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HDD write cache not supported - how to enable it?
My HDD is terribly slow when it comes to writing big files (4-5MB/s).
KDiskMark result
Copy from laptop to HDD via 1Gb net via FTP
I read that I should enable write cache, but hdparm says "not ...
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VMware on external drive
I am learning ethical hacking, and the course requires me to install VMware and multiple different operating systems inside it. I don't want to install them on my C drive, but I have a 2tb external ...
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Virtual disk size information seems incorrect, but unable to do any partitioning operations
I have a .vmdk file which I have to extract data from. I added the .vmdk file as a secondary hard drive(/dev/sdb) for a virtual machine, and tried to mount it but it was unsuccessful.
# mount /dev/sdb ...
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ESXI Cannot start up from Virtual IDE Hard Drive
After an power outage my ESXi at home cannot boot one of my virtual machines.
When i start the VM I get the following error message:
I already tried to connect via ssh to ESXi and ran vmkfstools -x ...
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How to check a virtual machine free disk space and increase the size to a specified size using PowerShell script
I need help with a script to check if the free disk space is 30GB and if it is less than 30GB, increase it to just the difference to make the free space 30. I need this to work for 1500 VM's so it ...
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The option to select whether to connect a USB drive to Host Machine or Virtual Machine upon plugging in gone
I used to be able to select whether to connect a USB storage device (HDD or USB drive) to my host machine or virtual machine but the popup doesn't come up now. And now I am unable to connect my HDD or ...
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Linux with HDD Vs VMware with SSD - disk corruption on power failure?
I manage around 120+ servers in DC. We have installed linux using HDD (SAS drive) and VMWare on SSD. We had power issues with our data center two times, We never had the problem with server having SSD+...
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Moving VM from hard drive to SSD
A hard drive was replaced with a much faster SSD. The contents of the hard drive, including a Windows 7 VM for VMware Workstation were copied over. Is there anything that must be done so the VM and ...
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How to move a TrueCrypt's container that contains a virtual machine to another HD?
I have a two HDs in my computer. One of them is a SSD of 167 GB approximatelly, the other is a SATA 1 TB.
The SSD is partitioned in two, partitions C and E, and the 1 TB HD is the partition D. Inside ...
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Error USB3 UAS passthrough VMWare Workstation 15
Specs:
i7 5700 HQ
3x USB3 ports
Windows 10 1809
Tested not working:
Seagate 1TB USB3 HDD
Seagate 4TB USB3 HDD
Tested working:
Philips 32GB USB3 Flash Drive
Issue:
All of the devices work ...
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How to load a other VM's disk as a VM's disk in VMWare Workstation?
I have a CentOS7.2 named test-CentOS7_64, which only have one disk(sda).
and now I have another VM which also have sda, I want to use the VM to load the test-CentOS7_64's disk sda to sdb, how to do ...
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Using Physical EFI Disk Image as a Virtual Hard Drive [duplicate]
I imaged an HP Envy laptop that has an M.2 Solid State drive. When I view the image file in FTK I can see 5 partitions including the Windows partition.
I would like a virtual instance of this ...
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Extending disk capacity on root partition on VmWare, Ubuntu Guest
I want to increase my disk capacity on my virtual machine. I went on and expanded 8GB more free space from the settings. Now, I can see that part as a free space on my Ubuntu guest. I want to extend ...
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Issues booting physical raid disks in vmware 14
I'm trying to set a physical raid6 partition on a physical slackware install in VMWare. mdadm set up goes flawlessly when I boot the machine normally. But when I boot it in VMWare I get the ...
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Which hypervisor allows mounting and editing virtual disks inside host Windows? [closed]
I want to be able to have a complete control on the virtual disks that my virtual machine is going to use. Which hypervisor allows that? VMware, VirtualBox, Windows Virtual PC, etc.? I want to be able ...
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