Storage

Strange Problems with new WD3200AAJB Drive
I tried replacing the 160GB hard drive in my ReplayTV DVR with a brand new WD3200AAJB drive. Unfortunately, the AA drives are not compatible with the Replay 5000 series. (I have never had a problem replacing ReplayTV drives. The newer drives are largely incompatible, so the problems are now multiplying.) One... 23 Jul 2008 10:12

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>> Are you the new spammer-boy of this NG? Would you just please FOAD?? Idiot! Lighten up, "Gary". Don't interfere with our fight. Stand aside and watch the show ... :) -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubu... 25 Jun 2008 07:47

Vista and XP booting
I recently did a hard drive upgrade, which has left me with a somewhat strange situation, whereby I can boot XP, and not Vista, or Vista, and not XP. Right now, XP is booting, with no boot manager menu. If I boot the Vista DVD and do an automated repair, it replaces the boot sector with its boot manager, an... 24 Jun 2008 13:21

On-Line storage
I'm wondering why I shouldn't consider an on-line back-up solution? As an example, allmydata.com advertises unlimited storage for $5.00 a month. A big external disk is on the order of $150. It would take 30 months to pay for the disk at $5.00/month. Of course, it would probably be full before then. Cons ... 25 Jun 2008 08:49

partitioning hard drive from vista to dual boot xp
Hi, I've got a Dell laptop, with Vista Home Premium, and I love it. I need to install XP as well, and make it a dual boot system, because I want to run some audio software using XP. Right now, my ~300GB drive is partitioned as follows: 78MB: Healthy EISA partition, which I cannot delete using Disk Manag... 28 Jun 2008 21:53

2.5" SATA hard disks
Are they using the same set of plugs as 3.5" SATA disks? How about... 1.8 inch ones? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04) Linux 2.6.25.7 ^ ^ 19:41:01 up 7:43 2 users load average: 1.26 1.54 1.92 ? ? ... 24 Jun 2008 10:15

Hitachi Deskstar: 725032GLA360 vs 725032VLA360
What's the difference between V and G? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04) Linux 2.6.25.7 ^ ^ 13:31:01 up 1:33 0 users load average: 1.06 1.02 1.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubs... 23 Jun 2008 06:34

Alternate to Nero Disk Quality Test (for DVD-CD)
Previously Ed Light <nobody(a)nobody.there> wrote: I've got a new Pioneer DVR-215D DVD writer. Nero 8's utility DiscSpeed's Disc Quality tab, which reads an optical disk and reports the quality in %, with a graph of error levels, gives a "drive does not support this function" error. I wonder if there'... 1 Jul 2008 05:09

Windows read only partitions
It seems as Windows 2003 and Vista support read only partitions on disks with GUID partition table. All one has to do is to set bit 60 in the partition entry attribute bits field and reboot. -- Svend Olaf ... 20 Jun 2008 18:25

Storevault NAS/SAN
Anyone here using Storevault product? Can you tell me if you are using it for Exchange or SQL? Likes/Dislikes? Many thanks! ... 20 Jun 2008 11:12