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Hi,
I have a 1 TB hard-disk with windows 7 pre-installed. I would like to delete, resize some partition and create ext3/swap partitions to install linux.
Which tools are available for this ?
I tried gparted, it doesn't work.
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I have some dynamic disks (or "partitions" but they are not really partitions) that I want to copy onto spare hard drives.
I tried using gpartd (and fdisk for that matter) from a linux live disc. All it saw was hard drives with only one partition encasing the whole hard drive. So gpartd/fdisk is…
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For some reason I can't activate a dynamic disk connected to my PC via a USB hard disk enclosure. It has activated previously without any problems.
When I check the event logs, I get this message every time I try to activate the disk:
dmio: Harddisk2 write error at block 2930277167: status 0xc0000015
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Hi,
I have a 1 TB hard-disk with windows 7 pre-installed. I would like to delete, resize some partition and create ext3/swap partitions to install linux.
Which tools are available for this ?
I tried gparted, it doesn't work.
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Being familiar with the software raid modes and dynamic disks from the server versions, I was wondering if there is a document or even just common crowd knowledge that indicated what software raid support was available for each version of Windows 7.
Also - all the various raid levels supported for…
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Even with the best backup solution, a hard drive crash means you’ll lose a few hours of work. By enabling drive mirroring in Windows 7, you’ll always have an up-to-date copy of your data.
Windows 7’s mirroring – which is only available in Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions – is a software…
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Hi,
I have a 1 TB hard-disk with windows 7 pre-installed. I would like to delete, resize some partition and create ext3/swap partitions to install linux.
Which tools are available for this ?
I tried gparted, it doesn't work.
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Hello all,
Here is my scenario;
Windows 2008 server on a VM
Two VM disks;
Disk1 OS Basic
Disk2 Data and an Installed Application. Basic
Durng the weekend, I was playing with this VM, I wanted to add some space to the Disk2.
Created a new disk (disk3), converted it to a Dynamic volum and added this…
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How do I mount dynamic disk on new system without access to the old OS ?
I need to move Dynamic data disk from old Windows XP (Pro, SP3) system, where disk crashed, to new Windows system without having access to the old OS.
On new system, Dynamic disk shows as "Dynamic - Foreign".
Microfoft has…
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For some reason I can't activate a dynamic disk connected to my PC via a USB hard disk enclosure. It has activated previously without any problems.
When I check the event logs, I get this message every time I try to activate the disk:
dmio: Harddisk2 write error at block 2930277167: status 0xc0000015
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Is there a way to make a Dynamic Disc Automatically Come on line after a reboot. at the moment i must manually Bring the disk "online".
I was thinking a Startup Script would do the trick. does anyone know of a URL HOWTO or a Premade script to do this?
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