Storage

Can a (second) hard disc consist of only 1 extended/logicalpartition? Or is at least one primary necessary?
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:31:41 +0200, Aragorn wrote: Technically, you can even do without a partition at all for GNU/Linux and simply format the available diskspace, but this is not something I would advise. Especially for UNIX systems, I am much rather a proponent of using different partitions for specifi... 20 Apr 2008 12:24

Can a (second) hard disc consist of only 1 extended/logical partition? Or is at least one primary necessary?
Assume I have a second hard disc in my system. Can I put only one extended/logical partiton on it? or is at least one primary partition per hard disc necessary? J. ... 23 Apr 2008 09:20

Review: WD10EACS 1TB and JJ-23VSUES
I just bought this disk and a second of these enclosures. The disk is very quiet and reasonably fast, about 70% of the current top performers, is my guess. I have reviewed the enclosure before, it is an USB2.0/eSATA enclosure with fan. Temperature is at 37C under load with 22C ambient. While the JJ enclosure ha... 18 Apr 2008 19:49

Suggestions Please...
I want to know that is there any such service packs of operating system that can give me GUI of Windows Vista but working efficiency of Windows Xp?I initially used Vista but liked its GUI thats it nothing else is impressive regarding Vista but as I am use to Xp can I get anything combination of both as I have as... 16 Apr 2008 22:02

Recommended hard drive temperature
I've been reading this document which is an analysis of Google's hard disc failure rates: Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population: http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf It states that "contrary to previously reported results, we found very little correlation between failure rates and e... 24 Apr 2008 08:38

dimension of ibm server x-series?
Hi! Our new servers will be x3550 and x3650 from IBM. I am a little bit confused because I got different dimensions of the servers. One information for a 3550 was 44cm (width) another information was about 48cm. Does anyone have this two models an can tell me the real dimensions? Otherwise I am not able to decid... 17 Apr 2008 18:56

See the important patch for Windows
"Seamus Mcquillan" <mqxoclhyse(a)nrg.com> wrote: this is the latest version of security update, the "April 2008, Cumulative Patch" Oh. My. God. Are you idiots still trying to distribute your viruses this way? Please, everyone. Just delete the original message and move on. ... 15 Apr 2008 08:19

PCI v PCIe: performance difference for SATA-II add-in card?
Does anyone know the approximate difference in data throughput between a drive on a SATA-II controller on a PCI bus versus the same drive on a PCIe (x 1) bus? Thanks, Ken K ... 13 Apr 2008 19:57

What kind of PCI SATA controller do I need for a WD 750G
Is what I need a PCI SATA 2 card? I am trying to get a WD 750 working with an old Abit KT7A RAID mobo. The PCI card I currently have is a SiI3112 A ... 13 Apr 2008 19:57

With restored image on new Laptop HD - Sign in then auto logoff then sign in and ditto ditto
Rod Speed wrote: Rock <1940(a)pobox.com> wrote: As a follow up to a previous post.. Its better to reply to your original post. I have just put a new larger HD in my laptop and with True Image, made an image, then just restored it. It boots okay to the Login panel. When I log in (... 12 Apr 2008 19:52