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Win7 VirtualBox Server with TeamCity keeps BSODing

I'm testing out TeamCity with a small project (one checkin per day or so, small code base) on a Windows 7 VM in VirtualBox. I've had many successful VMs on this host, some of which were also Windows ...
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How do I make VirtualBox's vboxnet interface show up in the OS X network configuration GUI?

I'm willing to do any amount of frobbing of settings in .plist and .xml files to make this work. The scenario is this: I have a nice Android based phone. The phone can do USB tethering. OS X 10.6 ...
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Average/General RAID 0 "Chunk Size"?

EDIT: this got closed as being "opinion based". i disagree! the facts are, i have to choose one of five Chunk Size options when creating a RAID on Mac. i don't know which size to choose for ...
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Formatting a failing & write-locked SSD

I have a failing 4 TB 870 Evo SSD. It has lasted less than a year (thanks Samsung). I believe the SSD has entered a read-only mode because it is failing. Any disk enumeration tasks take 30 seconds ...
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Will data remain intact when flashing the firmware of a “bricked” Intel SSD 520 Series SSD drive?

My Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB SSDSC2BW240A3L SSD featuring the SandForce SF-2281VB1-SDC controller spontaneously died and does not show up in BIOS. Presumably, its firmware has been corrupted by a ...
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Any way to tweak Windows' kernels or drives to handle I/O and reduce or eliminate hangs with failing drives?

I frequently work with failing hard drives for data recovery and various tasks. These tasks are usually short lived in nature, but important. The way Windows seems to handle any failing drive that's ...
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Chkdsk for a specific directory or File !?!? The Syntax

I need help to chkdsk a specific Directory : F:\GOG\*.* I am too stupid to understand the chkdsk sytax for file: CHKDSK [Volume[[Pfad]Dateiname]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:Größe]][/B] [/scan]...
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Unable to install WSL on windows 10 running inside virtual box

I have followed the exact steps of installing WSL on windows 10 guest OS running on virtual Box. I installed Ubuntu from Microsoft App store. But when I click on Launch I get the following error - ...
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As of late 2020, is optane still worth considering?

If I want very fast NVMe storage for general usage, is Optane still a good option? In the past, I read that Optane/3D Xpoint was superior in situations that didn't just require raw throughput, mainly ...
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How do I format disk from UEFI shell?

I need to format 2 disks from pre-built UEFI shell. So I have 2 questions. How do I format a disk from UEFI Shell? How do I know what is the disk name or label? By the way, in the first question I ...
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What is practical size for bcache cache size with respect to hdd size?

There are plenty of manuals how to implement bcache, how to select correct bucket size, how to resize (grow) backing device and so on. This includes, but doesn't limits to in-kernel documentation, ...
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How to unlock NVME disk locked with ATA security

I've locked my NVME drive in the BIOS with a USER and MASTER password. I'm looking to unlock this drive on another machine. How can I do this? I've tried working with nvme-cli. This should be able ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes in virtual box on Windows 10 host

I run Ubuntu 18.04 on virtual box on Windows 10 host. If I open a few windows, watch a youtube-video or do anything that is the least bit heavy ubuntu freezes and the windows task manager reports ...
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Is there a way to disable a hard drive in the UEFI?

BIOS allowed to disable specific hard drives. However I don't seem to find information about how to do it in UEFI. I would like to dual-boot, but I strongly prefer each Operating System (Which will be ...
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How to execute an Extended SMART self-test on a hard drive in Windows?

I have an old internal IDE hard drive that needs to be tested. I used an IDE-to-USB adapter to connect it to a USB port on a Windows PC. Then I tried using GSmartControl to execute the Short SMART ...

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