data storage

For The Windows 8 "Storage Space" Pools, am I correct that choosing the "Simple/Resiliency" type of Pool will allow me to add more disks in the future when I buy them without any issues. I know that if you choose any of the "parity" types to create the Pool, you run the risk of having problems...

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I know, very old technology (QIC) but please don't tell me to upgrade, this is a hobby of mine. My question, did any company ever make a QIC OR Travan Tape Library/Autoloader?

I think this experience may be useful to Win7/8 users who build and maintain home and small business systems. I regularly clone and swap drives keeping at least one spare at the ready per system at all times. I was shocked to discover that under certain conditions Win7 installation creates a...

On my 64bit Win 7 system there is a big file C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\windows.edb As far as I have read its the index file for the built-in windows indexing service. Hmm, where can I disable this service in "Services"? There is no such service On the other...

So I have a 4 TB drive mirrored to an identical drive. My question is, if/when a drive fails, how will I be notified? Will something popup in the system tray? Or will I get some error message or what? I assume there is something that happens.. otherwise this software RAID would literally be...

What’s the point of OneDrive? Why can’t it be a flexible as DropBox? I really want to take advantage of the 1Tb upgrade that’s coming. With drop box I down load an app in windows, iOS, OS whatever and I get a folder that is common to all machines. I upload or change and all users with...

Interesting article, useful advice: http://askbobrankin.com/how_long_do_hard_drives_last.html

Hello again, Is there any way to prevent Windows 7 locking RW discs before they are full? It seems to happen long before the disc is full and on a whim. (Windows-7 Professional 64-bit with good quality CD-RWs) Regards, Cheemag

Hi I just bought Windows 8 and a SSD for the OS. I want to remove Windows 7 from my existing HDD so it only stores data and doesn't work as a OS anymore. How can I do that? Thanks!

Hello all, I am the soul user of my computer. I run it as Admin, unless I'm online banking or credit-carding. In that there are no other users, and never will be, I wonder if it's more reliable to keep my general data in the normal Users place (My Documents, etc.) or just on the root of the...

This is an item I have heard about in passing many times, but never paid much attention to, because at the time, I didn't see why I would want one. However the notion struck me that it would be a convenient means of transferring data via a hard drive from one computer to another, so I quickly...

I'm trying to create a system image on an external hard drive using the Win7 software (i.e. STart>Control Panel>System and Security> Backup and Restore). I understand that the external HD must be connected directly to the computer so I disconnect the internet and connect the HD (using a...

So Ive just gotten my PC back from repair; everything is working perfectly, except for a HDD. I have 3 drives, one being a SSD with the OS on it, the other two being WesternDigital 1TB drives. The problem is that one of the two HDDs is recognized, but not intractable. The repaired PC came...

Windows 8 includes a ton of great new features that are easy to overlook amidst the sturm und drang over the Start screen. Meet Storage Spaces, a new Windows utility that allows you to connect multiple data storage devices (internal and external) that rely on different interfaces (SATA hard...

Hi, I have 2 users defined to my W7 computer, lets say Jack (administrator) and Jill (normal user). Both users have had their "My Documents" moved to a second disk drive E: as "Jack's Documents" and "Jill's Documents". Recently (I first noticed it on 26th August) both users started to see two...

I have had a problem with my cd accepting different types of cd's. I purchased some 4x 4.7gb cd-rw disk that I was assured would work on my newer model HP laptop. I had trouble getting a new cd's to format at first, but somehow got one to format and select data. Now my cd works fine with the...

I don't know if I'm on the right site or not but can someone give me a helping hand? I have 10,000 pictures which date over the last 70 years. I have tried to organize my pictures by spending about 1,000 hours over the last 10 years. So I’m wondering if there is a database out there that could...

Fixes a memory leak that occurs when a file system minifilter driver calls the FltCreateSystemVolumeInformationFolder function. This issue occurs when you run an application on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer to store a data... More...

System Specs: ASRock P55 Extreme I5-760 4GB DDR3 1333 Memory GTX-470 WD20EARS - 2TB WD3200YS - 320GB I've been running this setup for a little over a year with the WD20EARS partitioned with the C with 175GB for Windows 7 Ultimate system and 1.64TB for data storage, I just got the WD3200YS...