Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 22 May
After windows7 automatic updated system, C drive become smaller , how to remove the residual files left behind after the updated, could SoftwareDistribution folder be deleted it? How to remove windows 7 updates from the list that have downloaded? Here is the method:
Windows 7 update file is really saved in the% windir% \ SoftwareDistribution folder. To [...]
Posted in Hard Disk Data Recovery by manyu Time 3 May
Hard drive repair software Data LifeSaver 3.8 is a hard drive data recovery tool to solve computer crash, virus attack, lost or deleted data, formatted hard drives or deleted partitions problems. Its new features as following:
Supports nearly all NTFS or FAT formatted storage devices
Three pre-installed data recovery tasks for typical scenarios
Complete Unicode support
Recovers original file [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 3 May
The easy way to setup and partition a level 0 RAID array is the following method:Â
1) Attach the drives to the RAID controller. Each drive should be master on its own channel (separate cable) for maximum performance.
2) Enter the RAID controller bios (usually you press CTRL+H after powering on the PC). Setup the RAID0 array [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 3 May
I want to setup a level 0 RAID. Which stripe and clustersize should I use?
It depends on what the array is going to be used for. In general if the array is used for very large files (Video streaming etc.) a larger stripesize is better. For mainstream usage (office, gaming etc.) a stripe and clustersize [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 3 May
For the most part deffinitely hardware RAID. However, software RAID has some few advantages, but its beyond the scope of this FAQ to discuss this further. For further details on advantages/disadvantages of software RAID.
Cost: If you are already running an operating system that supports software RAID, you have no additional costs for controller hardware; you [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 3 May
Can I change my array after I have put data on it?
The stripesize or stripewidth of a level 0 or level 0+1 array can not be changed without rebuilding the array. This will cause all data to be lost. For level 1 and level 0+1 additional mirror drives can added to provide additional data security. [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 3 May
Can I use different sized/typed disks for my array?
Yes, but for all levels (except JBOD) you will lose some capacity on the largest drives.
For level 0, total capacity is equal to the stripe width times the smallest drive.
For level 1, total capacity is equal to the smallest drive.
For level 0+1, total capacity is equal to [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Failure by manyu Time 3 May
The different types of RAID is typically referred to as ‘levels’. This FAQ will focus on level 0, 1 and 0+1 since these are what is most often supported by embedded RAID controllers.Â
Level 0 : Striping.
Level 0 provides increased performance by writing alternating blocks of data (referred to as the stripesize) to 2 or more [...]
Posted in Backup Hard Drive by manyu Time 5 Apr
Hard drive is relatively weak, it will produce bad sectors if used improperly, this is a prelude to scrapping the hard disk, you should back up important data in advance. Hard disk damage points “logical bad sectors” and “physical bad sectors” two. The former general available software repair; the latter track that had a physical [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Failure by manyu Time 5 Apr
My motherboard chipset is 848P, CPU is P42.0A GHz, HDD 80GB, video card for the ATI9200, memory 256MB, installed the WinXP Pro, in order to transfer the units and large data files between home and recently bought an IBM 40GB external hard disk, but when I connected the hard drive to the computer copying large [...]
Posted in Format Hard Drive by manyu Time 5 Apr
A computer motherboard is Intel i875P chipset, 80GB SATA hard drive, recently due to the computer with a virus and decided to format the hard disk to reinstall the system, but when I use the Format command in DOS, it can not format the C drive, When using FDISK partition command it prompted “Error reading [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Upgrade by manyu Time 5 Apr
Recently i heared a mothed from a friend, two hard drives can made RAID, what is RAID? What conditions need to achieve this functionality?
A: RAID, is a short of Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks,. The purpose of RAID is stored the same information in many different places on the hard disk, and improve storage subsystem [...]
Posted in Hard Drive Failure by manyu Time 5 Apr
My motherboard is I845PE, RAM 256MB, CPU is P41.8A GHz, the hard disk is 60GB, recently i bought a 160GB hard drive to store video files, but when i installed, boot and found motherboard does not recognize the hard drive, What is the problem, how to solve this?
A: Despite the current 160GB hard drive [...]