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    VB Coding issues

    I have't coded VB in almost 10 years and i am so lost. Im using visual studio 2013 What i need to do is parse data out of text files. Some can be local others can be in network locations so i need some way to load them from those remote PC's such as \\192.168.1.100\c$\Run\myfile.txt...
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    Nah, The one im looking for was free for 3 drives, anything more than 3 you needed to purchase it. EDIT: FOUND IT! http://lime-technology.com/
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    Any one know the NAS software that runs on a thumb drive. The site also pre sold these cases with everything but the drives. I canst seem to find it.
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    Terminal Server Issue

    Anyone have an idea on this terminal issue? Here we go Some users on our terminal have issues accessing websites. The main issue is with the site ingramicro.com. We can get to the site just fine at first however within a few minutes or hours the user will no longer be able to display the...
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    FS Adaptec 3805 SAS / SATA raid card with cables

    Used Adaptec 3805 128MB SAS / SATA raid card with two 4 port break out cables. Unit was pulled from a working server that was decommissioned. Full card specs here. http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/sas/value/sas-3805/ Highlights 8 internal ports MD2 –...
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    Thin Clients

    I have a remote scan program that i am trying to install. I have several windows CE 6.0 thin clients. Is their a way for me to get this program installed onto the thin client? Also how can i install a scanner to the thin cleint so i can port it over RDP to the the server? If this cant...
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    3 Enermax SpineRex Chassis Up for Grabs

    :mad: Best feature IMO. I cant count the number of times i wanted to stab what even engineer though it was a good idea to mount HDD'd directly into a case w/o easy access :mad:
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    Exchange sending issue

    Little background Currently we are in the middle of a Exchange migration. We have 2 servers Mail1.com Mail2.com We are migrating from mail1 to mail2. Currently about 1/3 the organazation is on the new server. We are only able to migrate a few hours a week, Anyways, Mail2 is...
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    Shrink a drive in 2008 R2

    We are currently using an ARCA with storage server 2003 as our backup solution. We have 8TB of space
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    Shrink a drive in 2008 R2

    This needs to be this way for backup purposes. The VHD is a 2TB file. Currently when we try and back it up over the network it does two things. 1: takes well over 3 days and 2: choaks the network to where it's unusable. The reason being that this drive is full of x-ray files. 2.9 million to be...
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    Shrink a drive in 2008 R2

    I have a 2008 R2 server running in a hyper V session. The server has two drives. 1: OS and programs 2: Data only. Shares - No VSS snapshots, no backups, no installed programs, no page file, no system files at all! I have been successful in shrinking the volume up until this point. We...
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    WTT WOW WOTLK Sealed Collectors edition

    As title says. I want to trade a sealed copy of world of warcraft wrath of the litch king collectors edition. I am looking for the following A server case with room for atleast 8-12 drives. Something with hot swap bays. or something similar to Lian Li's PC-A17B case if not that...
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    Advance RMA WD 1TB Black drive and getting a different model back?

    i sent in my 150GB raptor with 3 years left on it and got a 300GB enterprise drive back. But with only 5 months left. I bitched them out and they gave me a full 5 years on the RMA'd 300GB drive. LOL :D
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    any suggestions for 48TB+ server

    http://www.backblaze.com/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage.html 64TB for 7,867
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    BOTH drives have MBR, whoops!

    SATA is hot swap. Just plug the drive in and leave the cable from the board to the drive unplugged from the drive. Then when your booted in win7 pro. Plug the Sata cable back into the drive. Wa la :rolleyes:
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    Windows server permissions

    Is their a way to set permissions in windows so that a user can have the ability to modify a file but not straight out delete the file? I know i can in linux.
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    Any way to "trim down" Windows 7 Ultimate?

    Aft not cleaning my WoW directory for a few months of patch's and temp files mine was well over 25GB's
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    My friend's XP computer is plagued by some virus/malware... cant get rid of it

    Not true. Malwarebytes will pickup most of todays spyware and picks up all of the fake virus alerts from what i've seen. However most of them will not allow you to install or run the program. They will kill the process. You must kill the fake antivirus first then run the program
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    My friend's XP computer is plagued by some virus/malware... cant get rid of it

    Download and run this http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Remove-Fake-Antivirus.shtml Then download and run this http://www.malwarebytes.org/ http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756 Just cleaned that same infection on a clients PC yesterday with those two tools
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    Im thinking i'll use backup exe 12.5 i have access to it and an old tape drive an box of tapes.
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    Defrag RAID volumes?

    Yes, We run multiple flavors of raid here at work and at some point they all need to be defraged.
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    Is 2008 R2 better then WHS? I know i will have more options with 2008 R2 like setting up AD, Installing Exchange on it and such but what are the downfalls / advantages of having one over the other. :confused:
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    Malware / Virus hit squad

    Im putting together a .ZIP for our engineers out in the field to put on their pen drives so they will have a mobile hit squad of tools to take care of most malware / virus infections on the spot. So far i have this. Malware - Combofix, Malwarebytes, Spybot, SmitfraudFix, Prevx, RUbotted...
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    XP Virus Need some help

    No go on safe mode with command promt. Regular safe mode works. Command prompt blue screens. So far i have used. Symantec Endpoint, Nod32, Malware Bytes, SPS&D, and Prevx
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    XP Virus Need some help

    I have a client that droped off his laptop. I've been working at it for about a day now. He came in complaining about some virus and said he wanted it cleaned off. No reformat. He was very adamit about that. So here is the situation. I took the drive out and scanned it with mine. Removed...
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    Post your "Ghetto Mod" pics

    Sorry i cant post a real pic. I hope it still counts. Our data center is under level 3 security. Scan a badge + finger prints + pass a guard to get in. No pictures are allowed to be takin inside. Lots of rules to follow. :( Any ways we had to set this up last night
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    Expand a raid 5 array w/o moving data.

    I'm using an onboard intel raid controller. Building a new array is hard. I would either have to 1. Buy and build a whole nother box. Or 2 buy a raid controller card setup the raid on that. Either way ends up costing me money Maybe ill just bring my box to work. We have a 150TB san...
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    Clone RAID Partitions onto One Drive

    Moving from 1 raid controller to another you are usually hosed in terms of saving data or anything for a drive. Just make 3 folders on your new drive and put all the data from each partition in each one of the folders.
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    Expand a raid 5 array w/o moving data.

    Can you expand a raid 5 array in the following way? Say i had 4 1TB drives that i want to upgrade to 2TB drives. [1]-[1]-[1]-[1] Could i add a 2TB drive [2]-[1]-[1]-[1] ( Rebuild array) Then continue doing that [2]-[2]-[1]-[1] ( Rebuild array) [2]-[2]-[2]-[1] ( Rebuild...
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    educate me about SAS controller

    Think of a sas expander like this. You want a 128 drive array. So you would do this. Super expensive sas card. ( Buy cheap and thats what you get ) Next you have a case with 48 drives in it and a sas expander card. The card does nothing but connect to the drives and pass data. You...
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    I need a Hardware RAID controller for 8 drives

    Yes it would see each drive as a separate drive or you can raid them into 1 drive. 1 sas card with 2 connectors can connect 8-10 SATA drives. We have some enterprise SAS cards here at work with 8 SAS ports. Gotta love servers humming away with 36+ drives
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    Best Windows OS for Home Server::Not WHS

    10k 320GB WD Raptors
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    Best Windows OS for Home Server::Not WHS

    Not true. We have drive here where i work. I have one right infront of me that is a SATA drive and it is not hot swapable. The drive itself comes in two flavors. Hot swapable and non hot swapable.
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    Rackmounting an antec 1200

    Not true we have 5U and 6U cases here at work. We use them as SAN drive clusters
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    Best Windows OS for Home Server::Not WHS

    Check your drives. Make sure they are hot swapable. Not all drives are. That is more then likely the source of that.
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    Killed RAID 6 ARRAY - How to recover? Help!

    Your fine, Let your raid array rebuild. It needs to rebuild because it is degraded. Your raid array will check the parrity on the drives and rebuild your data like this never happened. "initialize" is a good thing. When it says that it's asking you if you want to turn the raid array...
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    I need a Hardware RAID controller for 8 drives

    SAS is the same as SATA. I can turn a SAS port into 4-5 SATA ports with a SAS Break out cable. They range from 20-40$
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    Dremel 4000 VS. Rotozip Vs. Dewalt DW660

    I've had the same dremel for over 5 years now. I would say i put an easy 200+ hours on the the thing. Its the simple 2 speed version. OFF - FAST!!!! I love it. Does the job and i got it for $18 :D
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