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    Western Digital RMA

    I've done 3 in the last year, All have been returned as new. 1 advanced, 2 standard
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    Advance RMA WD 1TB Black drive and getting a different model back?

    I have done 4 RMA's with WD and have always received a new drive.
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    Looking for a reliable 2.5" HD.

    What about WD My Passport drive? I have used one for the last year. The are great as a portable external drive as they require no other power source other than plugging into a USB port.
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    Did I Get The Wrong Drives For My WHS Build?

    I have been using 4 of these drives (WD15EADS) in my server for 6 months now, and have had no issues as of yet, if this helps you any.
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    I've noticed a new install of WHS will always have slow transfer speeds if you put alot of data on it at one time. WHS will have slower transfer speed if it doing background work. I get anywhere from 60MBS - 100MBS transfers on wired network. Intel NIC on Server, Netgear router, gigabit switch...
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    I you do decide to go RAID 1 for OS (which I have ran for 5 months now) It does work good as a protective measure, but just keep in mind IT IS NOT A BACKUP. Anything you do to the drive will also be done to the mirror drive. The best reason for doing so is protection from hard drive failure. Do...
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    Question about WHS Drive Failure

    You Will loose the data that is on the particular drive that fails.....meaning you will not loose the entire share, only the data the is not duplicated that resides on the failed drive. I myself wish that WHS had an option to allow you to choose what data goes to what drive in a selected...
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    Best 2 tb drives?

    As for the WD Greens......... Be careful as if this is the route you decide to go.....the WD20EARS-###### models do not align correctly for WHS without doing a special format alignment due to their 4kb cluster size. If you do not align corectly they can cause very slow performance problems or...
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    RAID - Need advice understanding what would be best for me.

    Here is a possibility: Are the new 1.5TB drives you used to build this system Green powers drives with model # WD15EARS-######? If so the slow performance you may be experiencing may be a bad alignment issue you will have with WHS or Win XP. There are threads speaking of this alignment issue...
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    5$ for an answer!!! Please help! (Norco 24TB content inside)

    I would agree with nitrobass24, would think there is a defective drive somewhere. Try them all one at a time.
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    Microcenter question

    Opps....pls delete reply. back button abuse on my part.
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    Microcenter question

    MC has 1 or 2 year replacement plans you can use on a CPU/MB purchase, which will costs ~$20 to $30 more, but is very well worth the cost over RMA to a manufacture due to shipping costs and downtime. Plus you also know for sure your getting it replaced with a new product, not a used or re...
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    The Router Recommendations Thread (Consumer)

    wtburnette, I'm assuming that you reset your modem during all of this proccess? Also N wireless will only work correctly on 5Ghz if you have a 5Ghz wireless receiver card.
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    The Router Recommendations Thread (Consumer)

    +1 on Netgear WNDR3700 , purchased today , and so far seems to be an outstanding router. I have used/configured many routers before and this seems to be to date the fastest/easiest I have seen. ...........now to find somwone who wants to buy my Belkin N1 Vision.......
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    I have found that RAID 1 can be useful on WHS. The only benefit of RAID 1 on WHS is on the system drive in most cases. Folder duplication is more sensible for the pooled drives because it can be used only on the data you want it to. With LOTS of backed up Blu-rays this can be a huge waste of...
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