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Budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Under $600 DIY Guide

February 25, 2017 By Richie 2 Comments

Introduction Today I'll show you how to build your own budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) System for your home or small business for under USD$600. We'll be using a second-hand desktop PC and a dedicated hardware RAID controller card, but purchasing new hard drives. We'll also be installing OpenMediaVault as the NAS operating system. Nowadays, used computers are cheap-as-chips on websites like eBay and Amazon if you know how to search. I am very good at getting bargains so I will … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Builds, FreeBSD, Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Linux, Motherboards, NAS Storage, Networking, Other OS, RAID Controller Cards, Routers & Switches, Solaris Tagged With: 802.3ad, Budget, DIY, Guide, Hard Drive, Link Aggregation, Linux Bonding, NAS, Network, Network-Attached Storage, Networking, RAID, RAID-5, SAS, SATA, Storage, Tutorial

[RD] Perform Disk Check on Windows 10

August 21, 2015 By Richie Leave a Comment

Perform hard drive Error Check on Windows 10

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wleGRhwEqtQ] If your Windows 10 computer is throwing up errors, crashing or otherwise behaving badly, sometimes an Error Check (aka: Disk Check) can help improve things and I'll show you how to do it in this guide. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. Perform hard drive Error Check on Windows 10 Click on the Windows Explorer folder icon on your taskbar Click on This PC menu item on the left-pane Look for the hard drive icon with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Windows, Windows 10 Tagged With: BSOD, disk check, error check, Fix BSOD, Fix Hard Drive, Hard Drive, hard drive errors, HDD, WIN10, Windows 10

Setup AutoPlay on Windows 10

August 14, 2015 By Richie Leave a Comment

How to Setup Autoplay on Windows 10

Today I'll show you how to setup Autoplay on Windows 10 so that when you connect a drive or insert a DVD, Windows will automatically perform a default action (like opening in folder view, or opening Windows media player etc). You can also choose to always prompt for action which is my personal preference. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. How to Setup Autoplay on Windows 10 Click on the Start Menu button bottom-left Now click on the Settings menu item Then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Optical Drives & Discs, USB Flash Drives, Windows, Windows 10 Tagged With: AutoPlay, DVD disc, Hard Drive, Optical Drive, USB drive, WIN10, Windows 10

Defragment your hard drive on Windows

April 9, 2015 By Richie Leave a Comment

How to defragment your hard drive on Windows

Is your computer running slow? Perhaps you are getting error messages or programs are running at snail's pace? Well Defragmenting your hard drive can breath new life into a heavily used or neglected computer. It's pretty easy and generally doesn't take that long either. In this series of guides I'll show you how to fully Defragment your hard drive(s) on your Windows machine (XP, VISTA, 7 and 8/8.1) and it's also the easiest way to do this as there are several different ways to get to Windows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: External Hard Drives, Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: Defrag, Disk Defragmenter, Error Message, Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows, slow computer, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Defragment hard drive on Windows 7

April 9, 2015 By Richie 1 Comment

How to defragment your hard drive on Windows 7

There are three different ways to get to Windows 7 Disk Defragmenter and defragment your hard drive, I will show you the easiest method and how to fully defragment your hard drive in this guide. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. How to defragment your hard drive (Windows 7) Click the Windows Start button bottom-left of your screen Type Run into the Search programs and files box just above the Start icon Click on the search result at the top of the list called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: Defrag, Disk Defragmenter, Error Message, Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows, slow computer, Windows 7

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