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Opinons sought on external storage
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 | 18 Comments

I'm looking to add some storage capacity to my network so I can implement a disk to disk to tape backup. Here's what I have: HP Proliant DL380 G3 server - 3 - 36.4 GB 10k U320 SCSI drives in RAID 5...

My Windows XP is Now in Drive L:! Please Help.
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Please be kind enough to help me with the following. Somehow, I lost Partitions C: and D: on my machine. I could not repair the Windows XP in Partition C:. So, I setup the Windows XP again, but now...

Flashing WD Ultra 100 TX2 w/ Promise BIOS
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi there. This card is a private-labeled Promise Ultra 100 TX2 sold by Western Digital. Does anyone know if it can be flashed with the newer BIOS on the Promise site? Thanks. Western Digital =...

What's the best external external USB HDD to get? And safe to connect to an UPS?
Posted on October 22nd, 2005 | 5 Comments

It is mainly for archiving big videos, big graphics, music, backups, etc. What's the best external USB HDD to get? I have used Maxtor USB HDD at work. It is nice, but it gets hot! I am worried about...

Hard drive size and BIOS?
Posted on October 22nd, 2005 | 3 Comments

How does one tell how large a hard drive any specific BIOS will handle ? What is winXPpro maximum hard drive size for partitioning and formatting? Thanks Xeno

RocketRaid problems on xSeries 205
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have an xSeries 205 server and a HighPoint rocketraid 454 card. I have tried the card in pretty much all the PCI slots and still the sounder on the card bleeps continuously when the server is...

? Laptop Hard Drives- Go with USB2 or 5400 RPM internal
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 11 Comments

Hello everyone, Just wondering which option makes sense. I wish to do some video editing.My laptop's hard drive is 60GB 4200 RPM. I find it is slow. Should I go with an 120 GB external 7200 rpm...

DELL Laptop/Harddrive Power Compatibility
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 11 Comments

Greetings. To move data from my old harddrive to my new one, I want to put my old harddrive inside a (borrowed) DELL Inspiron 8600, and copy files from my old drive to my new one, residing in my...

Anyone used Acronis True Image 9.0 yet?
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 14 Comments

Are there any major improvements (from a real-life point of view - not those expressed by Acronis on their website) over previous versions? Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data...

installing hard drive
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 2 Comments

i have taken a hard drive from a windows 2000 system (secondary) and am trying to install into windows xp system. when i run windows xp after installing, the hard drive is not listed. when you...

HDD noises
Posted on October 21st, 2005 | 36 Comments

My replacement 7K60 laptop drive, which is only four months old and was silent until this week, suddenly produces spinning (not seeking) noise along the lines of whirr-whirr-whirr, at a frequency of...

sata and ide with dual boot
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi, Setup: mobo&proc: AsusA8NSLI-delux, athlon 64 2 SATA drives: sda with xp (in grub (hd0,0) and mbr sdb with fedora4 (64bit setup) (in grub hd1,0 is /boot and /ext is hd1,1)) grub siting on mbr...

The Science of DATA Recovery
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 11 Comments

The Science of DATA Recovery Hosted by "Mr. Stack" Can we recover that which is lost? Can data which is written to disk be relegated to the ashes of time? Scientists in Burbank, California** believe...

FA: Western Digital 80gb Hard Drive WD800BB
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 0 Comments

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WD data lifeguard tools on a HDD with data on it
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 33 Comments

I installed a new 200GB hard drive as a slave drive using western digital data lifeguard tools. After uninstalling some software, Windows 2000 (SP4) now reports the drive as unformatted. I have...

SATA Drive Performance Problems
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have recently upgraded to a SATA HD and I've noticed that in one situation, it's a lot slower than my IDE drive was. It's when I'm burning multiple DVD's (using Nero) at the same time from files...

USB hard disk speed?
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 22 Comments

When I recently copied about 4.6GB from my AcomData 7200RPM USB 2.0 60GB external disk drive to a Verbatim 16X DVD+R disk via my Plextor PX-716A 16X internal drive, there were several pauses to...

best external USB drive 100GB+
Posted on October 20th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Any tips for the best (i.e., reliable) external USB drives (at least 100GB). I read that overheating/ventilation were the biggest problems they all shared. I know that is what killed my Western...

Calculating possible partition size
Posted on October 19th, 2005 | 14 Comments

When you specify a general partition size (such as 8000 MB), this usually gets changed to some other value, I guess because of cylinder boundaries or something. How do you calculate what is and isn't...

Acronis Restore Question
Posted on October 19th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I need to restore a couple of files with Acronis True Image. When I try to do that, I get a new drive letter, say M, and I can list that drive M with many programs. However, when I copy a file from...