had a few pc issues recently
so went for a full format of the c: partition
and full load from scratch
then after about 6 backups later - so pc fully loaded

Please recommend backup software for xp x64 that is quick. I have been
using the built in Windows backup software but it is so slow in
comparison to just copying and pasting folders onto a backup disk. The
problem with just copying and pasting is that this process is often

Does anyone have any book, manual, or website recommendations for
iSCSI?  I'm starting from scratch with iSCSI but have an FC SAN
background.  Borders and Barnes/Knoble have a few titles that run from
$80-$120 that they offered to order for me, but I'd prefer a

Our LAMP application is showing I/O latency. I was wondering if we
could move to multiple Apache servers, each connected through their
own disk controller to a single, shared RAID0 bay?
Our hoster recommends that we use a NAS, but I'm concerned about

Of course I've called Sandisk tech support twice...they are no help at
all and nowhere in the product literature does it SAY what is supposed
to happen when I plug it into the USB port.
Please, ALL I want to do is to move some files from one computer to

does anyone know of one?  I cannot find one on their website, and I'm not
really interested in getting hounded by salespeople before seeing one.
thanks

i am looking for a software solution of storage virtualization with
minimum hardware involved !!
can anyone enlighten me about out of band storage virtualization ! As
i am novice in field of SAN kindly advice me a good resource !!

to increase the efficiency of  SAN . I am thinking of a design which
provides an in band virtualization which recieves data requst n form
of ISCSI packets. splits th requst into two . and simultanously maks
connection with two physical disk remotely placed in different

I crashed a hard drive. It used to have an NTFS partition, now that
partition is labeled "unknown" partition by windowsXP install CD.
How can I force the partition back to NTFS, so that I can recover some
files?

Recently bought a Western Digital MyBook 500GB external backup
drive, and also bought a NEC 5.1 USB 2.0 adapter board, and Adaptec
AFW-1394 FireWire PCI card. Have both interface cards working and
have done large-file speed tests.

We've been using an AIT-2 drive for five years now and need to buy
more tapes. The question is which AIT version of tapes we should buy?
The Wikipedia says that AIT is both forward and backwards compatible,
but doesn't really specify what that means. Would we gain anything by

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For our 40 user environment, with 3 physical servers and about 20
virtual servers (which run SQL on a few virtual boxes, about 13
instances of sql itself), 2007 exchange on the physical host.. we were

After purchasing Sandisk cruzer micro 2GB (for data transfer only) for
use in WIN 98SE machine, installing driver (verified), and plugging in
flash drive, what exactly is supposed to happen? the light comes on
but I get no icon in toolbar, Exporer apparently doesn't see it?????

I've just bought a WD External My Book 500GB for use with Win2000 Pro
to backup internal HDs. The device is compatible with USB 2.0, Firewire 400,
and eSATA interfaces. Platform is Dell workstation and I need to use a PCI slot.
What is the best PCI adapter for this drive system?

I have a iomega external USB drive connected to my Dell Latitude
laptop running on Windows XP. Selecting 'properties' from the menu
(right clicking on the drive icon in windows explorer) shows available
space of 44Gb, but when I try to copy a file of 13 Gb, there is an