Storage

Self-built NAS how-to anywhere?
Hi, I'm looking for some reasonably simple instructions on how to build a NAS-box from scratch. The result should be something like the Tera-Station (http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii/), just not as expensive. Could anybody point me to some "how-to... 11 Jan 2008 11:54

Vista and HDD
What is Vista doing accessing the HDD all the time? I thought maybe it was defragging in the background so turned off scheduled defrag and my HDD is still being accessed all the time. I like my PC to be as quiet as possible and the noise of the HDD being accessed all the time is pissing me off. If I turn off in... 11 Jan 2008 11:54

floppy drive problems
A friend of mine is running Windows XP Recently he has had a problem with his floppy drive. he can put a floppy in and read the contents just fine. But that is where the okay status ends. The next disk that he places in will read as the previous disk. any subsequent disk will read as the first. The only way that ... 15 Jan 2008 16:53

Software to copy an entire disk to another ?
Hello ! An hard disk partition table is corrupted and one of its partitions is no longer accessible/visible. Before using a partition recovery tool, I'd like to make a copy of this entire disk - including the areas which are now in "twilight zone". Most, if not all, disk imaging/cloning softwares I know wi... 11 Jan 2008 13:04

old Adaptec I2O RAID vs. a new Cheetah U320 15k => narrow/async
Dear everyone, I'm having fun with some old hardware, I'm stress-testing an old Adaptec RAID controller with a large number of disk drives etc. While I'm at it, I've discovered an interesting incompatibility. Related hardware: Adaptec 3210 (I2O RAID, IOP303 + AIC7899 U160) Seagate ST373455LC (73 GB, U320, 1... 16 Jan 2008 10:51

Try it computer softwares for free
New pc softwares are ready to download in http://newsoft2pc.blogspot.com ... 10 Jan 2008 00:21

Network Attached storage
Does anyone know if there are any network attached storage devices on the market that use flash memory instead of hard drives? I currently have a Toshiba notebook which uses flash memory and I am sold on this form of memory. ... 10 Jan 2008 02:36

FAT32 odd file allocation
I am investigating a 250GB FAT32 disk which has had many files deleted - the suspicion is that the deleting was malicous. The disk is in good working condition, with not errors. On the disk is about 25GB of data and this is at the start of the disk. The middle 85%(approx) of the disk is untouched, and all secto... 9 Jan 2008 11:07

Can I burn a bootable ISO on a CD+RW or only on a CD+R ?
Can I burn a bootable ISO on a CD+RW or only on a CD+R ? I read somewhere in the past that burning a bootable image on a re-writeable media cause often problems because the boot sector is NOT recognized successfully. Is this true? Do I have to setup some special options when I use a +RW (or -RW) ? Les ... 15 Jan 2008 20:59

www.scsifaq.org
Since he doesn't appear to post the link himself anymore, here it is: Gary Field's SCSI Info Central / SCSI FAQ http://www.scsifaq.org ... 7 Jan 2008 19:37