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Plugging 3.5" SATA drives into SAS ports on Proliant G6 DL360 Server

So I've got an HP Proliant G6 Dl360 that I'm hoping to run Freenas on from a VM. Has plenty of RAM (32GB), Processing Power, etc. Problem is storage. I have 5 WD 4TB 3.5" Hard drives I could use but I ...
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Bad magic number in super-block / Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/sda12

How can i recover my corrupted hardisk partition ? I can tried to recover this partition using GParted but GParted see an error message GParted 0.25.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-...
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Cannot map network disk

I have a NAS, problem is that I cannot map network disk in NAS. Command: net use u: \\192.168.1.3\home Output: System error 59 has occured. An unexpected network error occurred. I am using ...
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Windows 10 - SATA Hard drive keeps disappearing

I have only recently upgraded my machine to Windows 10. This was a clean build with Windows 10 Pro, not an upgrade from 7 or 8. My C drive is a 500 GB SSD. My D drive is a brand new 3 TB standard ...
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SSD: real read speed is half the specified one. Any idea why?

A few days ago, I bought a Toshiba Q300 SSD drive. I partitioned it (aligning partitions to multiples of 2048 sectors) and installed Ubuntu Mate. According to this page, the "Sequencial Read" is up ...
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How do HDD's periodically refresh data?

I was reading/over-hearing some discussions which said that due to possibility of 'bit rot', hdd's periodically refresh data ? I have seen the hdd indicator giving a steady glow at times which means ...
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Booting Windows from Stick

I installed Windows on my 3 TiB hard disk with an old motherboard where no UEFI is possible. Since i wanted to install to two other Linux OS's i changed the msdos partition table to gpt via gdisk ...
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ext4-fs error on Linux RAID1 configuration

I'm trying to configure a Dell PowerEdge R430 server with two RAID1 configurations. One is intended to be for the OS and some archival storage, and the other is intended to be a seat for hypervisors. ...
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How do I stop low disk space warnings for my recovery partition?

I have a brand new Omen Gaming laptop and Windows Explorer is complaining about low disk space on the recovery partition (D:) every 5 minutes. How do I turn off these messages for the recovery ...
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CHKDSK fails in Windows 10 but ok in Windows 7

I have an old SSHD (Hybrid) 2.5" drive from my old Macbook which I wanted to reuse. So I decided to backup its NTFS volumes on Windows 10 Home but when I mounted it complained that it needed to check ...
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Mount CD drive in Windows 10 bash

It's not something to explain in detail. It's just simply, how do I mount my CD drive in Windows 10's bash? I have no idea whether it's even possible or not. HDDs and folders can easily be mounted ...
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Windows 10: make drive letter unavailable

On my Windows 10 system I have the following drive letters assigned:C:\ SSD (The system drive)D:\ HDD (has junction from C:\Users)E:\ Blu-Ray optical driveF:\ DVD optical driveG:\ external HDDI:\ ...
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Copying files from ext4 to NTFS

I am trying to copy some files from an Ubuntu-based (ext4) external drive I have to my NTFS external drive. I opened up ext4 hard drive in Windows (it's read only) and started copy / pasting to NTFS. ...
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Windows 10 100% disk usage on startup and whenever opening Windows/Microsoft Native Apps

Since earlier this week, my laptop becomes unresponsive when logging into windows. Disk C: is always at 100%. Windows will only be usable and lag free after around 15 mins. Open Resource Monitor shows ...
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Apple OSX - Prevent second partition asking for FileVault Password

wonder if anyone can help... So my work provides me with a MacBook Pro, what I have done is created a second partition with a second installation of OSX for personal use when at home. Both ...

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