Back when I wrote an article about replacing Windows Home Server data disks I received some comments about replacing the system drive. At the time I didn’t think I’d be replacing the disk anytime soon since there was little benefit. The drive is used last for data storage so it would be easier and more [...]
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Windows Home Server Disk Management, my favorite and most useful add-in for Windows Home Server, has been updated. My previous version was 1.0.7.3. Functionally there’s not much that’s different, but but the enhancements improve an already fine add-in. Like other add-ins I’ve used, the old version must be uninstalled before the new version can [...]
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Actually, it’s not as dramatic as the headline suggests. I’m still primarily a Mac user and my only Windows usage is in a virtual machine. I do very little in Windows (outside of my day job). There’s a couple Windows apps I like - AnyDVD and Windows Live Writer - and I also use [...]
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Since I decided to start ripping my video library to disk I quickly realized my Windows Home Server would run out of space in fairly short order. I had four 500GB drives in it already so there weren’t any bays free, I’d have to replace one or more drives. The sweet spot for hard [...]
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My iTunes library is located on the Windows Home Server music share so that it can be managed from any of my Macs. I knew this was potential problem with the data corruption issue. Still, I continued to run the library from the WHS share since I suffer from "can’t happen to me" syndrome. [...]
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One of the benefits of Windows Home Server is the ease at which disk space can be expanded. There’s no need to set up partitions, just pop the drives in and add them to the storage pool. The HP EX475 makes it easy to add disk on the hardware side of things by using [...]
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