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Mar/22

Cannot Remove Healthy (Recovery Partition)

Filed Under Windows at 7th March 2022 0:01 by

Overview Windows Disk Management tool does not allow recovery partitions to be removed so the command line route is the built in option to do this. Delete partition Open a command prompt as administrator. For example: typing cmd in the … Continue reading →

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Nov/19

Backup Drive Naming Convention

Filed Under Hardware at 4th November 2019 0:01 by
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Overview The main purpose i use a naming convention is to identify the drive with the new data v.s the old. Imagine going to the location where you’re swapping out a drive. Even a small distraction can cause confusion. Did … Continue reading →

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Jun/14

Create RAM Disk In Windows

Filed Under Windows at 9th June 2014 0:01 by

Overview One of the best investments (and performance boast) is to get an SSD drive which will speed up load times by a lot. There is, however an even fast technology which is RAM Disk. What Is RAM Disk? RAM … Continue reading →

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Dec/13

WD Black 2009 V.S WD Black 2013

Filed Under Blog at 30th December 2013 0:01 by

A quick post to show the difference between 2 Western Digital Caviar Black drives with about 3-4 years and twice the capacity. The non-scientific results show only minor improvements on the read and random write. The read improvement is probably … Continue reading →

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Nov/13

Continuous Local Backup

Filed Under Software at 11th November 2013 0:01 by

Overview Currently I have off site backup which occur usually on a monthly basis but had no solution for a daily or even weekly backup. Concept The idea of a daily or weekly backup was not new. It allowed for … Continue reading →

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Aug/13

Ubuntu 12.04 Disk Utility S.M.A.R.T

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 19th August 2013 0:01 by

I was surprised to be greeted by an error dialogue notifying me of a potential issue with one of the HDD but also very grateful. Clicking on the Examine button opened up the Disk Utility program which is part of … Continue reading →

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Jun/13

Raspberry Pi Replace Home Server

Filed Under Hardware at 3rd June 2013 0:01 by

Overview With the popularity of Raspberry Pi I wanted to investigate if it was possible to replace my 24×7 Linux server running at home. Whilst one Raspberry Pi will not replace a desktop computer, it may be possible to use … Continue reading →

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Aug/12

Recover MySQL Data From Files

Filed Under Database, Linux at 6th August 2012 0:01 by

Overview The best way to backup and restore from MySQL is using Workbench or mysqldump however this may not be possible if the system is trashed but have HDD data in tact. As a last resort the files can be … Continue reading →