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Well, I have successfully transplanted my complete WHSv1 install without even needing to reinstall the OS. I needed to re-activate, though. Mind you, I was doing a rather "safe" transplant: from a 945G-based motherboard to a G31-based one. So, pretty much the same drivers all around. However, I...

Thanks, baldrik. I'll keep that in mind, though a bit of a snag has come up with another part of the upgrade (a controller for my NAS), so this might have just been pushed back a week or so. In any case, keep your thoughts coming.

X2 Great post, PigLover. And yours too, UhClem.

Well that's just yucky... 150MBps total throughput is just horrible... Hopefully something just as cheap but more decent will crop up eventually... In that regard, does anyone know how well the 4-port PCIe 1x Marvell 88SE6145 controller fare? It's actually a 4SATA+1PATA controller (so 6...

First up, thank you everyone for your input. OK, Corsair, then. The V2 are newer models, I believe. And even if they're not, I won't risk it. Shame, though, the V2 is the cheapest of the bunch... hehehe Yes, I know that, thank you. I know the basics of SSD tech, I'm just not up-to-date on what...

Hi there, guys. A quick question, if I may: I'm considering getting an SSD for my tablet PC (HP TM2-2150ep, btw) without breaking the bank, for cooler operation and faster access. It's got to be small, since 80GB+ drives are still absurdly expensive where I live, though that's not much of a...

Hmm, what kind of budget are we talking about for the storage controller? Also, how much bandwidth do you need? And how about reliability? Options are VERY different if you need ~200MBps or ~2000MBps (slight exaggeration, of course), same thing for professional or home use. I can't help you...

Ah, WHSv1 it is, then. :p x64, prettier interface, Homegroup integration and 2TB+/AFS support is not worth the trouble for me... Or time spent (which is WAAAAY too much already... lol) Thanks for the heads-up. Cool. Reusing is sweet, especially since the drive is about one year old only. I...

Ok, guys. I'm back. I was in between jobs when I last posted, plus my parents were on vacation with me (which is always a pain, at one point we were 6 in a single-bedroom, ~70m2, or about 750 square feet, apartment... ugh), so I had to put the breaks on the upgrade. Right now I'm debating on...

Thanks, S-F. Interesting to see the perks of having a single nickname... lol In the meanwhile, I re-checked the prices I had, and it seems I might have been drunk (do note I don't drink) while posting my previous post on this thread. Hitachi HDDs are still the most expensive, but not by...

Thanks for the input. I have taken a look at the Hitachi website, and apparently their drives are still non-AF, as you said (yay!), but I then took a look at my usual IT stores (retailers and e-tailers, from across the country), and guess what, not only most of them don't even carry the drives...

Thank you, TASL, and you're welcome, Zycker. Oh, I hate it when an important question ends up at the bottom of a page... If you guys don't mind going to the previous page and check out my question on 4K-sector HDDs and WHSv1, it would be great. I don't know how long I'll be able to hold off...

You're doing it wrong, Zycler. Right MMC Plugin, only wrong mouse pointer placement. :p It's not the partition that needs to be converted to GPT, it's the Disk/Array. Right-click the disk area (where you can read "Disk 4 / Basic") and you should have a "convert to GPT" option available there...

Sorry for the late reply, I was on vacation the last couple of weeks. It may be the drive is toast, but it may also be the drive was only used as a duplication drive in WHS. AFAIK, WHS duplication files are not visible to the user (meaning they get put inside an invisible OS drive), or at...

Hello, guys. As most of you know, I have been following this thread for quite a while now, since before the WD EAxxEARS 4K sector drives appeared. Since that time, this thread has grown something like 20 pages, which I simply cannot thoroughly scan. Thing is, I'm in need to add storage to...

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OK, that's a good thing about DE, then. I'll store that one for possible later use.

QFT! Also, unless you REALLY need hot-plug (I never tried it, but I believe WHS actually requires a restart to add or remove disks from the pool, so hot-plug doesn't sound that hot - pun intended), then any other thing than the years-proven plain IDE driver from Microsoft (SATA is seen as...

Hmm, that is interesting. I never added any folder to the Library other than the standard ones WHS Connector brings along, so that is news to me. And, though understandable in terms of library updates and correctness, it's still a bummer if WHS gets to circumvent that (what appears to be a pure...

Hmm, I just checked with my Libraries, and you can add folders to be scanned to any of the libraries at will just by going to each of its property pages and clicking on "Add location". I haven't installed the connector on this laptop yet (just got it), but I assume that's the way WHS publishes...

Vail is based on Windows 2008 R2, which is only available for 64-bit platforms. That means, much like just about any W2K8R2 or W7 x64 install, setup WILL stop on its tracks if a 64bit capable CPU is not found. Good thing is, depending on how old your P4 is, it might support 64bit extensions...

Again, I never tested it, and I'm running all my drives in IDE mode (ICH7 limitation), but from what remember it's just like that, a DOS/GUI hybrid from both the XP and Vista eras. I still prefer the whole Vista-based setup routine (much easier, faster, and apart from some initial probing...

While I never tried it myself, and even if WHS is still XP-based, its installer is not completely XP-era. I've used XP (and W2K3) for many years, and have lost track of just how many installs I've gone through. So when I came across WHS, something felt "off" with the installer. At the time I...

I wouldn't. I usually couldn't care less about eSATA, it's a MAJOR pain to get the connectors right, then to have all the stuff securely attached all the time. Sure, it can be cool for an external enclosure with one or two drives, as a backup medium or fast external portable storage, but for...

Yes, that does seem an interesting solution. Actually, a VERY interesting one, since it's the first cheap(ish) enclosure I've seen on the open market that actually supports both eSATA and USB3 capable of exposing all 4 drives individually to the OS... Do keep in mind you will still need a...

Hmm, that kind of storage capacity on a $150 budget is kind of difficult... Not only you need to have at least a 3x5.25'' enclosure (with a 5-in-3 adapter, which itself is over $100) with a 5-port SATA port multiplier (starting at $65) AND a SiI 3132-based (for the PCIe bus, there is also an...

Oh, you're on the "I've got rack mountable hardware" crew. That makes choosing a case for WHS a breeze. In those cases, my instant thought is "Norco it and be done with it". And don't you guys DARE to use that marketing phrase without me saying it's OK... lol As the owner of a very similar...

I hear you! Too much time researching, especially for what controllers are actually available in Portugal... lol I already have a big enough case (this one), with 3x 4-in-1 CM drive bays (got them all at once to keep the look clean). Now the real problem is the controller I need to get. I...

Don't worry. If there's something always growing is your need for data storage. I started my WHS with 1TB, then quickly moved on to 4TB, and before I knew it to 6TB. AND I haven't upgraded it to 8TB yet only because I actually need a new controller (ran out of SATA ports on the motherboard)...

Oh, that's... messed up. One of the great things about WHS1 was that if something catastrophic happened to your WHS OS, you could at least recover your data on a standard PC. I can understand why MS would want to limit this ability (DE is a weird beast, after all...), but at least you should...

Nitro, apart from the whole "Vail-to-Vail storage disk recognition" thing, isn't it true that you can just plug in a WHS storage disk to another PC and pull the data out? I mean, DE drives are still NTFS formatted, right? Though, whatever the answer, it's a GREAT idea Vail accepts storage...

Thanks for the correction on the Broadcom decoder. I got that impression after I saw a review of a Dell Mini with it. Must have been a user add-on, then. As for the screen, yes, the vast majority of netbooks these days still leave the factory with sub-HD displays. The OP didn't seem too...

He has already stated that he'll mostly be playing back 1080p material. I'm assuming MKVs and the like. Atom+standard Intel chipset usually has enough power to handle up to 720p content, depending on the software used. More than that and it's a no go, you'll need hardware decoding. Also...

Hmm, Junction has been around since before Windows Vista was launched, the guy who created it was the same one responsible for the now defunct Sysinternals website (well, the site still redirects to M$'s sysinternals page, since the guy was actually hired my Microsoft) and all of the other...

The thing with "WHS doesn't support RAID" really only means that if you use RAID, have some kind of issue with the data and call M$'s support, they'll say "sorry, that is not a supported feature, as per the license agreement, so we can't help you with that problem". WHS is still based off...

My WHS installed that update automatically I think about two nights ago counting backwards from tonight (it was turned on at the time). Apart from the nightly reboot, which messed up uTorrent's torrent managing engine, as usually is the case every time I reboot (uT is not very fond of using...

Hmmm, this is something that interests me, too. A few years ago, I remember reading a couple of things about this subject, but not only for HTPC use (more for a car or wearable PC). Unfortunately, at that time, CPU power, WinXP and voice recognition software was not really suited to that kind...

This question has been debated a while back between myself and another two users (not sure who, though), and there are mixed feelings about that one. I recommend you check a few pages back (I use a non-standard page size, with 50 posts per page, so I don't really know how many), to have the full...

I've read that, too. It's actually a good thing, at least from my perspective. If DE runs every time there is a write, data will ALWAYS be duplicated when the write operation ends. That's basically the way software RAID1 works, and I think it's general consensus that there is a very low CPU...

To check for IRQ sharing issues, go to the Device Manager and select "View->Resources by type". Then open "IRQ" and see which devices are sharing what IRQ lines. Having low-bandwidth (or latency-agnostic) devices sharing an IRQ (like USB and PCIe controllers, or stuff like that) is not too bad...