Partitioning an external hard drive.
You can try this <a href=”http://partitionlogic.org.uk/”>program</a> which is freeware, or you can try <a href=”http://www.partition-magic.org”>Partition Magic</a> which is what I’ve used with great success, though it costs a bit. Good Luck! -Flame ********************** ============== You can use the Disk Management tool if you are using Windows Operating System. However, it is not actually advisable to [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:28 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Partitioning
You can try this <a href=”http://partitionlogic.org.uk/”>program</a> which is freeware, or you can try <a href=”http://www.partition-magic.org”>Partition Magic</a> which is what I’ve used with great success, though it costs a bit. Good Luck! -Flame ********************** ============== You can use the Disk Management tool if you are using Windows Operating System. However, it is not actually advisable to [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:28 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Partitioning
My external HDD won’t show
I would change the USB cable and make sure that the hard disk is spinning whnr I plug it in. If it dows not speen you have a possible hard disk failliur. Mean you external boitier is defect or the hard drive is defect. if it is spinning change the usb cable and try it [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:23 AM
External hard drives, WD5000h1U-00, Windows XP
I would change the USB cable and make sure that the hard disk is spinning whnr I plug it in. If it dows not speen you have a possible hard disk failliur. Mean you external boitier is defect or the hard drive is defect. if it is spinning change the usb cable and try it [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:23 AM
External hard drives, WD5000h1U-00, Windows XP
Monitoring SMART hard drive status via Active Directory
IF I am not wrong, I don’t think spiceworks can tell you when your hard disk is going to fail.. ================== In my own opinion, it is not actually important to monitor the activity or status of the hard disk drive. The most important thing for me to consider is to constantly backup all the [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:22 AM
Active Directory, HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Monitoring software, Spiceworks, Windows 7, Windows XP
IF I am not wrong, I don’t think spiceworks can tell you when your hard disk is going to fail.. ================== In my own opinion, it is not actually important to monitor the activity or status of the hard disk drive. The most important thing for me to consider is to constantly backup all the [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:22 AM
Active Directory, HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drives, Monitoring software, Spiceworks, Windows 7, Windows XP
Lost info on external drive
Sounds like you have a shortcut to the document on the desktop, not the document itself. Did you try putting the external drive back in and opening it again? File recovery can be tricky some times. There are several options one can use like recuva or PC Tools for windows. You can get some other [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:20 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Microsoft Word, Windows XP
Sounds like you have a shortcut to the document on the desktop, not the document itself. Did you try putting the external drive back in and opening it again? File recovery can be tricky some times. There are several options one can use like recuva or PC Tools for windows. You can get some other [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:20 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, Microsoft Word, Windows XP
Looking for a good hard drive for backup
LaCie is a known brand with large size external hard drives. You can also check out others at www.pricewatch.com. How many gigabytes are you talking about? =============== Since you are trying to back up your files from two laptop computer units, you really need to have or purchase a back up external hard disk drive [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:19 AM
Backup, External hard drives, Laptop backup
LaCie is a known brand with large size external hard drives. You can also check out others at www.pricewatch.com. How many gigabytes are you talking about? =============== Since you are trying to back up your files from two laptop computer units, you really need to have or purchase a back up external hard disk drive [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:19 AM
Backup, External hard drives, Laptop backup
I want to retrive my files , I can not get past safe mode.
Hello, you can use the tools provided in <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-support/tlbat-accessing-deaddying-computers/”>this entry on my blog</a>. Bye Don’t forget to visit my blog: <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-support/”>If it has a plug, it’s IT stuff!!</a> ================= The very first thing you have to do is to determine if your hard disk drive has a hardware damage, because hardware damage in [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:19 AM
External hard drives, Windows XP, Windows XP service packs, Windows XP SP2
Hello, you can use the tools provided in <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-support/tlbat-accessing-deaddying-computers/”>this entry on my blog</a>. Bye Don’t forget to visit my blog: <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-support/”>If it has a plug, it’s IT stuff!!</a> ================= The very first thing you have to do is to determine if your hard disk drive has a hardware damage, because hardware damage in [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:19 AM
External hard drives, Windows XP, Windows XP service packs, Windows XP SP2
HUGE hard disks problem, PLEASE! help.
What does your BIOS show for hard drive configuration? Also, if this is a fried drive (which it looks like), the data can only be retrieved by data recovery specialists with specialized equipment. Search for “data recovery hard drive” or the like and you’ll see a list of places that can do this. Just a [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:18 AM
Backup & recovery, Data migration, Disk drives, Hard drive repair, Migrations and upgrades
What does your BIOS show for hard drive configuration? Also, if this is a fried drive (which it looks like), the data can only be retrieved by data recovery specialists with specialized equipment. Search for “data recovery hard drive” or the like and you’ll see a list of places that can do this. Just a [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:18 AM
Backup & recovery, Data migration, Disk drives, Hard drive repair, Migrations and upgrades
how can i install xp service pack 2 on external hard drive
you need to make sure have downloaded the service pack installer (make sure when your downloading it your actually saving it on your external hard drive) im assuming that your windows xp is installed at your external hard drive, download the service pack 2 at microsoft website just to be sure your installation files are [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:14 AM
External hard drives, Windows XP, Windows XP service packs
you need to make sure have downloaded the service pack installer (make sure when your downloading it your actually saving it on your external hard drive) im assuming that your windows xp is installed at your external hard drive, download the service pack 2 at microsoft website just to be sure your installation files are [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:14 AM
External hard drives, Windows XP, Windows XP service packs
Formatting an External HD on iMac
Give this a try and let us know how you get on: 1. Plug the disk into a free USB port on your mac and open disk utility (in applications / utilities). 2. You should see that it auto mounts the disk and it appears in the left hand pane. 3. Assuming it does select [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:13 AM
External hard drives, Hard Drive Installation, iMac format, Seagate, USB hard drives
Give this a try and let us know how you get on: 1. Plug the disk into a free USB port on your mac and open disk utility (in applications / utilities). 2. You should see that it auto mounts the disk and it appears in the left hand pane. 3. Assuming it does select [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:13 AM
External hard drives, Hard Drive Installation, iMac format, Seagate, USB hard drives
External USB hard drive keeps using the same drive letter as a mapped natwork share
Try <a href=”http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html”>USBDLM V4.2.4 – USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista</a> Have you tried this process? (More info can be found <a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/control-usb-drive-letter-assignment-in-windows.htm”>here</a>) To work around this issue if the new volume appears in Disk Management, specify a different drive letter for the new device or volume. To do [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:12 AM
External hard drives, Mount points, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Xcopy
Try <a href=”http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html”>USBDLM V4.2.4 – USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista</a> Have you tried this process? (More info can be found <a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/control-usb-drive-letter-assignment-in-windows.htm”>here</a>) To work around this issue if the new volume appears in Disk Management, specify a different drive letter for the new device or volume. To do [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:12 AM
External hard drives, Mount points, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Xcopy
External hard drive suddenly gone crazy
You may be missing the driver for the external hard drive. The easiest way for you to find the most recent driver is to search google for “[model name of HD] driver” and going on whatever result you get linking you to the company’s website. If you are using windows xp, you can click start, [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:12 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, USB hard drives
You may be missing the driver for the external hard drive. The easiest way for you to find the most recent driver is to search google for “[model name of HD] driver” and going on whatever result you get linking you to the company’s website. If you are using windows xp, you can click start, [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:12 AM
External hard drives, Hard drives, USB hard drives
External Hard Drive Repair
If you have a 2 TB consisting of 4 500GB drives in a RAID 0 and one fails, then you have lost your data. There is no fault tolerance in RAID 0. You could use a company like <a href=”http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/raid-recovery/”>OnTrack</a> ============== In your case, it is better to consult your problem to the nearest computer [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:11 AM
External hard drives, Hard drive repair, LaCie, RAID 0
If you have a 2 TB consisting of 4 500GB drives in a RAID 0 and one fails, then you have lost your data. There is no fault tolerance in RAID 0. You could use a company like <a href=”http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/raid-recovery/”>OnTrack</a> ============== In your case, it is better to consult your problem to the nearest computer [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:11 AM
External hard drives, Hard drive repair, LaCie, RAID 0
External Hard Drive for Workplace
I can’t imagine this would be an issue, especially if you get a USB drive that all the systems can use. Alternatively, you could connect it to your “server” and then share it out so everyone other system can backup to it over the network. Most importantly, make sure you encrypt the drive, or at [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:10 AM
Backup & restore, Backup storage, External hard drives
I can’t imagine this would be an issue, especially if you get a USB drive that all the systems can use. Alternatively, you could connect it to your “server” and then share it out so everyone other system can backup to it over the network. Most importantly, make sure you encrypt the drive, or at [...]
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| November 2, 2011 8:10 AM
Backup & restore, Backup storage, External hard drives
How to implement a secondry DR site with HSRP
The CCNP SWITCH study materials are a great resource for HSRP / VRRP / GLBP type configurations HSRP is nice, but if you have the chance, go GLBP, as it actively forwards / load-balances data across the redundant links rather than waiting for the primary to fail.
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| November 1, 2011 8:29 PM
Cisco, Disaster Recovery, Disaster recovery planning, HSRP
The CCNP SWITCH study materials are a great resource for HSRP / VRRP / GLBP type configurations HSRP is nice, but if you have the chance, go GLBP, as it actively forwards / load-balances data across the redundant links rather than waiting for the primary to fail.
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| November 1, 2011 8:29 PM
Cisco, Disaster Recovery, Disaster recovery planning, HSRP
External hard drive conversion best practices
The function of a drive inside or outside of your computer is very similar. Most external drives are very similar to internal drives, except the interface used to connect them is usually USB or Firewire. There are external cases you can purchase that accept IDE and SATA drives. As far as running the drives, you [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:48 AM
External hard drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Damage, Hard Drive Installation
The function of a drive inside or outside of your computer is very similar. Most external drives are very similar to internal drives, except the interface used to connect them is usually USB or Firewire. There are external cases you can purchase that accept IDE and SATA drives. As far as running the drives, you [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:48 AM
External hard drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Damage, Hard Drive Installation
External Hard Drive – 1TB – What is working for you?
1 TB external hard drives didn’t become popular until fairly recently as prices have finally started to drop over the last few months. You probably won’t find many people who have used 1TB drives for that length of time, but tons of people who have used smaller versions, which are assumed to provide similar failure [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
Backup, External hard drives, Hard drives, Storage
1 TB external hard drives didn’t become popular until fairly recently as prices have finally started to drop over the last few months. You probably won’t find many people who have used 1TB drives for that length of time, but tons of people who have used smaller versions, which are assumed to provide similar failure [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
Backup, External hard drives, Hard drives, Storage
External Disk (USB) not detected on some machines including the server
A few things to try. 1. Try different USB ports on the computers in question. 2. Be aware that some IT people might disable the USB on servers as a security precaution, can you successfully connect any <i>other</i> drives to these computers? Does the account your using have the USB ports disabled by the admin? [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
External Disk, External hard drives, Secondary storage, USB connection, USB hard drives
A few things to try. 1. Try different USB ports on the computers in question. 2. Be aware that some IT people might disable the USB on servers as a security precaution, can you successfully connect any <i>other</i> drives to these computers? Does the account your using have the USB ports disabled by the admin? [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
External Disk, External hard drives, Secondary storage, USB connection, USB hard drives
Extend HDD with HP Proliant
here is two links I hope this helps http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/101941-hard-drive-upgrades-hp-proliant-dl380-g5 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c00792595 ============= The most important factor you have to consider when extending the capacity of a computer’s hard disk drive is the compatibility of the other hardware parts to your hard disk. For instance, you cannot use a SATA to be installed in an ATA type [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
HDD, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant DL380 G5
here is two links I hope this helps http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/101941-hard-drive-upgrades-hp-proliant-dl380-g5 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c00792595 ============= The most important factor you have to consider when extending the capacity of a computer’s hard disk drive is the compatibility of the other hardware parts to your hard disk. For instance, you cannot use a SATA to be installed in an ATA type [...]
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| November 1, 2011 7:47 AM
HDD, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant DL380 G5
Connecting external hard drive to VM software
I’d be interested to find this out as well. And also if there are recommendations on which ones work better.. thanks! ———– Most software files like VM software are created or developed to be compatible with the most commonly used operating systems. Most compatibility issues are only associated with Operating Systems and not mostly on [...]
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| November 1, 2011 6:41 AM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Server management, VM Server, VMware
I’d be interested to find this out as well. And also if there are recommendations on which ones work better.. thanks! ———– Most software files like VM software are created or developed to be compatible with the most commonly used operating systems. Most compatibility issues are only associated with Operating Systems and not mostly on [...]
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| November 1, 2011 6:41 AM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Server management, VM Server, VMware
Can/should I move programs on C: Drive to external hard drive & how?
You are really talking about 2 topics: 1) The advantages of an external HD. 2) Backup/recovery procedures. 1) Adding an external HD may/may not improve performance. It will certainly improve your available capacity. You havent told us how this HD is connected or what the technology is, but the critical performance criteria for disks are [...]
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| November 1, 2011 6:41 AM
Backup & recovery, External hard drives
You are really talking about 2 topics: 1) The advantages of an external HD. 2) Backup/recovery procedures. 1) Adding an external HD may/may not improve performance. It will certainly improve your available capacity. You havent told us how this HD is connected or what the technology is, but the critical performance criteria for disks are [...]
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| November 1, 2011 6:41 AM
Backup & recovery, External hard drives
