A computer components & hardware forum. HardwareBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » HardwareBanter forum » General Hardware & Peripherals
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Post New Thread
Threads in Forum : Storage (alternative) Forum Tools Search this Forum Feed Icon
  Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Reverse Sort Order Replies Views
eSata multibay enclosure with multiport SATA by Rob Nicholson
We've recently upgraded the hard disks in our development server replacing 2 x 300GB & 2 x 400GB SATA drives with 4 x 750GB. Wow, what a lot of storage for virtual machines... But we're left with those original drives and wondered what to do with them. One option is to stick them in USB...
August 14th 07 01:12 PM
by Rob Nicholson Go to last post
2 329
Drive letter missing by Don Pyeatt
Hopefully someone here can help this nearly-geezer. I'm running an XP SP2 machine that until recently has been well behaved. Seemingly, after installing software for my wife's new Sony camera, drive "H" has vanished. I have a floppy (A&B), two hard drives (C&D), two optical drives (E&F) and...
August 14th 07 02:26 AM
by Don Pyeatt Go to last post
2 397
Problems With Seagate's Advanced Replacement Service - Follow Up to Please Read Before Buying A Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drive by Pecos[_2_]
It has taken more than four months but I have finally returned the refurbished Maxtor hard drive that failed. See http://www.pecos-softwareworks.com/a_case_of_maxtaken_identity.html I had some problems getting a prepaid return label that I should have received with Seagate's Advanced...
August 13th 07 06:08 PM
by Pecos[_2_] Go to last post
0 395
Cloning OS drive to newer, larger drive without hidden Dell Restore Partition by xsrossiter
Hi, I have a Dell Dimension 8300 that I bought with 2 x 200 GB drives and currently am running XP SP2. After first upgrading the data drive to a 500 GB Seagate I would now like to do the same for the OS drive. My question is, Seagate provides DiscWizard software designed by Acronis, that will...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
August 13th 07 02:24 PM
by Ben Myers Go to last post
12 997
Vista/XP Dual Boot Newbie Question for the experts by Jeff
For the experts: Two removeable Hard disk trays one with XP, the other with Vista? What software would I need to be able to keep BOTH removeable trays in the PC and be able to choose either at boot? Also what would the master/Salve settings be on each And a real newbie question:
August 13th 07 01:16 PM
by Toast Go to last post
6 307
Hard disk salvaging - some more by ClueLess
This is about a six month old 80gb Seagate Barracuda Hard disk that failed and I asked here for suggestions about recovering the data. This hard disk is a 'Product of China' as indicated on the label. I bought an exactly same hard disk with the idea of swapping the circuit board to see whether it...
August 13th 07 02:15 AM
by Arno Wagner Go to last post
1 374
Windows XP secrets - not revealed here by johannes
wrote: Oh dear not gain...
August 12th 07 06:54 PM
by johannes Go to last post
0 422
Data Robotics "Drobo". Anyone ever heard of this? by Gary Seven
Just wondering if anyone has used or seen this so-called "raid alternative." They call it a "storage robot." No, I am not spamming for this company, I actually just read about them in PC Photo's enewsletter, and was wondering if anyone out there has heard anything about this storage solution,...
August 12th 07 06:25 AM
by Aidan Karley Go to last post
4 321
Server did not boot with until I unplugged second mirror RAID drive by Bob Simon
I have not worked with RAID before so I hope someone can explain what happened to cause the events I observed today in the office. The computer is running Windows Server 2003. On startup, the system showed that the mirror was valid. It successfully completed POST then hung shortly after...
August 11th 07 06:21 PM
by Arno Wagner Go to last post
6 183
Gadzoox Capellix 2000F documentation or assistance by Kevin Bralten
Hi All, A Gadzoox Capellix 2000F fibre channel switch has come into my possession, but without any documentation. If any one has a manual for the switch, I would greatly appreciate a copy, or more to the point, if anyone knows how to reset the hardware to it's factory defaults and the factory...
August 10th 07 01:19 AM
by Kevin Bralten Go to last post
0 193
Any NAS drive that has ethernet and USB connectivity? by Aloke Prasad[_2_]
I am looking for a NAS (Network Attached Storage) to use with my home LAN (using a Linksys router). Examples are the Maxtor Shared Storage, WD MyBook World Edition and Linksys NAS200. Being the paranoid type, I am wondering how I would access my data if there is a hardware or software failure....
August 10th 07 12:56 AM
by Aloke Prasad[_2_] Go to last post
4 244
European Seagate Freeagent - how to safely use in N.A.? by [email protected]
Hello, I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb, and I would like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North America, specifically Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is 110v. I own a voltage converter that's safe for up...
August 8th 07 09:06 PM
by Arno Wagner Go to last post
5 298
Optimising speed of RAID-0 (mixed SATA/PATA) by A. J. Moss
I have an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, and I want to create 3TB of, let's call it temporary space, on a single NTFS partition. (By temporary, I mean the contents are replaceable from the source data in the event of a disk crash, and the source data is safely backed up; so RAID-0 will...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
August 8th 07 07:12 PM
by Eric Gisin Go to last post
14 446
RAID-1 mirror reinitializing question... by Geir
Hi, A friend of mine has a Dell Poweredge server which originally had two disks in mirrored raid config. Due to a disk error it has run with only one disk for a few months now. Lately he reformatted that disk and when I asked if he had put in a second disk to have the raid mirroring...
August 7th 07 03:38 PM
by Folkert Rienstra Go to last post
5 167
Flickering HD light; erratic high CPU usage; stuttering; what is it? by Nehmo
HP Compaq Presario V2000 laptop running Windows XP Home SP2 A few days ago, I don't know what precipitated it, the machine started a jerky behavior. Let's say when playing videos, the sound and pic would momentarily stop several times a minute. The hard drive light would light up at the same time,...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
August 7th 07 08:01 AM
by Nehmo Go to last post
10 356
An alternative way of playing lottery by pokerislotto
We invent a method called pokerization of lottery to play lottery strategically. This is the website : http://lottoispoker.bravehost.com/ We deal with UK National Lottery, Canada Lotto 6/49 and Singaporepools TOTO 6/45 for the moment.
August 7th 07 05:54 AM
by pokerislotto Go to last post
0 201
Reg. travelstar djsa-220 by [email protected]
I've saved a disk from a broken T21. I've put the disk into an external USB housing. Now - when I connect the disk to any PC - the PC starts to search through the disk. I wonder if the disk still is recognized as a master disk. I can't find any visible jumper settings on the disk. Where do I...
(Multi-page thread 1 2)
August 6th 07 10:21 PM
by Folkert Rienstra Go to last post
17 548
bad clusters/sectors on new laptop, chkdsk gets stuck trying to repair by [email protected]
I recently bought a new HP laptop with an extended warrantee. In the past few weeks, often I would get the blue screen of death and the system will just spontaneously crash and then I have to reboot. I ran chkdsk and it says there are errors on the drive (no specifics). It then tells me it couldn't...
(Multi-page thread 1 2 3 ... Last Page)
August 6th 07 07:45 PM
by Stretch Go to last post
56 1,527
Linksys NAS200 questions (general questions about RAID 0, 1) by Aloke Prasad[_2_]
Anyone using this? I have some questions before buying: 1. Will I be able to share a printer attached to the USB port of NAS200? It appears that the answer is No. Any NAS controllers that allows printer sharing? 2. This device allows for 2 drives in RAID 0 (stripe) or 1 (mirror)...
August 6th 07 01:04 AM
by Aloke Prasad[_2_] Go to last post
0 617
low-level sector copy IDE0 - IDE1 by surface9
Is there a bootable floppy that will make a sector by sector copy from IDE0 to IDE1? I have a 40 gig h/d that is NOT formatted for windows, but is formatted by a proprietary system and I also have a new 2nd hard drive of the exact same make and model. Both drives have exactly 80,292,871 sectors...
August 5th 07 08:09 PM
by Folkert Rienstra Go to last post
5 306
Post New Thread


Display Options
Showing threads 1921 to 1940 of 9241
Sorted By Sort Order
From The
Forum Tools Search this Forum
Search this Forum :

Advanced Search

New posts New posts More than 15 replies or 150 views Hot thread with new posts
No new posts No new posts More than 15 replies or 150 views Hot thread with no new posts
Closed Thread Thread is closed  
 
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:15 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 HardwareBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.