Hard drive format
Can I reformat a WSV formatted drive to NTFS?
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| February 4, 2013 9:53 PM
Hard drives, NTFS
Can I reformat a WSV formatted drive to NTFS?
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| February 4, 2013 9:53 PM
Hard drives, NTFS
Initializing Hard Disk Drive
I’ve placed an old hard drive in a USB external enclosure to rtrieve files. When I try to access the drive I get a message that the drive has not been initalized. How can I accomplish initializing the drive?
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| March 31, 2012 2:46 PM
External Disk Drives, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, HDD, Initialize Drive
I’ve placed an old hard drive in a USB external enclosure to rtrieve files. When I try to access the drive I get a message that the drive has not been initalized. How can I accomplish initializing the drive?
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| March 31, 2012 2:46 PM
External Disk Drives, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, HDD, Initialize Drive
Removing HDD passwords
Hi, Is there a program that can be used to recover or remove SATA HDD passwords?
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| April 19, 2013 3:26 PM
Hard drives, HDD, Seagate, Security
Hi, Is there a program that can be used to recover or remove SATA HDD passwords?
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| April 19, 2013 3:26 PM
Hard drives, HDD, Seagate, Security
RAID 0 with an Internal and External Drive?
I was wondering if I could be able to set up my default hard drive and a new external hard drive for RAID 0. My internal disk drive is a ST3160815AS ATA Device (149 GB, IDE). And I have a My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAA5000AD6-NESN. Will I be [...]
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| December 16, 2010 11:10 PM
Array, External Disk Drives, Hard drives, Internal hard drives, RAID 0, SATA
I was wondering if I could be able to set up my default hard drive and a new external hard drive for RAID 0. My internal disk drive is a ST3160815AS ATA Device (149 GB, IDE). And I have a My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAA5000AD6-NESN. Will I be [...]
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| December 16, 2010 11:10 PM
Array, External Disk Drives, Hard drives, Internal hard drives, RAID 0, SATA
Hard disk problem when installing Windows
my hard dive could not format during windows installation andthe feedback was that windows could not acces this drive pls help me solve it
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| October 30, 2011 9:34 PM
Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Windows installation, Windows installation errors
my hard dive could not format during windows installation andthe feedback was that windows could not acces this drive pls help me solve it
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| October 30, 2011 9:34 PM
Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Windows installation, Windows installation errors
Troubleshooting and Support for hard drive
What would you suspect when the hard drive access light turns on and off with no application running?
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| October 30, 2010 6:45 PM
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drive repair, Hard drives
What would you suspect when the hard drive access light turns on and off with no application running?
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| October 30, 2010 6:45 PM
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drive repair, Hard drives
Getting an error message after defragmenting Windows server 2003
I defragmented my hard drive and now I can not boot into Windows server 2003. I am being told my NTDLR is missing. What can I do?
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| February 1, 2012 8:35 PM
Boot failure, Defragmentation, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages
I defragmented my hard drive and now I can not boot into Windows server 2003. I am being told my NTDLR is missing. What can I do?
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| February 1, 2012 8:35 PM
Boot failure, Defragmentation, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages
IBM hardware raid (Mirroring)
We are using IBM x3400 server with two hotswap SAS hdds.We are using hdds in hit swap mirror mode.Today I installed server newly and by mistaken used second hard disk for volume shadow from IBM raid software mamaner from setup guide.now I can’t see hard disk in window’s or in IBM SAS controller or I [...]
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| October 18, 2010 1:18 PM
Disk mirroring, Hard Disk Array, Hard disks, Hard drives, IBM Server X3400
We are using IBM x3400 server with two hotswap SAS hdds.We are using hdds in hit swap mirror mode.Today I installed server newly and by mistaken used second hard disk for volume shadow from IBM raid software mamaner from setup guide.now I can’t see hard disk in window’s or in IBM SAS controller or I [...]
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| October 18, 2010 1:18 PM
Disk mirroring, Hard Disk Array, Hard disks, Hard drives, IBM Server X3400
Monitoring SMART hard drive status via Active Directory
Can we monitor SMART hard drive status via Active Directory or via SpiceWorks to know before a potential hard drive failure? How would this work. Client machines are XP and 7.
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| November 2, 2011 8:43 PM
Active Directory, HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Monitoring software, Spiceworks, Windows 7, Windows XP
Can we monitor SMART hard drive status via Active Directory or via SpiceWorks to know before a potential hard drive failure? How would this work. Client machines are XP and 7.
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| November 2, 2011 8:43 PM
Active Directory, HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Monitoring software, Spiceworks, Windows 7, Windows XP
Security policy for decommissioning printers & copiers
We are about to scrap several old copy machines. I know they have hard drives in them. Should they be removed, wiped or what are normal company procedures for destroying any potential data on it before decommissioning it.
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| September 21, 2010 3:17 PM
Copy Machine, HARD drive, Hard drives, printer security, Security in 2010, Windows
We are about to scrap several old copy machines. I know they have hard drives in them. Should they be removed, wiped or what are normal company procedures for destroying any potential data on it before decommissioning it.
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| September 21, 2010 3:17 PM
Copy Machine, HARD drive, Hard drives, printer security, Security in 2010, Windows
USB Disk Initialization
Can anyone give me some tips or software ideas of how to initialize an external hard drive attached by USB? I have had 2 occasions, one with a brand new HD and one with a HD taken out of an old computer where Disk Management will show the drive as “unknown, Not Initialized” and you [...]
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| November 2, 2011 2:30 AM
Disk Manager, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Hard disks, Hard drives, Partitioning, USB hard drives, Windows 7
Can anyone give me some tips or software ideas of how to initialize an external hard drive attached by USB? I have had 2 occasions, one with a brand new HD and one with a HD taken out of an old computer where Disk Management will show the drive as “unknown, Not Initialized” and you [...]
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| November 2, 2011 2:30 AM
Disk Manager, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Hard disks, Hard drives, Partitioning, USB hard drives, Windows 7
Can’t access data in hard drive, using Windows
my hard drive has data in it but when i open it its blank,and when i click its properties its also full. what can i do to get my data back?
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| November 4, 2011 6:03 AM
Data access, Hard drive space, Hard drives, Software Development Life Cycle, Windows Operating System
my hard drive has data in it but when i open it its blank,and when i click its properties its also full. what can i do to get my data back?
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| November 4, 2011 6:03 AM
Data access, Hard drive space, Hard drives, Software Development Life Cycle, Windows Operating System
Help recreating a mirror between hardware
I have two drives that are a hardware mirror. They are scsi and connected to a Windows advanced server 2003. The primary drive died. I tried switching the cable to put the second drive where the first was but no luck. How can I boot? How can I recreate the mirror?
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| July 27, 2010 2:43 PM
Hard Drive Damage, Hard drives, Mirror Driver, Mirrored Drives, Mirrored Server, Windows Server 2003
I have two drives that are a hardware mirror. They are scsi and connected to a Windows advanced server 2003. The primary drive died. I tried switching the cable to put the second drive where the first was but no luck. How can I boot? How can I recreate the mirror?
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| July 27, 2010 2:43 PM
Hard Drive Damage, Hard drives, Mirror Driver, Mirrored Drives, Mirrored Server, Windows Server 2003
What are the signs my RAID array is dying?
What are the signs that my RAID array is dying? Are there checks I can run? Can I add a hot spare to a RAID array with 6 disks in it? Will this help if one drive fails? What if multiple drives fail, what do I do then?
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| January 30, 2012 4:32 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Hard drives, RAID, RAID Array
What are the signs that my RAID array is dying? Are there checks I can run? Can I add a hot spare to a RAID array with 6 disks in it? Will this help if one drive fails? What if multiple drives fail, what do I do then?
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| January 30, 2012 4:32 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Hard drives, RAID, RAID Array
Burn in Test data verify failure
I have a crate of 40gb hard drives that I need to stress test. I have a registered copy of Burn in Test by Passmark I’m using to test the hardware. I’ve run a few through already and 2 out of 3 are failing due to “Data Verify Failures”. The help text that came with [...]
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| April 9, 2010 3:57 PM
Burn in Test, Data Verify Failure, Hard drives, Passmark, SATA
I have a crate of 40gb hard drives that I need to stress test. I have a registered copy of Burn in Test by Passmark I’m using to test the hardware. I’ve run a few through already and 2 out of 3 are failing due to “Data Verify Failures”. The help text that came with [...]
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| April 9, 2010 3:57 PM
Burn in Test, Data Verify Failure, Hard drives, Passmark, SATA
HP Digital Senders – Replacing the Hard Drive
We have some older digital senders and the hard drives are at the end of their life. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to replace the hard drives in these digital senders. Two units I am specifically looking at replacing the drives on are an HP8100c and an HP9100c. Thanks in [...]
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| April 19, 2010 4:05 PM
Digital Senders, Hard drives, HP8100c, HP9100c
We have some older digital senders and the hard drives are at the end of their life. I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to replace the hard drives in these digital senders. Two units I am specifically looking at replacing the drives on are an HP8100c and an HP9100c. Thanks in [...]
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| April 19, 2010 4:05 PM
Digital Senders, Hard drives, HP8100c, HP9100c
external hard drive format question
i have an external hard drive which has been reconnected after removal of a programme which was downloaded. however since reconnecting the hard drive when i double click on the icon on My Computer, a box appears asking “do you want to format your disk drive? and then Yes or No”. There are documents on [...]
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| February 9, 2012 10:11 PM
External hard drive, Hard Disk Reformatting, Hard drives
i have an external hard drive which has been reconnected after removal of a programme which was downloaded. however since reconnecting the hard drive when i double click on the icon on My Computer, a box appears asking “do you want to format your disk drive? and then Yes or No”. There are documents on [...]
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| February 9, 2012 10:11 PM
External hard drive, Hard Disk Reformatting, Hard drives
Hard drive issue
Can a electrical surge destroy the hard drive without seeing any visible signs?
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| September 11, 2012 9:58 PM
Hard Drive Damage, Hard drives
Can a electrical surge destroy the hard drive without seeing any visible signs?
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| September 11, 2012 9:58 PM
Hard Drive Damage, Hard drives
Windows Server 2003 ISASS.EXE System error
I recently removed and re installed my hard drives from my HP server running windows server 2003 and when i restarted the server i received the following message ISASS.EXE – SYSTEM ERROR Security accounts manager initialization failed because of the following error: directory service cannot start. Error status: 0xc00002e1. Please click OK to shutdown this [...]
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| November 6, 2009 4:13 PM
Hard drives, isass.exe, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages
I recently removed and re installed my hard drives from my HP server running windows server 2003 and when i restarted the server i received the following message ISASS.EXE – SYSTEM ERROR Security accounts manager initialization failed because of the following error: directory service cannot start. Error status: 0xc00002e1. Please click OK to shutdown this [...]
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| November 6, 2009 4:13 PM
Hard drives, isass.exe, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages
Missing Disk Space 1TB HDD
Missing Disk Space Hi, have two 1TB HDD’s not set up in raid config… (1 listed as C other as D) Recentley moved lots of pics to back up in D… in calculating used space i have noted a loss of 121.6G that i cannot account for. I have pc set up with two users… [...]
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| January 30, 2012 2:45 PM
Disk drives, Hard drives
Missing Disk Space Hi, have two 1TB HDD’s not set up in raid config… (1 listed as C other as D) Recentley moved lots of pics to back up in D… in calculating used space i have noted a loss of 121.6G that i cannot account for. I have pc set up with two users… [...]
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| January 30, 2012 2:45 PM
Disk drives, Hard drives
