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When I boot up the computer I get a message about how something is corrupt and chkdsk needs to be run. When I attempt to run it, it states that it cannot use the volume since it's in use so would you like to schedule it for the next startup, I press Y for yes. The next time I restart, it does...

After the merge completed (I used the 3ware web utility, which takes 30-50% longer, but you can use your server still while it's migrating) that took 72 hours it was extremely easy to expand the partition table for the volume. I rebooted in safe mode with command prompt, at command prompt I...

Well that is definitely good to know, thanks. Nate

Well it's great that your wife is looking into backuping up her data, and now that she is going in the this direction she should look at multiple solutions to implement rather than just one. Also, budget is always a factor, but keep in mind that if 1 hard drive became very corrupt and needed to...

I have a raid 5 and I chose this over raid6 becuase I have NEVER had a problem with seagates only WD's and Maxtors. However, I was not aware how long verification and rebuilds could take. Prior to purchasing I was thinking 12-36 hours, now it's look like 48-100 hours. The performance of the...

Thanks Mark, I ended up going with the 3Ware 9650SE-16ML ($900). I don't think we'll need to use 16 ports, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. For the case I just bought an extremely large atx computer case (17 slots) & a 600 watt power supply. All of rack mounted options ended up being so...

Rich, I just thought you might want to know that I have a 4 disk 750gb raid 5 array and I'm migrating another 750gb to the array right now and that process is going to take a total of about 72 hours! So when you plan your 2 TB -> 4TB upgrade you should definitely allocate a lot of time (the...

Sorry if this is kind of basic, but the two hard drives you have are the IDE or SATA? Your board supports RAID on the SATA ports, not IDE. Also, I'm not sure if I read what you wrote correctly, but you said you change it and don't save and exit? Go ahead and try that (even if bios doesn't...

oops, forgot to type the word "not," it should you (and you are NOT limited to 2TB so long as you have SP1 installed). Sorry about that.

To answer your question, yes, you can add onto your gpt partition (and you are limited to 2TB so long as you SP1 installed), however, I have never done this, but I also have a 2TB gpt partition on a raid 5 and I'm going to experiment and add another hd soon to see how it goes (I always cringe...

Thank you very much! I'll be sure to look into this model, if anyone else has any other recommendations please let me know. Thanks again.

Hi, At our small business we have a business comcast line setup for our internet access. However, in the event that comcast is down (happens every so once in awhile) I have a backup internet connection through yahoo dsl. If comcast goes down I have to manually switch over to the dsl modem...

Hi, I'm looking for a storage solution for a small business. Currently we are using the managers computer as essentially a storage server (and he uses it to do his work) and I've been assigned with the task of researching possible solutions. There are currently 4 750gb hard drives in his...

yeah if you squeeze the sides or kind of bend it a little it will either make it worse or better and sometimes completely fix it (temporarily)... kalediscope is a good word for the symptom.... so how would I resolve a faulty connector at the hinge? Interestingly enough when I took it...

Hi, My dad's dell inspiron 1300 (samsung 15" screen) laptop works fine most of the time, but recently the colors on the screen have started to change for no reason. The screen will all of the sudden go red or have like static looking colors, like streaks of odd colors... the LCD is in...