Storage

reuse encrypted hard drive?
just bob <kilbyfan(a)aoldotcom> wrote: If a hard drive, say from a laptop, has a hard drive password, is there a way to wipe the drive of the password, the data, and everything Yes, the ATA protection does that if you supply the master password. so the drive could be reimaged? Not sure about this bit,... 20 Dec 2007 01:55

Need to copy 200GB of data to 130 USB drives
Arno Wagner wrote in news:5se141F18nhelU1(a)mid.individual.net Previously Jill <jill(a)somewhere.net> wrote: We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service bureaus th... 19 Dec 2007 02:10

raid vs network performance
kony wrote in news:r57bm3d6pfbnqn90uu680pc1jpcr0hke8f(a)4ax.com On 16 Dec 2007 16:04:55 GMT, Arno Wagner <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: Slower ones (RTL), make maybe 25MB/s. RT8169 can fairly easily do 40MB/s. Depends very much on the board and the other compon... 24 Dec 2007 05:30

2Tb Offsite Backup?
Thank you, I believe this is the approach we will take. I will contact those manufacturers as suggested, and appreciate your help. :) On Dec 14, 4:58 pm, Arno Wagner <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: Previously rpeters+gro...(a)icomproductions.ca wrote: We are looking for a solution that allows us to accomplish the ... 19 Dec 2007 21:30

3ware or Areca for sataII multilane pci-e x8 controller?
Arno Wagner wrote: Previously Christian Franke <...> wrote: ... A long self-test of a large (400GB+) system disk may run several hours. Selective self-tests are useful to test such disks on systems not running 24x7. Hmm. Ok. Although was this not arranged so that the disk resumes a test af... 19 Dec 2007 02:10

BIOs Warns Hard Drive Failing, but Drive Passes Test
Today on bootup, after the drives are recognized this message comes up: Primary master hard drive S.M.A.R.T status BAD. Warning: Immediately backup your data and replace your hard drive. A failure may be imminent. Then I run the manufacturer's drive test and it says: Congratulations, your drive pas... 10 Dec 2007 00:38

updating Win XP with new mobo/SATA drivers?
I have a PC with Win XP Pro, and we just got a new motherboard for it. It has one IDE drive, and one SATA drive, which has the OS on it. Booting into Windows, it barely gets started into the booting and it reboots itself. Same with Safe Mode. I figure it has something to do with the SATA drivers. If I boot from th... 10 Dec 2007 00:38

Recover files from NTFS partition with Linux?
Hi I'm trying to recover some files from an unwell XP Pro PC which refuses to boot up. Ive read that its possible to access and copy files from an NTFS partition with a Linux boot disc. I've downloaded RIP ("recovery is possible") and booted up the PC - fortunately it can see the NTFS drive and the files... 10 Dec 2007 00:38

trueimage - command line
Does anyone know if the trueimage tasks can be called from the command line. I want to call the tasks from task scheduler in windows since the scheduler in trueimage doesn't give me the flexibility I need. Thanks, Chris ... 10 Dec 2007 00:38

RAID10 or RAID01 confusion/performance on a 2003 server box questions? Virtual servers on it too..
I'm still trying to finalize my configuration on our new server.. at this point it will house sql 2005 for great plains dynamics.. for about 10 simulaneous users.. It also houses a bunch of system center apps and 250gb file serving for 40 users.. I'm going with the typical RAID5 data stripe mainly for great pl... 10 Dec 2007 00:38