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system build

Western Digital 2TB Prices Drop – WHS Grows

June 7, 2009

As hard as it is for me to fathom, my 12TB Windows Home Server grew to 13TB back in April, just two months after the initial build. Now, less than 2 months after that I was running low on disk space again.
When I built the server I figured the disk would last me awhile. [...]

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Windows Home Server on MSI Wind Barebones

March 16, 2009

I needed to do some PC work and swapping for my parents. To do this I needed a place to store files and backups. I decided a Windows Home Server was ideal for this although the cost of one would be a problem since the need was temporary. So I looked for a solution [...]

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Windows Home Server Build

February 3, 2009

I finally finished building my 12 TB Windows Home Server and migrated the data from my HP Mediasmart home server. The goal here was to replace my existing HP EX470 server with 6 TB of disk (2 of which where external USB drives). I was outgrowing the server and wanted something bigger, faster and [...]

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Vista PC Build – The Results

January 18, 2009

Well, I put all the parts together and have Vista running on the PC. There’s plenty of info about putting a PC together already on the net so I’m not going to get into the details.
The case had plenty of room so getting the motherboard and drives in wasn’t a problem. The cover is [...]

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Vista PC Build – Parts and Planning

January 17, 2009

We won’t talk about how long it’s been since I built a computer, but let’s just say that the ATX form factor probably wasn’t even a twinkle in some engineer’s eye at the time. I’ve been eager to get back into it and also get a relatively low cost Windows computer that I could [...]

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