document, not the date that the OS records for the file). But I think the point is moot. Whether or not he could have done the transfer from W98 to XP, he didn't. Similarly, whether or not he could have forged the dates in the rewritten file, he didn't. Instead he created a handwritten copy from the copy he had on the XP tablet. It seems to me that there are two possible issues you could consider. One 'hole' you might investigate is whether it is regarded as acceptable to provide a copy of a copy (both, presumably, not notarised) in response to a request for the original notes. I know that when I was investigating documentation that was required to be maintained by law, any claim that the original was no longer available had to be supported by evidence, or the copy would not be accepted. For instance, if it was on a PC that was stolen, where were the police reports, insurance claim etc? In this case, where is the account from the PC technician who attempted to do the file transfer/conversion and failed? The problem here is that it seems that the copy of a copy has already been accepted as adequate. The other question that might be relevant is where are the original notes now? Did they get transferred to the XP tablet and if so can they now be provided for someone else to view and transcribe (or, as is likely possible) convert to XP format and print? If they didn't get transferred, is the original W98 'pen' (or its backup media) available for examination? If the original isn't available then are there any issues regarding proper keeping of records that need to be investigated? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "shemar" wrote in message ... Mine is a most bizarre request for information and I don't know where to post it. To give a brief summary of why and what I am looking for, I filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (the governing medical board for doctors practicing in this province) against a psychiatrist who minimized sibling sexual abuse as a "common occurrence" without asking any pertinent questions about the abuse (i.e. How old was I . . . How old was my brother . . . Etc.). This minimization was the cause for reinforcing all the negative feelings I had about myself (a common effect of abuse, whereby the victim blames his/herself). The College decision favored in the doctor. About a week after receiving the College's decision, I received a copy of my file as recorded by this psychiatrist, in which the College based their decision. Within minutes of receiving this file, I noticed a discrepancy in the content of the file and had alerted the College right away. When I reviewed it further, I found multiple differences of what he wrote and what actually occurred. The whole file had been rewritten from beginning to end, which led me to file another complaint of fraud. In the course of this investigation, it became known that the doctor did indeed rewrite my file, not once but twice and he gave the following explanation: He had a "pen" computer with Windows 95 and when he bought a new pen computer with Windows 98, he had no trouble transferring files from one computer to another. Then in 2002, he bought a "tablet" computer with Windows XP. He is maintaining that the operating system of Windows 98 was not compatible to Windows XP and therefore he ran into problems transferring files forcing him to hand write all his file notes into the new computer. When I had filed the standard of care complaint against him, he went to out the file to send to the College and found that it had a "computer generated date" on each printout that didn't correspond to the actual date of the session but rather it reflected the date on which he "rewrote" the file into the new tablet computer. He felt that I would be upset if I saw this computer generated date, so he rewrote it again, and sent the College a copy of the handwritten file to their request for a copy of the "original" file. The College was willing to believe him to the extent that they ruled in his favor again. I am appealing the College's decision and am looking for any holes that I can possibly find in the doctor's above noted statement. I am hoping to find that there were *no* issues with transferring files between these two operating systems, casting doubt on his statement whereby the College is forced to look seriously at my complaint of fraud. Where would I find any information about transferring files from Windows 98 "pen" to Windows XP "tablet" and if there were any compatibility difficulties between them? |
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Thank-you Don, MEB and Jeff for your replies.
As I mentioned, I just need enough information to cast some doubt that the investigation to my complaint wasn't just a "cursory" observation done by the investigator (who, by the way, is another doctor). Having received all the material from the investigation, other than the investigator looking at the doctor's notes on his computer, as well as looking to see what date it was "created" on, I can find no evidence that questions or issues were raised about software. I don't know what sort of software he had used in Windows 98, but the "electronic" file from Windows XP was written on a very simplistic, basic format, similar to this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/te...33&av=Z SC000 I have asked that the College obtain for me information as to what he was using for software, but they refuse to comply. So far, I am able to show the College that the "created" date can be manipulated simply by disconnecting the computer from the Internet, changing the date and then saving a file to a CD. To demonstate this, I am providing them with a CD with correspondence they have recently received from me, which I have dated back to as far as 1982 and even some up to 2015. I believe this to be important, as this is what determined that the doctor told the "truth" as to why he rewrote my file. This is not a "court" case but rather disciplinary action would be imposed if he were found guilty of fraud (ie his license revoked). As such, I am without benefit of a lawyer (although the doctor has one), and the appeal will be presented by me in front of a College board panel of three (2 doctors, 1 layperson). If I were to win the appeal, then this would go before a panel of the doctor's peers, where a lawyer from the College would take over. So the onus is not on me to "prove" that he committed fraud, but that the investigation didn't do a thorough investigation; thus the main reason why I am seeking information about transferring files. If there is the "possibility" that the doctor was lying about compatibility issues and if the investigator didn't delve deep enough, hopefully this will provide me with a strong argument for my appeal. I thank-you all again for being so responsive to my inquiry. I hope I didn't bore you with too much details. |
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Thank-you Don, MEB and Jeff for your replies.
As I mentioned, I just need enough information to cast some doubt that the investigation to my complaint wasn't just a "cursory" observation done by the investigator (who, by the way, is another doctor). Having received all the material from the investigation, other than the investigator looking at the doctor's notes on his computer, as well as looking to see what date it was "created" on, I can find no evidence that questions or issues were raised about software. I don't know what sort of software he had used in Windows 98, but the "electronic" file from Windows XP was written on a very simplistic, basic format, similar to this: http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/te...33&av=Z SC000 I have asked that the College obtain for me information as to what he was using for software, but they refuse to comply. So far, I am able to show the College that the "created" date can be manipulated simply by disconnecting the computer from the Internet, changing the date and then saving a file to a CD. To demonstate this, I am providing them with a CD with correspondence they have recently received from me, which I have dated back to as far as 1982 and even some up to 2015. I believe this to be important, as this is what determined that the doctor told the "truth" as to why he rewrote my file. This is not a "court" case but rather disciplinary action would be imposed if he were found guilty of fraud (ie his license revoked). As such, I am without benefit of a lawyer (although the doctor has one), and the appeal will be presented by me in front of a College board panel of three (2 doctors, 1 layperson). If I were to win the appeal, then this would go before a panel of the doctor's peers, where a lawyer from the College would take over. So the onus is not on me to "prove" that he committed fraud, but that the investigation didn't do a thorough investigation; thus the main reason why I am seeking information about transferring files. If there is the "possibility" that the doctor was lying about compatibility issues and if the investigator didn't delve deep enough, hopefully this will provide me with a strong argument for my appeal. I thank-you all again for being so responsive to my inquiry. I hope I didn't bore you with too much details. |
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Jeff Richards wrote:
That 'pen' computer is probably an early tablet. Some manufacturers (eg, Fujitsu) called their first tablets 'pen'. So I would recommend asking in a tablet group. Whether or not there is an issue with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP depends only on the hardware involved. There is no issue at all with the physical transfer of files from Windows 98 to XP as far as the operating systems are concerned - a file is a file is a file. But if there was no common compatible transfer medium (eg, Compact Flash Card) or if there was no way to physically connect the machines together (eg, connecting to a common network) then the transfer may have been declared too difficult. If the reference to the operating systems being incompatible is taken at face value, that means there was a conversion problem, not a transfer problem (how could he know there was an incompatibility unless he had attempted to access the file?). It is very common that people who switch from W98 to XP find that they can no longer access their files. Questions about this in the XP newsgroups are common. For instance, they might have had MS Works in Windows 98, but their XP came with Office. Unless they are aware of the problem, it appears that their files are inaccessible. The solution is actually simple, and any half competent PC tech should be able to answer it immediately. For the tablets, the problem might be more significant. As the document is recorded as a graphic, not text, it is possible that conversion is more difficult. I would be surprised if it was impossible, but it may have been difficult enough to make it easier to recreate the files (why you would do that in the same format, having just experienced such an incompatibility issue, I don't know, but people have done much stranger things than that with important files). People in the tablet groups would be up to speed about accessing W98-format handwritten files from XP. If that's what happened, the rewrite would have been dated the date it was actually done, and if he wanted it to look like the original then he needed to go back and change the dates. Again, that probably isn't too difficult to do, but it appears that instead he chose to rewrite it by hand once again. (Note that the dates the file system uses are probably not relevant - the date that prints on the document is almost certainly a date recorded in the document, not the date that the OS records for the file). But I think the point is moot. Whether or not he could have done the transfer from W98 to XP, he didn't. Similarly, whether or not he could have forged the dates in the rewritten file, he didn't. Instead he created a handwritten copy from the copy he had on the XP tablet. It seems to me that there are two possible issues you could consider. One 'hole' you might investigate is whether it is regarded as acceptable to provide a copy of a copy (both, presumably, not notarised) in response to a request for the original notes. I know that when I was investigating documentation that was required to be maintained by law, any claim that the original was no longer available had to be supported by evidence, or the copy would not be accepted. For instance, if it was on a PC that was stolen, where were the police reports, insurance claim etc? In this case, where is the account from the PC technician who attempted to do the file transfer/conversion and failed? The problem here is that it seems that the copy of a copy has already been accepted as adequate. The other question that might be relevant is where are the original notes now? Did they get transferred to the XP tablet and if so can they now be provided for someone else to view and transcribe (or, as is likely possible) convert to XP format and print? If they didn't get transferred, is the original W98 'pen' (or its backup media) available for examination? If the original isn't available then are there any issues regarding proper keeping of records that need to be investigated? Uhm, *pen* computer may also be a reference to a *pen drive* storage media, commonly found and referenced as such, though it may have actually contained an actual OS as in your pen computer reference. There may be additional issues such as: *complex/compound* documents [when is a file not the document, when is a document not the file] (among other potentials); or factors such as one of the numerous medical records applications and their handling of documents and data; or something similar to Omni-Filer, where the finished materials are only available from within the application as they are stored in multiple data files [missing one or more? the original is impossible to recover in its original form], and once accessed again, the document/files times are changed. -- MEB Windows Networking, Diagnostics, and other materials http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm The "real world" of Law, Justice, and government http://peoplescounsel.org ------- |
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