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I was boasting to some of my co-workers yesterday that my Windows Home Server (WHS) had my entire home network backed up and that is my recovery plan for a failed hard disk on one of the home computers.
I was then asked what I'd do if the boot hard disk...
Started by Guy on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
You can recover if the boot disk fails by reinstalling and re-discovering the existing data.
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Hi, we have a temporary requirement to have several small PCs running ubuntu 9.10 running 24/7 in an environment where the mains power isn't very reliable. The machines are in a remote location and hard to get to.
The problem I'm getting is when the power...
Started by Simon H on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
This may take a long.
Found: /boot/grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives.
Installation directory ...
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I just installed Windows 7, and I am running it in triple boot (Ubuntu/7/Vista). W7 boots just fine, and Ubuntu is fine, but when I try to boot vista all I see is a black screen, and then the computer resets. Does anybody know why this is happening/how...
Started by Annath on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
With EasyBCD, almost....
Runs from within Windows.
It is basically an advanced boot editor with support for multiple operating systems including Vista, 7 and Linux.
You could try repairing/recreating the boot sector with EasyBCD .
To it's list.
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Hi guys, here's the thing: I have Debian Lenny running Xen dom0, and I want to install another Debian Lenny as domU. I followed the guide at Debian Wiki to the letter. Installation goes fine until Debian installer tries to install Grub, it fails with ...
Started by ryidle on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
With xvda , I went ahead and partitioned that (into a xvda1 for /boot.
That, which is fairly silly.
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I'm running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on a mac with a 320 GB drive, 167GB free space, and I can't get Boot Camp running. The wizard starts creating the Windows partition, but fails with a message claiming it cannot move some files. The message suggests...
Started by Jens Bannmann on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
You may want to check the latest 500G 9mm drives that fit... .
What about copying the 320G drive to an external drive, and then use this for installation of the windows partition? This costs, but gives you less headache if the disk has problems after that .
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I have a failed 750GByte SATA Seagate drive which has failed within the first year of it's 3 year warranty.
The Seagate warranty site stresses the importance of testing the drive with "SeaTools" (and obtaining some diagnostic error code) before returning...
Started by timday on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I have seen the failure mode you describe with failed SATA and PATA disks on various machines going back into the late 90's....
I'd tend to agree with your "very dead" assessment-- especially if you can get the same behavior out of another machine .
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My laptop has exactly the same problem as described in this video by another victim. Any reasoned ideas will be appreciated.
Description of the problem :
The laptop, when plugged in, appears to charge for a while, but then the charging light starts slowly...
Started by phaedrus on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If not, it's your motherboard making the beep, so if you can find out what model... .
Can you open up the case and make sure every component is properly plugged in (The CPU coming loose, for example, could cause this) .
Sounds very much like hardware failure.
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I've got problems installating the VMWARE ESXi Server. The Installation finishes without any error messages and prompts me to reboot. After pressing Enter the System reboots. While booting through the yellow loading-screen it switches to black and displays...
Started by binco on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
The PowerEdge servers have an internal USB.
And when it's done simply boot off of this thumb drive.
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I wish to connect an external enclosure of discs in a JBOD configuration to a computer running Ubuntu 8.10 server edition. I have the Ubuntu installation running smoothly on an internal IDE drive that's been functioning well for months. The external enclosure...
Started by yanigisawa on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Also, if anyone is planning on using the same.
System boot and check, how it works?
Connecting your external drive has caused the drive names since /etc/fstab references the UUID of the boot drive.
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I'm a fairly recent mac user. Been using windows for decades and happily switched. But i upgraded from 10.6 to 10.6.1 last night and the upgrade looks like it failed.
I restarted the machine when it asked to then went to bed. In the morning the computer...
Started by pixeline on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you have a firewire port on the machine AND someone else with a firewire capable computer (and a cable), you could put the computer into target ... .
You could try booting from the original CD and reinstall Leopard, hopefully without losing data.
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