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  1. nate12345

    Vista won't run chkdsk

    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...
  2. nate12345

    gpt disks

    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...
  3. nate12345

    NAS Newbie - Need Storage Solution for Small Business

    Well that is definitely good to know, thanks. Nate
  4. nate12345

    Backup Suggestions for Small Business

    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...
  5. nate12345

    NAS Newbie - Need Storage Solution for Small Business

    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...
  6. nate12345

    NAS Newbie - Need Storage Solution for Small Business

    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...
  7. nate12345

    gpt disks

    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...
  8. nate12345

    SATA mirror, set in bios then doesnt recognise drives

    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...
  9. nate12345

    gpt disks

    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.
  10. nate12345

    gpt disks

    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...
  11. nate12345

    Is there a router that accepts 2 different internet connections?

    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.
  12. nate12345

    Is there a router that accepts 2 different internet connections?

    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...
  13. nate12345

    NAS Newbie - Need Storage Solution for Small Business

    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...
  14. nate12345

    laptop screen going crazy - which part needs to be replaced?

    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...
  15. nate12345

    laptop screen going crazy - which part needs to be replaced?

    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...
  16. nate12345

    Need new motherboard, can someone recommend a replacement?

    Thanks so much Martin, that's exactly what I needed to know =)
  17. nate12345

    Need new motherboard, can someone recommend a replacement?

    I currently have an amd athlon 1800 with about 1.2 gigs of ram (3 chips - sdram, two 512s and a 256) and have an agp video card and 3 pci cards & 3 hard drives (300gigs is largest) and a dvd burner (nothing is serial). The gigabyte motherboard that I have has failed, again... This is the 2nd...
  18. nate12345

    300gig NTFS partition, seen as 128 gig fat16, how to recover?

    I used GetDataBack by Runtime software and it recovered all the files perfectly and with full file names. Cheaper than Stellar (although the interface is worse, but it worked so..). Just wanted to post this in case someone else runs into a similar problem. Nate
  19. nate12345

    300gig NTFS partition, seen as 128 gig fat16, how to recover?

    OK steallar phoenix has a ntfs recovery tool that I think will work, but it's $100, does anyone know of a cheaper solution? The other one I downloaded (can't remember name) was cheaper, but it didn't remember file names it seemed (would have renamed files like FIL1.xls FIL2.xls, & w/thousands...
  20. nate12345

    300gig NTFS partition, seen as 128 gig fat16, how to recover?

    I have a 300 gig hard drive (logical drive, used for storage) that's one partition. I was using it in windows server 2003. I then decided to convert back to windows 2000 temporarily, it didn't recognize the 300 gig hard drive and say it as 128gigs. I didn't touch any settings for it at all...

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