Dell Poweredge 2800 will not see new disks
May be you need to update the firmware of the server, also make sure the Server supports the higher capacity harddisks which you bought from Dell website. In these kind of cases normally firmware will solve the problems. Cheers Yasir ============= First, is you really have to determine if the hard disk drive you bought [...]
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| November 4, 2011 10:05 AM
Computer Management Console, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, Disk space, Hard disks, Windows Server 2003
May be you need to update the firmware of the server, also make sure the Server supports the higher capacity harddisks which you bought from Dell website. In these kind of cases normally firmware will solve the problems. Cheers Yasir ============= First, is you really have to determine if the hard disk drive you bought [...]
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| November 4, 2011 10:05 AM
Computer Management Console, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, Disk space, Hard disks, Windows Server 2003
Decrease hard drive use by system restore on Windows 7 laptop?
Here’s a <a href=”http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/7maintenance/change-limit-system-restore-windows-7/”>great article </a>on how to change those settings. ============ Although system restore is very important in your computer system security, you really need to limit its hard disk drive use. The best thing you can do is to delete the previous system restore files through the system restore settings.
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| November 4, 2011 10:03 AM
Hard drive space, System Restore, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows 7 System Restore
Here’s a <a href=”http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/7maintenance/change-limit-system-restore-windows-7/”>great article </a>on how to change those settings. ============ Although system restore is very important in your computer system security, you really need to limit its hard disk drive use. The best thing you can do is to delete the previous system restore files through the system restore settings.
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| November 4, 2011 10:03 AM
Hard drive space, System Restore, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows 7 System Restore
Can’t access data in hard drive, using Windows
Use any data recovery tool to retrieve data. Also if u have partmagic then u may use it to overcome this problems. ================= Obviously, your computer system failed to function, you really need to determine if there is really a problem with the hardware part of the hard drive by testing it to another computer [...]
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| November 4, 2011 10:00 AM
Data access, Hard drive space, Hard drives, Software Development Life Cycle, Windows Operating System
Use any data recovery tool to retrieve data. Also if u have partmagic then u may use it to overcome this problems. ================= Obviously, your computer system failed to function, you really need to determine if there is really a problem with the hardware part of the hard drive by testing it to another computer [...]
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| November 4, 2011 10:00 AM
Data access, Hard drive space, Hard drives, Software Development Life Cycle, Windows Operating System
Can a 4 bay external hard drive have different hard drive sizes?
The size of the external hard disk drive always depends on the design and brand of the manufacturer. The most important thing to do is to consider the compatibility of each hard disk drive.
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| November 4, 2011 9:59 AM
Data storage management, External Disk Drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drive space, HDD
The size of the external hard disk drive always depends on the design and brand of the manufacturer. The most important thing to do is to consider the compatibility of each hard disk drive.
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| November 4, 2011 9:59 AM
Data storage management, External Disk Drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drive space, HDD
Best way to copy 50GB folder of various .dv files to multiple DVD
You need a backup software like Nero Backup. To span multiple DVD’s the software is required to encode how it is spanned and the same software will be the only one that you can use to restore that data. =========== The best way to backup your 50 gigabyte hard disk drive into various DVD is [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:56 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup to DVD, Digital Video
You need a backup software like Nero Backup. To span multiple DVD’s the software is required to encode how it is spanned and the same software will be the only one that you can use to restore that data. =========== The best way to backup your 50 gigabyte hard disk drive into various DVD is [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:56 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup to DVD, Digital Video
Backup/Restore Today & Tomorrow
The way things are looking, you would want to implement a multi-tier solution with tape at the end if needed. New technologies to look at: Dedupe (FalconStor, Data Domain, Exagrid, etc.) VTL (Virtual Tape Library) Replication (SAN-Level) vSphere with HA & Fault Tolerance (VMware) The top 3 technologies can depending on the vendor be on [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:55 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup Strategy, HP, NetApp
The way things are looking, you would want to implement a multi-tier solution with tape at the end if needed. New technologies to look at: Dedupe (FalconStor, Data Domain, Exagrid, etc.) VTL (Virtual Tape Library) Replication (SAN-Level) vSphere with HA & Fault Tolerance (VMware) The top 3 technologies can depending on the vendor be on [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:55 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup Strategy, HP, NetApp
Automatic email sent when hard drive space is met
You can use Disk Space Monitor by Netwrix, the standard version is free as well and works perfectly, read up on and, you can set your criteria and alerts will be send to you once the criteria is met: http://www.netwrix.com/disk_space_monitor_freeware.html ========== Actually, you need a third part software program to automatically alert you through email [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:54 AM
HARD drive, Hard drive space, HDD, Windows Backup, Windows Server 2003
You can use Disk Space Monitor by Netwrix, the standard version is free as well and works perfectly, read up on and, you can set your criteria and alerts will be send to you once the criteria is met: http://www.netwrix.com/disk_space_monitor_freeware.html ========== Actually, you need a third part software program to automatically alert you through email [...]
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| November 4, 2011 9:54 AM
HARD drive, Hard drive space, HDD, Windows Backup, Windows Server 2003
Full system backup in AS400
GO MAIN will take you to the main AS400 menu Take option 6 = Save Take option 21 = Entire system Note you must sign on with QSECOFR authority anddo this from the System Console. This will end all subsystems so you should have all users off the system. ========= If you are using a [...]
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| November 2, 2011 1:19 PM
AS/400 backup, AS400 backups, System backups, V5R4
GO MAIN will take you to the main AS400 menu Take option 6 = Save Take option 21 = Entire system Note you must sign on with QSECOFR authority anddo this from the System Console. This will end all subsystems so you should have all users off the system. ========= If you are using a [...]
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| November 2, 2011 1:19 PM
AS/400 backup, AS400 backups, System backups, V5R4
Windows XP SP3 alerts for low hard disk space
Actually Low disk space alert is a default in Windows XP. If u want to disable it then follow this: There is a registry value you can set to disable this feature. To disable low disk space checks, follow these steps, log off, and then log on again: Follow these steps, and then quit Registry [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:54 AM
Active Directory, Group Policy, hard disk storage, Windows XP Group Policy, Windows XP SP3
Actually Low disk space alert is a default in Windows XP. If u want to disable it then follow this: There is a registry value you can set to disable this feature. To disable low disk space checks, follow these steps, log off, and then log on again: Follow these steps, and then quit Registry [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:54 AM
Active Directory, Group Policy, hard disk storage, Windows XP Group Policy, Windows XP SP3
Win XP & Partition choas
Follow this <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844″>Microsoft KB article</a> to change the drive letter on the partition. However, just be aware that you may have issues if you installed software from a drive that no longer exists when you modify paths like this. =================== First, don’t be afraid of trying something because it is the best way for [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:49 AM
HARD drive, NTFS, NTFS permissions, Windows XP, Windows XP Partitions
Follow this <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844″>Microsoft KB article</a> to change the drive letter on the partition. However, just be aware that you may have issues if you installed software from a drive that no longer exists when you modify paths like this. =================== First, don’t be afraid of trying something because it is the best way for [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:49 AM
HARD drive, NTFS, NTFS permissions, Windows XP, Windows XP Partitions
Will my secondary hard drive take over?
no, you would need to setup the driver within windows and format the ‘slave’ as another drive and save data there if you were using something like a raid-5 which you could keep adding drives to that would work but the cost is usually prohibitive for home use ========= You can always use your secondary [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:48 AM
External hard drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Secondary hard drive
no, you would need to setup the driver within windows and format the ‘slave’ as another drive and save data there if you were using something like a raid-5 which you could keep adding drives to that would work but the cost is usually prohibitive for home use ========= You can always use your secondary [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:48 AM
External hard drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Secondary hard drive
USB Disk Initialization
I’ve had the same problem before, but I can’t remember exactly how I resolved the issues. I think you have to have the usb drive running before you boot up your PC or you have to set up the usb drive (plug the usb connector and power supply) after the PC has booted up. Is [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:42 AM
Disk Manager, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Hard disks, Hard drives, Partitioning, USB hard drives, Windows 7
I’ve had the same problem before, but I can’t remember exactly how I resolved the issues. I think you have to have the usb drive running before you boot up your PC or you have to set up the usb drive (plug the usb connector and power supply) after the PC has booted up. Is [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:42 AM
Disk Manager, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Hard disks, Hard drives, Partitioning, USB hard drives, Windows 7
Unable to format my hard disk.
I would download Seagate’s latest diagnostic tool from their website. It builds a floppy boot diagnostic disk–then you can test the hard drive and have some confidence on whether the disk is bad or not. The test does not need the drive to be formatted in order to run. My guess is that the drive [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:39 AM
Hardware, Storage
I would download Seagate’s latest diagnostic tool from their website. It builds a floppy boot diagnostic disk–then you can test the hard drive and have some confidence on whether the disk is bad or not. The test does not need the drive to be formatted in order to run. My guess is that the drive [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:39 AM
Hardware, Storage
trojan horse downloader
Newer trojans are getting very smart, will install loaders that run automatically, and can’t really be picked up by AV, as they don’t have any specific signature to work with. Also can install as part of OS, and prevent removal except in safe mode. To clear your current infection you will need to determine exactly [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:38 AM
backdoors, Backup & recovery, configuration, Current threats, DataCenter, Hacking, Hardware, Help Desk, human factors, Installing/upgrading operating systems, Intrusion management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, Server management, Servers, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003, worms
Newer trojans are getting very smart, will install loaders that run automatically, and can’t really be picked up by AV, as they don’t have any specific signature to work with. Also can install as part of OS, and prevent removal except in safe mode. To clear your current infection you will need to determine exactly [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:38 AM
backdoors, Backup & recovery, configuration, Current threats, DataCenter, Hacking, Hardware, Help Desk, human factors, Installing/upgrading operating systems, Intrusion management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, Server management, Servers, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003, worms
Suse booting on external Hard drive problems
Well, without any information what is happening when you try to boot from the external disk, it is hard to discuss any possible reasons… May be instead of installing bootloader on the external disk MBR you installed it on the boot sector of the partition? Or may be Dell wants to boot from an “active [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:37 AM
Dell 1520, External hard drives, Linux, Linux installation, Linux OS, MBR, SUSE, SUSE Linux, Vista
Well, without any information what is happening when you try to boot from the external disk, it is hard to discuss any possible reasons… May be instead of installing bootloader on the external disk MBR you installed it on the boot sector of the partition? Or may be Dell wants to boot from an “active [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:37 AM
Dell 1520, External hard drives, Linux, Linux installation, Linux OS, MBR, SUSE, SUSE Linux, Vista
Slow boot-up in win xp home edition
First make sure your computer is ‘clean’. Run a good updated anti-virus scan. then go to one of the free online virus scanners for a second aopinion. I use http://housecall.trendmicro.com Then make sure you’re clean of spyware. I recommend ‘Spybot Search & Destroy’ and ‘AdAware’. You can get them both at download.com Once you machine [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:34 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
First make sure your computer is ‘clean’. Run a good updated anti-virus scan. then go to one of the free online virus scanners for a second aopinion. I use http://housecall.trendmicro.com Then make sure you’re clean of spyware. I recommend ‘Spybot Search & Destroy’ and ‘AdAware’. You can get them both at download.com Once you machine [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:34 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
Recovering SATA hard disk and data after faulty connection
Most probably, There is a way to recover ur data from HDD. I also have same problem when my hdd damaged by falling on the ground and there was no response from it. I used “Recover My Files” a SW that helps me back maximum data from the damaged HDD. But it is not free [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:30 AM
Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Recovery, Hard disk performance, hard disk storage, HDD, HDD failed, SATA hard disk, SATA Hard Drive
Most probably, There is a way to recover ur data from HDD. I also have same problem when my hdd damaged by falling on the ground and there was no response from it. I used “Recover My Files” a SW that helps me back maximum data from the damaged HDD. But it is not free [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:30 AM
Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Recovery, Hard disk performance, hard disk storage, HDD, HDD failed, SATA hard disk, SATA Hard Drive
Recover lost data from damaged USB Pen drive on SuSE or Red Hat Linux
I’ve used photorec with great success. Install it from your repos. It will allow you to select the device to recover from, and also what kind(s) of files you are looking for. That will help you with files which may be missing. (worth a shot, and should be relatively safe because it does not write [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:30 AM
Data Recovery, Data storage, Linux OS, Red Hat Linux, Shell scripts, SUSE, SUSE Linux, USB
I’ve used photorec with great success. Install it from your repos. It will allow you to select the device to recover from, and also what kind(s) of files you are looking for. That will help you with files which may be missing. (worth a shot, and should be relatively safe because it does not write [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:30 AM
Data Recovery, Data storage, Linux OS, Red Hat Linux, Shell scripts, SUSE, SUSE Linux, USB
Rebooting after clearing the hard drive
You will need to hold down C when you hear the chime. As of now you have no operating system on your hard drive hence its reluctance to boot. It has nothing to boot to! =============== The newly installed or inserted hard disk drive could not be compatible with the system specifications of the computer [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:29 AM
HARD drive, Hard drive erasure, iMac, Rebooting mac
You will need to hold down C when you hear the chime. As of now you have no operating system on your hard drive hence its reluctance to boot. It has nothing to boot to! =============== The newly installed or inserted hard disk drive could not be compatible with the system specifications of the computer [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:29 AM
HARD drive, Hard drive erasure, iMac, Rebooting mac
Raid 0 Set up internal to external drive
The question here is more along the lines of “Do you have a RAID controller” than anything else! Using the operating system (Windows) you can create a RAID 0 drive using the Disk Management MMC, but this dumps an awful lot of system maintenance work on the system processor (all the RAID and metadata calculations [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:29 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Internal hard drives, RAID, RAID 0, RAID Array, SATA hard drives
The question here is more along the lines of “Do you have a RAID controller” than anything else! Using the operating system (Windows) you can create a RAID 0 drive using the Disk Management MMC, but this dumps an awful lot of system maintenance work on the system processor (all the RAID and metadata calculations [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:29 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Internal hard drives, RAID, RAID 0, RAID Array, SATA hard drives
